Canada’s industry and innovation minister pitched the tech world on his plans to make the country a hub for artificial intelligence development, and the measures the government is working on to make that happen safely.
He said the government considers the rules an essential “stopgap measures” as artificial intelligence’s potential to transform society prompts excitement and fears, particularly“Things are evolving quickly, but we need to give trust to the people, and we need to have AI that serves the people,” he added.
“We want to lead in that front, we want to work with the tech sector, but why I’m so keen about the digital charter in Canada is that if you want to lead internationally, you need to fix your own house first,” he said.federal immigration policies announced a day earlier at Collision aimed at attracting tech talent.
“If you’re not Canadians, we want you here to contribute to the tech sector of the future,” he said. “We want to have the best and brightest.”