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Whether you call them UFOs, UAPs or flying saucers, Canada should treat the objects that fly in our skies as scientific phenomena, not pop-cultural quackery (Illustration by Pete Ryan) Most kids go through a space phase. But mine kept going after I watched NASA launch its Gemini and Mercury spacecraft on TV. And it kept…
(Photo illustration by Maclean’s, photograph by Eric Carrière) According to an Angus Reid study released in September, when a tenant vacates a property in Ontario, the rent for that unit increases by an average of 34 per cent. The poll was commissioned by housing-focused non-profit Vivre en Ville to coincide with the launch of the…
They’ll help us shop, bank and book travel Jackie C.K. Cheung is an associate professor of computer science at McGill University and Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Mila. (This illustration was created by Maclean’s art director Anna Minzhulina using the generative AI image program Imagine. Minzhulina spent weeks feeding prompts into the program, inspired by the…
AI brain sensors will translate our thoughts into speech, text or even other languages Yalda Mohsenzadeh is a professor of computer science at Western University. (This illustration was created by Maclean’s art director Anna Minzhulina using the generative AI image program Imagine. Minzhulina spent weeks feeding prompts into the program, inspired by the essay.) The…
Social companions can read emotions and help with daily tasks Amir Shabani is an assistant professor of computing at the University of the Fraser Valley. (This illustration was created by Maclean’s art director Anna Minzhulina using the generative AI image program Imagine. Minzhulina spent weeks feeding prompts into the program, inspired by the essay.) Canada…
In the next year or two, we’ll have sophisticated, purpose-built bots designed for relationships, sex and intimacy Neil McArthur is a professor of philosophy and ethics at the University of Manitoba. (This illustration was created by Maclean’s art director Anna Minzhulina using the generative AI image program Imagine. Minzhulina spent weeks feeding prompts into the…
Parth and Karen outside the home they share in Barrie, ON. (Photography by Lucy Lu.) As Canada continues to grapple with a shortage of affordable housing, international students are turning to new resources to find places to live. Parth Makwana, who’s 19, moved from Ahmedabad, India, to Canada last year to study culinary management at Georgian…
“The units are modular, identical, 275-square-foot studios with galley kitchens, a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom” (Photo illustration by Maclean’s, photograph courtesy of Dr. Kevin Smith) I have worked in health care for more than 30 years as a professor, researcher and hospital executive. For the last half-century, intellectuals, doctors and policy leaders…
(Photograph by Hannah Eden) I was eating a hot dog when I decided it was time to evacuate Yellowknife. I’d been mostly awake for 72 hours, and boiled hot dogs with cheap yellow mustard seemed like as good a method of self-care as anything else. This was my fourth year working as an information officer…
(Photograph by Julie Artacho) The machines are coming for our jobs. It’s a message we’ve been hearing for years: robots will replace factory workers, self-driving cars will supplant truckers and taxi drivers, and now artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will take over everything from teaching to lawyering to penning the next episode of Law &…