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polymathic research

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intimate one-on-ones 〰️ beautiful audits 〰️ experiential learning 〰️ polymathic research 〰️

AI and robot-ethics that actually meets the moment

What if an ethics audit or workshop wasn’t a bore, but an opportunity for reflection and creative visioning?

Let’s be honest. Most times you meet an ethicist, you’re sitting in a mandatory course or something has gone seriously wrong. And instead of discussing the things you’re actually worried about, you hear about someone else’s framework and principles. Perhaps, like me, you leave frustrated. Angry, even.

I was so disappointed by the way ethics was taught that I dropped out of university. After bartending a few years (a bootcamp for conversational skills), I ended up doing a master’s in philosophy and bioethics, then a PhD in Ethics of Technology, specializing in robotics and AI. What kept me coming back?

If you take away the formulas and complicated terminology, ethical questions are about how we live, speak to one another, eat our meals, and fit in our communities.

There’s nothing boring about that. And with the latest wave of AI-systems and robots, ethical reflection and skill is urgently needed by technologists and citizens alike.

Because how we design and use our technologies is how we design ourselves and our place on the planet.

WaySeeing Ethics gives you a chance to take an honest inventory and to dream beautifully for the world.

❊ The WaySeeing Trifecta ❊

Deep Ethics

With polymathic academic rigour alongside the practical sensitivity gained from two-decades of community gathering, we’ll go beyond frameworks and get into the real questions keeping you up at night. 

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Discernment

Drawing on ten-years training in spiritual care, on-going spiritual direction, and matriarchal lineage of discernment, Madelaine hears what’s pulsing under the surface of the conversation— a worry, a fear, a dream— and carefully brings it into the light. 

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Creative Wayseeing

With warm chitchat and attentive listening, Madelaine eases you from a sense of powerlessness to the bubbling grounds of possibly. We don’t need the same-old, same-old. Let’s try ways, shall we?

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WARNING:

WaySeeing Ethics won’t tell you how to build more tech, more “responsibly”.

It wakes you up.

Services

For technical folk, who want to incorporate ethical practices.

For everyone else, who wants to understand how technology shapes their world.

WaySeeing Ethics specializes in the following AI and robotics applications:

  • care settings and dynamics

  • social media and chatbots

  • education

  • retail systems

  • agriculture and food systems

  • ecology

  • One hour of Madelaine’s undivided attention.

    Use this to bounce ideas, get input and feedback on a project, or chat about your tech-related worries or dreams.

    [$250/hr CAD)

  • One hour together, three hours of quiet discernment and writing time from Madelaine, ending with a one-pager with:

    • questions to guide your next steps and reflections

    • resources for learning more

    • suggestions and practices to try out

    [$1000 CAD]

  • Audits don’t have to be boring or scary. They are beautiful opportunities to reflect on your products, systems, practices, and visions. And, hopefully, they’ll inspire you to tinker towards more caring paths.

    Beautiful Ethics Audits vary depending on needs, ranging from one day to months. Each will include deep-listening conversations, attentive observation, and a report with thoughtful suggestions and resources.

    Price is determined according to project. Book 30 minutes, free of charge:

  • No more uninspiring ethics courses! During a short course with WaySeeing Ethics, you’ll learn new concepts, but more importantly, you’ll be given time to tap into the ethical wisdom you already hold within you.

    Short Courses are three sessions or a full-day, either online or in-person. Each sessions blends accessible ethical theory with experiential learning (eg. imagination practice, ecological meditation, speculative storytelling).

    Current WaySeeing Ethics courses:

    • Ethics for AI Developers

    • What is AI? (for those with non-technical background)

    • Ethics for Roboticists

    • How To Approach Robots (for those with non-technical background)

    • Ethics for Retail Technology

    • Ethics for Engineers

    • Critical Thinking and Imagination in Digital Life

    • Contemplative Practices to Keep Your Creative Sovereignty

    [$2000 CAD]

  • Make use of Madelaine’s interdisciplinary academic training and accessible writing style.

    Current interests include:

    • Educational shifts

    • Relational shifts from introduction of chatbots and humanoid robots

    • Expanding people’s perception to include ecological realities of everyday technology

    Rates determined in conversation. Book 30 minutes, free of charge: