Standford HAI: African AI Realities and Potential on the Africa Continent

Panel Title: Realities and Potential on the Africa Continent

Speakers

• Justin Arenstein

  CEO, Code for Africa

• Barbara Glover

  Program Officer – African Union High Level Panel on Emerging Technologies, African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

• Vukosi Marivate

  UP ABSA Chair of Data Science, University of Pretoria

• Kiito Shilongo

  Senior Tech Policy Fellow, Mozilla

Moderator Chinasa T. Okolo | Fellow of Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, the Brookings Institution

Summary by Llama 3 from Auto-Generated Youtube Transcript

Some key points mentioned by the panel include:

• The importance of language as a catalyst for AI adoption in Africa
• The need for guardrails and policies that ensure responsible AI development and deployment
• The challenges of coordination between different countries, organizations, and stakeholders
• The potential risks of AI being used to perpetuate social and economic inequalities
• The need for normative frameworks and guidelines to promote ethical AI practices
• The importance of human rights in the development and application of AI

Overall, the panel suggests that there is a need for systemic changes to ensure that AI adoption in Africa benefits the continent’s people and promotes economic growth, innovation, and development.

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