• DECOLONISING ARTIFICAL INTELIGENCE featuring Uffa Modey and Gilles Hacheme

  • Mar 14 2022
  • Length: 42 mins
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DECOLONISING ARTIFICAL INTELIGENCE featuring Uffa Modey and Gilles Hacheme

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  • In light of the growing body of work looking at how we in the Global North can 'decolonize', our curriculums, workspaces, and much more, it's important to point out the problems we see with AI.   In today's world, the exponential growth and universal adoption of artificial intelligence are transforming not only local and global society but what it means to be human. Are you considered civilized if you disagree with the policies or culture of tech companies? How do Black and Brown people fit into these notions when decisions are made largely in the Global North, and the South is mainly used for natural resources and labour? Have we entered a new phase of colonialism?    In the wake of this digital divide and digital colonialism, the concept of 'digital natives' has evolved into the notion that those born with Internet access and socialized by it are therefore most likely to thrive online. While individuals across the African continent have been subservient to the colonial nature of cyberspace and the ways digital technologies have been spread.   For this episode, We interviewed two West African researchers both living in the West who are doing their best to change this very situation. Gilles Hacheme is currently in the third year of his PhD in quantitative economics and Uffa Modey cofounder of digital roots and is the coordinator of the Nigerian Youth Internet Governance Forum. We spoke about the information revolution, whether technology is accelerating the demise of local languages and the work that needs to happen to decolonise AI.  We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Mozilla Foundation, to bring together an incredible podcast series on AI. This is our LAST episode of the Mozilla Festival series and in this episode, we will be hearing from guests from two different spaces 'Decoloninsing AI' and 'Digitizing Lanaguages & Cultures. This year, the Mozilla Festival took place virtually from March 7-10. Visit mozillafestival.org to catch up on sessions, workshops, discussions, art and media pieces, films and more!
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