Abundant intelligences: placing AI within Indigenous knowledge frameworks

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If left unaddressed, these blindnesses auger a future where the integration of AI into every nook and cranny of our societies will cement white supremacy into the core operating system(s) of the world.

“cement white supremacy into the core operating system(s) of the world (Cave and Dihal 2020;Katz 2020;Phan 2019).”

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  The Conclusion and Implications (section 4; page not provided) says White portrayals of AI can sustain racial prejudice and contribute to products that benefit one group while disadvantaging others. It also warns that racialised AI could exacerbate injustice in automated decisions. These conditional, specific harms support the concern, but not the stronger prediction that AI's integration throughout society will cement white supremacy into the world's core operating systems. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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• cites Katz 2020 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source
• cites Phan 2019 sourcePartly supported

  In “Race, Voice, and Figurative Narratives” (page unavailable), Phan argues that Alexa’s white-speaking persona erases histories of racialized exploitation and that such figurations can shape attitudes to power. The Conclusion (page unavailable) also describes how Alexa obscures exploited, predominantly racialized labor. The paper does not establish the broader prediction that AI throughout society will cement white supremacy into the world’s core systems. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S4 (based). May combine two claims.

These failings are, in part, the result of certain Western rationalist epistemologies that exclude many ways of knowing about the world, and therefore they cannot provide a sufficient foundation on which to adequately, robustly, and humanely conceptualize intelligence.

“We argue that these failings are, in part, the result of certain Western rationalist epistemologies that exclude many ways of knowing about the world, and therefore they cannot provide a sufficient foundation on which to adequately, robustly, and humanely conceptualize intelligence.”

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The current trajectory of AI development suffers from fundamental epistemological shortcomings, resulting in the systematic operationalization of bias against non-white, non-male, and non-Western peoples.

“The current trajectory of artificial intelligence development suffers from fundamental epistemological shortcomings, resulting in the systematic operationalization of bias against non-white, non-male, and non-Western peoples.”

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  “The current trajectory of AI development suffers from fundamental epistemological shortcomings, resulting in the systematic operationalization of bias against non-white, non-male, and non-Western peoples.”

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The Abundant Intelligences project enables cultural-technical collaborations between Indigenous communities, brings together scientific practice with cultural concerns, and creates a test bed for technologies imagined in the communities and prototyped with AI expertise.

“The project enables cultural-technical collaborations between Indigenous communities, brings together scientific practice with cultural concerns, and creates a test bed for various technologies imagined in the communities and prototyped in collaboration with world-class AI expertise.”

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The notion of intelligence is increasingly impoverished under the banner of AI.

“From our perspective, it is clear that the notion of intelligence is increasingly impoverished under the banner of AI, and bringing in the notion of abundance is a direct response to this.”

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This blindness stems from an intellectual lineage heavily infected with Cartesian duality, monotheistic eschatology, and computational reductionism.

“This blindness stems from an intellectual lineage heavily infected with Cartesian duality, monotheistic eschatology, and computational reductionism.”

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When one treats intelligence as a property of an individual that can be analytically abstracted and not a collectively established relationality, the wider matrix in which our attributions of intelligence to certain activities or proclivities become obscured.

“When one treats intelligence as a property of an individual that can be analytically abstracted and not a collectively established relationality, the wider matrix in which our attributions of intelligence to certain activities or proclivities become obscured.”

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The summer intensives and Pod workshops enable Indigenous groups to be more actively involved with the creation and deployment of AI systems.

“The summer intensives and Pod workshops enable Indigenous groups to be more actively involved with the creation and deployment of AI systems.”

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Integrating AI into Indigenous knowledge practices will be the latest example of this ongoing innovation.

“Integrating AI into their knowledge practices will be but the latest example of this ongoing innovation (Whaanga and Mato 2020).”

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Legg and Hutter's definition falls short because it takes intelligence to be a property of a singular and individual entity.

“However, Legg and Hutter's definition falls short in our consideration as it takes intelligence to be a property of a singular and individual entity.”

