Article ID: CBB237800539

Can artificial intelligence be decolonized? (2021)

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AI is altering not only local and global society, but what it means to be human, or, to be counted as such. In the midst of concerns about the ethics of AI, calls are emerging for AI to be decolonized. What does the decolonization of AI imply? This article explores this question, writing from the post-colony of South Africa where the imbrications of race, colonialism and technology have been experienced and debated in ways that hold global meaning and relevance for this discussion. Proceeding in two parts, this article explores the notion of de/coloniality and its emphasis on undoing legacies of colonialism and logics of race, before critiquing two major discontents of AI today: ethics as a colonial rationality and racializing dividing practices. This article develops a critical basis from which to articulate a question that sits exterior to current AI practice and its critical discourses: can AI be decolonized?

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Authors & Contributors
Coeckelbergh, Mark
Emanuela Piga Bruni
Marco Maggesi
Massimo Ciccozzi
Kuch, Declan
Mann, Monique
Concepts
Artificial intelligence
Human-machine interaction
Technology and ethics
Technology and society
Machine learning
Computers and computing
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Japan
United States
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