Dr Rachel Adams @racheladamsward Twitter profile

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Dr Rachel Adams

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For the past 4 years I’ve been working on a project to tell the story of how AI is impacting global inequality. On November 24th 2024 my new book “The Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality” will be published with Polity.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to my forthcoming book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality. For those of you asking about pre-orders, please use this link: .

The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality

The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality, The speed of AI development is bringing mainstream debate and discourse to feverpitch about its potential harmful effects â€“ racial and gender...

www.politybooks.com

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Honoured to be appointed to the AI Ethics and Safety Committee for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AI equity: Ensuring access to AI for all | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

AI equity: Ensuring access to AI for all

Cutting-edge AI technologies and approaches are emerging with the potential to revolutionize health and well-being for people around the world.

www.gatesfoundation.org

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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This is not an academic book. It is written for everyone, and its point is to expand the conversation and to think beyond the peripheries about AI’s consequences for the stability and prosperity of our shared world.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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This book has been one of the most challenging things I’ve worked on. Telling a story so complex, vast and abstract; fairly representing the narratives of people and communities who pay the price of AI’s might; and finding the time to write with our laat-lammetjie’s arrival.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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It’s finally here!! The 1st Edition of the Global Index on Responsible AI is the largest study on responsible AI to date, assessing 138 countries against 57 indicators, gathering over 500,000 data points. Check out the report here: @GlobalIndexRAI @gcg_ai

The Global Index on Responsible AI

Igniting global action on responsible AI, with local evidence. The Global Index on Responsible AI, a multidimensional tool measuring progress towards responsible AI in 138 countries.

www.global-index.ai

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

This study from ⁦ @APRI_Africa ⁩ reviews digital policies in every African country. An incredibly important foundational piece! What is Africa’s Digital Agenda? - Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI)

What is Africa’s Digital Agenda?

Our review of African countries’ policies and strategies demonstrates that most African countries have digital agenda documents. These are found as legal texts, stand-alone digital strategies, as...

www.afripoli.org

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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A short piece on the work I’ve done (with @NoraNiLoideain ) on gendering AI assistants. Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem -- just ask Siri via @TC_Africa

Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem – just ask Siri

All the virtual personal assistants on the market today come with a default female voice and is programmed to respond to all kinds of suggestive questions and comments.

theconversation.com

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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So very pleased that my book is now out! For anyone with a latent skepticism of the notion of “transparency”, this is for you! Transparency: New Trajectories in Law, 1st Edition (Hardback) - Routledge

Transparency: New Trajectories in Law

This book critiques the contemporary recourse to transparency in law and policy. This is, ostensibly, the information age. At the heart of the societal shift toward digitalisation is the call for...

www.routledge.com

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

What does it mean to decolonize AI? Why does AI need decolonizing and what does this entail? I explore these questions in a new piece that’s part of an exciting special issue on AI discontents of Interdisciplinary Science Review #decolonizingAI

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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So excited to announce the launch of the Global Center on AI Governance (GCG for short). It will house the @ai_observatory and @GlobalIndexRAI , supported by @IDRC_CRDI and @AI4Dev . Stay tuned for many more updates!!

Global Center on AI Governance

@gcg_ai

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🌍 Introducing the Global Centre on AI Governance (GCG) A global hub based in Africa focused on fostering inclusive and equitable governance of AI technologies worldwide Join us in forging #equitableAI futures for everyone, everywhere! 🔗 Learn more:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

Join us for the last in the series of workshops exploring African Narratives of AI in Afro-/African Futurisms ⁦ @AI_Narratives ⁩ ⁦ @LeverhulmeCFI ⁩ ⁦ @DrDihal ⁩ ⁦ @stephenjcave ⁩ ⁦ @NedineMoonsamy ⁩ ⁦ @divinefuh ⁩ ⁦ @huma_africa ⁩ ⁦ @RalphBorland ⁩

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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I am looking for researchers for a project on generative AI and development, ideally with strong methods background. Please reach out to me with your CV if you are interested

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

Do join us for a really timely and exciting workshop on African histories and philosophies of AI, hosted by ⁦ @AI_Narratives ⁩ ⁦ @LeverhulmeCFI ⁩ ⁦ @HSRCza ⁩. This session will feature as part of the ⁦ @ScienceForumSA ⁩ 2020