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What is missing from most operationalized definitions of intelligence, including Legg and Hutters', is the very cultural context in which all such intelligent operations take place.

“What is missing from most operationalized definitions of intelligence, including Legg and Hutters', is the very cultural context in which all such intelligent operations take place.”

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Western scientific framework prioritizes climbing a ladder of abstraction to reach simple universal principles that can be applied across all individuals, communities, and territories.

“This can make it seem unruly when viewed from within a Western scientific framework, which prioritizes climbing a ladder of abstraction to reach simple universal principles that can be applied across all individuals, communities, and territories.”

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IK systems provide one way to rebuild AI's epistemological foundations and transform these tools' current role in reinforcing colonial practices of exclusion, extraction, manipulation, and eradication into engines of abundance that enable us to care better for ourselves, our communities, and our world.

“We show IK systems provide one way to rebuild AI's epistemological foundations and transform these tools' current role in reinforcing colonial practices of exclusion, extraction, manipulation, and eradication into engines of abundance that enable us to care better for ourselves, our communities, and our world.”

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  “IK systems provide one way to rebuild AI's epistemological foundations and transform these tools' current role in reinforcing colonial practices of exclusion, extraction, manipulation, and eradication into engines of abundance that enable us to care better for ourselves, our communities, and our world.”

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IK systems are a class of epistemologies reflecting a different understanding of intelligence, offering alternative methods for considering how knowledge is generated, validated, and propagated.

“IK systems are a class of epistemologies reflecting a different understanding of intelligence, offering alternative methods for considering how knowledge is generated, validated, and propagated (Cajete 2000;Descola 2013;Hester & Cheney 2001;Little Bear & Heavy Head 2004;Meyer 2003;Posthumus 2018;Smith 2016;Turner 2006;Waters 2004).”

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• cites Hester & Cheney 2001 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source

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This makes AI system engineers blind to vital aspects of human existence-such as trust, care, and community-that are fundamental to how intelligence actually operates.

“This makes AI system engineers blind to vital aspects of human existence-such as trust, care, and community-that are fundamental to how intelligence actually operates.”

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The hegemonic weight of the ideology of intelligence is imbued to a large degree by the AI enterprise, propagating the assumption that intelligence is an abstractable property that is self-contained and self-evident, all the while erasing different notions of intelligence from consideration.

“The hegemonic weight of the ideology of intelligence is indeed imbued to a large degree by the AI enterprise, propagating the assumption that intelligence is an abstractable property that is self-contained and self-evident, all the while erasing different notions of intelligence from consideration.”

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The Abundant Intelligences project serves as a model for other projects seeking to tackle similar issues through locally rooted research and creation Pods exploring fundamental questions pertaining to AI with a participatory and inclusive approach.

“Furthermore, it serves as a model for other projects seeking to tackle similar issues through locally rooted research and creation Pods exploring fundamental questions pertaining to AI with a participatory and inclusive approach.”

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The research team is composed of individuals from 16 Indigenous communities from across Aotearoa New Zealand, North America, the Pacific, and Africa.

“The research team itself is composed of individuals from 16 Indigenous communities from across Aotearoa New Zealand, North America, the Pacific, and Africa.”

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IK systems have considerable potential, as much of them rest on a relational approach.

“IK systems have considerable potential, as much of them rest on a relational approach.”

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A big portion of the intelligence question lies in the normative conditions that valorize and provide meaning as well as power to certain actions over others.

“A big portion of the intelligence question lies in the normative conditions that valorize and provide meaning as well as power to certain actions over others.”

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Such environments are defined, in no small part, by the cultural structure of specific human communities and their relations to the natural world.

“Such environments are defined, in no small part, by the cultural structure of specific human communities and their relations to the natural world.”

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IK insists on retaining the complexity of lived experience.

“Furthermore, IK insists on retaining the complexity of lived experience.”

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The environmental cost of AI systems has been a significant point of contention, especially generative AI technologies, but also others, because of their resource-intensiveness.

