Guilbeault resigned in response to the rollback of Canada’s environmental laws. That’s a big deal. It’s also a big deal that he was willing to tell Carl, on the record, that he doesn’t believe Canada can still meet its legally binding emission-reduction targets — and that he thinks Prime Minister Mark Carney believes the problem of climate change can be solved, by and large, by market forces.
Artificial intelligence could never do Carl’s job. But while chatbots will never be journalists, AI tools are actively undermining the business of journalism. Search engines no longer send people in search of information to news sites like ours to learn the truth. Instead, they feed you robot-written summaries that, at best, cobble together facts that someone paid a journalist to take the time to dig up. (At worst, they cobble together untruths.)
So I won’t stop shouting from the rooftops: we need more real humans to pay real journalists to write real stories based on actual facts.
The Narwhal relies on readers like you to chip in so we can keep telling stories that matter. And we still need 209 people to step up this month to help us pay talented journalists like Carl a fair wage to do the work.
It’s a meaningful step you can take right now to push back against an information ecosystem that’s increasingly becoming by and for machines. Become a monthly or yearly member of The Narwhal — and show off your support in a pair of snazzy socks!
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