In AI race, Indigenous values could guide environmental issues, researchers suggest
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Latoya Abulu
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MongabayIn AI race, Indigenous values could guide environmental issues, researchers suggestmongabay.comNicole Horseherder has seen the impacts of unsustainable development on Indigenous communities. A Navajo environmental activist and co-founder of Tó Nizhóní Ání (Sacred Water Speaks), a Diné-led nonprofit organization based in Arizona in the U.S., she has spent years protecting water that sustains communities from industrial use. She sees parallels with today’s artificial intelligence development, […]
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