Ezekiel Kwetchi Takam is a Ph.D. researcher in Ethics at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Geneva. His research, undertaken from an interdisciplinary perspective, focuses on theorizing the theological-political ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). Specifically, he aims to explore how conceptual and methodological resources from theological and Afro-religious sciences can contribute to the critical analysis of power dynamics underlying the development and deployment of so-called “God-like” AI.
Throughout his thesis development, and besides his teaching assistant duties—which include lectures at the Geneva School of Management and Economics, the Computer Science Center, the Faculty of Law, and the Faculty of Theology—one thing has remained constant: his desire to make a tangible contribution to society through his research. This commitment has led him to participate in various social impact projects with forefront responsibilities. Among other roles, he mentored the Edgelands Research Sprint Geneva 2022, a Harvard-incubated project, and founded the Euro-African Observatory of Artificial Intelligence, a think tank dedicated to promoting an ethical culture of artificial intelligence in Europe and Africa. As part of this project, he was awarded the Geneus-Fongit Prize for Best Life Science Idea by the Geneus incubator of the Geneva Foundation for Technological Innovation.
His work at the CFI as a Visiting Ph.D. student, in collaboration with Dr. Eleanor Drage, will delve deeper into the analysis of the religious narratives surrounding artificial general intelligence (AGI).