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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A very exciting new publication!🚨‼️🔔A new research agenda for African generative AI | Nature Human Behaviour ⁦ @gatesfoundation ⁩ ⁦ @IDRC_CRDI ⁩ ⁦ @ai_observatory ⁩

A new research agenda for African generative AI

Nature Human Behaviour - The rise of generative AI requires a research agenda grounded in the African context to determine locally relevant strategies for its development and use. With a critical...

www.nature.com

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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The @dataforpolicy 2024 Conference is an incredible and very well organised event. I’m so glad to be here to co-lead an excellent special track on African AI Ethics and Policy @ai_observatory , @gcg_ai . Even more wonderful to see my dear friend and global AI leader @dzevela 🥰

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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We are kicking off the trainings for the pilot study of the Global Index on Responsible AI ⁦ @GlobalIndexRAI ⁩! Exciting to be bringing together an incredible group of researchers from around the world to test our conceptual framework and research tools ⁦ @IDRC_CRDI ⁩

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

So excited to announce the African Observatory on Responsible AI @ai_observatory , a new project of @AI4Dev ! Check out our website designed by the incredible @OpenUpSA and with our partners @PolicyActionZA @HSRCza @huma_africa , and make sure to follow our budding Twitter account!

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

Do you want to work on cutting-edge issues around digital and data governance and AI in Africa? @RIAnetwork is recruiting for four research positions at various levels. Three are to work directly with me on AI in Africa. Details here:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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At @RIAnetwork we are exploring participatory data and AI governance from an African perspective, as part of our work on #datajustice . Check out the blog from Thuli Olorunju on this: “African Algorithmic Governance: Benefit of a Community-based Approach”

African Algorithmic Governance: Benefit of a Community-based Approach

Algorithms are increasingly being used to replace or augment human decision-making around the world, including here on the African continent. A key question facing policymakers is how to govern these

researchictafrica.net

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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We were honoured to attend the @Mo_IbrahimFdn #IGW in Nairobi this weekend, on invitation from @ParisPeaceForum . The @GlobalIndexRAI @IDRC_CRDI is being supported by the Paris Peace Forum’s incredible Scale Up Programme. Here we are at #IGW with PPF Founder and DG @JustinVaisse

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Given the recent attention to these issues in the media, the new paper from ⁦ @NoraNiLoideain ⁩ and I is very topical! Addressing Indirect Discrimination and Gender Stereotypes in AI Virtual Personal Assistants: The Role of International Human Rights

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Dr Rachel Adams

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So pleased that the latest article from @NoraNiLoideain and I on virtual personal assistants, gender stereotypes and international human rights law is now out with the Cambridge International Law Journal ?

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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The incredible team ( @iAmKiito @MarkRGaffley @pplantinga @o_mudongo ) at the @ai_observatory has collaborated with @UNESCO to develop a landscape report on AI use and emerging governance in Southern Africa. Watch this space for publication next month! @RIAnetwork @PolicyActionZA

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

We can’t wait for the first @ai_observatory event on Thursday, 9am GMT+2. We’ll be discussing key priorities in understanding the impact of AI on diverse African societies with leading African researchers and policy makers.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

Some news: I joined @RIAnetwork from the beginning of this month as their Principal Researcher. I’ll be leading their @AI4Dev Africa AI Policy Centre, and continuing my work around the social impacts of AI in the region. 1/2

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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We ended an inspiring weekend with a quick photo with the man himself 😁 @elsie_dee @lizorembo @RIAnetwork @GlobalIndexRAI @Mo_IbrahimFdn

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Honoured fo be delivering this years Ben Beinart Memorial Lecture at my alma mater, and to be speaking alongside @divinefuh and @TanveerJeewa .

UCT Law School

@UctLaw

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Decolonising AI? Dr Rachel Adams delivers the 2021 Ben Beinart Memorial Lecture on this topic -followed by Dr Adams in conversation with @divinefuh ( @huma_africa ) & @TanveerJeewa . Tues 30 Nov - register at . Supported by @webberwentzel - join us!

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Do check out a new article lead by my wonderful colleague Thuli Olorunju on African data trusts: new tools towards collective data governance?: Information & Communications Technology Law: Vol 0, No 0

African data trusts: new tools towards collective data governance?

