Worst of all, a national AI strategy does nothing - not one solitary thing - to protect Canada from Trump shutting down our ministries, our companies, or our tractors.
In other words:
> If: digital sovereignty + AI = digital sovereignty - AI
> Then: AI = 0
If you think AI tools are nifty and want Canada to invest in AI, then first, please stop pretending that this has anything to do with "digital sovereignty."
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Cory Doctorow
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