Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and Urvashi Aneja discuss the effects of AI developments on the Global South.
While many of the cutting-edge AI technologies generating headlines are developed in Silicon Valley, a significant portion of the labor driving this tech boom comes from the Global South. This raises important questions about who truly benefits from these innovations and the costs involved.
In this episode, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Urvashi Aneja, director of the Digital Futures Lab, examine the impact AI is already having on communities in the Global South. From labor conditions to the implications for democracy and the environment, they explore the need for countries to move beyond merely “catching up with the North” and instead critically assess how AI should fit into their own societies.
