Artificial intelligence (AI) was once the stuff of science fiction. But it’s becoming widespread. It is used in mobile phone technology and motor vehicles. It powers tools for agriculture and healthcare.
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In December 2020 a computer scientist, Timnit Gebru, was fired from Google’s Ethical AI team. She had previously raised the alarm about the social effects of bias in AI technologies.
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Research and development of AI and machine learning technologies is growing in African countries. Yet very few African voices have so far been involved in the international ethical frameworks that aim to guide the research.