Indigenous AI: Revolution or Colonizer Bullsh*it?

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

Native, Documentary, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Relationships, Indigenous, Native American, Society, Contemporary Native American Culture

5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Send us a textIn this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with Dr. Keolu Fox (Kanaka Maoli) to explore the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for Indigenous data sovereignty. From the energy-hungry servers behind our everyday Googling to the broader implications of AI on Indigenous knowledge systems, we ask: Can AI be done better?Can contemporary Native communities live in harmony with AI, or is it just another tool of colonization? Dr. Fox breaks down ...

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0:00.0	Welcome back relatives to another episode of All My Relations.
0:03.4	I'm Maitika Wilbur. I'm from the Swinamish and Talalip Tribes.
0:06.5	I'm the creator of Project 562. I'm a mama, a wifie.
0:11.7	I'm the founder of this space that we're recording in today, Tidelands.
0:15.9	I'm really happy to be here with Miss Timris Lane.
0:18.9	Oh, I'm so happy to be here again for another episode of all my
0:23.2	relations. Hi, everyone. I'm Temeris Lane, Khalitia from Lummi Nation. I have the pleasure of working
0:32.0	in communications with tribes and native-led nonprofits and being a storyteller.
0:39.5	And today I'm really excited about this conversation
0:43.2	because we're moving into a new era of storytelling.
0:47.0	We are here with Dr. Kealoo-Fox,
0:50.0	the co-founder of the Native Bio Data Consortium,
0:53.6	a nonprofit research institute led by indigenous scientists and tribal members.
0:58.6	He is also a professor at the University of California, San Diego, where he is co-founder and co-director of the UC San Diego Indigenous Futures Institute.
1:09.5	The first Kanakamali to receive a doctorate in genome sciences.
1:15.4	His work focuses on the connection between data as a resource and the emerging value of genomic
1:20.8	health data from indigenous communities. He's also a TED fellow, like me. And at TEDx,
1:27.7	who, in 2020, he spoke alongside professional surfer and scientist,
1:33.3	the sexy ass clif cologna.
1:35.9	Welcome to the show, Dr. Fox.
1:38.0	Oh, man, he'll fucking love that.
1:41.4	Aloha, thanks for having me. I'm originally from Cole Hala, which is on the Big Island, the northernmost tip, and now I'm at UCSD as a professor.
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