Using AI as Tool to Promote, Not Distort African Heritage
Using AI as Tool to Promote, Not Distort African Heritage
"Basically, the data sets that were used to train AI are relatively not even close to what they should be for them to be called a representation of our cultures, continent, and people. It's not enough. But I wouldn't blame anybody for that. I would say it's an opportunity for us to now do the work, properly collect this data, properly archive [it], properly tag this data, and use that to train large language models to make them understand who we are, where we're from, and what we represent."
#PanAfricanFrequency spoke with Malik Afegbua, a Nigerian artist and filmmaker who is not just using AI to archive African heritage but also to resurrect it. He creates digital versions of elders, allowing younger generations to sit with them, ask questions, and learn from them long after they are gone. Afegbua shared how artificial intelligence can be leveraged as a mirror of African heritage instead of a distortion.
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