Mr. Carney comes to Canada to talk about artificial intelligence

While Toronto has emerged as one of the talent and research hot spots in the world of AI, it is also where there is a growing and much-needed attention to the economic impact and social challenges of AI.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, also the former governor of the Bank of Canada, quipped last week to an audience of several hundred enthusiasts gathered for the fourth annual AI summit at the University of Toronto, 'you know artificial intelligence is growing when you invite a central banker.' The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 29, 2018

TORONTO—It’s not often that Bank of England Governor Mark Carney makes it back home to Canada to deliver a public speech. But he did that just the other day in Toronto on the subject of artificial intelligence, outlining its benefits but also pointing to needed new policies. As Carney quipped t...

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