Carney unveils national AI strategy, says it prioritizes safety, reliability, sovereignty (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Protect Canadians and children against the risks from AI and online harms.

Provide Canadians access to free AI literacy training, including reaching one million entry-level post-secondary students.

Support creating up to 250,000 new jobs through AI adoption by 2031.

Boost Canada's business adoption of AI from 12 per cent today to 60 per cent by 2034.

Build a world-leading supercomputer as part of significantly enhanced sovereign infrastructure by 2031.

Build a multilateral alliance so Canada moves from reliance to resilience by having sovereign autonomy in key AI capabilities.

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Definitely not excited for AI usage to jump from 12% to 60%.

First they're gonna have to post secondary students basic literacy from what my friends who teach are telling me.

I'm rather suspicious about a super computer and an international AI alliance. Like we've already seen how the UK has gone all out on surveillance tech. I know something like this is probably necessary given how vital cybersecurity is going to be in the coming decades.

[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

The adoption part is really strange. The rest is at least policy and trying to provide a service. But what does the government care what tools a private business chooses to use (outside of regulatory requirements)?

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That part is to reassure the CEOs with companies valued just south of a trillion dollars (in some cases, just north!) and not much backing that valuation. This is all built on smoke and fairy dust anyway, so pointing to a nation planning 60% adoption is a great way to leverage even higher investment. The future!