Decolonizing the ethics of artificial intelligence: Ubuntu, African values and future intelligence governance

This book questions the epistemological presuppositions and normative foundations that structure contemporary governance of artificial intelligence. It shows that the dominant ethical frameworks remain largely inscribed in intellectual traditions from the global North, and that they contribute to the reproduction of power asymmetries within the political economy of AI, thus limiting the continent's capacity to intervene in the co-definition of technological standards and regulatory architectures. Using Ubuntu philosophy as a hermeneutical horizon, the book outlines a relational ethics of artificial intelligence based on ontological interdependence, shared responsibility and orientation towards the common good. Articulating conceptual reflection and empirical investigation with experts, decision-makers and researchers engaged in contemporary debates on AI, it argues that activating African philosophical traditions can help reconfigure the epistemological and normative frameworks underpinning today's global governance of artificial intelligence.

Pagina's: 80, Paperback, Our Knowledge Publishing