New tools are being explored to provide collective and participatory means of governing data to promote the management of data in ways that benefit those from whom data is collected. This paper dis...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Our new book on human rights in the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa, with a strong emphasis on #AI , is now out! We are hoping this will provide guidelines for a human rights based approach to 4IR-related policy-making for South Africa @HSRCPress

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Dr Rachel Adams

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We will be launching the @ai_observatory on Thurs 31 March as part of a programme of events being supported by GIZ @fair_forward bringing together AI policy makers from Asia and Africa to Cape Town.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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In Nairobi with the wonderful Kenya team @RIAnetwork @lizorembo @elsie_dee for the Ibrahim Governance Weekend @Mo_IbrahimFdn . I’ll be speaking about the @GlobalIndexRAI and our experiences as a Scale Up Project of the @ParisPeaceForum

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Dr Rachel Adams

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My new article on gendered narratives of AI Is available online: Helen A'Loy and other tales of female automata: a gendered reading of the narratives of hopes and fears of intelligent machines and artificial intelligence | SpringerLink

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

What is unique about #ArtificalIntelligence in Africa? Join us today for this important discussion with Prof Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, @chenaichair @DrDihal @bayoadekanmbi Prof Elefelious Getachew Belay and Dr Michael Gastrow. @AI_Narratives @LeverhulmeCFI @HSRCza @dsigovza

HSRC.ac.za

@HSRCza

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Tomorrow at 14:00: Global narratives of #ArtificialIntelligence : Sub-Saharan Africa - Current perceptions and modalities of AI in Africa today. Join us. A continuing series of workshops exploring African Narratives of #AI register:

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Dr Rachel Adams

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⁦ @NoraNiLoideain ⁩, ⁦ @damicli ⁩ and I have a new draft paper out: Gender as Emotive AI and the Case of ‘Nadia’: Regulatory and Ethical Implications by Nora Ni Loideain, Rachel Adams, Damian Clifford :: SSRN

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Delighted to have been awarded this grant to explore critical thought on the interaction between language and AI from an African perspective @HSRCza @chr_flagship

Creative Multilingualism

@creativelangs

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We're delighted to announce that we have awarded funding to 6 projects related to Artificial Intelligence in the World of Languages. Find out more about each of the projects on our website. Many thanks to all who applied! #AI #phdchat #edtech

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Dr Rachel Adams

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African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Sessions has endorsed a resolution on AI and African human rights. A really important step in both addressing the adverse impacts of #AI on African societies and diversifying global debates on AI ethics

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Honoured to have participated in a dynamic exchange between the @_AfricanUnion and @OECD on AI policy. We have much to learn from each other in ensuring these technologies are not harmful and benefit everyone in our societies. @ai_observatory @AI4Dev @GlobalIndexRAI

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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The AU Continental Strategy on AI has been published! This marks an important moment in setting an African direction for AI that serves African people, communities, societies and their environments. I’m delighted to have co-led the drafting of the Strategy

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

So excited for this to be out!

fola adeleke

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Glad to have this article, co-authored with @racheladamsward published in the Oxford Journal of International Data Privacy Law. 'Protecting Information Rights in South Africa'

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

Happening tomorrow! Two exciting events on AI and the future of Africa. 1. Book launch of Human Rights and the 4IR in South Africa. 2. Afro-/African Futurisms African Narratives of AI with ⁦⁦ @LeverhulmeCFI ⁩ . Register here:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Please consider submitting your paper for the Special Track 3 of the Data for Policy 2024 Conference on “AI, Ethics and Policy Governance in Africa”. ⁦ @ai_observatory ⁩ @dataforpolicy ⁦ @GlobalIndexRAI ⁩ ⁦ @RIAnetwork ⁩

Special Track 3 - Data for Policy

dataforpolicy.org

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

Thanks @NoraNiLoideain I’ll be talking about some of the many problems of female gendered VPAs, including how you can now “make Google” an instrument for control and abuse

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Dr Rachel Adams

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3 years

Today we had our first Expert Advisory Committee mtg for the new Global Index on Responsible AI @GlobalIndexRAI @D4Dnetwork . This incredible group will provide independent oversight on the design & implementation on the Global Index. Thank you all for the excellent insights!

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

#MozFest session happening now on Decolonising AI and how these insights can inform the design of the Global Index on Responsible AI. Follow live tweets of the discussion @GlobalIndexRAI . @urvashi_aneja @DigiFuturesLab @D4Dnetwork @RIAnetwork

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

This grant is open to researchers based at African research institutions or non-profits to conduct research on human rights and ethics in #ArtificialIntelligence in Africa. Please do share widely!

