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What Now? AI is a University of Toronto podcast series that dives into the world of artificial intelligence. Join hosts Beth Coleman and Rahul Krishnan as they explore – and demystify – the transformative potential of AI and its impact on society with the help of leading experts from the university. Coleman is an associate professor at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at U of T Mississauga and U of T’s Faculty of Information. She is also a research lead on AI policy and praxis at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Krishnan is an assistant professor in U of T’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is also a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute and Canada Research Chair in computational medicine.

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May 23, 2024

This Is Not Real

<p>AI is poised to impact the political process in profound ways. How do we navigate this uncharted territory? Hosts Beth Coleman and Rahul Krishnan are joined by experts Peter Loewen and Harper Reed to unravel the potential influence of AI on democracy and the spread of misinformation.  </p> <p>About the hosts:</p> <p>Beth Coleman is an associate professor at U of T Mississauga’s Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and the Faculty of Information. She is also a research lead on AI policy and praxis at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Coleman authored Reality Was Whatever Happened: Octavia Butler AI and Other Possible Worlds using art and generative AI.</p> <p>Rahul Krishnan is an assistant professor in U of T’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and the department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is a Canada CIFAR Chair at the Vector Institute, a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and a faculty member at the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM).</p> <p>About the guests:</p> <p>Peter Loewen is the director of U of T’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and a professor in the department of political science in the Faculty of Arts & Science. He is also the associate director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. His research focuses on how politicians can make better decisions, how citizens can make better choices and how governments can address the disruption of technology and harness its opportunities.</p> <p>Harper Reed is a technologist who served as a chief technology officer for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. Reed has pioneered crowdsourcing at Threadless.com, founded Modest Inc. and guided the software team at PayPal. His most recent venture was General Galactic Corporation.</p>

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April 25, 2024

AI and Creativity

<p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class= "normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US">The rapid advance of AI writing tools, image generators and text-to-video models opens a new world for creative possibilities. It also raises questions about the role of the artist, the nature of creativity – and ethics.</span></span> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US">Hosts Beth Coleman and Rahul Krishnan dive into these topics with guests Sanja Fidler and Nick Frosst. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US">About the hosts:</span></strong></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Beth Coleman</span></strong></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> is an associate professor at U of T Mississauga’s </span></span><span style= "font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><a href= "https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: blue;">Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology</span></span></a></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> and the Faculty of Information. She is also a research lead on AI policy and praxis at the</span></span><span style= "font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><a href= "http://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: blue;"> Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society</span></span></a></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">. Coleman authored </span></span><span style= "font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><a href= "https://k-verlag.org/books/beth-coleman-reality-was-whatever-happened/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class= "normaltextrun"><em><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: blue;">Reality Was Whatever Happened: Octavia Butler AI and Other Possible Worlds</span></em></span></a></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> using art and generative AI. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Rahul Krishnan</span></strong></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> is an assistant professor in U of T’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is a Canada CIFAR Chair at the Vector Institute, a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and a faculty member at the </span></span><span style= "font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><a href= "https://tcairem.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: blue;">Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine</span></span></a></span><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> (T-CAIREM). </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US">About the guests:</span></strong></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Nick Frosst</span></strong></span> <span class= "normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">is a co-founder of <a href="https://cohere.com/">Cohere</a>, a Toronto-based startup that develops large language models for enterprise use. Frosst did his undergraduate degree in computer science and cognitive science at U of T and was the first employee of Geoffrey Hinton’s Google Brain lab in Toronto. He is the singer in an indie rock band called <a href= "https://goodkidofficial.com/">Good Kid</a>. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style= "font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Sanja Fidler</span></strong></span> <span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">is vice president of AI research at <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/research/">NVIDIA</a>, leading the company’s research lab in Toronto. She is also an associate professor of mathematical and computational science at the University of Toronto Mississauga and an affiliate faculty member at the Vector Institute, which she co-founded. The co-author of more than 130 scientific papers in computer vision, machine learning and natural language processing, she has received the University of Toronto’s Innovation Award and the Connaught New Researcher Award, among other accolades. Fidler completed her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>

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April 18, 2024

Innovation for Good

<p>While a lot of the news around AI is doom and gloom, the potential for positive innovation in health care offers a hopeful perspective. Hosts Beth Coleman and Rahul Krishnan are joined by University of Toronto experts Christine Allen and Andrew Pinto to talk about the transformative power of AI in health care, from revolutionizing primary care to advancing drug development.</p> <p><strong>About the hosts:</strong></p> <p>Beth Coleman is an associate professor at U of T Mississauga’s <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title= "https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=institute+of+communication%2c+culture%2c+information+and+technology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" aria-label= "Link Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology"> Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology</a> and the Faculty of Information. She is also a research lead on AI policy and praxis at the <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title="http://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/" href= "http://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener" aria-label= "Link Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society">Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society</a>. Coleman authored <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title= "https://k-verlag.org/books/beth-coleman-reality-was-whatever-happened/" href= "https://k-verlag.org/books/beth-coleman-reality-was-whatever-happened/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label= "Link Reality Was Whatever Happened: Octavia Butler AI and Other Possible Worlds"><em>Reality Was Whatever Happened: Octavia Butler AI and Other Possible Worlds</em></a> using art and generative AI.</p> <p>Rahul Krishnan is an assistant professor in U of T’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is a Canada CIFAR Chair at the Vector Institute, a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and a faculty member at the <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title="https://tcairem.utoronto.ca/" href= "https://tcairem.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener" aria-label= "Link Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine">Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine</a> (T-CAIREM).</p> <p><strong>About the guests:</strong></p> <p>Andrew Pinto is the founder and director of the <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title="https://upstreamlab.org/" href="https://upstreamlab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label= "Link Upstream Lab">Upstream Lab</a>, a research team focused on addressing social determinants of health, population health management, and utilizing data science for proactive care. Pinto is a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, and associate professor in the department of family and community medicine in U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.</p> <p>Christine Allen is a professor in U of T’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. She is a member of the scientific leadership team of the <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title="https://acceleration.utoronto.ca/" href= "https://acceleration.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener" aria-label= "Link Acceleration Consortium">Acceleration Consortium</a> at U of T. Allen is a co-founder and CEO of <a class= "fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" title="https://intrepidlabs.tech/" href= "https://intrepidlabs.tech/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link Intrepid Labs Inc">Intrepid Labs Inc</a>., a company that is accelerating pharmaceutical drug development through integration of AI, automation and advanced computing. </p>

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What is What Now? AI?

What Now? AI is a University of Toronto podcast series that dives into the world of artificial intelligence. Join hosts Beth Coleman and Rahul Krishnan as they explore – and demystify – the transformative potential of AI and its impact on society with the help of leading experts from the university.

Coleman is an associate professor at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at U of T Mississauga and U of T’s Faculty of Information. She is also a research lead on AI policy and praxis at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society.

Krishnan is an assistant professor in U of T’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science and department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is also a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute and Canada Research Chair in computational medicine.

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