Time to capitalize on Canada’s big AI advantage

Canada has not reached a plateau in AI research, but is instead a forefront contributor. Slowing those efforts will simply reduce us to a second-class global citizen in critical technology.

To truly advance AI to its promise in science fiction, we need to marry it strongly with robotics and advance in synthetics to get to the point of having AI walking around and assisting people day to day, writes Suhayya Abu-Hakima. Pexels photograph by Alex Knight

Opinion

BY SUHAYYA ABU-HAKIMA

March 30, 2022

Canada is a global leader in artificial intelligence because of decades of work by world-class luminaries at universities and government labs. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have worked hard to further AI research and development. I successfully exited two AI startups in Canada and hold...

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