In this proposition, Maya Indira Ganesh examines AI as shaped by the shifting definition of the human originating in various epistemologies of inclusion and exclusion. Then, if AI is generated by conceptions of the human, what kinds of humans are they serving, and how might AI in turn shape our own idea of what constitutes a person? Drilling through knowledge systems and human rights movements, Ganesh looks for the disparities between the implementation of AI and the processes of dehumanisation these implementations entail. Through a patchwork of references, she suggests that before we imagine humane digital earths, we should begin imagining humane perceptions of humans.
Digital Earth hosted a live discussion with the Digital Earth Fellows in conversation with Maya Indira Ganesh, moderated by Nora N. Khan, on May 4 2021.
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Credit list:
- Talk written by Maya Indira Ganesh
- Video editing by Studio Alexandre Humbert
- Filmed by Schokofeh Kamiz
- Sound by Schokofeh Kamiz
- Design by Mantas Rimkus
- Production by Digital Earth
- Special thanks to Bani Abidi for her generosity.