Articles
Passport Obsolescence? Canada’s New Approach to Recruiting Tech Workers
This article analyzes Canada’s emerging tech talent recruitment strategy- outlining its pros and cons, and ultimately discussing how Canada will change as it begins to sell itself as the next global tech talent hub.
Fires of the Future: Embracing Innovation in Firefighting
In this incisive piece by QBR Editor Erin Sun, traditional firefighting meets cutting-edge technology. Through a tapestry of historical context and modern solutions, Sun illuminates the burgeoning role of AI, drones, and robots against the wildfire menace. Seamlessly weaving challenges with potential solutions, she advocates for a harmonized future of tech and human expertise to combat fires more effectively.
Don’t Shoot The Messenger: The Faults and Fortune of ChatGPT
Rather than pitting the two against each other and assuming their differences negates the existence of the other — work generated by humans and machine learning algorithms can form a relationship of mutualism as we adapt to the next paradigm shift of our times.
Dream Big, Live Small: Moving Away from Traditional Housing
Although the dream of home ownership is quickly spiralling out of reach for many hardworking Canadians, there may finally be some light at the end of the tunnel. Through further innovation, advancement, and awareness, modular and boxed housing alternatives have the potential to achieve widespread social acceptance and shape the way future generations live.
AI in the Fight Against Climate Change
AI is not the silver bullet in the fight against climate change. All research shows that AI is one of the many innovations the world will require to mitigate and adapt to the effects of a hotter world. One issue limiting the impact of AI is that current AI solutions are disconnected and independently challenging to scale. In future years, look for emerging companies that leverage AI to offer complete climate-based risk assessment
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A (Brief) Analysis of Our State of Technological Advancement and Innovation in the Public Sector
In a society fuelled by capitalism and driven by profit, how many industries are lacking the benefits of modern technology—decades behind the large waves of advancement—due to little to no profit potential and low demand? Acknowledging the various incentives, capabilities, and barriers, that form the source of innovation inequity is the first step in working towards more holistic (and conscious) innovation.
AI and Physics: Hand-in-Hand Advancements
Complex problems require innovative and creative solutions, and the union of physics and artificial intelligence provides the necessary building blocks for uncovering powerful answers. The most difficult situations may still be yet to come, but with continuous breakthroughs in science and technology, researchers will have many tools and techniques at their fingertips.
Amazon and The Proliferation of The Smart Home Appliance
If left unmonitored, our homes may begin to resemble a panopticon, wherein we can be observed and influenced at all times. We must consider our willingness to make the trade-off between convenience and having the innermost parts of our daily lives recorded on the digital cloud, ready to be dispensed to sell us products via devices we initially used for one compartmentalized purpose.
The Artificial Rebirth of Fashion
The future of AI is unpredictable. We know so much about it, yet everyday there seems to be more to learn. We have yet to uncover the true potential of AI, not only in fashion, but, around the world. Artificial intelligence gives life to new low-budget designers but could also potentially be the end of many experienced designers in large companies