Not so long ago, I wrote a piece on some of the ethical question marks that Large Language Model (LLM) Artificial Intelligence (AI) raises. In the last week not one, but two, topics were brought to my attention that I consider to be examples of the dangers of naive application
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Ezra’s Dustup This Week And Ethics In Journalism
Let me be abundantly clear here: I don’t like Ezra Levant. I never have. He conducts himself as a public spectacle, and has been abundantly clear that he has no respect for anyone who dares to disagree with him. That’s his choice, I don’t have to like it.
However, in reading Andrew Coyne’s diatribe on the matter (which is really just a thinly veiled attack on the CBC), it occurred to me that all of the arguments made supporting Ezra Levant fail to acknowledge the moral and ethical issues that the field of journalism in Canada has largely ignored for most of my adult life.
The Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Ezra’s Dustup This Week And Ethics In Journalism
Okay, Ezra won a battle this week with Alberta's NDP government. They tried to toss him from press events held by the government, and he made enough of a stink about it to get the government to back down. In the last few days, we've seen all sorts of media
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Ezra’s Dustup This Week And Ethics In Journalism
Okay, Ezra won a battle this week with Alberta's NDP government. They tried to toss him from press events held by the government, and he made enough of a stink about it to get the government to back down. In the last few days, we've seen al…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Hundreds of Canadian women join RCMP harassment lawsuit
In March, Janet Merlo, a 19-year with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), filed a lawsuit against Canada’s national police force. In May, Corporal Catherine Galliford filed a claim of being sexually harassed by her male superiors during her 16 year career with the RCMP. Now hundreds of current and former female Mounties
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: RCMP’s Misogynistic Response to Gillford Sexual Harassment Claim
In May, Corporal Catherine Galliford filed a claim of being sexually harassed by her male superiors during her 16 year career with our national police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Predictably, the responses from the four accused Mounties is denial. But, in this country famous for compassion, how
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: On Your Feet, Nurse, the Doctor’s Here!
Should nurses give up their chairs for physicians? A nursing professor named Susan Kieffer writing at NurseTogether.com thinks so: If you have been a nurse for any length of time, you know how precious the seats at the nurses’ station really are. These seats are a rare commodity; one to
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