AI Narratives in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop 3 - Afro/African-futurisms
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The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (University of Cambridge) and the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, are delighted to announce a series of three virtual workshops entitled ‘Global AI Narratives: Sub-Saharan Africa’.  Different cultures see Artificial Intelligence through very different lenses: diverse religious, linguistic, philosophical, literary, and cinematic traditions have led to diverging conceptions of what intelligent machines can and should be. The Global AI Narratives: Sub-Saharan Africa workshops are part of a series of events dedicated to the dissemination of these diverse AI narratives around the world.  Funded by DeepMind Ethics and Society and the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc., the Global AI Narratives Project aims to establish new connections between academics, artists, writers, designers and technologists working on AI in different regions of the world.  Workshop 3 - Afro/African-futurisms Meeting Chair:             Dr Rachel Adams 14:00 – 14:05:              Welcome, opening and introductions - Dr Rachel Adams 14:05 – 14:10:              Opening remarks - Dr Stephen Cave 14:10 – 14:25:              Dr Ralph Borland: Dubship I and Digi-Dub Club: Telling Tales  with Technology 14:25 – 14:40:              Dr Nedine Moonsamy: Notes on Conceptualising the African Technoscientific Imaginary through African Science Fiction 14:40 – 14:55:              Dr Divine Fuh: Revenge of the Nerds: AI, Ethics and Masculinities 14:55 – 15:05:              Discussant: Dr Buhle Khanyile              15:05 – 15:50:              Open discussion and Q&A - Moderator: Rachel Adams 15:50 – 16:00:              Closing Remarks – Dr Kanta Dihal For more information: https://www.ainarratives.com/sa-workshop-iii-programme
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