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SUMMARY:Global Diversity in the Sociotechnical Imagination of AI - Alan Bl
 ackwell (University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence (AI) has always been embedded in compl
 ex networks of cultural imagination\, corporate business\, and sociopoliti
 cal power relations. The great majority of AI research around the world\, 
 and almost all commentary on that research\, assumes that the imagination\
 , business\, and political systems of Western culture and the Global North
  are sufficient to understand how this technology should develop in future
 .\n\nThis seminar investigates the context within which AI research has be
 en imagined and conducted in the Amhara region of Ethiopia\, and explores 
 this in contrast to Mātauranga Māori and indigenous knowledge systems of
  Aotearoa and Moana Oceania. The questions raised have implications for pu
 blic policy\, technology strategy\, future research in development context
 s\, and the principles that might be applied as practical engineering prio
 rities.\n\n"Register for event":https://cghr-12Nov25.eventbrite.co.uk
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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