“Today, Artificial Intelligence software applications have advanced so quickly that there is hardly any natural human activity that cannot or has not been mimicked and tested to be performed by created machines.
Mutawakilu Adisa Tiamiyu, a former professor from the Data and Information Science Department at the University of Ibadan, has warned that while new Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications may appear exciting, they are also likely to spark different issues in human communities.
He delivered these keynotes in a lecture entitled “Odyssey Of An Economist In Information Science” to commemorate his retirement from the institution and 70th birthday.
The university dean stated that the world was on the verge of an Artificial Intelligence mega-revolution, the nature of which no one can currently predict correctly.
According to him, “humans have had an information universe since they were created to see things, and later learnt to sketch, write, read and interpret.
“Humanity was at a crossroads when it came to developing and deploying Al Apps with sentient powers.
“Today, Artificial Intelligence software applications have advanced so quickly that there is hardly any natural human activity that cannot or has not been mimicked and tested to be performed by created machines.
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“A growing number of them are now being used in real-world activities that affect humans and their environments.
“Al software are now being used for Big Data Analytics and for decision making, and actions are based on the analytics findings, often in the absence of any human real-time intermediation in diverse contacts,” he said.
Kayode Adebowale is the Vice Chancellor but he was represented by Professor Ezekiel Olusola Ayoola, the institution’s deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration).
Teachers Are Leaving
He lamented the rate at which teachers are leaving or retiring.
“Our experience in administration at the university in the past few years you’ve come on board is that our erudite professors are leaving us one by one.
“We recognised the fact that whatever the university is able to achieve in terms of ranking, international recognition cannot divorce by the effort of our erudite professors that are leaving us,” said Ayoola.
“And the fact that we are also struggling with so many things at this time in order to meet the needs of the university administration.
“We only wish for the best and hope for the best,” he said.
