Tag: vancouver ai
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Calling Us All In
I started day three with my neck out, published “Sovereign AI for Whom?”, a critical piece on the federal data centre announcement, my name and face on it, and spent the rest of the day finding out it was the right call.
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Punk Rock AI
Most AI conversations force a binary. Boosters say embrace it. Doomers say resist it. Both feel lazy. I hold the critique in one hand. I hold the capability in the other. That is the only honest place to stand right now.
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BC + AI Ecosystem Industry Association Is Live
We just launched Canada’s first grassroots AI industry organization. Not because we love meetings, but because someone has to ask the hard questions while everyone else is busy printing money on artificial intelligence. Like: Who gets to decide what “intelligent” means when you live on unceded territory?
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Vancouver AI Meetup #16: Where Tech, Creativity, and Community Collide
A monthly open-source mixtape of BC AI knowledge, culture & collective intelligence from the bleeding edge of the Pacific Cascadian AI underground.
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DIY AI in Vancouver: Building a Grassroots BC AI Industry Association
“Industry associations” claim to represent AI in BC. Meanwhile, our grassroots community built something they couldn’t: an ecosystem where humans matter more than profit. They’re selling AI. We’re living it.
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We Don’t Do Panels. We Do Portals.
AI don’t need hype. It needs healing. We opened the night with ceremony, not code. Spirit first. Systems second. That’s how you realign the future.
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“Is A Hotdog A Sandwich?”: Vancouver AI Data Storytelling Hackathon w/ Andrew Reid
Forget boring data decks. I just sat down with Rival Technologies CEO Andrew Reid to plan Vancouver’s most ambitious AI hackathon yet. We’re challenging 40+ teams to reinvent how humans experience data – starting with the eternal question: “Is a hot dog a sandwich?”
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Data Storytelling Hackathon: Where AI Meets Art, And Data Sings Its Truth
Forget Silicon Valley playbooks—we’re writing new rules where data speaks truth and machines amplify humanity. This is AI with soul, purpose, and swagger. #DataStorytelling #VancouverAI
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Vancouver AI: The Community Building BC’s AI Future – February Meetup Recap
Where the real work gets done. No gatekeepers, no hand-holding—just a crew of builders, thinkers, and misfits shaping BC’s AI future. Watch what we’re making.
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Vancouver AI January 2025 Recap: One Year of Creative Rebellion & Open-Source Disruption
From hackers to poets, legal minds to artists, our community-driven AI revolution is rewriting the rules. Dive into our one-year anniversary celebration and see how we’re making AI open, ethical, and creative.
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AI’s Next Chapter: Notes from BC’s AI Ecosystem
This is our moment to decide what we want this technology to be. Do we let it become another tool of digital feudalism, or do we grab the reins and steer it toward something more equitable, more creative, more human? That’s the revolution I’m here for.
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Vancouver’s AI Meetups: Where Code Meets Culture
To the suits who think AI is about optimization and efficiency—come see what happens when you let the creatives drive. We’re not just adopting future tech; we’re inventing it. And it sounds GLORIOUS.
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Paddling Together: A Future Built on Connection, Creativity, and Community
Paddling Together toward the future isn’t just about where we go—it’s about how we move. Our community of thinkers, builders, and creators gathered to explore what it means to row in rhythm toward innovation, ethics, and connection.
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Future Proof: Inside Vancouver’s Thriving AI Ecosystem
While others talk about the AI revolution, we’re busy making it happen. Dig into Vancouver’s AI community, where every meetup is a glimpse into the futures.