Episode 09: How AI Changed Everything: AI impact on Business, Economics, and Education

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Episode 09 features Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO Emeritus, TELUS. 

Join Dean Kyle Murray and Ibrahim Gedeon as they discuss their new book, Automata: The Power of AI Integrated with Advanced Robotics, exploring the economic and societal changes already beginning at the hands of new AI and robotic technologies.

With Ibrahim’s technological and industry experience, combined with Kyle’s business and education acumen, this new book goes beyond simple takeaways to explore the past which has led to this technological revolution, and how AI will transform economies in the years to come.  

In this month’s episode Kyle and Ibrahim discuss why they felt the need to write this book and they touch on how AI is reshaping education, job markets, the skills we need to learn and more.  

Tune in for a fascinating discussion on how AI and robotics have already reshaped our schools and economies and considerations for navigating this evolution that will only continue to reshape the world we’re living in.  

About Ibrahim

Ibrahim Gedeon is one of the global telecommunication industries most respected executives. He was Chief Technology Officer at TELUS for more than 20 years, which is one of Canada's 
and the world's leading telecom companies. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the American University of Beirut, a master’s in electrical electronics engineering from Carlton, and an honorary doctorate of law from UBC.  

He's won numerous awards over the years, including being named four times the global telecom business magazines Power 100. He's a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He's been named one of Alberta's 50 most influential people. 

He's also a chef and a gregarious host. And in fact, his first book was a cookbook called From the Heart. Ibrahim is the co-author of a new book Automata: The Power of AI integrated with Advanced Robotics, which received the Telecom Review Book of the Year award.