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Harnessing the Power of AI as a Force for Good. The accelerating pace of progress in the fields of AI, machine learning, data science and other disruptive innovations is beginning to revolutionize both business and society. As with other game-changing inventions such as electricity or jet travel, the impacts of these new digital technologies will be both exciting and disruptive – even, to some, threatening. They seem likely to redefine most of our “normal” day-to-day activities, including [...]

Are we doing enough fast enough? That’s the key question leaders should ask themselves in this era of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and continuous technology disruption. So says Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer for Deloitte Canada, AI expert, and a keen observer of Canada’s technology landscape. Two years ago, Deloitte surveyed 700 business leaders across Canada to determine how prepared their organizations were for advancing technology and continuing market disruption. The resulting study, “The Age of [...]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN – NO GUACAMOLE? Why should we worry about global warming anyway?  What could it possibly do to us that wouldn’t be good?  I mean warmer weather – great!  A longer summer – great!  A warmer lake for swimming – great!  A longer growing season – maybe. The Center for American Progress has looked at what climate change might mean.  I am going to summarize here what they found for things that are [...]

Summit Interview with Joseph Russo, PhD., ZedX Co-founder and Head of Research and Model Development at BASF Prognosticators tell us that the current wave of information technologies will create a level of social change equivalent to that of the industrial revolution. Dr. Joseph Russo knows this too well since he has participated in the development of information tools for agriculture for over 35 years. Joe remembers his university days in the early 1980s when vans with Loran [...]

Looking back at sepia-toned photos of dusty city avenues with crowded streetcars and horse-drawn carts, there’s no doubt that the automobile changed the face of cities. But now the question is: How will new technology, particularly shared data and autonomous vehicles, change the city of the future? “Our cities were built around carriages and horses, but we had years to adjust to the full impact of automobiles,” says Antoine Belaieff, director of regional planning with Metrolinx. “With autonomous [...]

How AI can help improve our businesses and our lives Troy Wright is a career banker who reinvented himself as a fintech entrepreneur with Lendified.com. His message: every business needs to reinvent itself, now. With new technologies such as AI and machine learning clearing uncertainties and inefficiencies out of every industry, the organizations that make the best use of data will become tomorrow’s winner. The good news, says Wright, is that anyone can do this. Technology has [...]