AI + Society
This work stream seeks to explore the opportunities enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) while investigating the social, political, and ethical challenges of current and future capabilities and applications.
Simon Porter Peng / Brookfield Institute
This article provides an overview of the data collected while traveling through an urban centre. This is the third article in our Into the Dataverse series exploring personal data collection practices Canada. Each week we will be releasing an article focusing how these practices intersect with different domains of an individual’s life.
Active Projects
This project examines how personal data is currently being generated, collected and used in order to equip policymakers with a better understanding of current practices and public perceptions.
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Bytes Better Have My Money
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Data Points: From report cards to promotions
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Get in Google, we’re going shopping
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Leaving Breadcrumbs
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Blood, Sweat, and Megabytes
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
Data Never Sleeps: Data collection practices in domestic spaces
Into the Dataverse: A snapshot of how personal data is generated, collected, and used in Canada
README.txt: Introducing Into the Dataverse, the article series
Artificial Intelligence
Solving the Puzzle of AI Adoption
Artificial Intelligence
Canada is well positioned to be an AI superstar
Featured Reports
About the AI + Society Work Stream
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and applications offer promising benefits but also pose challenges to current policy frameworks and impact social and economic systems. Determining current and future impacts of AI-driven technology requires understanding the values, assumptions, and contexts associated with AI’s development and use. Our work seeks to explore the opportunities of AI while investigating the social, political, and ethical challenges of current and future capabilities and applications.
Featured Posts
Deep Dive
Jan 14, 2020
As we conduct more of our financial transactions digitally, we provide a wealth of digital data about our spending habits, debts, credit scores, and income.
Dec 3, 2019
From classroom assignments to promotions at work, learn about the kind of data that is generated and collected in work environments and how it influences our educational and professional experiences.
Dec 2, 2019
You contemplated buying that new pair of shoes and now they are following you around the internet. This article explores how personal data is collected while we shop, in-store and online.
Nov 20, 2019
Regardless of how you travel — whether it's by foot, bike, car, or train — you leave a trail of data. Read this article to learn how data is being collected from you while you're on the move.
