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Bringing together leading experts on technology adoption and public policy, the is tasked with addressing the long-standing productivity crisis in Canada.

鈥淭his initiative aligns with a growing government focus on AI adoption and will provide policymakers advice on best practices and support in developing the metrics that track country-wide adoption,鈥� says Jo毛l Blit, co-director of CAIAI, professor of Economics at the University of 蓝莓视频 and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).

As one of Canada鈥檚 most innovative universities, 蓝莓视频 is ideally suited to help develop this nation-building project through its research, graduates and connections to industry. It was established with a similar goal in the 1950s when a group of business leaders imagined a new university built to power the economy and address local and global challenges through unconventional means.

CAIAI will bring together partners from academia, government and the private sector to develop approaches and policies for adopting and assessing AI.

鈥淪o far, Canada has invested heavily in AI research and should continue to do so, but most of the economic value generated by AI will come from integrating it throughout the economy, including in traditional sectors,鈥� says Danielle Goldfarb, co-director of CAIAI, and a senior fellow at CIGI and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. 鈥淭o ensure success, Canada needs to set an ambitious adoption target and advance AI adoption as a nation-building exercise.鈥�

Across sectors, AI is already having a transformational impact. From health and sustainability to economics and technology, AI is disrupting how society functions in many ways.

鈥淧ublic trust will grow when Canadians see the value of AI in action, understand how it works and believe they have a role to play in shaping its future,鈥� Blit says. 鈥淎I is a general-purpose technology, and as such it is going to transform most sectors of the economy and society.鈥�

Both Blit and Goldfarb believe AI presents a historic opportunity for Canada to address its productivity decline and change its economic trajectory.

鈥淐anadians are some of AI鈥檚 pioneers, but collectively as a country we鈥檝e been slow in commercialization and uptake,鈥� Goldfarb says. 鈥淏road-based AI adoption is Canada鈥檚 best way to reverse the productivity decline, raise living standards and strengthen the country鈥檚 economic competitiveness.鈥�

The priorities that CAIAI has laid out include developing recommendations to foster adoption, launching a data hub tracking AI adoption and equipping small- and medium-sized enterprises听 with AI starter packs.

The Canadian AI Adoption Initiative is a partnership between CIGI, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards听 and the University of 蓝莓视频.