HSRC.ac.za

@HSRCza

4 years

Calling all African AI specialists: Call for proposals, ethics and AI, improving socio-economic development, independent academic research institutions in the region.

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Dr Rachel Adams

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5 years

A short piece on the historical relationship between transparency and neoliberalism and it’s implications for international investment law looking at @foladeleke ’s book International Investment Law and Policy in Africa

Afronomicslaw

@afronomicslaw

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Review I of @foladeleke 's book #symposium by @racheladamsward deepens the neoliberal analysis & examines its 'implications for the arbitration of investment disputes within African & other Global South regions.

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Dr Rachel Adams

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3 years

What human rights challenges does AI pose in South Africa? Join @SAHRCommission @HSRCza and @InforegulatorSA in discussing the future of AI in South Africa from a rights perspective as we launch this new book from @HSRCPress

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

What does it mean to design the new Global Index on Responsible AI from a human rights-based approach? I’ve written a not-so-short blog piece describing how human rights is incorporated into the methodology and conceptual framework of the Global Index:

Designing a Rights-Based Global Index on Responsible AI

Measuring progress toward the responsible use of artificial intelligence in over 120 countries around the world from a human-rights based perspective

www.d4d.net

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

Such an honour to participate in this incredible event, and share our experiences of shaping the governance of the risks and opportunities of AI in Africa and beyond. @RIAnetwork @GlobalIndexRAI @ai_observatory @D4Dnetwork

Paris Peace Forum

@ParisPeaceForum

2 years

📽 Highlights of the #PPF22 For its 5th edition, the Paris Peace Forum gathered under one roof, on 11-12 November, some of the most important actors in global governance, to discuss ways to "Ride out the multicrisis" facing the world. 🌍⚡️ 🧶Thread (1/12)

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Please do contact me if you have any questions about these posts! We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Research ICT Africa

@RIAnetwork

2 years

📢 #VACANCY | We are looking for AI researchers with an interest in influencing policies and practices in Africa. More details here: Due: 30 April 2022 #Hiring #Africanopportunities #AI4D

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Dr Rachel Adams

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3 years

Looking forward to this really important discussion later today @DigiLabour

DigiLabour

@DigiLabour

3 years

Tomorrow, after AI Imaginaries panel, we will discuss AI Infrastructures with @TheCreaturesLab and Jian Xiao, and AI Colonialism with @DrSyedMustafaA1 , Paola Ricaurte and @racheladamsward Brazilian Time Zone #HistoriesOfAI

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Dr Rachel Adams

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@DrSyedMustafaA1 Thanks Mustafa! I think this should be the article link: I am based in South Africa, and so write very much from the perspective of South African and African thinkers on decoloniality

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Dr Rachel Adams

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This will be an important piece of work for us @GlobalIndexRAI @D4Dnetwork @ai_observatory

Vinodkumar Prabhakaran

@vinodkpg

2 years

Last week I presented this paper as a (non-archival) poster at @ACMEAAMO conference: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Responsible AI Joint work w/ @mmitchell_ai @timnitGebru @IasonGabriel , started back in 2020! Excited to have it be out there, finally!

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“The reality is that ethics are much more easily manipulated to support a given company or government’s agenda, with limited recourse for anyone who disagrees”. Why do emerging AI guidelines emphasize “ethics” over human rights? | OpenGlobalRights

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

A clip from the @4womeninscience breakfast debate with @UNESCO and the @nytimes earlier this year where we discussed gender bias within AI

For Women in Science

@4womeninscience

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With the example of digital voice assistants, the @UNESCO demonstrates that the #AI sector must be more gender-balanced. Today, women represent indeed only 12% of the workforce in the #AI sector. What does it mean to have under-represented women in this field? ⬇️ @racheladamsward

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Good example of African regional cooperation in developing governance responses to digital markets. Joint Statement of the Heads of Competition Authorities (Kenya, SA, Egypt, Nigeria and Mauritius) @RIAnetwork -

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Delighted this important piece has been published!! Congrats to all involved @pplantinga @iAmKiito @MarkRGaffley @UNESCO @AI4Dev @ai_observatory

African Observatory on Responsible AI

@ai_observatory

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We are thrilled to announce that our @UNESCO research #report , "Landscape study of #AI #policies and use in Southern #Africa ," has been published! Read the full report here >> #ArtificialIntelligence #aipolicy #aiethics #aigovernance #technology #data

