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One of the big discussions in AI is whether robots can ever become conscious. I like how it assumes we humans are conscious and not also machines. Are we not […]

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I am so amazed by many Iranian people on X and Instagram and even people I meet teaching at Seneca and at Western who articulate the repression and restrictions of […]

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Bob Dylan’s sagacity is very present in his memoir Chronicles, Volume One. I particularly liked recounting the Oh Mercy sessions with Danny Lanois, who urged Dylan to delve into weightier […]

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I was trying to find somewhere to write. My house was too noisy with renovations happening next door. Library closed. Tim Horton’s seemed the only place but can I really […]

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The jazz course started with Fly Me To The Moon and Autumn Leaves. Now onto I’m in The Mood for Love and Falling in Love with Love. It is like […]

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I am hired again to teach two classes this September at Seneca and one at Western in London. I also had a recent interview to work at Ryerson. I was […]

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I received an invitation to an academic seminar on the ethical challenges of AI in music production. Ethical? Who is positioned authoritatively to gate-keep the correct use of technology. Will […]

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I had a job when I was very young being a projectionist at the University of Winnipeg. I rolled the 16 mm projectors into various classes and threaded the films […]

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In the class many students talk about the unique victimization of their religion, their gender identity, their skin colour, their hair or their body size. I can think of examples […]

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My wife started to sing psycho killer que-ce-que-c’est and then my 12 year old daughter answered fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa and I said how […]