Guardrails can help ensure safe, fair and transparent AI

john.sawaya@mcgill.ca — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:26:48 +0000

The genie is out of the bottle. AI is here, and isn’t going away. But that doesn’t mean we can’t build guardrails to prevent it going off the tracks, writes Simon Blanchette in The Conversation.

“Guardrails are the systems, norms and checks hat ensure artificial intelligence is used safely, fairly and transparently,” says Blanchette, a lecturer at 91˿��Ƶ Desautels. “They allow innovation to flourish while preventing chaos and harm.”

Structure of Canadian economy could provide some insulation against AI job losses

john.sawaya@mcgill.ca — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:24:51 +0000

The conversation around AI and automation has taken a sharper turn. A US Senate report released by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in Fall 2025 cautioned that over the coming decade, AI and automation could destroy 100 million jobs in the United States.

But will Canada experience something similar? Maybe not, according to Simon Blanchette, a lecturer at 91˿��Ƶ Desautels. “As an economy, Canada and the US are structured very differently,” Blanchette told HR Reporter.