African AI Issues
Given that there are so many AI issues concerning diverse African contexts, there is scope for a multi-country analysis. Here’s an introduction: Scott Nover, GZero, Will AI help or...
Discussion on Algorithms
I’ve started reading Yuval Noah Harari‘s Nexus, so I was interested in listening to this BBC Radio 4 ‘Start the Week’ programme, which incorporated critical perspectives of the book (among...
Podcast on pagers
The use of AI to create a fictional podcast about the pager explosions (!) … While interested in the tech, I haven’t heard it yet.
AI Overviews Indonesia ++
Techcrunch, Google is bringing AI overviews to India, Brazil, Japan, UK, Indonesia and Mexico, 16 Aug 2024. “After bringing AI overviews to the U.S., Google is expanding the AI-powered search...
Southeast Asia Language AI
David Austin, Fortune, AI can help bridge Southeast Asia’s 1,000 languages—but the work ‘has to be done by Southeast Asians, 30 Jul 2024 “With over 1,000 languages, Southeast Asia...
AI/Islamic Thought
Shoaib A . Malik, Artificial Intelligence and Islamic Thought: Two Distinctive Challenges, Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. “The article provides preliminary reflections aimed at spurring further scholarly inquiry...
Keynote IIUI
I gave a keynote lecture at Indonesian International Islamic University as part of a masterclass/workshop series on digital Islam and AI. My presentation, ‘From Sheikh Google to ImamAI‘, was...
Spot the Deepfake
This has implications beyond political contexts. Dan Milmo, Ana Lucía González Paz, Bryony Moore, Andrew Witherspoon and Elena , The Guardian, Smudgy chins, weird hands, dodgy numbers: seven signs...