OBSERVATORY
EURO-AFRICAN
OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
For an ethical and demystified culture of artificial intelligence.
For an ethical and demystified culture of artificial intelligence.
According to a 2021 report assessing Africa's needs in terms of artificial intelligence (AI), only 6 of the 32 countries surveyed report having the capacity to analyze and address the ethical implications of AI. This is a very modest figure, which unfortunately illustrates the vulnerability of Africa. It cannot be said enough: a coveted market, without a real ethical shield, is an arena of instability, very often to the detriment of the consuming population/society. The Euro-African Observatory of Artificial Intelligence is therefore concerned with contributing to the construction of this ethical shield. Created in February 2020, its objectives are structured in three main categories:
It is therefore with the aim of contributing to the construction of this ethical shield that the Euro-African Observatory for Artificial Intelligence takes on its full meaning. Created in February 2020, its objectives are structured into three main categories:
This research program consists of establishing interdisciplinary chairs in African universities that will propose an African ethics of artificial intelligence.
Objective 2030 : create 6 chairs in French-speaking Africa
In addition to raising awareness in civil society, the training program aims to integrate the teaching of AI ethics into school and university curricula.
Objective 2030 : Train 1000 young people
Thanks to the hackathons and the accompaniment of winning projects, this incubator program aims to support AI projects at the service of local development.
Objective 2030 : Support and accompany 3 projects that have a concrete impact.
This conference explored the contribution of AI applied to the analysis and automatic transcription of ancient texts. We had the pleasure of speaking with Peter Stokes, Director of Studies in Digital Humanities at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE-PSL).
In the face of globalization, which defines our era, this conference aimed to analyze the dynamics of solidarity and sharing of artificial intelligence between Europe and Africa. We had the pleasure of speaking with Cédric Villani, Fields Medalist mathematician (2010).
For our #8 conference and debate, we explored, with Sophie Viger, the role of women in the world of new technologies. The speaker is the director of École 42 and was named IT Personality of the Year 2019 by Le Monde Informatique.
This article aims to highlight the importance of introducing young Africans to artificial intelligence.
This article discusses the urgent need to define an African ethic of artificial intelligence.
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