On intelligence,
agency and change.
Selected writing and conversations on the science of AI, the institutions behind it, and the choices that shape its impact.
Writing
SA must refine its own AI future and secure algorithmic sovereignty
The case for local capacity to design, develop and govern AI, beyond merely holding local data.
Daily MaverickChatGPT was disruptive, swarms of AI agents will be revolutionary
On autonomous AI agents, work and economic opportunity, written with Bruce Bassett and Jonathan Shock.
Daily MaverickProfiles & interviews
The South African scientist championing AI that’s Africa-led
Forbes Africa on the research and institutions behind an African contribution to AI.
Forbes AfricaTIME100 AI: Benjamin Rosman
On the ambition for Africa to contribute to fundamental AI science and shape its future.
TIMEShaping an interdisciplinary AI ecosystem
A wide-ranging conversation on reinforcement learning, natural intelligence and building research from Africa.
Communications BiologyAfrican voices must help shape the future of AI
Following the Vatican AI conference and an audience with Pope Leo XIV, a conversation on inclusion, governance and human dignity.
Vatican NewsAI, the future and Johannesburg
On research, resilience and the city that shaped the work.
Johannesburg In Your PocketSelected recordings
Are AI models intensifying social inequalities?
A discussion with Joy Buolamwini and Paola Ricaurte Quijano on representation and the people affected by AI.
Dicastery for Communication · YouTubeFrom the Indaba to algorithmic sovereignty
Building an African AI research community, making room for different ways of thinking and developing local capability.
52 minutes · Episode 121Why we need whole-of-planet AI solutions
With David Rothkopf on Africa’s perspectives on AI, grassroots research and the value of working within constraints.
The DSR Network · 36 minutesMore to read, watch and hear.
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