How intelligent is AI today?

I recently attended a workshop by Arts Impact AI, which is undertaking conversations on AI across Canada. I discovered quickly that my expectation of what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, wasn’t quite in the right place for the conversation at hand. I expected the discussion to centre around intelligent machines thinking and working similar to humans. Where […]

Digital Strategy Fund: Funded Projects 2017 – 2019

Canada Council for the Arts announced its unique Digital Strategy Fund (DSF) in March 2017 with a sense of urgency: “The fund is part of a catch-up movement for the vast majority of the arts sector, which is at risk of being less and less visible and less supported by citizens (…)” As a strategic […]

Let’s work together on digital

On August 31, from 1 to 2:30 pm Eastern (10 to 11:30 am Pacific), our next online convening to discuss current digital projects and those in development takes place. Let us know you are joining in: What’s Your Digital Project? – Part 2 Through the Digital Innovation Council for the Performing Arts, CAPACOA has shared  draft […]

National media covers Digitizing the Performing Arts

The Globe and Mail took up our report in this article by Kate Taylor. Le Devoir also published a review and discussion of this important report.    

CBC Interview: Digitizing the Performing Arts

Here is my interview from today with CBC North. The report is available here: Digitizing the Performing Arts: An Assessment of Opportunities, Issues and Challenges.  http://capacoa.ca/en/services/research-and-development/digitizing-performing-arts  La numérisation des arts du spectacle : Évaluation des possibilités, des enjeux et des défis. http://capacoa.ca/fr/services/recherche/numerisation-spectacle