Post #3296821

2026-06-11 19:46 UTC

Mark Carney’s AI strategy suggests Canadians’ concerns about AI will evaporate if they become more “literate” about the technology. In trying to boost industry, Carney ignores many of the biggest concerns about generative AI and data centres. If anyone needs to become more AI literate, it’s him. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/06/11/AI-Safety-Concerns-Mark-Carney/ #tech #cdnpoli #canada #markcarney #ai #generativeai

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@bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone 2026-06-11 19:52

@parismarx@mastodon.online because of course he thinks we’re too ignorant to understand 🙄 #DamnItEvan

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@jbouchez@mstdn.social 2026-06-11 20:46

@parismarx@mastodon.online

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@lmk@infosec.exchange 2026-06-11 23:39

@parismarx@mastodon.online Tell me you don't understand "AI" without telling me you don't understand "AI". With over 50 years in software I have grave concerns: what is the bar for how tech literate? Concerns never "evaporate" but they can be blatantly suppressed or disregarded.Some concerns (threat modeling): fighting AI fire with AI fire, courtesy Gemini -->## 1. Risk Profile: Massive public spending risks subsidizing superficial AI adoption, while sovereign compute mandates invite severe U.S. trade retaliation under CUSMA.## 2. Present-Day Uncertainties: U.S. opposition to sovereign compute threatens hardware supply chains, while capital deployment outpaces lagging, ill-defined regulatory guardrails.## 3. Winners and Losers: Subsidies heavily favor centralized corporate "national champions," while mid-career workers face displacement without any mandated legal or retraining protections.## 4. Unmitigated Risks: Missing workforce protections risk mass labor disruption, and infrastructure delays may force defaults back to dependency on foreign hyper-scalers.## 5. Oversight Framework: Accountability is fragmented across existing bodies, leaving the primary auditing arm (CAISI) with analytical powers but no legal enforcement authority.## 6. Consideration of Recognized AI Positions: Funding heavily concentrates architectural power into state-backed supercomputers and large corporations, completely marginalizing open-source and decentralized models.## 7. Consultation and Disclosure of Contrary Opinions: The final strategy acts as a unified consensus document, completely erasing dissenting architectural pathways or formal disclosures of conflicting expert opinions.

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@TallSimon@mstdn.ca 2026-06-12 02:24

@parismarx@mastodon.online I have a Ph.D. in an AI-adjacent field of math and computer science, done 4th year AI at Waterloo, did work at their Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence lab back on the day. Like Mr. Carney I've worked in finance. I heartily endorse your message. I think it's even worse than your piece concludes.

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@h0ru2@cyberplace.social 2026-06-12 15:14

@parismarx@mastodon.online A plan that will absolutely not backfire /s I think, he confuses "literate" with "addicted"

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