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After the 9<sup>th</sup> rTAIM Online Seminar (available here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDyC1KwUQDk" id="OWA1edca220-8533-4a7c-f552-10584959cf93" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDyC1KwUQDk</a>), we are happy to announce the 10<sup>th</sup> rTAIM Online Seminar with the participation of Professor Edmund Ugar (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), on the 27<sup>th</sup> May 2024, 15h-16h00 Lisbon
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); line-height: 150%;"><b>Title:</b> In Light of Medical Machine Learning Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: African Agency Reconsidered</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); line-height: 150%;"><b>Abstract:
</b>The growing application of machine learning techniques in the second decade of the present century has made artificial intelligence to play a more significant role in medicine and, increasingly, in public health. Image recognition, in particular, has become
extremely effective, and clinicians increasingly rely on machine learning technologies for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of medical conditions. While these technologies have proven to be relevant and efficient in carrying out medical diagnosis, in this
talk, I argue that they threaten an integral aspect of what constitutes human agency for Africans – interpersonal relationships. Overreliance on machine learning technology for clinical diagnosis and recommendations may diminish the values of interpersonal
relationships of identity and solidarity between patients and doctors in the sub-Sahel. I show how vital these normative values are in the making of a person and their agency within the sub-Saharan African value system.</span></p>
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</b>Edmund Terem Ugar is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, a research fellow at the Centre for the Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health at Durham University, and a research coordinator at the University
of Johannesburg Centre for Africa-China Studies. His research lies broadly within the Philosophy of Social Technologies within Medical and Healthcare Domains.</span></p>
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