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Perspectives
Long-form essays and interviews on AI, leadership, economic resilience, and the forces reshaping Canada, from Perry Kinkaide and the KEI Network community.
KEI Network – Issue #107 – Safeguarding You Against Free Expression – Costs & Consequences
Today society is battling to protect its interests v those of extreme individualism. As governments, institutions, and special interests work to contain so called "harmful" expressions, there is growi
KEI Network – Issue #106 – Campuses Conflicted over Free Expression
During the week Microsoft's Bing - a rival to ChatGPT, was heavily criticized when it - the machine, displayed humanlike anger and frustration, exercising threats and being mean HERE or HERE and HERE
KEI Network – Issue #105 – Uses and Abuses AI, trust, and accountability
Skeptics have stepped up in their reviews highlighting the importance of critical thinking - that trust should not be absolute. You may be vulnerable to unethical, even mis-information. Also asked is
KEI Network – Issue #104 – The ChatGPT tsunami – News & Views
News & Views Now with over 100-million subscribers - since November! ChatGPT is a highly advanced AI language model that can generate human-like text with high accuracy and coherence, making it useful
KEI Network – Issue #103 – Getting the energy transition right with Bill Whitelaw
The interview is timely given Ottawa's announced "Just transition" and Alberta's reaction concerning the implications on jobs in the energy sector. Bill Whitelaw is Managing Director, Strategy & Susta
KEI Network – Issue #102 – Converging technologies with Allan Bonner
Allan's views about technology are drawn from his extensive experience in media around the world and personal interest in change, leadership, and technology are refreshing. He has interviewed and work
KEI Network – Issue #101. A Sandwalk with Peter MacKinnon
Charles Darwin coined the term, when twice a day he would walk his "thinking path" - a gravel track near his home in Kent, England. Peter is forever restless, indeed even an existentialist . His journ
KEI Network – Issue #100. “Breakthroughs” revisited
In this special episode, experts from the US DOE Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), National Ignition Facility (NIF) will present results from the historic fusion breakthrough announced on
KEI Network – Issue #99 – Self, Systems, and Survival
However, it was the year-end "breakthroughs" in fusion for energy and then discussion about ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, that brought us full circle. We were prompted to consider how ea
KEI Network – Issue #98 – Professions at the brink?
- Justa Chat Exploring together the impact of emerging technologies such as AI's amazing and rapid development. Please share your views with us by: participating in our Zoom public webinars or through
Ascah short bio FMI March 2023
(Bob) Ascah studied commerce and public administration at Carleton University and political science at the University of Alberta. He joined Alberta Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs in 1984 moving
Ascah short bio FMI March 2023
(Bob) Ascah studied commerce and public administration at Carleton University and political science at the University of Alberta. He joined Alberta Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs in 1984 moving