Theoretical computer scientist. Artificial cognitive scientist. Professor & Chief AI Officer @WesternU, AI Scholar in Residence @CRSNG_NSERC, past VPR @ CIFAR.

Joined May 2013
David Deutsch: "We have a duty to be optimistic. Because the future is open, not predetermined and therefore cannot just be accepted: we are all responsible for what it holds. Thus it is our duty to fight for a better world."
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Leaving the AI Safety Summit after some constructive discussions today and yesterday. I voiced how open-source was today the safest way to develop AI, putting this transformative technology under the highest level of scrutiny. With many others, we recalled the enormous opportunities that AI brings for better education, better healthcare, unlocking critical science problems, and making our jobs more rewarding. Transparency and fast information flow across different actors are needed to continue enabling these opportunities. Finally, we were many to stress how any new institutions measuring AI progress should be fully independent to avoid the pitfalls of regulatory capture. And it appears we have been heard! We must ensure that any such institution involves the entire world. More data is needed to understand the limitations of current models, and we look forward to engaging with the AI community to jointly agree on a scientific monitoring framework around new AI capabilities in the coming year.
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A new chair in ethics and technology has been established at #WesternU thanks to a $1.5M gift from alum Tim Duncanson. As #AI reaches ever deeper into our lives, bringing an ethical lens to these emerging technologies is more critical than ever. brnw.ch/21wDGCj
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He’s the first-ever chief AI officer at a Canadian university. Since the introduction of the chatbot, the education sector has been scrambling to figure out whether to adapt, adopt or ban. Here are four institutions tackling it head-on. trib.al/KSm7iTn
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“I believe this technology is societally transformative, & I feel a huge amount of agency right now to help make sure that transformation is the most positive thing it can be.” #WesternU chief #AI officer @DaleyMaths spoke with @globalnews about his role. brnw.ch/21wDauL
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The printing press scared a lot of people: the catholic church, the rulers of the Ottoman Empire (who banned it), even this Swiss physician. They all feared that books were too dangerous to be put in the hands of the public. In a way, they were all correct. Books weakened their powers by making people smarter and more knowledgeable. Feudalism, autocracy, magical thinking, and rigid religious dogma were eventually displaced by democracy, rationalism, secularism, science, and the Enlightenment. And we are all better for it.
New technology has always generated fear amongst people, even famous scholars. In fact, Conrad Gessner (1516-1565), a famous Swiss physician was against the PRINTING PRESS. At the time, there were 10,000 book titles published by the printing press. This shocked and worried Gessner as he believed that ordinary people could not handle so much knowledge. He demanded European countries to enforce a law that regulates the sale and distribution of books to ordinary people. New technology has and always will create fear. @lexfridman
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do this do this! if you're an ECR (doctoral student or postdoc) doing consciousness research, this is a fabulous, fully funded opportunity!
#CIFARWinterSchool is a fully-funded opportunity for senior PhD and post-doc students to spend three days immersed in learning and collaborating on cutting-edge consciousness research. Learn more and apply by Oct 2: cifar.ca/next-generation/cif… @TempletonWorld
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We’re releasing a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom — including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias. openai.com/blog/teaching-wit…
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A response to Dennett's 'counterfeit people': markcomputes.substack.com/p/…
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I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. I have words. 🧵
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Welcome back #westernu! Today's tip is to always connect to secured WiFi! Public networks can be risky & make your data vulnerable to being stolen. Make sure you use a secure connection when making purchases or banking online. Link in bio🔗 #privacy #data #cybersecurity #safe
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Is Peoplesoft your thing? Come join these fantastic people pushing the platform into the 2020s!
Work with us! Western Technology Services is looking for a Programmer/Analyst - Peoplesoft to join our dynamic team! Design, develop, test, and maintain Western's Peoplesoft admin system. Job information: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=805… #ldnont #ITCareers #WesternU
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Work with us! Western Technology Services is looking for a Programmer/Analyst - Peoplesoft to join our dynamic team! Design, develop, test, and maintain Western's Peoplesoft admin system. Job information: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=805… #ldnont #ITCareers #WesternU
Come join our fantastic team!
In case you missed it! We're #hiring a Network Analyst to join the Western Technology Services team! Details below. #WesternU #LdnOnt #ITJobs
The success of ~6GB diffusion models in generating a rich variety of images suggests that my intuition for the Kolmogorov complexity of the human visual experience was off by at least a few orders of magnitude.
"This is a perfect moment in time... to really accelerate our digital transformation." Mark Daley has been appointed #WesternU's first-ever chief #digital officer, and will lead the creation of a new Digital Western unit. #CdnPse #OnPse #LdnOnt @DaleyMaths news.westernu.ca/2022/07/wes…
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It’s only impossible until it’s not. Time for the next 40 years of championing innovation and challenging the next generation to defy the impossible. #CIFAR40
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Today marks the start of our 40th anniversary celebrations 🥳. Take a look back on 40 years of innovation as we look ahead to the next 40: bit.ly/3NNH842 #CIFAR40
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