AI presents potential, and aspects that should give us pause

Complex technologies—whether AI or the next frontier in defence research, climate change, or cancer—require support from social sciences and humanities to explain the new technology according to the social and ethical norms by which we live.

It is the absence of social and ethical considerations explored in tandem with the development of a technology that prevent us from considering and understanding its full impact, writes Rhonda Moore.Photograph courtesy of Tung Lam, Pixabay.com

Opinion

BY RHONDA MOORE

October 20, 2025

On Oct. 8, The Weekly Show podcast dropped a 100-minute episode with guest Dr. Geoff Hinton, University of Toronto Professor Emeritus and the “godfather” of AI. In the episode, Hinton uses plain language to explain what AI is, how it works (with helpful analogie...

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