It’s Friday and if tonight is the night you go to the movies, The Conversation Canada has another one of its popular articles in which we look at how science is portrayed in popular culture. Daniel Southwick and Matt Ratto of the University of Toronto say Blade Runner 2049 misses the mark in how it portrays artificial intelligence. In the movie, AI performs mechanical duties, but humans still do the creative stuff. But that’s not the way AI is going, our experts say. “Recent examples have shown computers have started to become active participants in creative work such as the field of design, collaborating with humans to shape the objects and experiences that fill our daily lives. ”

The crisis facing journalism’s business model has forced newsrooms across the country to slash jobs. This has allowed new models (ahem…like us) to fill the void left by legacy news organizations. Robert Cribb, a Toronto Star journalist who teaches investigative reporting at Ryerson University, profiles another new model called the National Student Investigative Reporting Network that has uncovered health hazards from the oil and gas industry in Saskatchewan and southern Ontario.

And finally, we have another beautiful tribute to Gord Downie. Patrick Finn, an associate professor in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary, writes about how the late singer of the Tragically Hip had a lasting impact on the Canadian creative identity.