Ask AI Podcast

Ask AI caught up with Jared Lindzon, leading journalist (BBC, Toronto Star, Rolling Stone, New York Times, TIME) and top observer of the trends and forces that are shaping job skills, careers, the very nature of modern work itself.

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https://www.askai.org/post/e54-how-is-artificial-intelligence-going-to-impact-the-evolution-of-work

Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that provides the cure for data complexity.

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At first glance, the use of AI tools and the goal of delivering increasingly person-focused healthcare might seem at odds, and that might be true except for the fact that treating patients has become incredibly complicated. Combine that with a global shortage of healthcare professionals and suddendly a clearer role for artificial intelligence begins to emerge. In this episode, we meet Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill, Founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer of Careteam Technologies to explore how she navigates the complexities of AI in healthcare, bridging the gap between what is possible and what's happening. Visit our episode post to get links to the podcast version and much more: https://www.askai.org/post/e51-how-is-ai-supporting-human-centered-healthcare Enterprise Data Collaboration? It's Cinchy! Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that enables people, systems, and AI models to co-produce intelligent data products that can be reused for unlimited IT delivery projects while eliminating data integration and making it virtually impossible for people or AI models to violate data protection controls. Visit: https://link.cinchy.com/nehj Interested in artificial intelligence? ⁠⁠Subscribe to the Ask AI newsletter⁠⁠ to stay on top of news, people, and events PLUS receive our original content, open research, and special offers. Visit: https://www.askai.org

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Cory Janssen, Co-CEO and Co-founder at AltaML to ask the question: How is applied (and responsible) AI impacting enterprise competitiveness? 

Get all the links from our episode post:  https://www.askai.org/post/e35-how-is-applied-and-responsible-ai-impacting-enterprise-competitiveness 

About AltaML 

Founded in 2018, AltaML (short for Alberta Machine Learning) is a start-up that was initiated, in part, to leverage the World-class AI/ML talent emerging from the University of Alberta (which is also home to Richard Sutton aka the 'father of reinforcement learning'). 

With a mandate to advance the Responsible AI ethos, AltaML’s customers are primarily enterprise organizations in healthcare, oil and gas, and construction that are undergoing a process of digital transformation and looking for predictive value from their data. 

While many healthcare organizations have adopted virtual care to reach patients during COVID-19, these solutions lack the high resolution, scientifically calibrated images, sub-millimeter accuracy, and proper lighting that are critical to remotely assessing and treating wounds.

Tune in to this Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Justin Allport, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder at Swift Medical to ask the question: 

How is AI advancing bedside wound treatment (and reducing patient exposure to COVID-19)?

Get podcast download and story links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e34-how-is-ai-advancing-bedside-wound-treatment

ABOUT ASK AI

Ask AI is a volunteer project exploring the fast-emerging artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include thought leader interviews, team check-ins, and live events. To learn more about sponsorships, guest blogs, and volunteering, please contact us or ask our chatbot. 

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The Ask AI interview with Roxana Sultan, Vice President of Health at Toronto's World-renowned Vector Institute.

Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org//post/e33-is-ai-poised-to-make-major-breakthroughs-in-healthcare

Any oil spill is disastrous — ecologically, economically, and socially. Transport Canada estimates that there are approximately 20,000 oil tanker movements off the coasts of Canada each year, mostly on the Atlantic coast.     

Tune in to this Ask AI Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Saeed Mohammadiun and Guanji Hu of the UBC Life Cycle Management Lab to ask the question: 

How can AI help to mitigate catastrophic oil spills?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THKoP5uYwI

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https://www.askai.org/post/e32-how-can-ai-help-to-mitigate-catastrophic-oil-spills

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Mark Speaker, an industry leader with over 20 years of experience in guiding digital transformation and technology innovation to ask the question: How can AI make a positive impact in carbon-intensive industries?

Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/episode-31-how-can-ai-make-an-impact-in-carbon-intensive-industries

Mark's remit is to support operational progress (including field worker productivity, industrial data collection and measurement, and the creation of digital twins) in critical economic sectors including utilities, oil and gas, forestry, pulp and paper, mining and manufacturing.

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Manal Siddiqui, CEO, and Pietro Gagliano, Chief Vision Officer at Transitional Forms to ask the question: How will AI create immersive content for the metaverse? It's an enlightening glimpse into the inner workings of this studio-lab that's creating the future of entertainment with Artificial Intelligence. Get the episode post with all links: askai.org

Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast where we sit down with Stéphane Létourneau, Executive Vice President at Mila, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, to discuss the growth of the research center over the years, its impact on the Canadian AI ecosystem, and where it's headed. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/what-goes-on-at-mila

Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast to catch our interview with Ashley Casovan, the Executive Director at AI Global and a pioneer who has helped shape public policy for the development of responsible artificial intelligence in Canada. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-ai-global-help-put-ai-research-into-action-9

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Dr. Carolyn Watters, Chief Digital Research Officer and Head of the Digital Technologies Research Centre at Canada’s National Research Council is working to support scientific discovery and business innovation in Canada, including the NRC’s pioneering work in machine learning, computer vision, and ethical AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-canadas-nrc-support-artificial-intelligence-in-canada

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Melissa Kargiannakis, Founder and CEO of Skritswap helps organizations simplify the way they communicate by applying artificial intelligence to complex documents and jargon in order to help make language clear, accessible and easy-to-understand. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/can-artificial-intelligence-simplify-complex-jargon

