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The aim is to establish a new AI framework that acknowledges and integrates various cultural and epistemic traditions.

March 24, 2026Open Access

Pluriversal AI™

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The aim is to establish a new AI framework that acknowledges and integrates various cultural and epistemic traditions.
Conceptualization and philosophical framing of Pluriversal AI™
Integration of decolonial theory and ubuntu philosophy
Outline of architectural principles and governance implications
Pluriversal AI proposes a system accommodating multiple knowledge systems
Establishes principles for AI applications in African peacebuilding
Challenges the dominance of Western epistemologies in AI design

Abstract

This document constitutes the founding Pioneer Declaration of Pluriversal AI™ — anoriginal philosophical, architectural, and sociotechnical paradigm first conceptualized,named, and published by Naomi Kilungu on LinkedIn in June 2025(linkedin.com/in/naomimwelu), and formally deposited on Zenodo under DOI:10.5281/zenodo.19161260. Pluriversal AI fundamentally rejects monolithic,Western-centric AI epistemologies in favor of a framework that dynamicallyaccommodates multiple worldviews, knowledge systems, ethical traditions, andreasoning mechanisms within a single intelligent system. Drawing on decolonial theory,African ubuntu philosophy, epistemic pluralism, and complexity science, this frameworkproposes that artificial intelligence must not be designed as a universal tool imposing asingle cultural logic on all of humanity, but rather as a pluriversal system — one inwhich many AI worlds coexist, each grounded in its own cultural and epistemictraditions. This declaration establishes Naomi Kilungu's intellectual priority as thepioneer of the Pluriversal AI paradigm and outlines its foundational principles,architecture, applications in African peacebuilding, and governance implications.

Pluriversal AI™

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