The hidden danger of AI in Africa | James Maisiri | TEDxUniversityofJohannesburg

[applause] If Africa does not shape AI, then AI will shape Africa. A couple years ago, I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine named Nala. Nala was telling me about her upbringing in an impoverished rural town back home in Ghana. She was telling me that the educational system back home had broken down.There could be 50 students in one classroom sharing textbooks, pens, whatever they could just to get by. Nala wasn't even exposed to computers. despite there being a small internet cafe within t ...