Most public conversations about CIGI Builder Perspectives skip the parts that matter to people actually doing the work.
Venue. Centre for International Governance Innovation. Year. 2024. Materials/source.
Short summary. Bringing the builder voice into Canadian AI policy.
What the talk covers
Expect a builder-side framing: the operational decisions that look small in retrospect but were load-bearing at the time, and the few that turned out not to matter.
Who it's for
Designed for founders, engineers, and product leads. Useful for policy people who want a builder-side translation. Less useful for anyone looking for a beginner introduction to AI.
AI is a motorcycle for the mind. Cognitive amplification, not replacement.
— Rami Alhamad, five objections to ai
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About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.