Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence

Function Theory of the Meaning of Life.- 20. Thaddeus Metz - African Reasons Why AI Should Not Maximize Utility.- 21. Diana Ofana - Can Robots Attain Personhood In African Thought?.- 22. Hailu Andebet - Robotics And The African Man.- 23.John Umezurike - The Concept of AI and Personhood in African Thought Systems.- 24. Augustine Atabor - Affective Computing And The Singularity: The Moral Relevance Of Shame In AI.- 25.Reneilwe Masuluke & Abiola Azeez - On Indigenous Design and Consumerism: 4IR in Africa.- 26. Joseph Hungwe - My Phone And The Community: Nomophobia As A Technological Reconfiguration Of African Communalism.

Amongst ST Segun's publications are "From machine ethics to computational ethics" in AI & Society; "Criticially engaging the ethics of AI for a global audience" in Ethics and Information Technology, where he served as Lead Guest Editor for the special issue on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. He is also the coauthor of the book New Conversations on the Problems of Identity, Consciousness and Mind (Springer, 2019).

 

Victor Nweke

Victor Nweke is currently a researcher/Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Cultural Studies, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. His major research interest includes African philosophy, global normative theory, intercultural philosophy, and philosophy of logic. He is working on his Ph.D. as a member of a multidisciplinary normative project, 'Diversity, Power and Justice: Transcultural Perspectives', funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the German Research Foundation). His peer-reviewed publications (articles and chapters in academic journals and edited books) attempt to interrogate and (re)conceptualize articulate perspectives on right conduct and optimal human flourishing using salient ideas in African philosophy as a crucial point of departure. Victor is also an affiliate researcher with the Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), University of Calabar, Nigeria, as well as an Alumni of the HASTAC Scholars Program (Class of 2016-2018).

 

Umezurike J. Ezugwu

Umezurike J. Ezugwu is a research fellow, Conversational Society of Philosophy.  He did his first degree in the Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.  He obtained his Masters and Doctorate degrees in the Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.  During this period, he taught, as a part-time lecturer, two General Studies Courses, Philosophy and Logic, and History and Philosophy of Science.  Currently, he is a lecturer in Nigeria Maritime University.  Here, he lectures Philosophy and Logic, History and Philosophy of Science and Nigeria Peoples and Culture. He is an a