Designing Responsible AI with Indigenous Communities: Towards Participatory AI with ovaHimba and San People in Namibia

Indongo, Naftali Ndeapo; Smith, Rachel Charlotte; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike; Kandjengo, Shorty; Mbinge, Uariaike

doi:10.1145/3796624.3796667

Designing Responsible AI with Indigenous Communities: Towards Participatory AI with ovaHimba and San People in Namibia

This paper investigates the co-design of responsible Artificial Intelligence systems within three interconnected AI-driven projects with Namibian Indigenous communities. Three small-scale projects; Smart Hydroponics, Himbaverse, and Resilience App were explored and prototyped through a co-design …