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Canada is seeing growing opposition to the rollout of generative AI tools and to the data centers that power them, in the face of growing evidence of the social harm the technology causes. disconnect.blog/ai-oppositio...

But for Mark Carney and his AI minister, that opposition is unacceptable. Canadians must adopt AI, and they need to be taught why it’s so great for them: so the government is spending big to roll out AI education throughout society. disconnect.blog/ai-oppositio...

@allofthebanjo.bsky.social

Canadians’ skepticism is justified. Even as Canadian governments have sought to push chatbots on the public sector, they’ve been failing: giving incorrect tax information, making up parts of immigration applications, and recording incorrect medical information. disconnect.blog/ai-oppositio...

19/6/26, 4:13 pm20 reposts104 likes

allofthebanjo

Ban social media for kids, sure, but make sure they develop a dependency on AI. Makes sense...

Alessio Spassiani (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

As the government pushes “AI for All,” companies are in the middle of pulling back on their AI spending because the return on investment simply isn’t there. They’re burning money and not seeing the benefits. disconnect.blog/ai-oppositio...

@aspassiani.bsky.social

I'd add that another impact of this brute force approach to force genAI and chatbots without acknowledging its negative impacts and limitation is that it is creating distrust in AI/ML research that might actually prove beneficial and could have a place in society.

It’s not Canadians that need to become more literate on AI; it’s Mark Carney. He needs to see the reality of the technology and the harms it’s causing to the people he’s supposed to serve, not just buying industry narratives based on hype instead of reality. disconnect.blog/ai-oppositio...