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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 #112 – AI – Intelligent or just artificial?
Also featured: Fearmongering must stop Leaders need to inspire Your view of the economy WEBINAR VIDEOS Hey ChatGPT SLOW DOWN! KEI's Archive Webinar Invitation Interview of Michael Durrie author of AI
KEI Network – Issue #111x – Hey ChatGPT SLOW DOWN!
The world is watching and waiting to learn whether OpenAI (Sam Altman) will respond to the tech lobby’s appeal halt or at least slow down the development of generative AI. I mean, can you imagine Henr
KEI Network – Issue #111 – GPT prompts the dawning of a New Age
The Age of Reason is coming to an abrupt end. Generative AI grants us an interpretive service based on immediate and free access to vast sources of knowledge. Since it's public introduction GPT and sp
KEI Network – Issue #110x – Democracy ringing widely
The decline in the value of knowledge, I mused, is signaling the emergence of a new Age, heralding the value of emotion and creativity. The forces and sources of change have converged: economic - glob
KEI Network – Issue #110 – Good news – Protesting is widespread
HERE The webinar explored the role of humour in addressing personal and societal conflict. The topic seemed timely given that for several weeks we have been identifying and exploring the excesses of f
KEI Network – Issue #109 – The Loss of Humour – Mirth and Mayhem
Concepts banging around in my head woke me: “mirth” and “mayhem” and how they exist simultaneously just as what s ome view as good, others view as evil. Residential schools, wealth distribution, equal
KEI Network – Issue #108 – Why the Loss of Humour. Laugh a little. Love a lot.
The rise in personal and social anxiety has crippled our sense of humour. Give our kids a chance to embrace the future instead of fearing it. The last two years have been extraordinary. We hardly need
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