Opinion: Higher education is part of Canada's AI secret sauce
To meet our AI ambitions, we’ll need to lean upon Canada’s unique strengths
By Mark Schaan
Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere — hailed as a revolution, feared as a disruption, but ultimately defined by how thoughtfully we choose to use it.
Amidst the hype, AI is used so ubiquitously that it’s almost a caricature. Media headlines have simultaneously overstated and underplayed the reality of both the threats and the opportunities AI poses. But AI is not a monolith, and we need to tackle it with nuance and care.
Canada started funding AI research more than 40 years ago with no guarantee that these discoveries would be a critical enabler in the future. So, while the AI race is frenetic, our country has been running it for decades with the long view that true progress is a marathon not a sprint.
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