Arts·AI Week

What, exactly, does 'AI' mean in our world today — and how will it change tomorrow?

Today is the first day of Commotion's AI week! To help kick off this special week of programming, tech journalists Melissa Heikkilä and Alyssa Bereznak join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud for a discussion about what, exactly, artificial intelligence is, how the field of AI has changed and progressed over the last few years, and its potential in the world of the future. Plus, Elamin shares his thoughts on the line between the capabilities of AI and humans (with a little help from Nick Cave).

Melissa Heikkilä and Alyssa Bereznak share how the field of artificial intelligence has evolved

A device showing the words 'Open AI' in front of a screen showing purple and green lines.
The logo for OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, appears on a mobile phone, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. OpenAI is launching a new tool in an effort to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool Tuesday that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (Richard Drew/The Associated Press)

Today is the first day of Commotion's AI week! For the next few days we'll be dedicating the show to discussions around how artificial intelligence technology will be changing the world of art as we know it — from music and film, to visual art and more.

To help kick off this special week of programming, tech journalists Melissa Heikkilä and Alyssa Bereznak join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud for a discussion about what, exactly, artificial intelligence is, how the field of AI has changed and progressed over the last few years, and its potential to change our world going into the future.

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel with Melissa Heikkilä and Alyssa Bereznak produced by Jean Kim.