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Could power-hungry AI data centres actually make electricity cheaper?
31+ min ago (1694+ words) A rendering of Meta’s $13-billion Sturgeon Data Centre north of Edmonton, Alta. Credit: Meta. Amid a growing backlash against AI data centres, one potentially transformative idea is getting lost in the noise. If regulated with care, the argument goes, their…...
Alberta technology minister heckled at second town hall on AI data centres as Meta project stokes distrust
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (220+ words) Albertans protest a proposed Meta artificial intelligence data centre in Morinville Alta. Amanda Erickson/The Canadian Press. The dispute over who gains and who pays reflects a larger policy question about artificial intelligence, Taylor Jackson, writing in The Hub, argued....
Canada helped build modern AI. Data centres could power its next advantage
1+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) Canada followed this scientific leadership with an early institutional bet. In 2017, it launched what the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) describes as the world’s first national AI strategy, supporting research institutes in Toronto, Montreal, and Edmonton and strengthening Canada’s…...
Supporting nuclear energy is great—but it’s not Ottawa’s place to pick Canada’s nuclear winners
1+ week, 6+ day ago (324+ words) In a world where electricity demand is outpacing supply, an all-of-the-above approach to generation has overtaken a narrow focus on renewables that dominated the previous decade. This shift has spurred renewed interest and investment in nuclear energy across the Western…...
‘Drones are the starting point’: How robotics and AI can transform wildfire monitoring
2+ week, 5+ day ago (593+ words) Ryan Gariepy believes Canada should take the next step. “Given the severity of wildfires right now, we need to start with things which are proven and the technology exists right now,” said Gariepy, vice president of robotics at Rockwell Automation…...
Canada plus AI data centres equals prosperity and security—so what’s the hold up?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (355+ words) Canada has long struggled to capture the full value of its natural advantages. We too often export raw lumber rather than finished wood products, crude oil rather than refined petroleum products, and critical minerals, while much of the processing happens…...
We’re not going to stop using the latest technology, but can we at least be a little embarrassed about it?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (298+ words) An office worker in the financial district of Toronto, June 2, 2016. Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press. Has any cohort of Cassandras been more completely vindicated than those who warned us of the danger of television? In retrospect, it’s easy to see…...
What if AI moves faster than society can adjust?: The Weekly Wrap
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) Two weeks ago, the Weekly Wrap asked the provocative yet serious question: Can we survive the journey to AI abundance? The basic premise of my essay was that while AI holds out enormous potential for scientific discovery, path-breaking innovation, and…...
Why the ‘AI shock’ may be more navigable than we think
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1314+ words) Speer is right to identify time as the critical variable. If AI compresses decades of economic evolution into a few short years or months, the friction could be historic. He is also right that our welfare state and tax system…...
Why AI governance needs the moral vocabulary of the oil patch
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (461+ words) A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary, Sept. 17, 2022. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Oil was never just chemistry and engineering. It was, over the course of the last century, wrapped in a story about destiny, moral…...