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Chris Selley: Let the Liberals' new 'AI supercomputer' run Canada. It couldn't do worse

It could only do better running the country than the humans are now, surely

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Did you hear? The federal government is “building the first public AI supercomputer.” It will be “owned and operated in Canada,” thank goodness, and it will “power innovation across every sector … from healthcare to clean energy to startups scaling here at home,” AI Minister-bot Evan Solomon burbled on Wednesday. (“Startups scaling here at home”? Who writes this stuff?)

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“This program, part of the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, will enable the development of large-scale, Canadian-based compute infrastructure to advance AI research and innovation, while safeguarding Canada’s national interests,” a government press release explained.

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“These systems will form a core part of Canada’s digital backbone, enabling breakthroughs in areas like health care, energy, advanced manufacturing and scientific discovery.”

We’re building the first public AI supercomputer, owned and operated in Canada, to power........

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