artificial intelligence
AI is not a magic trick
January 27, 2026By: Ashima Shukla, Peak Associate Content warning: brief mentions of death, suicide, torture, and sexual assault. Recently, Billie Eilish shared a post on Instagram about artificial intelligence that has haunted me ever since: “AI consumed more water this year than the global bottled water industry.” The post was based on a study that drew from the average metrics from global datacentres. Although these Big-Tech-sanctioned datacentres only provide vague estimates, we know the rate at which AI is depleting our environmental resources is massive, and growing. The post shook me because AI is so often normalized in the public consciousness. We…
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SFU’s new supercomputer, Fir, is now online
November 11, 2025By: Jin Song, Peak Associate SFU now hosts Canada’s fastest supercomputer, Fir. Designed for data and compute-intensive research such as artificial intelligence (AI), Fir came online in September and is the only Canadian machine in the global top 100 supercomputers.…
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SFU to share draft artificial intelligence policy this summer
June 24, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On January 31, SFU released a statement that their Artificial Intelligence Learning and Teaching Task Force started developing policy recommendations regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) like ChatGPT for coursework. Currently, SFU has…
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Facial recognition technology has gone too far
January 17, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Facial recognition technology (FRT) is a type of artificial intelligence that identifies people by their unique facial features. It’s being used for everything from unlocking your phone, making purchases, and boarding passes. Our province uses…
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Student advocacy coordinator discusses AI and academic integrity at SFU
November 21, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The Peak recently spoke with Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) student advocacy coordinator Trish Everett on how SFU has approached the issue of inappropriate artificial intelligence (AI) usage in classes. As advocacy coordinator, Everett helps…
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AI isn’t just unethical, it’s inaccurate
July 17, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is unethical, and it takes away from our originality and skill development. There are many reasons to avoid AI chatbots and writing assistants, but what’s the point of using…
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AI should not replace human talent
June 19, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate I often ask myself if artificial intelligence (AI) can predict the future, and tell us whether or not it will leave humans jobless. I don’t want to ask an AI software this, because I don’t…
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New fashion app combines AI and sustainability
February 15, 2023By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer Bintu Alkassoum wants to change the way people shop. Her up-and-coming app, Shopinspo, fuses sustainability and convenience to bring users a unique mood board-inspired online shopping experience. The Peak sat down with Alkassoum to learn…
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SFU student creates his own chess engine
November 20, 2021By: Gabriel Kitsos, SFU Student Editor’s Note: Gabriel Kitsos and Vincent Yu are both affiliated with SFU’s chess club. Vincent Yu, a fourth-year computing science student, received recognition for his chess computer in August 2020. Today, Yu’s chess computer is…
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Technologies of Speculation: a School of Communication book talk
March 21, 2021Written by: Kayli Jamieson, SFU Student Sapere aude! Translated from Latin, it means “dare to know,” and was a featured phrase within Dr. Sun-ha Hong’s recent book, Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society. Dr. Hong,…
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