Power, Progress and Policy
By Sudhir Tiku
The story of technology is too often told as if it begins and ends in Silicon Valley. A handful of research labs and companies in California, San Francisco or Boston are presented as the only stages where the drama of artificial intelligence unfolds. The rest of the world is cast in a supporting role, if it appears at all. This narrative is convenient, but it is deeply misleading. Progress has never belonged to a single geography. The wheel, zero, irrigation, paper, and philosophy all emerged in what we now call the Global South, long before today’s industrial North imagined itself as the sole custodian of innovation. Yet when it comes to AI, there is a growing risk that the Global South is seen merely as a consumer of tools rather than a co-author of the future.
This book challenges that assumption. It argues that the Global South is not only relevant, but essential to understanding where artificial intelligence is headed. The book articulates that the Global South holds something far more powerful than borrowed tools. It holds scale, diversity, creativity and urgency. It has the capacity not just to use AI, but to shape it. And in doing so, it may teach the world something deeper about intelligence itself, both human and artificial.
Sudhir Tiku is an AI strategist with over two decades of working experience in Global companies. He works at the intersection of Technology, Ethics and Society. He is founding member of non-profit AAIH Singapore (Alliance for AI and Humanity) and the member of prestigious IASEAI San Diego (International association for Safe and Ethical AI), which leads a global movement for safe and ethical AI.
“AI in the Global South: Power, Progress and Policy,” is published by World Scientific Singapore, one of the world’s most respected scientific publishers known for publishing the works of Nobel Laureates and leading international researchers.
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