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“Have you guys been following the reproducibility crisis?” said the research scientist as he settled into his chair.
The Market of One
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The Beautiful Bottleneck
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While AI’s impact on software engineering wages grabs headlines, there's another potential casualty that's less reported
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Why I'm joining the Journalism Fellowship
I’ve been invited to be a Fellow for Global Journalism at UofT starting this Fall – and my focus will be to write about the societal impact of AI.
No Place to Dream
"Canada will soon be a society of have and have-nots," says Jerome, sipping a matcha drink, "and I want my kids to be among the haves."
The Alchemy of Perpetual Economic Growth
The executive was in a drab grey suit, tie hanging loose.
The Making of AI Snake Oil
How the corner office fuelled the hype machine – and what we can do to take back control