#AtayaSeminar | Monday 13 October | Azza Mustafa Babikir Ahmed (HUMA Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
💡The Sociotechnical Entanglements of Artificial Intelligence Development for Malaria Research in Ghana from a Scientist's Perspective
✨Attending online? Register on our site
We celebrated today with joy, laughter, and a thought-provoking #discussion the launch of @LopesInsights's book | The Self-Deception Trap: Exploring the Economic Dimensions of Charity Dependency within Africa-Europe: https://t.co/iFEgcY7tLD
Netsu and I wrote this short essay in loving Tizita of our dear Centime who we miss so very much. We thank African arguments for asking us to share our account of her as a mentor and an intellectual we look up to. Special thanks are due to @MakawiRaga
Disobedience Workshops convene researchers working with theory to learn from each other. These fall within HUMA’s objectives to generate and establish #newknowledge & #epistemiccommunities through networks, interdisciplinary conversations and intergenerational transmissions.
The #HUMATeam is currently at the first #DisobedienceWorkshop of the year with a main focus on Francis Nyamnjoh’s (HUMA Academic Board Chair) thinking around Incompleteness & conviviality.
I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to my forthcoming book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality. For those of you asking about pre-orders, please use this link: https://t.co/IqaePQTIVC.
Four #HUMATeam members, @DomSomda, Fanidh Sanogo, Amina Soulimani & @AzzaBabikir (joining virtually) are at the Digitalisation, AI & #FeministFutures Conference, organized by the @FemAfrica & IFJP in #Maputo, Mozambique
Full conference program:https://t.co/dducimkhkC
Learn about the dangers of facial recognition surveillance! Imagine being wrongfully accused of being a shoplifter and banned from a store and affiliates. This is a growing reality across the UK and other parts of the world. Check out https://t.co/xU4wxu5c8W
اعتمدنا اليوم تعيين 22 رئيساً تنفيذياً للذكاء الاصطناعي في حكومة دبي.. ضمن رؤية مستقبلية محورها تعزيز الاستفادة من الذكاء الاصطناعي في تطوير العمل الحكومي، ودعم تجربة حكومة دبي في هذا المجال ونقلها إلى آفاق جديدة ترسخ ريادتها عالمياً في ابتكار الحلول القائمة على التكنولوجيا المتقدمة وأدوات المستقبل.
📢Call for applications!📢
The Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) is providing support for 6 at-risk Sudanese PhD students 🇸🇩🇳🇴
👇For full details and to apply visit 👇https://t.co/jE1nQQtQEK
#KeepEyesOnSudan#Sudan#Research
@NorwayAmbSudan | @unwomenafrica
HUMA in collaboration with the #MPDProgram (@MellonFdn Pipeline Development program) is hosting a postgraduate workshop on #AcademicSelfProfiling & Academic Presentation for PhD Candidates & MA students, encouraging participants to be intentional & approach it reflexively.
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the book “BEYOND THE COLONIALITY OF INTERNATIONALISM: Reworlding the World from the Global South” by
Prof @sjndlovugatshen.
Read more here https://t.co/jEKJ0THA4N
Why did OpenAI use Scarlett Johansson's voice? As Jessa Lingel & I discuss in our journal article on AI agents, there's a long history of using white women's voices to “personalize” a technology to make it feel safe and non-threatening while it is capturing maximum data. 🧵