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She is therefore calling for far-reaching change. “We often say that innovations spring from science,” she says. “I think we really need a new era of innovation in our thinking about science.” This would include recognising that the metrics and concepts used to measure progress and excellence are not free from colonial legacy. “What we need is not an African CERN,” says Jasanoff, nor the hierarchical thinking behind such a demand. “We must understand that as well as the natural sciences so highly esteemed in the Global North, there are other concepts of knowledge and knowledge production that are equally relevant and worth promoting.” One institution that has already recognised this is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ICCP) which now welcomes Indigenous knowledge in the fight against climate change. But Jasanoff criticises the fact that referring to Indigenous knowledge is also evidence of thinking shaped by western- type pigeonholing and hierarchical thinking. “People in the West don’t think of themselves as ‘Indigenous’ because they associate this able to use.”This, in turn, depends on whether there is a stable power supply in the respective country. “Factors like this that are run of the mill in some parts of the world determine who cooperates with whom and whether cooperating researchers in different locations can discuss a relevant question in a video call without technical hitches,” explains Jasanoff who received the Humboldt Foundation’s Reimar Lüst Award in 2017. GOOD INTENTIONS ALONE WILL NOT BREAK DOWN ESTABLISHED POWER STRUCTURES.” SABELO J. NDLOVU-GATSHENI Contest of the AI pioneers Where AI models were developed in 2023 51 Industry Industry-academia collaboration WHICH SECTORS DEVELOPED THE MOST IMPORTANT AI MODELS IN 2023? IN WHICH REGIONS WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT AI MODELS DEVELOPED IN 2023? 61 15 8 5 4 4 4 United Arab Emirates Egypt Singapore United Kingdom Israel Canada Germany France China USA Source: The AI Index Report 2024. Measuring trends in AI. Stanford University , https:// aiindex.stanford.edu/report/ 3 3 2 21 Government Academia 15 2 “ 24 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 116/2024