Neil Postman did not predict AI. He left us something more useful: a discipline for refusing to treat any technology as the weather. Here is what technological resistance looks like in 2026.
Tag: responsible ai
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Business in Vancouver got the thesis right: AI lands inside every profession. Here is the connective infrastructure B.C. still has to build and what BC + AI is already doing.
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How a scrappy Vancouver meetup became a grassroots BC AI movement rooted in ceremony, community, practical learning, and relationships before transactions.
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AI is a mirror, not a moral authority. The better question is not what the chatbot would do, but who is steering and what values are being amplified.
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Canada does need AI infrastructure. But without consent, climate discipline, Indigenous governance, and community benefit, bigger just means faster extraction.
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AI will not repair broken civic systems by itself. Permit reform needs better process, public accountability, and human judgment before automation can help.
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Why BC + AI built the Responsible AI Professional Certification: practical governance, real artifacts, and a community-grounded way to make better AI decisions before deployment.
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4 weeks. Built with Martin Lopatka and Sarah Downey. First cohort starts May 22. Wrote up the whole story… the gap, the collaborators, what’s actually in it, and the honest notes about the pilot.