The Artificial Intelligence network of British Columbia (AInBC) was established to unify, organize and catalyze the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) communities in British Columbia (BC) to establish BC as a national and global leader in AI by … Read More
Author Archives: Alberto
Applied AI Institute – Concordia University
Concordia University and Applied AIWe unite AI development by coordinating research across Concordia’s four faculties in collaboration with business, civil society, governments, and other researchers.Our mission is to demystify and enable real-world applications of artificial intelligence. We encourage researchers across … Read More
AI in the VFX industry: my new research on the implications of artificial intelligence on creative labor
As I am about to wrap up my first monograph based on my Ph.D. dissertation, I am moving the first steps into my next research project. My plan for the next five years is to focus on the interplay between … Read More
Technology of the Oppressed
In Technology of the Oppressed, David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of … Read More
SFU researchers develop AI that can understand light in photographs – Computing Science – Simon Fraser University
SFU RESEARCHERS DEVELOP AI THAT CAN UNDERSTAND LIGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHS Source: SFU researchers develop AI that can understand light in photographs – Computing Science – Simon Fraser University
The AI Pedagogy Project – metaLAB (at) Harvard
Creative and critical engagement with AI in educationA collection of assignments and materials for educators curious about how AI affects their students and their syllabi Source: The AI Pedagogy Project – metaLAB (at) Harvard
Dead end: Platform Work Directive blocked by Germany, France, Estonia and Greece
Gig Economy Project – Dead end: Platform Work Directive blocked by Germany, France, Estonia and Greece
From creative cities to creative towns: an investigation into remote workers attraction incentives programs
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. small towns and secondary cities started offering cash and in-kind incentives to attract remote workers eager to escape overcrowded coastal cities. These new incentive schemes, known in economic literature as Remote Work Attraction Incentives Programs (see Strauss … Read More
Hustle harder? My ICA 2022 virtual presentation
After two virtual editions (2020 and 2021), the International Communication Association annual conference is back in a hybrid format. I admit that the idea of traveling to Paris to present my work was enticing. However, due to scheduling conflicts, I … Read More