AI strategy gets abstract fast. Community needs do not. People need trusted peers, affordable ways to learn, access to tools and compute, clearer ethical boundaries, and somewhere to bring the half-formed project that does not fit a conventional accelerator.
This is a listening worksheet for anyone who wants a more useful, inclusive and distinctly British Columbian AI ecosystem. You do not need to answer every question. Start with the one that has heat for you.
Belonging and access
- Have you felt welcomed or excluded from local AI events or networks? What made the difference?
- Where do you currently go to learn about AI or connect with other people working in it?
- What support, resource or relationship would help you participate more fully?
Work, learning and possibility
- What excites you most about the future of AI in BC?
- How do you want to use AI in your work or life, if at all?
- What project, tool or public resource do you wish someone in BC would build?
- What is missing from the current ecosystem?
Values and accountability
- Which ethical concerns or values need a stronger place in our communities?
- What would a genuinely community-first AI initiative look like to you?
- If you could change one thing about the ecosystem overnight, what would it be?