<![CDATA[The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by cutting 28,000 jobs by 2029.]]>The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by cutting 28,000 jobs by 2029.

There are so many reasons to be skeptical, write Natasha Tusikov and Blayne Haggart.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/05/08/Mark-Carney-Thinks-AI-Will-Save-Money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/85334ba3-a227-4740-83d9-c4510ca9ee4c/the-mark-carney-government-has-made-deploying-ai-at-scale-a-cornerstone-of-its-attempt-to-make-government-more-productive-and-slash-costs-by-cutting-28-000-jobs-by-2029.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:16:07 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 16:42:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by cutting 28,000 jobs by 2029. on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:23:11 GMT]]>@thetyee “Australian government to pay AU$475 million in compensation to victims.

The Australian government’s ill-fated, costly experiment with this algorithmic decision-making and the Canadian cases hold significant lessons on the consequences of turning to algorithms to operate and manage public services while cutting back on frontline public servants.”

AI in Canada, will cost how muck?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://humanwords.party/ap/users/116343620541237842/statuses/116540112337336526https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://humanwords.party/ap/users/116343620541237842/statuses/116540112337336526Fri, 08 May 2026 17:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by cutting 28,000 jobs by 2029. on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:16:27 GMT]]>@thetyee Can Carney replace each of his elected MP’s with an AI bot? Just add some localization to respin each announcement with local flavouring …

Much cheaper and does away with that charade or representation within a whipped party …

Poilievre would support as a way staunching more floor crossing?

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