Machine Ethics and African Identities: Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4163096

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“…As in our previous searches, there is little “internal citation” within this relatively small body of literature. The notable exceptions are Promta and Einar Himma's (2008) Buddhist perspective that is followed by Goodman's (2023) similar Buddhist approach, which informs Ziesche's (2023) and Hongladarom and Bandasak's (2023) examinations of multiple non‐Western approaches, and Wareham (2023), Kohnert (2022) and van Norren's (2022) adoption of an African perspective in their discussions of AI.…”

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Mapping the ethic‐theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence research

White,

Samuel,

Jones

et al. 2024

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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The issue of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics is a prominent research subject. While there is a compendious literature that explores this area, surprisingly little of it makes explicit reference to the ethic‐theoretical foundations upon which it is built. To address this matter, this study makes an examination of the AI ethics literature to identify its ethic‐theoretical foundations. The study identifies the lack of AI ethics literature that draws upon seminal ethics works and the ensuing disconnectedness among the publications on this subject. It also uncovers numerous non‐Western ethic‐theoretical positions that can be adopted and may afford new insight into AI ethics research and practice. Employing these alternative lenses may obviate the tendency for Western worldviews to dominate the academic literature. The study provides some guidance for future AI ethics research which should endeavor to clearly articulate its chosen ethic‐theoretical position, and for practice which could benefit from understanding and articulating the principles upon which AI systems are founded. It also provides some observations of, and guidance for, the utilization of Litmaps software in the conduct of Literature reviews.

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Section: Non‐western Aiementioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the ethic‐theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence research

White,

Samuel,

Jones

et al. 2024

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…The work in [22] examines artificial intelligence policies in Africa over the next five years. The work in [23] discusses machine ethics and African identities, offering perspectives on MI in Africa. In [24] the authors advocates scaling up MI to curb infectious diseases in Africa.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The approach they developed, uses machine learning to analyze non-traditional data from satellites and mobile phone networks. The work in [306] by explores machine ethics and African identities, offering perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence in Africa. The work in [307] assessed wind potential in Togo's Kara region using artificial neural networks, offering both static and dynamic evaluations.…”

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Machine Intelligence in Africa: a survey

Tembine,

Tapo,

Danioko

et al. 2024

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“…The parallels are striking indeed. After all, the use of social media and the smartphone has become indispensable even for Africans (Kohnert, 2022e).…”

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QAnon and Other Conspiracy Ideologies’ Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of Global Capitalism

Kohnert

2023

IJAFRS

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With the attack on the Capitol by the 'Proud Boys', Donald Trump's 'deep state' allegations reached the peak of US conspiracy ideologies. Conspiracy was at the core of Trump's policies, including his repeated claims that President Barack Obama was born in Africa. It reflects Trump's deep dislike of African states. After all, a third of the Republican electorate agreed with the far-right QAnon paranoia and other bizarre conspiracy theories. From the outside, the United States was taking on the shape of a banana republic. When US media identified a South African journalist as the mastermind behind QAnon's global rollout in 2019, many Republicans equated Africa with Pandora's box. However, it is no coincidence that the black continent is associated with occult powers. In the social sciences, the modernity of witchcraft beliefs in Africa has been debated hotly for decades. Modern techniques and utensils have become central to the occult's continued importance to Africans. The crisis of the modern nation-state is closely intertwined with the global spread of neoliberal capitalism and the 'invisible hand' that shapes its political and material conditions and forms of society. Beliefs in witchcraft and zombies reflect the alienation of labor, capitalist exploitation, and class formation in African societies. The poor of Africa and the people of the Global South in general, do not lack modernity but have been denied the promise of modernization. Today, even cybercriminals working in the Ivory Coast, impersonating Europeans on social media profiles and seducing partners into falling in love with them, feel compelled to seek the advice of witch doctors to outwit their prey. Given the worldwide importance of social media, this suggests that the virtual space of the global economy as a hotbed of magic and witchcraft is under-researched. As in the US election campaign and its entanglement with fake news, examination of the cosmology of the occult in Africa and elsewhere reveals the threat of destructive forces inherent in social relations. African religions could provide a framework for valuable self-determined solutions to current problems in contemporary life, including the issue of witchcraft violence. In addition, this could open up an inspiring new dimension of philosophical thinking and emancipative action to the outside world, for example, regarding conflict resolution and reconciliation.

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Machine Ethics and African Identities: Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence in Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Mapping the ethic‐theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence research

Mapping the ethic‐theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence research

Machine Intelligence in Africa: a survey

QAnon and Other Conspiracy Ideologies’ Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of Global Capitalism

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