Amelia Bellamy-RoydsJun 24
Kyle Sawatsky

A very legitimate well-done to Canada for being one of the least suckered into AI garbage in the world!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/canada-ranks-among-least-ai-literate-countries-in-the-world-study/

"“We’re not seeing that literacy that we would like to see when we compare ourselves to our global peers, and there’s some reluctance around trusting AI and really embedding it in how we perform our day-to-day work and how we work,” said Terril."

Excellent news.

#AI

Canada ranks among least AI literate countries in the world: study

As countries around the world race to leverage artificial intelligence (AI), a recent study found that Canada is falling behind, although it’s not due to a lack of innovation, but growing uncertainty and a gap in public understanding, one expert says.

CTVNews
Jun 24 at 9:06pmWeb
Show threadAmelia Bellamy-Royds Jun 24

@ksawatsky Ooof, that's really poor reporting from CTV, blithely accepting the survey's definition of "AI literacy" to include "embracing the use of AI in their daily working lives".

Literacy on "AI" should be defined by understanding what the technologies actually are (large language models, generative image models, etc), how they are dependent on their training data, their limitations in how they can generate plausible but inaccurate information, and their social & environmental impacts.

Show threadHubert FiguièreJun 24
@AmeliasBrain @ksawatsky they probably asked a chatbot to write it for them....
Show threadRobot DiverJun 25

@ksawatsky

I've never felt an ounce of national pride until just now.

Show threadSatanic Garden Rake 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️Jun 25

@ksawatsky

Yes!! 😄

Show threadbjb  Jun 25

@ksawatsky

Gov't guidance on AI use in gov't:

https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/responsible-use-ai/guide-use-generative-ai.html

Seems sensible.

But in private sector, venture capitalists are pushing AI use hard.

We'll see how long it takes for gov't to "realize efficiencies" from AI. I fear it will be way too soon, esp. given the state of the vetted AI supplier list:

https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/responsible-use-ai/list-interested-artificial-intelligence-ai-suppliers.html

Guide on the use of generative artificial intelligence - Canada.ca

Show threadIan K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠJun 25
@ksawatsky
AI is just clippy on steroids.
(made in photoshop, not AI)