MENA Workshop
13-14 October 2019, Cairo, Egypt
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (University of Cambridge) and the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (School of Business, American University in Cairo) organized a two-day event in Cairo, that consisted of a closed research workshop, a public keynote lecture and a public panel on AI Narratives. You can find out more about the event and outputs, by checking out the following resources:
Imagining a Future with Intelligent Machines: A Middle Eastern and North African Perspective
Report by Kanta Dihal, Tomasz Hollanek, Nagla Rizk, Nadine Weheba, Stephen Cave
Narratives about intelligent machines can influence the development, adoption, reception and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is hugely overlooked by the Western mainstream when it comes to discussing the future of artificial intelligence. Recognizing the vital importance of diversity in the global debate on what AI is and should be, this report examines the narratives about technological futures spreading in the Arab world.
Report Launch at the UN AI for Good Summit
23 June 2021, AI for Good Platform
The event brought together regional experts and authors of the Report to examine the visions of technological futures spreading in the Arab world and how they relate to on-the-ground realities of AI development in MENA. You can see the recording below:
