La IA aprende. ¿Pero qué pasa con África?

¿Cuánto de África está presente en los conjuntos de datos que dan forma a la IA actual? La charla de Francis Odeyemi en TEDxOsogbo sostiene que los datos son poder y que, si África no le enseña a la IA quién es, otros lo harán, con consecuencias para su lugar en el futuro. El ponente se basa en su trabajo con Ninthgrid, una plataforma que conecta a fotógrafos africanos con marcas que buscan imágenes auténticas y afrocéntricas.

• La representación de África en los datos de entrenamiento de la IA
• Los datos como fuente de poder
• Ninthgrid e imágenes auténticas del continente

How much of Africa actually exists in the datasets shaping today's AI? This talk makes the case that data is power, and that if Africa doesn't teach AI who it is, someone else will, with consequences for whether the continent is even part of the future conversation. Francis Odeyemi is a product and brand design leader and the founder of Ninthgrid, often called the "Shutterstock for Africa," a platform giving African photographers a way to earn from authentic, Afrocentric imagery while supplying brands with visual content that actually reflects the continent. Over more than a decade, he has built digital products across Nigeria, the UK, and the US, and is a Y Combinator Startup School alumnus with executive education from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Through Ninthgrid, he has watched firsthand what happens when an AI model is asked to picture Africa, and how little of the continent actually exists in the datasets shaping today's AI. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx