At the "AI Ethics from the Majority World" workshop, Modestha Mensah (University of Ghana) challenged the Western-centric AI ethics debate. She highlighted how AI often overlooks marginalized communities, especially African women.
Her talk emphasized the links between environmental degradation, gender inequality, and colonial legacies, calling for ethical pathways rooted in care, responsibility, and social justice.
At the "AI Ethics from the Majority World" workshop, Samuel Segun, PhD discussed the impact of AI on African ethical values, emphasizing Afro-communitarianism and dignity. He highlighted the risks posed by AI adoption and suggested an African-centric AI ethics framework as an alternative to Western paradigms. Watch the whole presentation online on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lLmRdcfXeQ
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The two-day workshop “AI Ethics from the Majority World: Reconstructing the Global Debate Through Decolonial Lenses” offered a forum to discuss alternatives to the status quo of AI ethics. The introduction by director Prof. Aimee van Wynsberghe is now online on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTJkDLEDc_8
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