Designing AI that supports, not steers us.
AI is evolving healthcare, work and daily life—but people ultimately shape AI. We decide how it supports us and can push AI to be a force for good. By uncovering hidden bias, Waterloo can make AI more fair, trustworthy and built to improve everyday life—helping people and amplifying our potential. Read more.
I like to think of AI as something potentially inspiring – as a way forward not just for technology but also for how we work, for social interaction and for creativity…
Dr. Lai-Tze Fan is the Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change in the Faculty of Arts. She studies how artificial intelligence can perpetuate bias and develops methods to promote fairness, equity and inclusion in everyday technologies.
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