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The Emperor's New AI Economy ft. Paris Marx (The North State Podcast)

Mark Carney is pushing AI, where's critical news coverage?

This week on The North State Paris Marx, writer, critic and host of the tech critical podcasts Tech Won’t Save Us and System Crash joins me to discuss Prime Minsiter Mark Carney's push for AI and the poor news media response. If you've been wondering what Carney means for AI and what problems there are with the entire concept, we've got you covered. RSS Feed here.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has made AI investment a massive pillar of his government's economic plan. He appointed a Minister of AI and Digital Innovation and he tied in a new department focusing on AI research in a massive military spending announcement. You'd think with such a push, news media would delve into what this materially translates to for the average Canadian. That hasn't been the case. Most coverage has been sparse, and in the military announcement, it was omitted in a lot of stories. Meanwhile the coverage we do get leans towards the tech industry's priorities. This week on The North State, Paris Marx writer, critic and host of the tech critical podcasts Tech Won’t Save Us and System Crash joins Scott to talk about the Liberal government's AI investments and the news media's inability to properly cover this new push.

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