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

Alternative title
Maschinenethik und afrikanische Identitäten: Perspektiven künstlicher Intelligenz in Afrika
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 19 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Preprint
nicht begutachtet

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2022
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Hamburg
(who)
Dirk Kohnert, GIGA-Institute for African Affairs
(when)
2022
Creator
Kohnert, Dirk

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-80013-4
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Kohnert, Dirk
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
  • Dirk Kohnert, GIGA-Institute for African Affairs

Time of origin

  • 2022

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