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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand

AI models’ outputs need to be properly explained to the people affected. DrAfter123/Getty Images

April 18, 2024

Understanding AI outputs: study shows pro‑western cultural bias in the way AI decisions are explained

Mary Carman, University of the Witwatersrand and Uwe Peters, Utrecht University

Many existing explainable artificial intelligence systems produce explanations that are tailored to individualist, typically western, populations.

“Alfie”, a moral choice machine, is pictured in front of an important question during a press conference in Germany. Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images

November 23, 2021

Defining what’s ethical in artificial intelligence needs input from Africans

Mary Carman, University of the Witwatersrand and Benjamin Rosman, University of the Witwatersrand

Inclusivity and diversity also need to be at the level of identifying values and defining frameworks of what counts as ethical AI in the first place.

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