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Stephen Downes

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In a nutshell, "The entire field of AI ethics is at grave risk of limiting itself to languages, ideas, theories, and challenges from a handful of regions—primarily North America, Western Europe, and East Asia." In one particularly egregious example, "The expert advisory group for Unicef's AI for Children project, for example, has no representatives from regions with the highest concentration of children and young adults, including the Middle East, Africa, and Asia." Participation in these groups is typically correlated with funding, and no funding is set aside to ensure wider participation. This is wrong. This article concludes by mentioning the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, where they're trying to take a different approach.

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