When Mark Carney’s government was ready to launch its big strategy for artificial intelligence, it chose Toronto General Hospital for the big reveal — a very political statement.

Or maybe it’s more correct to call it a reassurance. In a nation where skepticism about AI runs high, Carney and his AI minister, Evan Solomon, were eager to point out that this technological revolution can do good things, such as saving people’s lives.

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