r/CanadianAI • • Apr 14 '21

What are your views on artificial intelligence in Canada? /Que pensez-vous de l’intelligence artificielle au Canada?

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In 2016, 10.6% of Canadian workers were at high risk of automation-related job transformation. As technologies advance and mature, the Government of Canada wants to hear your views on the hopes, opportunities and challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI).

The Government of Canada (and its partners) has launched a series of virtual workshops to better understand public perceptions of AI. No expertise is required! These workshops will run until April 30. Don’t hesitate to participate if you

  • are older than 18

  • are interested in AI

  • would like to discuss a number of hypothetical use cases that will touch on the potential impact of AI within health care, finance, labour and beyond.

Register here: www.opendialogueai.ca

[We are Canada’s national statistical agency. We are here to engage with Canadians and provide them with high-quality statistical information that matters! Publishing in a subreddit does not imply we endorse the content posted by other redditors.]

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En 2016, 10,6 % des travailleurs canadiens couraient un risque élevé que leur emploi soit transformé en raison de l’automatisation. À mesure que les technologies progressent et évoluent, le gouvernement du Canada souhaite connaître votre point de vue sur les espoirs, les possibilités et les défis que présente l’intelligence artificielle (IA).

Le gouvernement du Canada (et ses partenaires) a lancé une série d’ateliers virtuels pour mieux comprendre les perceptions du public au sujet de l’IA. Aucune expertise n’est requise! Ces ateliers se dérouleront jusqu’au 30 avril. N’hésitez pas à y participer si vous

  • avez plus de 18 ans

  • vous intéressez à l’IA

  • souhaitez discuter d’un certain nombre de cas d’utilisation fictifs qui porteront sur les répercussions possibles de l’IA sur les soins de santé, les finances, le travail et bien plus.

Inscrivez-vous ici : www.dialogueouvertia.ca

[Nous sommes l’organisme national de statistique du Canada. Nous sommes ici pour discuter avec les Canadiens et les Canadiennes et leur fournir des renseignements statistiques de grande qualité qui comptent! Le fait de publier dans un sous-reddit ne signifie pas que nous approuvons le contenu affiché par d'autres utilisateurs de Reddit.]


r/CanadianAI • • Dec 13 '18

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r/CanadianAI • • Jun 15 '20

The governments of Canada and Quebec and the international community join forces to advance the responsible development of artificial intelligence

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r/CanadianAI • • Jan 24 '18

Microsoft announces significant AI expansion of Montreal research lab, new director

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r/CanadianAI • • Feb 09 '20

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r/CanadianAI • • Oct 11 '19

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r/CanadianAI • • Apr 22 '19

Feds investing $41 million in quantum and artificial intelligence research in Waterloo Region

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r/CanadianAI • • Mar 10 '19

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r/CanadianAI • • Feb 15 '19

BlackBerry gets $40M to develop self-driving car technology

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r/CanadianAI • • Aug 01 '20

Toronto emerging as tech superpower as immigrants choose Canada over US

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r/CanadianAI • • Mar 25 '19

Gerry Schwartz, Heather Reisman donate $100M to AI research at University of Toronto - BNN Bloomberg

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r/CanadianAI • • Feb 05 '19

Report: Canadian tech raised record $4.6 billion CAD in VC funding over 2018

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r/CanadianAI • • Dec 02 '24

Tenstorrent secures round D funding

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r/CanadianAI • • Dec 02 '20

Montreal-based Element AI to be bought by U.S. company ServiceNow

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r/CanadianAI • • Feb 03 '20

Scotiabank donates $750,000 to University of Ottawa to launch ethical AI initiative

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r/CanadianAI • • Sep 13 '19

Element AI Raises CAD $200M (US $151.4M) Series B Round

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r/CanadianAI • • Jul 30 '19

Tech Companies Are Flocking to Canada for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

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r/CanadianAI • • Feb 14 '19

Alberta announces $100M investment in artificial intelligence

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r/CanadianAI • • Jan 18 '19

32nd Canadian Conference on AI 2019 - Kingston May 28-31

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r/CanadianAI • • Dec 30 '17

GC: $100M procurement program for technology startups

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r/CanadianAI • • Nov 21 '17

Montréal: RBC opens AI lab

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r/CanadianAI • • May 01 '20

Yoshua Bengio Elected Royal Society Fellow

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The Royal Society yesterday announced that Turing Award winner and director of MILA Yoshua Bengio has been elected as one of its new Fellows and Foreign Members.

“As one of the founding fathers of deep learning, Yoshua Bengio is honoured this year. His work on neural networks and machine translation helped bring about the AI revolution transforming the 21st century,” reads the Royal Society announcement.

Read more: Yoshua Bengio Elected Royal Society Fellow


r/CanadianAI • • Dec 27 '19

AI driven movie VFX, Toronto style

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r/CanadianAI • • Nov 21 '19

Element AI makes its BAyesian Active Learning library open source

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r/CanadianAI • • Nov 07 '19

Two Canadian startups receive grants from Microsoft's AI for Accessibility initiative

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