We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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COMM 4120U – AI, Ethics and Communication

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is automating human abilities and work. This course will query how people will work as communicators with autonomous AI agents, such as digital assistants, social robots, or AI writers. It will address the manner through which communicators are contextualizing their work on AI platforms that involve natural language generation, machine-learning, predictive analytics, or other AI functional applications. As literacy practices change with the use of autonomous agents, this course will provide opportunities to discuss public sphere issues such as manipulation of visual information (e.g., political deepfakes), racial and gender algorithmic bias, and automated journalism. The course will draw on a set of AI ethical principles (drawn from both international governance and technical organizations) to guide discussion toward achieving ethical practices, standards, policies, and regulations in the field. Theoretical grounding will be drawn from media studies (critical technology studies), human-computer interaction, and technical communication.