I went to Vancouver’s AI protest. Cedar brought the land. Stephanie brought the public-power questions. Both hands full. Now show me the deal.
Tag: Data Centres
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Bob Mackin asked if AI would sway B.C.’s civic elections. Council had already answered by punting the data centre past the October 17 vote. Two days later, every party in town had a position.
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Joel Hansen put me in front of the League of Innovators and North House founder cohorts for an hour. I skipped the panel and showed them the thing I actually do every day, then the room…
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A Web Summit Vancouver open letter asking who sovereign AI is really for; the neighbourhoods, host Nations, artists, builders, and citizens expected to carry the load.
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A refreshed skeptical guide to Canada’s June 4, 2026 AI for All strategy: what Carney and Solomon promised, what later coverage added, and where the public should keep asking for receipts.
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Kris Krüg marches in Vancouver’s first anti-AI, anti-data-centre protest, and argues that ‘shut it all down’ and ‘more compute, trust us’ are the same dead end. A West Coast vision for building AI differently.