By Dennis Pepla
Fiapre, (Bono), July 10, GNA – The Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) held its second first lecture, calling on student researchers to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the country's food security and improve disease and fire management systems.
Professor Adebayo Felix Adekoya, director of the Department of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics Science, noted that there is a huge outlook for AI to tackle important and new human needs.
However, it warned students and research to be guided by high ethical standards, data privacy and human dignity in the use of AI technology.
The lecture, held at the main campus of Fiapre University near Suniyani, was the subject of “Artificial Intelligence: A measure of divinity's kindness to humanity,” and was attended by students and faculty.
Professor Adekoya pointed out that productive use of AI can save lives by early detection of diseases such as cancer imaging and diabetic retinopathy, such as precision medicine and drug discovery.
He said AI technology could be used to enhance national food security through precise agricultural yield optimization, disease detection and control as livestock monitoring.
Adekoya has shown that AI decisions can be fully empowered through decision-making systems through autonomous systems for disaster management, resource allocation, safety and efficiency.
He asked students and researchers to help tackle the rising misinformation and disinformation in the field of AI.
Cug's Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Daniels Obeng-ofori, said, “AI is an inclusive technology for everything from agriculture to zoology,” explaining, “because we know that the source of wisdom and knowledge is God.”
“That's why it's important that we all embrace, embrace and use AI technology,” he said, urging experts to do more to address and minimize the shortcomings, concerns and bias of AI.
Professor Obeng-ofori added: “AI is an emerging technology that helps you think and reason to increase productivity at work,” he added.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Kenneth Odeng Adade
