The Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES, Dapo Olorunyomi, has called for a concerted effort to address the ‘crisis of knowledge’ created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and social media algorithms, which threatens to undermine Nigeria’s fragile civic space.
Mr Olorunyomi said the social media algorithms, which determine what many citizens see long before they choose to see it, are actively transforming the way in which democratic power is organised in Nigeria.
“The urgent task before Nigeria is to ensure that this transformation bends towards freedom, justice and a more thoughtful public life,” he said.
Mr Olorunyomi, who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), stated this on Tuesday while delivering a lecture on “AI, Social Media and the Reconfiguration of Democratic Power in Nigeria” at the Faculty of Arts Alumni Lecture, Obafemi Awolowo University,
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