Machines Like Us
A new podcast with the Globe and Mail.
We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction will become our reality: robot best friends, bespoke gene editing, brain implants that make us smarter.
I sit down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future and speak with entrepreneurs building world-changing technologies, lawmakers trying to ensure they’re safe, and journalists and scholars working to understand how they’re transforming our lives.
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Screen Time
Is the iPad breaking my kid’s brain? Is social media affecting my child’s mental health? Is YouTube exploiting my kid for profit? Parents are constantly told what they should and shouldn’t do when it comes to kids and technology. But what plays out in reality is usually a different story. So, how are parents supposed to help their kids navigate the digital world? Presented by Antica Productions and TVO, join hosts Taylor Owen and Nicole Edwards as they talk to parents and kids who are navigating the digital world, and the researchers and policymakers who can help us understand its impact.
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Attention Control
Ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed the stunning scale of attempts to obtain voter data in an attempt to subvert the democratic process, countries around the world have been scrambling to figure out how to protect elections, and Canada is no different. That’s why during the 2019 federal election campaign, “Attention Control” podcast will provide listeners with reliable, data-driven information to distinguish what’s real from what’s fake and reveal the impact of misinformation on our vote.