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A large language model tries to generate what a random person who had produced the previous text would produce. (Shutterstock)

Why AI can’t take over creative writing

As a computer scientist, I would hope that human creativity is more than regurgitating what others have written.
A Canada-wide health information technology system based on open-source software could save billions for the health-care system. (Gustavo Fring/Pexels)

How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada’s health‑care system

Canada has spent billions on health-care software that does not even communicate province to province. Free and open-source software would be a technically superior and far less expensive option.

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