Approximately Correct: An AI Podcast from Amii

How do we know where we are, and where we are going?
While we use our eyes to take in the information, it is our brains that are doing the heavy computing as we navigate the world. Now, new research using machine learning models is perhaps giving us a glimpse into what is going on inside our minds, and how the cells needed to navigate the world might form. 
On this episode of Approximately Correct, we are joined by two Amii Fellows and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs — Marlos C. Machado and Quinn Lee — who combined their expertise in machine learning and neuroscience to better understand the mysteries of navigation.

What happens when you give an economics final to ChatGPT?
On a special episode of Approximately Correct, filmed live at Upper Bound 2026, we're joined by Canada CIFAR AI Chair Kevin Leyton-Brown.
His work focuses on the underexplored intersection of machine learning and microeconomics — two fields that might seem wildly different, but have a lot in common.
Tune in for a wide-ranging discussion on multi-agent systems, the reasoning abilities of LLMS, and how AI is a crucial part of Canada’s economic future.

In just five years, Upper Bound has grown from a 400-person birthday party to one of Canada’s largest AI-centred events, drawing in thousands of people each year.  But it isn’t the only thing that has changed: the way we talk about and use machine learning is also completely different in 2026.

On the latest episode of Approximately Correct, Stephanie Enders joins to discuss how the conversation around AI has shifted in recent years.

The latest episode of Approximately Correct, we're joined by Kate Compton.
Kate is an expert in generative AI, an artist, and a self-described “weird futurist.” She’s long been fascinated by creativity, and how people use digital tools to express themselves.
She joins Alona Fyshe and Scott Lilwall to talk about the time when AI was small, strange and shareable, and explains why we need to keep that energy going to allow people to use it as a creative tool.

Class is back in session: this month, we're catching up again with Jill Kowalchuk to talk about the monumental shifts in AI and education over the past couple years.

As Amii's Manager of AI Literacy, Jill has seen the way that students and educators have dealt with the introduction of AI in the classroom, both the opportunities and the pitfalls. She talks with hosts Alona Fyshe and Scott Lilwall about how AI means we need to rethink the way we evaluate learning, and how she sees AI as less than a tool and more of a "thought partner."