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Responsible AI in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 216 pp.

Contains tables, index

Series: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI

ISBN 978-3-031-08215-3 (ebook); 978-3-031-08214-6 (print)

CC BY

"This open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to underpin the design, development and deployment (DDD) of AI in Africa. The book is a first in that it pays attention to the socio-cultural contexts of Responsible AI that is sensitive to African cultures and societies. It makes an important contribution to the global AI ethics discourse that often neglects AI narratives from Africa despite growing evidence of DDD in many domains. Nine original contributions provide useful insights to advance the understanding and implementation of Responsible AI in Africa, including discussions on epistemic injustice of global AI ethics, opportunities and challenges, an examination of AI co-bots and chatbots in an African work space, gender and AI, a consideration of African philosophies such as Ubuntu in the application of AI, African AI policy, and a look towards a future of Responsible AI in Africa." (Publisher description)
Introducing Responsible AI in Africa / Damian Okaibedi Eke, Kutoma Wakunuma, and Simisola Akintoye, 1
Epistemic Just and Dynamic AI Ethics in Africa / Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, 13
Responsible AI in Africa—Challenges and Opportunities / Chinasa T. Okolo, Kehinde Aruleba, and George Obaido, 35
Working with Robots as Colleagues: Kenyan Perspectives of Ethical Concerns on Possible Integration of Co-bots in Workplaces / Tom Kwanya, 65
Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Emerging Challenges / Abejide Ade-Ibijola and Chinedu Okonkwo, 101
The Use of Gendered Chatbots in Nigeria: Critical Perspectives / Favour Borokini, Kutoma Wakunuma, and Simisola Akintoye, 119
AI Policy as a Response to AI Ethics? Addressing Ethical Issues in the Development of AI Policies in North Africa / Bernd Carsten Stahl, Tonii Leach, Oluyinka Oyeniji, and George Ogoh, 141
Towards Shaping the Future of Responsible AI in Africa / Damian Okaibedi Eke, Schmidt Shilukobo Chintu, and Kutoma Wakunuma, 169
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Recommendations and Lessons Learned / Virginia Dignum, 195