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Human-centric AI: An interview with Edith Luhanga.
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Edith Luhanga is an assistant research professor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa in Rwanda. Her work focuses on designing and evaluating technologies that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to promote behavioral change in low-resource communities. She is currently working on digital interventions for maternal health, child nutrition and online safety, and financial inclusion in Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa. Edith holds a PhD in information science (ubiquitous computing) from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan and an MSc in advanced computing science and BEng (Hons) in electronic and computer engineering from the University of Nottingham in the UK. In this interview, Edith shares her experience as a human-centric AI researcher, along with her opinions about ethical AI and her thoughts on current technology developments in African communities.