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Delighted to be announcing the new Global Index on #ResponsibleAI on the 8th December, 2pm GMT. We have an incredible panel to discuss how we design the Index inclusively and building on foundational work done to date. Make sure to join us:

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Dr Rachel Adams

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With @iAmKiito and @MarkRGaffley at MozFest talking about our upcoming report on AI Use and Policy in Southern Africa @ai_observatory @AI4Dev @UNESCO @RIAnetwork

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A short piece I wrote around some of the impacts of the 4IR on women: The fourth industrial revolution risks leaving women behind via @TC_Africa

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Do join us for a discussion on one of the most cited but least critiqued ideas of modern times: transparency. Looking forward to speaking with @foladeleke @richarddanbury @NoraNiLoideain and @ProfAdamGearey on Thursday evening.

Dr Nora Ni Loideain

@NoraNiLoideain

4 years

'Transparency' is a key concept in AI law & ethics. But what does it actually mean? How is it shaping the relationship and power between individuals and organisations? Join us for the launch of the book examining these questions by @racheladamsward

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Do join us!

HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa

@huma_africa

3 years

@huma_africa invites you to session #3 of #atayaseminarseries by @HSRCza senior researcher @racheladamsward on | Can Artificial Intelligence Be Decolonised? | Thurs 25 March 5pm SAST | Join Zoom@: [Meeting ID: 957 1802 8233] More:

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So thrilled that the @GlobalIndexRAI has been included in this list @RIAnetwork @IDRC_CRDI @D4Dnetwork

IRCAI

@ircai_unesco

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The clock is ticking. Tune in as we present the 2022 IRCAI Global Top 100 international list of AI solutions for the SDGs! #AI4SDGs #AIforGood #STIForum @SLOtoUN @ircai_unesco ⌛ In 1 hour (08:30 ET / 14:30 CET) ℹ️ 🎥

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Todays #Mozfest session is on Public Procurement of AI, an opportunity to advance responsible AI? With my fabulous colleagues Zara Schroeder and Jackie Akello from @RIAnetwork

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Dr Rachel Adams

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My excellent colleagues ⁦ @MarkRGaffley ⁩ ⁦ @ScottTimcke ⁩ ⁦ @Hanani_Hlomani ⁩ ⁦ @lizorembo ⁩ and Theresa Schueltken have written this powerful piece for ⁦ @techpolicypress ⁩. Dissent and Resistance to Silicon Valley AI Narratives

Dissent and Resistance to Silicon Valley AI Narratives | TechPolicy.Press

Narratives shaped in the Global North leave little space for people in the majority world to shape their own perceptions of technology.

www.techpolicy.press

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Dr Rachel Adams

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My piece on political thought in the era of COVID19 following the ⁦ @HSRCza ⁩ seminar. ⁦ @JoleenSK1 ⁩ ⁦ @BohlerMuller ⁩ ⁦ @HSRC_DGSD ⁩

As authoritarianism rises, we must strive to protect democracy

Enormous power has been self-vested in the Executive to act in the public good to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 on South African society. How must this power be held in check and democracy...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Really looking forward to coming back to @infolawcentre to talk about our exciting project @GlobalIndexRAI @IDRC_CRDI @D4Dnetwork

InfoLawCentre@IALS

@infolawcentre

1 year

NEW EVENT! 🎉 Dr Rachel Adams will share her expertise on a new project underway to develop a Global Index on Responsible AI at an ILPC Seminar - ‘Toward a Global Index for Measuring the State of Responsible AI.’ 🗓️ 6 September 2023 Register now!👇

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Dr Rachel Adams

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3 years

2days left to register () for the announcement of the new Global Index on #ResponsibleAI . Join us to learn more about the initiative and planned activities for consultation, plus hear from our esteemed panel of speakers! @RIAnetwork @IDRC_CRDI @D4Dnetwork

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Do join us for this important event on the 11th March 2020 via vidyolink or at one of the @HSRCza ’s offices

SAJHR

@SAJHR_ZA

5 years

SAJHR's Rachel Adams will chair a discussion with the #UN Special Rapporteur on the #RighttoPrivacy and the state of #privacy in South Africa. It will be live-streamed at venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. Privacy is a #humanright , after all. @TandF_Africa

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Dr Rachel Adams

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This new book publication covers a wealth of topics about internet governance in the Global South, including a chapter I co-authored on South Africa’s National Integrated ICT White Paper

Nova publicação: Internet Governance in the Global South - Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Interna...

