
Tonii Leach
@tonii_leach
PhD student @dmuleicester | Research Assistant @LeverhulmeCFI & @HumanBrainProj | Eng. Lit. lecturer @LeicesterColl | LLM student @OpenUniversity | Views my own
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10-03-2017 22:11:00
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Just published!!! āImagining a Future with Intelligent Machines: A Middle Eastern and North African Perspectiveā, available for download here: ainarratives.com/mena-report-laā¦. Report co-produced by the AI Narratives team Future Intelligence and partners A2K For Development at the AUC


Just joined the @ITU_AIFORGOOD webinar launching the AI Narratives Future Intelligence & A2K For Development AUC report on #AINarratives in the Middle East & North Africa - so great to see consideration for the unique perspectives on AI in MENA! Report here ā¬ļø static1.squarespace.com/static/5b2a599ā¦

Fascinating talk from Nagla Rizk on #AINarratives in MENA, exploring how speculative fiction can act as a tool to give a voice to marginalised groups & foster the postulation of MENA-centred AI and digital futures AI Narratives A2K For Development AUC Future Intelligence @ITU_AIFORGOOD

Prof Mohamed Zahran discusses the depth of AI skill in MENA & talks about how positive deployment & development of these skills will allow MENA to grasp the real opportunities of AI in the region #AINarratives AI Narratives Future Intelligence @ITU_AIForGood A2K For Development AUC

MENA has an educated youth that encapsulates a body of knowledge that can be brought to bear on societal issues, specific to MENA, that could be addressed by AI Nagla Rizk #AINarratives AI Narratives Future Intelligence @ITU_AIFORGOOD A2K For Development AUC

How can inequitable access to the benefits of AI in MENA be combatted? Nagla Rizk says the digital divide disadvantages women & the less educated & work needs to be done to ensure equal access to AI advantages #AINarratives AI Narratives Future Intelligence @ITU_AIFORGOOD A2K For Development AUC

.Kanta Dihal asks if MENA suffers from the same #WomenInSTEM āleaky pipelineā as the West - Nagla Rizk says that a primary issue is educated women leaving the workforce to undertake homemaking & childcare roles #AINarratives AI Narratives Future Intelligence @ITU_AIFORGOOD A2K For Development AUC

.Nagla Rizk talks about the opportunities of small, homegrown, adaptable AI solutions to support tackling local issues, & that large imported western solutions may not be adaptable enough to be effective #AINarratives @ITU_AIFORGOOD AI Narratives Future Intelligence A2K For Development AUC

āThere needs to be a villainā. Mohamed Zahran discusses the techno-colonial practices of global powers implementing technologies in MENA in order to exploit/surveil/data mine citizens for their own benefit #AINarratives AI Narratives Future Intelligence @ITU_AIForGood A2K For Development AUC

Great webinar from @ITU_AIForGood today on #AINarratives in the Middle East & North Africa - fab discussion from Kanta Dihal Nagla Rizk & Mohamed Zahran & Iāll definitely be catching up with the new report! AI Narratives Future Intelligence A2K For Development AUC ainarratives.com/mena-report-laā¦

The EU high-level expert group on #AI developed an assessment list for #TrustworthyAI. We tested it against neuro-informatics in the Human Brain Project! Bernd Carsten Stahl & Tonii Leach on the effectiveness & limitations on #EthicsDialogues š ethicsdialogues.eu/2022/09/28/hbpā¦

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT: Started d wit the publication of our book- Responsible AI in Africa. Great contributions from @vdignum George Obaido, Ph.D. Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo Tom Kwanya @EmmaR_Bloem Favour Bį»Ģrį»ĢkƬnĆ Dr. Kutoma Wakunuma Simisola Akintoye Dr George Ogoh Tonii Leach Oluyinka Oyeniji link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9ā¦

Our CCSR team en route to the final Human Brain Project summit in Marseille to discuss all things #ResponsibleInnovation data governance, dual use, ethics & more summit2023.humanbrainproject.eu #HBPSummit HBP & Society


Come talk abot ethics, diversity philosophy, data, dual use, #responsibleinnovation & more with Dr. Damian Okaibedi Eke Simisola Akintoye Will (still wearing a mask) Knight Karin Grasenick Tonii Leach Kathinka Evers Inga Ulnicane Jak Shamim Patel, Peter Gierow Dr George Ogoh & Sissel Fibecker Ladegaard: Booth 10!

Come to the Ethics & Society group at Booth #11 at HBP summit Human Brain Project EBRAINS CCSR HBP Ethics Support


#HBPSummit Want to chat about research infrastructures, responsible innovation, governance, dual use & more? Come to the Ethics & Society booth #10 during the lunch break 13:30-14:30 My take on research infrastructures ethicsdialogues.eu/2020/11/06/bey⦠HBP & Society


#HBPSummit my poster #171 on responsible innovation and dual use is up. Happy to chat More about our work here doi.org/10.1080/232994⦠#RRI HBP & Society


#HBPSummit And that's a wrap. CCSR team is back from the Human Brain Project summit in beautiful Marseille. Great to meet many of our international collaborators in person & talk about responsible brain research, data governance & dual use summit2023.humanbrainproject.eu HBP & Society


#HBPSummit was great to meet the members of Human Brain Project's Dual Use Working Group in Marseille last week Some are in this picture, others were busy with their other summit commitments & some could not come due to the strikes. More about our work here doi.org/10.1080/232994ā¦


New book! š Imagining AI: How the World Sees Intelligent Machines by our Director Stephen Cave and @drdihal. It highlights visions of AI from around the world ā inc. China, Russia, Africa, Japan, indigenous... Available at bit.ly/3MpUVOA 30% off with ASPROMP8.
