About the Talk
Emerging technologies disrupt our deeply held values and concepts. Terms like artificial, natural, intelligence, and autonomy change with innovations like AI, sometimes creating conceptual gaps or misalignments. Conceptual engineering of these disrupted concepts takes place predominantly in the global north. Kristy Claassen examines the role of indigenous epistemologies, like Ubuntu, in shaping the language of our technological futures.
About the Speaker
Kristy Claassen holds degrees in Journalism, Philosophy and Theology and earned an MSc in Philosophy, Technology, and Society (University of Twente). Now pursuing a PhD at Twente, she explores Ubuntu, moral change, and AI within the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies consortium, focusing on how disruptive technologies shape African conceptions of the human condition.