Don Seeks AI Deployment in Tackling Insecurity, Unemployment

The Vice Chancellor of the Nigerian British University, Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi, has advocated the deployment of Artificial Intelligence, AI,  in tackling the rising insecurity in the country.

The don made the call while fielding questions from journalists shortly after the maiden inaugural lecture of the Nigerian British University in Asa, a border community between Abia and Rivers states.

He expressed the belief that AI will create more jobs, if effectively deployed.

The Vice Chancellor further said AI will engender precision and boost manufacturing, improve economic planning and other spheres of human life and expressed the optimism that governments at all levels will leverage on the revolution to do things better.

On insecurity, he said AI provides ready and scientific ways of tackling the challenge, as robotics and other aspects of it can be used to detect threats and act in good time without much casualties.

The VC commended the inaugural lecturer who he describes as a resource person and an expert in AI, adding that he (Prof. Okorafor) has found the AI club which the institution has adopted.

Earlier, the inaugural lecturer, Prof. Okorafor while delivering the lecture titled: ‘Igniting African Renaissance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Reclaiming Innovation and Reimagining Futures’, stresses the need for the domesticate AI in order to reflect the African culture and experiences.

Prof. Okafor, who is the Dean, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology in the institution allayed fears that AI will lead to job loses.

According to him, more jobs will actually be created with home-grown AI systems.