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U.S. big tech holds 85% of Canadian cloud market, report says ahead of AI strategy (www.ctvnews.ca)

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[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

I'm waiting to see what comes as a final version of the national AI strategy, but what my feeling for a while is that what we're seeing with AI in Canada is very reminiscent of what we've seen in O&G, but even more lopsided. Lots of US ownership, raw material (both mineral and data) coming from Canada but with value-added processes owned by US companies, revenue that will flow south, and lock-in to their systems.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

We have zero PhDs in Parliament, 7% STEM degrees. No one understands AI so any strategy will be written by lobbyists.

[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

We don't have them in parliament, but we do have them. I'm not a big fan of Evan Solomon as the minister of AI, but the AI advisory council has some people who are very knowledgeable and have been deep in the AI space for years. So, there is ready access to great knowledge and intelligence. That said, Solomon's approach is very market-driven and focused on entrepreneurship and business growth, and that's no-doubt why he's in the roll. The approach from the top of government down has been to go market-driven.