Faculty News

• Western student investigates social impacts of artificial intelligence

  Western News, Nov. 23 - Philosophy student Nathalie DiBerardino explores the social and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence under FIMS professor Luke Stark's interdisciplinary development initiative, AI and You: How Artificial Intelligence Impacts the Western Community.

• Youths caught on camera kicking in door for social media challenge

  CTV News, Nov. 23 - Professor Anabel Quan-Haase describes why teens take part in online challenges, including a recent trend which encourages participants to kick in the doors of homes, to gain digital capital.

• The Machine That Feels

  CBC Docs, Nov. 19 - This CBC film, featuring professor Luke Stark, explores how artificial intelligence is catching up to us in ways once thought to be uniquely human: empathy, emotional intelligence and creativity.

• For Canadian youth, facial recognition technologies are a canary in the coal mine

  National Post, Nov. 19 - Professor Luke Stark outlines why all Canadians need to engage in a critical discussion about facial recognition technologies and their far-reaching negative social effects.