“For example, the environmental cost of AI systems has been a significant point of contention, especially generative AI technologies, but also others, because of their resource-intensiveness (Bender et al. 2021;Strubell et al. 2019).”

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IK systems describe a multidimensional world that is in a flux, and seek out embodiments that can take shape in this constant becoming.

“They describe a multidimensional world that is in a flux, and seek out embodiments that can take shape in this constant becoming (Little Bear and Heavy Head 2004).”

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The Legg and Hutter definition draws from a 'mainstream scientific definition of intelligence' developed by Linda Gottfredson.

“The Legg and Hutter definition is a good example here: they draw from a 'mainstream scientific definition of intelligence', a public statement published in the Wall Street Journal in 1994, as developed by Linda Gottrfredson.”

• cites Legg and Hutter 2007 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source

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Stories, songs, dance, and lore all embed knowledge about the world and facilitate its rigorous transmission from one generation to the next.

“Stories, songs, dance, and lore all embed knowledge about the world and facilitate its rigorous transmission from one generation to the next.”

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The need to redefine or expand the scope of what intelligent action means emerges from the narrow definitions of intelligence that underlie the AI systems and research.

“This need emerges from the narrow definitions of intelligence that underlie the AI systems and research.”

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Abundant Intelligences establishes a platform for bringing together expertise from a multitude of disciplines, localities, and cultures.

“Abundant Intelligences establishes a platform for bringing together expertise from a multitude of disciplines, localities, and cultures”

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Separating mind from the body, elevating after-life over present-life, and violently forcing all experience into binary terms to make it (appear to be) computable produces impoverished notions of what constitutes human intelligence.

“Separating mind from the body, elevating after-life over present-life, and violently forcing all experience into binary terms to make it (appear to be) computable produces impoverished notions of what constitutes human intelligence.”

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This form of scientific racism still reverberates today, and definitions developed under such paradigms seem to be unproblematically employed by AGI researchers.

“This form of scientific racism still reverberates today, 6 and definitions developed under such paradigms seem to be unproblematically employed by AGI researchers.”

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Defining 'appropriate' function and useful 'foresight' requires a deep understanding of the different environments in which intelligent machines might operate.

“We argue that defining 'appropriate' function and useful 'foresight' requires a deep understanding of the different environments in which intelligent machines might operate.”

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These systems do not occur in a vacuum; they are always already entangled with the (cultural, social, political, physical, economic) world around them.

“Yet, these systems do not occur in a vacuum; they are always already entangled with the (cultural, social, political, physical, economic) world around them.”

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This difference in approaches provides a generative ground for considering alternative approaches to creating AI.

“This difference in approaches provide a generative ground for considering alternative approaches to creating AI.”

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Legg and Hutter's view does not consider the relational structures that precede the actor, the web of relations into which the agent always-already arrives.

“This view does not consider the relational structures that precede the actor, the web of relations into which the agent always-already arrives.”

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Indigenous epistemologies include observe-hypothesize-test iterations of the Western scientific method, but also practices excluded by it.

“Indigenous epistemologies include observe-hypothesize-test iterations of the Western scientific method, but also practices excluded by it.”

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The project's online presence ensures a robust utilization of digital dissemination opportunities, contributing to debates on ethical AI design and emerging scholarship on the social and cultural aspects of AI.

“The project's online presence (e.g., through our website) ensures a robust utilization of digital dissemination opportunities, thus contributing to debates on ethical AI design and emerging scholarship on the social and cultural aspects of AI.”

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These systems are being increasingly tasked with interactions that have deep social, political, and legal consequences, yet the field seems to continue to fetishize rational goal seeking as the definition of intelligence.

“These systems are being increasingly tasked with interactions that have deep social, political, and legal consequences, yet the field seems to continue to fetishize rational goal seeking as the definition of intelligence.”

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Mainstream definitions in AI treat intelligence as something that pertains to an individual, and disregard the cultural, social, and environmental conditions in which an intelligence emerges.

“Mainstream definitions in AI treat intelligence as something that pertains to an individual, and disregard the cultural, social, and environmental conditions in which an intelligence emerges.”