Internet Governance in the Global South. Theory, History, and Contemporary Debates. Editor: Daniel Oppermann. University of São Paulo, Brazil. (download here).

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Over the past year, the @GlobalIndexRAI has received exceptional mentorship from the network of the @ParisPeaceForum , helping us to strengthen our work and rise higher. We look forward to returning next month 🤩

Paris Peace Forum

@ParisPeaceForum

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🎉 Introducing our next Sunday Scale-up Project: @GlobalIndexRAI ’s Global Index on Responsible AI! They will join the #ParisPeaceForum2023 this November to share their #SolutionsforPeace for implementing responsible AI principles in 100+ countries! 🌐🤖

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Really looking forward! Thank you @NoraNiLoideain and @infolawcentre for hosting and organising this!

Dr Nora Ni Loideain

@NoraNiLoideain

4 years

'Transparency' is a key concept in AI law & ethics. But what does it actually mean? How is it shaping the relationship and power between individuals and organisations? Join us for the launch of the book examining these questions by @racheladamsward

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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This is devastating, and likely to have wide impacts in job markets across the majority world. Another example of how AI is widening the gap

Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh

@S_OhEigeartaigh

1 year

A lot of white collar remote work in developing regions seem like they're likely to go away because of AI advances; and I can't see how they're coming back.

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Dr Rachel Adams

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We continue our series of workshops exploring African Narratives of #ArtificalIntelligence on the 24th Feb. Register to join here: . @LeverhulmeCFI @AI_Narratives @HSRCza @dsigovza

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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@BinaShah Yes that would be great, thanks @BinaShah

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

I have taken a Twitter break for a few months following my daughter’s birth in May. I’ll be posting some updates of our projects on AI in Africa, and some publications that have seen the light during my leave! @AI4Dev @GlobalIndexRAI @RIAnetwork @ai_observatory

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

There’s been a number of new pieces published recently that take the debate around AI and ethics in critical new directions. This is one of them and its fantastic

eripsa (professional robot)

@eripsa

4 years

My paper "Human Supremacy as Posthuman Risk" has been published in The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique. This is a revised, peer reviewed, and much improved version of the conference paper I posted last year.

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Dr Rachel Adams

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I was honoured to work with ⁦ @APRI_Africa in publishing a paper exploring major policy issues for Africa as AI use increases. ⁩AI in Africa: Key Concerns and Policy Considerations for the Future of the Continent - Africa Policy Research Institute

AI in Africa: Key Concerns and Policy Considerations for the Future of the Continent

To support local artificial intelligence (AI) capacity favouring local economies and ecosystems, policy responses to AI in Africa should build on national digital agendas and prioritise inclusive...

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

We are thrilled to be announcing the awardees of the Facebook/HSRC research project on AI, Ethics and Human Rights in Africa

HSRC.ac.za

@HSRCza

4 years

HSRC & Facebook announce 8 grant awardees for research on ethics, human rights & AI in Africa Work to be undertaken by the awardees will go some way toward responding to the complex questions regarding ethics & AI. #AIEthicsinAfrica #I4D #BackedbyScience

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

Really interesting to see it depicted this way

DigiLabour

@DigiLabour

3 years

Click farms are parasite platforms. See this infographic produced by @DigiLabour

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

So proud to be involved in this important initiative!

FAIR Forward

@fair_forward

2 years

Great to see such a great turnout at our Africa-Asia AI Policy Maker Network Launch Event in Cape Town where policy makers from our 6 partner countries meet to exchange on #OpenData #EthicalAI #datagovernance and how to foster regional cooperation on AI

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

A terrifying article by @nelliebowles detailing the use of smart home devices such as Alexa being used as a tool for manipulation and abuse: Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

1 year

Does the use of AI in Southern Africa have a legitimate interest? Is it being proportionally applied? What policy choices are emerging to support the development and use of AI for the public good and sustainable development in this region? 1/2

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

A profoundly important piece from ⁦ @UpFromTheCracks ⁩. Encoding Hindutva: Shalini Kantayya and Coded Bias | by J. Khadijah Abdurahman | Jun, 2021 | Medium

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

10 months

We are still searching for researchers for the Global Index on Responsible AI to undertake the data collection through an expert survey for Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Portugal and Turkey. Please do get in touch!! @GlobalIndexRAI @IDRC_CRDI

