Illustration by Sydney Goldstein
Illustration by Sydney Goldstein

The working world

The Working World: How dreaming small helped Canada become a world leader in AI

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Published on April 03, 2020

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"AI was this topic that people had given up on for decades. Then suddenly, there was this breakthrough with great Canadian professors working on the research.”

Michael Cheng and the Lumen5 team at the 2019 New Ventures BC Competition
Michael Cheng and the Lumen5 team at the 2019 New Ventures BC Competition

“When it comes to something like AI, where the possibilities can be endless, Canadians are great at being like, ‘Let's just look at this one very near-term problem and how AI can solve that.’