Emergent agricultural innovations in big data and AI have the potential to revolutionize food production for the better – making it easier, more productive, and more sustainable. Yet, deploying these technologies in an equitable way remains a challenge. The Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue’s Project on AI for Healthy Humans and Environments at the AI + Society Initiative conveyed a conversation on h...
Emergent agricultural innovations in big data and AI have the potential to revolutionize food production for the better – making it easier, more productive, and more sustainable. Yet, deploying these technologies in an equitable way remains a challenge. The Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue’s Project o...
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L'utilisation des technologies de reconnaissance faciale par les forces de police dans l’espace public pose des défis éthiques et légaux dans les pays du monde entier.
This event brief is only available in French at the moment.
L'utilisation des technologies de reconnaissance faciale par les forces de police dans l’espace public pose des défis éthiques et légaux dans les pays du monde entier.
Autonomous technologies associated with the fourth agricultural revolution, such as AI and robotics, present a number of social and ethical challenges in addition to their benefits. To start a conversation about the response needed to support ethics and responsibility for AI in agri-food, the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue Project on AI for Healthy Humans and Environments at the AI + Society Initi...
Autonomous technologies associated with the fourth agricultural revolution, such as AI and robotics, present a number of social and ethical challenges in addition to their benefits. To start a conversation about the response needed to support ethics and responsibility for AI in agri-food, the Alex T...
The weaponization of drones, big data, and algorithms in tracking migration disproportionately impacts migrants communities. Deploying these technologies can result in significant human rights violations such as systemic racism, increased surveillance, and wrongful automation. To highlight the issues on this topic, the AI + Society Initiative hosted a ...
The weaponization of drones, big data, and algorithms in tracking migration disproportionately impacts migrants communities. Deploying these technologies can result in significant human rights violations such as systemic racism, increased surveillance, a...
Indigenous perspectives could help shed new lights on conversation about design of ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence (AI). To amplify those perspectives, the AI + Society Initiative and CIFAR, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Technology and Society, hosted a conversation on Indigenous Protocol and AI featuring Professor Jason Lewis, a leading expert in t...
Indigenous perspectives could help shed new lights on conversation about design of ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence (AI). To amplify those perspectives, the AI + Society Initiative and CIFAR, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Technology and Society, hosted...
This blog post is part of series written by students who attended “Following the Signs: New Directions in Trademark Law”, a symposium on the new Canadian trademark framework hosted by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on May 8th, 2017.
This blog post is part of series written by students who attended “Following the Signs: New Directions in Trademark Law”, a symposium on the new Canadian trademark framework hosted by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on May 8th, 2017.
With two of my colleagues, Florence So and Marshall Jeske, who also attended WeRobot 2017, we highlight a very small sample of the papers bellow but encourage you to read more!
With two of my colleagues, Florence So and Marshall Jeske, who also attended WeRobot 2017, we highlight a very small sample of the papers bellow but encourage you to read more!
Is intellectual property (IP) gender neutral? No, it isn’t. Neither is the dominant discourse of innovation. Recognizing the bias is the first step toward remedying it.
Is intellectual property (IP) gender neutral? No, it isn’t. Neither is the dominant discourse of innovation. Recognizing the bias is the first step toward remedying it.
Between September 19 and 23, 2016, the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) commenced the first of a two-part negotiation over a potential instrument for the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), pursuant to its mandate for the 2016-2017 biennium. In the summer, the IGC concluded negotiations on Gene...
Between September 19 and 23, 2016, the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) commenced the first of a two-part negotiation over a potential instrument for the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), pursu...