AIは学習している。しかしアフリカについては？

AIの学習データにアフリカがどの程度含まれているのかを問う、TEDxOsogboでのFrancis Odeyemiによる講演です。講演では、データは力であり、アフリカが自らについてAIに教えなければ、ほかの者がそれを行うことになると論じられています。また、アフリカの写真家とブランドを結ぶプラットフォームNinthgridでの活動も取り上げられ、大陸が今後の議論に加われるかどうかという問題が語られます。

• AIの学習データセットにおけるアフリカの表象
• 影響力の源泉としてのデータ
• Ninthgridによる、アフリカの写真家とブランドのためのアフロセントリックな画像

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