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

1 year

We are so excited for the Global Index on Responsible Artificial Intelligence ⁦ @GlobalIndexRAI ⁩ to be listed as one of the IRCAI top 100 AI solutions for addressing SDGs! Thanks as always to our outstanding team and support from ⁦ @IDRC_CRDI ⁩

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

Looking forward to unpacking all the ways in which gendered stereotypes are reproduced in virtual personal assistants, and why this falls within a long history of imagining automata as females

Northumbria Internet & Society

@NinsoRIG

5 years

We can't wait! @racheladamsward on the gendering of AI-driven personal virtual assistants tomorrow! Register if you haven't already, we have a few spaces left! @NorthumbriaUni @NorthumbriaLaw @NUstudents @NorthumbriaRL @NULibrary #ArtificialIntelligence #gender #VirtualAssistants

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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We are honoured to have such a phenomenal panel of speakers to be in conversation with as we kick off the Global Index on #responsibleAI , including opening remarks from South Africa’s own Minister Nzimande @dsigovza . For more info and to register

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

3 years

Looking forward to reading this @drsarahdillon . A really important forthcoming publication for our work in foregrounding the legitimacy of stories and alternative epistemologies in SA policy-making at the @HSRCza cc: @PolicyActionZA @wildesering @HSRC_CeSTII @HSRC_DGSD

Sarah Dillon

@profsarahdillon

3 years

Delighted to see our new book - Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning - available for pre-order!

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

Thrilled this excellent guide is now out!

Rushil Ranchod

@Rushil_Ranchod

4 years

A light touch review by me on policy dimensions on #AI #Data in South African cities and towns for @PolicyActionZA @HSRCza

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

5 years

Join me in half an hour for a discussion on #AIandhumanrights within the South African and African context

APC

@APC_News

5 years

We have a Twitter chat on Artificial Intelligence and human rights at 2 pm UTC. Before we start, we want to share a glimpse into some of the reports. Take a look! #GISWatch #AIandHumanRights #Africa

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

Just a few days left to apply!! Do get your applications in and get in contact if you have any questions!

Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

2 years

Do you want to work on cutting-edge issues around digital and data governance and AI in Africa? @RIAnetwork is recruiting for four research positions at various levels. Three are to work directly with me on AI in Africa. Details here:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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My book review on the fantastic book Stopping the Spies, by Prof Jane Duncan, available here

SAJHR

@SAJHR_ZA

5 years

@SAJHR_ZA editor Rachel Adams thoroughly reviews Jane Duncan’s book of 2018, 'Stopping the Spies: Constructing and Resisting the #SurveillanceState in #SouthAfrica ', which presents South Africa’s response to the #Snowden revelations. @TandF_Africa

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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@DrSyedMustafaA1 @veronicabarassi @an_scharenberg @_MariePB @rahipatra This project looks very well positioned to be exploring these important questions.

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Get in touch to be involved!

AI4D Africa

@AI4Dev

3 years

What is the Global Index on Responsible AI? This Index was launched last month and is a project led by The project is lead by Research ICT Africa's @racheladamsward in collaboration with @D4Dnetwork and with support from us and @IDRC_CRDI Learn more:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

4 years

A really important project to disrupt and revisit the dominant vocabulary within which AI is being challenged and critiqued.

AI Now Institute

@AINowInstitute

4 years

📢Call for Submissions/Project Launch alert! @tetisheri , @ambaonadventure and AI Now are thrilled to launch ‘A New AI Lexicon’ – inviting critical perspectives + new frameworks currently absent from the Western, corporate-dominated AI Ethics discourse. A thread 🧵:

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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Honoured and delighted for the incredible @JeniT and @ConnectedByData join our @AI4Dev Africa Just AI project @RIAnetwork . We’re looking forward to learning from each other on participatory and collective ways of governing data and AI systems

Jeni Tennison

@JeniT

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Super excited to be able to announce that we @ConnectedByData will be partnering with @alison_gillwald , @racheladamsward and colleagues @RIAnetwork on their #AfricaJustAI project.

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Dr Rachel Adams

@racheladamsward

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@AI_Narratives @HSRCza @RalphBorland @NedineMoonsamy @divinefuh Thanks to all for such an incredible and thought provoking session! We will share the recording soonest

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Dr Rachel Adams

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Excellent discussion being prompted by @JendayiFrazer at the @Mo_IbrahimFdn ! Challenging foreign “partnerships” with Africa, who are coming to “help”.

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