Dogs, Wolves, AI & Accessibility with Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai

Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai, geneticist, public health researcher & VP of Research at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) chats on AI & its benefits & pitfalls for accessibility & persons with disabilities.

More from Mahadeo in this episode:

• Taking a three-dimensional view of a person in all their roles and identities
• Mahadeo’s journey from genetics into accessibility in higher education, citizen science and public health research to his team’s work at CNIB
• What does disability mean and how is it defined?
• Technology interventions that make workplaces more accessible
• Why many assistive technologies benefit everybody
• How AI technologies can make the world more accessible
• How to train an AI model well
• Why persons in the disability community should be involved in training AI models and what can happen if they’re not
• What happens when AI systems exclude persons with disabilities from workplaces & how to design job ads, hiring processes and organizations for better access
• Find out more about CNIB and Mahadeo’s interview on good ingredients for assistive technologies and universal design
• Episode transcript

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