Machine ethics and African identities: Perspectives of artificial intelligence in Africa

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embraced enthusiastically by Africans as a new resource for African development. AI could improve well-being by enabling innovation in business, education, health, ecology, urban planning, industry, etc. However, the high expectations could be little more than pious wishes. There are still too many open questions regarding the transfer required, and the selection of appropriate technology and its mastery. Given that the 'technology transfer' concept of modernization theories of the 1960s utterly failed because it had not been adapted to local needs, some scholars have called for an endogenous concept of African AI. However, this caused a lot of controversies. Africa became a battlefield of 'digital empires' of global powers due to its virtually non-existent digital infrastructure. Still, African solutions to African problems would be needed. Additionally, the dominant narratives and default settings of AI-related technologies have been denounce

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Maschinenethik und afrikanische Identitäten: Perspektiven künstlicher Intelligenz in Afrika
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 19 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Preprint ; nicht begutachtet

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wer): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (wann): 2022
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Hamburg
• (wer): Dirk Kohnert, GIGA-Institute for African Affairs
• (wann): 2022
• Urheber: Kohnert, Dirk

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-80013-4
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:44 MEZ