Nigeria must harness AI to tackle urgent challenges – Nile University Don
businessday.ng – October 20, 2024 – Steve Adetunji Adeshina, a professor of Computer Vision and Engineering at Nile University of Nigeria, has said that Nigeria can leverage the abilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address some of its urgent challenges.
He noted that AI can be utilised to tackle Nigeria’s medical, electoral, and security issues.
Adeshina, who delivered the second inaugural lecture of Nile University titled “Machine Intelligence vs Human Intelligence: Can Machines Outperform Humans?” emphasised that rather than fearing AI’s potential to take over the world, we should focus on harnessing its capabilities to address Nigeria’s pressing issues.
He highlighted that the adoption of AI systems in healthcare was essential for improving diagnostic accuracy and personalizing treatment, alongside establishing a framework for collecting and integrating local medical data to address racial and regional disparities in disease diagnosis.
“The integration of AI technologies in healthcare can enhance diagnostic accuracy and personalize treatment.