Love in the Code: Vancouver AI Community Meetup #20

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The episode features discussions on AI ethics, the future of work, and community-driven data storytelling at the Vancouver AI Community Meetup #20.

Vancouver AI Community Meetup #20 — land, love, learning, and launch. Featuring Love Now Media’s Jos Duncan on AI ethics & advocacy, Peter Bitner on the future of work, and Rival’s data storytelling hackathon winners. Plus: BC + AI Ecosystem Association launch , Ethos Lab AI.EDU, Surrey AI, and SIGGRAPH demos. Join BC + AI: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/ ---------------------- Welcome to Vancouver AI Community Meetup #20 ... a night grounded in place and propelled by purpose. Opening & Land We gathered in the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, welcomed by Gabriel George Sr, with story and Eagle song. Keynote: Love Now Media Jos Duncan (Philadelphia) shares a values-led path for love & AI : transparent AI use, mission-aligned ethics policies, and a new AI Advocacy Initiative to reduce harms (IP, environment, labor) and uplift what’s working. Future of Work:The Upgrade Peter Bitner ( upgrade.ai ) on upskilling as the bottleneck, AI literacy frameworks, and building cultures where experimentation + critical thinking thrive. Rival Technologies AI Data Storytelling Hackathon • Prajwal Prasanth : “semantic maps + roundtable voices” that let…

People in this episode

Host: Kris Krüg

Guests: Jos Duncan, Peter Bitner

Topics covered

• AI ethics
• future of work
• data storytelling
• community engagement
• upskilling
• AI advocacy

Keywords

• AI ethics
• future of work
• data storytelling
• community
• Vancouver AI
• upskilling
• AI advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Love Now Media, Rival Technologies, BC + AI Ecosystem Association, Ethos Lab AI.EDU, Surrey AI, SIGGRAPH

Places: Vancouver, Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh

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