# What ancestral intelligence can teach us about AI

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2025
- Speaker: Nanjira Sambuli
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nanjira_sambuli_what_ancestral_intelligence_can_teach_us_about_ai)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

There's a common African proverb: "When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers." Policy researcher Nanjira Sambuli says we must apply this thinking to today's AI evolution, asking: When tech giants battle for dominance, who gets trampled in the process? She introduces a new ethical compass for AI, showing how people across the continent are charting a different path for the future of tech.

## Lectures

1. [What ancestral intelligence can teach us about AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nanjira_sambuli_what_ancestral_intelligence_can_teach_us_about_ai/5c5b1a7d2353), 8 min (TED's player)