Ai4SDG

Data Annotators are the Roughnecks of AI  Then  Now  Staff of Juma work on computers at the office in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja  As I noted in a recent post, in 2017, The Economist magazine said “data” was the oil of the digital era. If that … Read more

“There is inherent power and control in datasets.”  Whether AI is or will be “ethical” or “responsible” is the subject of much conjecture and debate, but most of that discussion has centred around the Global North. Far less attention is paid to how AI will affect the economies (and cultures) of countries in Africa. A … Read more