Designing for the Humans in the Loop - Part III
How AI design can preserve the judgment and agency of people in the decision or process loop. The final essay in a three-part series.
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Writing / Blog
The blog.
Essays on building, learning and keeping people at the centre of AI. Browse by topic or publication date.
19 articles
"F*** the Algorithm", It’s Time to Get Our Agency Back - Part II
Reclaiming agency in a world shaped by algorithms starts with understanding the choices built into our technology.
17 min read
AI Regulation is a Chance to Fix Deeper Problems - Part I
Why AI regulation is an opportunity to examine the relationship between technology, work and power.
13 min read
5 Highlights from the 2020 Global AI Talent Report
Five findings from the 2020 research on the people, skills and geography behind the global AI ecosystem.
9 min read
Talent is Still the Key to Finding Product-Market Fit in Canada’s AI Ecosystem
What the changing shape of Canada’s AI ecosystem tells us about talent, company growth and finding a market.
5 min read
A Framework for Ethical and Trustworthy AI
A practical account of trustworthy AI and my contribution to the European Commission’s expert group. Includes the original April 2021 update.
7 min read
Some observations on the worldwide AI talent pool in 2019
A closer look at the geography and movement of AI expertise, drawing on the 2019 Global AI Talent Report.
5 min read
A Framework for AI Governance
A framework for connecting human intent, system autonomy, responsibility and governance.
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Why Do We Need an Ethical Framework for AI?
As AI becomes part of everyday decisions, ethics has to become part of how we design and operate it.
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Canada’s AI Corridor is Maturing: The Canadian AI Ecosystem in 2018
An updated map of Canadian AI companies, research and investment—and the connections that make an ecosystem.
6 min read
The Global AI Talent Pool Going into 2018
Who has the expertise to build AI? An early view of the global talent pool and the challenge of finding it.
9 min read
AI and The Future of Work is About Lifelong Learning
Preparing for AI at work means building the ability to learn throughout a career, inside organizations as well as outside them.
12 min read
4 Steps to Good Narrow AI
Four practical steps for making intent explicit and evaluating whether an AI system achieves it.
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AI Does Not Have Its Own Intent
AI does not decide what matters on its own. Human intent remains central to the systems we build.
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What Happens When Noise Becomes Information? - Pt. 2
The second part of an exploration of data, meaning and the decisions that turn noise into useful information.
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Mapping the Canadian AI Ecosystem
The first map of Canada’s AI ecosystem: connecting companies, research labs, investors and the people building the field.
5 min read
What happens when noise becomes information?
How machine learning changes what we can learn from data—and the questions that creates about privacy and value.
5 min read
A Non-Mathematical Equation: Why Artificial Intelligence is Only Getting Fun Right Now
Why advances in AI expand the range of problems software can help us solve.
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Chief Information Officers Will Become Chief Intelligence Officers
A look at how AI changes the role of technology leadership, from managing information to building organizational intelligence.
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