How can technologies that use AI techniques provide for cultural well-being for whānau and their futures?

This research takes the position that technologies using AI techniques are promoting a diversity crisis throughout industry, academia, and society. These techniques are amplifying biased stereotypes that are now being observed in automated systems.

This research will examine the ways in which my whānau, members of Te Uri o Patumoana rāua ko Raikete Amoamo, seek to respond to dominant, colonially influenced technologies, and to explore approaches that ensure a new form of colonial oppression does not become a reality. 

Of significance in our research project is the desire to develop a ‘Tikanga Māori Framework,’ a Māori set of practices that will inform the development of next-generation AI systems. This framework will be guided by mātauranga Māori, particularly in relation to ethical relationships between humankind and the non-human world. 

It is suggested that pūrākau will help create connections for those living outside our tribal boundaries of Te Whakatōhea with those living on our tūrangawaewae. This research will gather collective pūrākau that represent the use of technologies in everyday life.