Technocolonialism in the age of Humanitarian AI
Read our key takeaways from Mirca Madianou’s presentation on her new book “Technocolonialism: When Technology for Good is Harmful”.
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- Recap—Building No-Code Chatbots for MERL: Version 2.0
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