Our paper on Indigenous knowledge for STEM in Bali is out!. Traditional "subak" irrigation uses bottom-up, democratized resource distribution with ecological sustainability. Children learning with the subak model show statistically significant improvement in their STEM understanding. bit.ly/4rjvEt4

Excited to see my former grad student, Kwame Robinson, now an assistant prof in Detroit, developing "AI for the People": lnkd.in/gDKmpe34

theatlantavoice.com/steve-r-alle... "“The wisdom of fractals derives from Africa as it was a commonly used technology by people and civilizations throughout history. ...Fractals and Afrofuturism provide pathways that unlock the doors to successfully administering his designs"

Bali weavers beating AI at geometry:

Launching our new CSDT for Bali's Indigenous "Tri Hita Karana" algorithms: csdt.org/culture/bali... Will be trying it out with kids and teachers in Bangli and Denpasar this week.

This growing gap in White vs Black/Latine net household worth seems to have the same rate no matter which party is in the whitehouse. What is that telling us?

Our prediction of the destructive effects of the election, and what is required to avoid it in the future: bit.ly/4aSAdCA #AI4good

Some of the African artists and designers using our ubuntu-ai platform below. This Uganda group showcased their work at the British embassy. You can see samples from all 400 artists at ubuntu-ai.net. For more about the project uses AI to prevent value extraction, see generativejustice.org/uai/

Perhaps of interest to @africanarchives.bsky.social - new publication suggests the diagonals in Washington DC streets reflect a geometric theme, "the West African X", due to African American land surveyor Benjamin Banneker. bit.ly/3NQ7Ev9