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This manyfesto is a provocation, a question, an opening, a dance about a future of AI technologies that is decolonial. We call it manyfesto, since it reflects some visions among many, and we hope to invite exchange, conversation, and the development of statements from people affected by AI technology. We begin with the challenge posed by the language we use to talk about AI: language that has emerged, as much of the technology has, dominated by Western male voices, whiteness, and wealth. We seek to uncover, to question, upend, and reinvent the assumptions underlying this language, even as we use it. "Artificial" and "intelligence" are loaded terms, their definitions subject to cultural biases.