With the House of Commons back in session, a federal committee (INDU), is about to review Canada’s proposed artificial intelligence law, AIDA. While it’s tempting to dive into how AIDA does or does not address the harms of AI, the problem with the proposed law
A Story from Spring 2023 as Fall INDU Committee Approaches This is the seventh in a series on AIDA. Here are posts one, two, three, four, five, and six. And in related writing, a recent piece on AIDA in CCPA’s The Monitor. Earlier this year,
Major Process Error This is the sixth in a series on AIDA. Here are posts one, two, three, four, and five. And in related writing, a recent piece on AIDA in CCPA’s The Monitor. Voluntary Generative AI Code of Practice Consultation Skipped The Office of
AIDA is anti-democratic and needs to be shut down This is the fourth in a four part series on AIDA. Here are posts one, two, and three. How Did We Get Here? Before the last federal election, there were public consultations and conversations that fell
Five Major Problems with AIDA This is the third in a four part series of posts on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act that is part of the Canadian federal Bill C-27. To start with what AIDA is, in very basic terms, see the second
The 5 Ws of AIDA This is the second in a four part series on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). The first post has some vital history on human rights and previous efforts to legislate tech in canada, this second post is not
What Are We Actually Worried About Here? This is a series of posts on the AI and Data Act (AIDA) portion of Bill C-27. To begin, we’re going to go back in time a bit to put some longer context around the current government effort
Accountability is How We Support Each Other This post is laid out as follows. And it comes with the “I’m ragged, truly, and writing this fast” preface — please let me know about errors, and also on anything content wise, as ever. Background on the
We have to go back to go forward. Our power to do that is shrinking. Foreclose. The word summarizes a feeling I have been experiencing with mounting frequency over the past several years. Another way I describe the feeling is watching a collision in slow