In this episode of Ask AI podcast, we sit down with Henry Shi, Co-Founder at SnapTravel to learn more about their AI-powered messaging platform for booking hotels. Discover how SnapTravel is leveraging artificial intelligence to power the next evolution of e-commerce known as relationship-driven commerce, and how they have managed to thrive during the pandemic. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-ai-evolving-ecommerce

Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast and catch-up with Jean-François Gagné, CEO of Element AI, one of the World’s largest AI startups. We explore his thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted the AI sector in terms of governance, privacy, and ethics. We also explore his perspective on the role of government in enabling artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/whats-new-at-canadas-largest-ai-startup

In this episode of the Ask AI podcast, we speak with Dr. Foteini Agrafioti, Head of Borealis AI and RBC's Chief Science Officer who has helped to create a new online hub that provides AI developers and researchers with scientific research, research code, and training materials to support the inclusion of ethical dimensions within their projects. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: 

https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-an-online-hub-for-ethical-artificial-intelligence-work

Fresh water is precious to life, we all know that. It's also finite. So it's probably a pretty good idea that we leverage every tool at our disposal to help make it last. Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Naysan Saran, CEO and co-founder of Montreal-based CannForecast is applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve safety at public beaches and predict municipal pipe maintenance issues to help conserve this precious, life giving substance. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-can-artificial-intelligence-help-solve-urgent-water-issues

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Dan DeMers, CEO and co-founder of Toronto-based Cinchy, has taken inspiration from the network-based design of the brain to develop Data Fabric technology that eliminates traditional integration, accelerates AI/ML projects, and supports universal, owner-defined access controls. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-a-data-fabric-used-to-accelerate-ai-projects

This episode of the Ask AI podcast features a lively interview with Joe Canavan, CEO of Next Canada, one of Canada’s premier accelerators, and Patricia Thaine, CEO of Private AI (and member of the Next AI program) that’s using AI to make leading-edge privacy tools easier for developers to incorporate into their product designs. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-next-ai-support-canadian-startups-like-private-ai

The Ask AI interview with Bin Liu, CEO & co-founder, iMerciv co-founder of Toronto-based iMerciv whose Mapinhood apps is using machine learning technology to augment the pedestrian experience for people with vision loss and blindness and helping city-dwellers to reduce their outdoor exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/artificial-intelligence-and-personal-navigation

This Ask AI interview with Carole Piovesan, Co-founder and Partner at INQ Data Law. With over a decade of experience in governmental policies and data law, Carole specializes in helping organizations not only on the legal side, but also the privacy and governance of data pertaining to AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/why-is-it-important-to-have-a-data-strategy-before-an-ai-strategy

When designing for machine learning products and features, understanding mental models is crucial. Users need to feel like they understand how the machine came up with the result. Winter Wei, Design Lead at Kira Systems explains how she designs trust and interpretability into machine learning products. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/can-trust-be-designed-into-artificial-intelligence

Who Says Accountants Are Boring? Well, basically everyone. But to be fair, in an increasingly complex world, having skills with money, data, fraud, and regulation is probably a good way to set yourself up with a job for life, and that in itself probably sounds pretty exciting to a lot of people. And now, thanks to Canada's MindBridge AI, there’s more good news on the horizon. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-artificial-intelligence-building-technology-you-can-count-on

Canada’s Chief Information Officer is probably not what you expect. It’s not just in the passion for what he does, which is obvious, but the disarmingly direct way that he handles the tough questions associated with the development of Canada’s AI sector. Tune in to this episode to learn about innovation inside Canada’s Federal Government and to get a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the key leaders of its mission to modernize. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/why-is-canada-federal-cio-on-a-mission-to-modernize

Our conversation with Ozge Yeloglu, Lead Data Scientist at Microsoft Canada Ozge Yeloglu has had to work hard to get to where she is today. In 1999, when she began her computer science degree, she still didn’t own a computer (or even know what a floppy disk was), but she persevered. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) learns more about Ozge's fascinating journey from a child in Turkey with a passion for tech to her role as Lead Data Scientist for Microsoft Canada. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-was-ozge-yeloglu-amazing-journey-into-artificial-intelligence

In this first episode of our second series of the Ask AI podcast, we feature an in-depth discussion with Dr. Wendy Cukier, Director of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University, and Mark Patterson, Executive Director of Magnet, the employment marketplace. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) dives into some of the most pressing issues surrounding diversity, artificial intelligence, and workplace automation in Canada. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/how-will-artificial-intelligence-impact-the-future-of-work-in-canada

There’s no question that Microsoft is very much in the thick of the AI scene in Canada. But exactly what does the involvement of the tech giants represent to the development of AI in Canada? Are they potential roadblocks to innovation or essential supporters to research labs and startups? Tune in as Gladstone Grant, the National Director of Sales Solutions at Microsoft Technology Centres, makes the case for his company. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-microsoft-supporting-canadian-artificial-intelligence

Canada's Michael Karlin has taken a novel community approach to AI policy development which has done a great deal to widen the public debate on how AI can (and should) be used. Tune in to this episode and hear the fascinating story of how Michael started with a simple Google Doc in order to tackle one the biggest policy and ethical issues of our time! Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-makes-canada-federal-approach-to-artificial-intelligence-unique

What would you do with $125 million and a mandate to advance artificial intelligence research and policy in Canada? This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an in depth interview with Dr. Elissa Strome of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-is-the-pan-canadian-artificial-intelligence-strategy