剖析非洲AI生态中的数据流动与殖民权力，揭示算法如何延续不平等。
Data Flows and Colonial Regimes in Africa: A Critical Analysis of the Colonial Futurities Embedded in AI Ecosystems
- 从权力视角分析非洲数字基础设施与算法应用
- 指出推荐算法可能强化算法殖民主义与性别偏见
- 适合关注AI伦理与全球数字公平的研究者
本文通过权力与利益的视角，审视非洲语境下人工智能与大数据的深层问题。聚焦数字平台与基础设施，探讨其如何利用推荐算法构建新型数字社会，可能传播算法殖民主义及负面性别规范，并对区域可持续发展议程产生影响。研究基于作者与肯尼亚社交媒体用户的持续对话、个人经验以及六个月的主动观察。文章主张采用具备回应能力的企业模式，承认人工智能存在多元社会物质世界的可能性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This chapter seeks to frame the elemental and invisible problems of AI and big data in the African context by examining digital sites and infrastructure through the lens of power and interests. It will present reflections on how these sites are using AI recommendation algorithms to recreate new digital societies in the region, how they have the potential to propagate algorithmic colonialism and negative gender norms, and what this means for the regional sustainable development agenda. The chapter proposes adopting business models that embrace response-ability and consider the existence of alternative socio-material worlds of AI. These reflections will mainly come from ongoing discussions with Kenyan social media users in this authors' user space talks, personal experiences and six months of active participant observations done by the authors.
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