Repurposing AI for problem solving featuring Babusi Nyoni : Ai Kenya Podcast Episode 4
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Hailing from Bulawayo Zimbabwe, Babusi Nyoni, an AI innovator currently based in the Netherlands shares his journey building AI solutions ranging from an AI chatbot for Heineken, a dance app for Gqom, diagnosing Parkinson's disease and predicting Africa's next refugee crisis. With a high school diploma being his highest level of education, Babusi proves that lack of higher forms of education such as Masters degree or PhD does not hinder you from creating powerful solutions in the 4th Industrial revolution era, specifically within AI. In his free time, Babusi experiments with different AI technologies to solve different problems or create new forms of art. In this episode, we touch on motivations for his creations, challenges he faces, the lessons learned, and why he was in Kenya in June 2019. Some of the resources / notable references from this episode include: 1. Predicting refugee crisis in Africa using AI https://www.unhcr.org/innovation/how-artificial-intelligence-can-be-used-to-predict-africas-next-migration-crisis/ 2. Heineken Banternator: https://babusinyoni.com/heineken-banternator/ 3. Vosho App and Gqom AI : https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/babusi-nyoni-making-ai-more-accessible-and-relevant 4. AI Gqom song by Babusi , listen on https://soundcloud.com/state-offf/ai-gqom-pt-ii?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1 5. Links to Tweets from the Heineken Banternator :https://twitter.com/Heineken/status/736659718781992960 6. Read More about Microsoft’s Tay bot on https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/24/microsoft-silences-its-new-a-i-bot-tay-after-twitter-users-teach-it-racism This episode has been powered by What’s Good Studios Studios ( https://whatsgoodstudios.com/ ) Visit https://bit.ly/aik2020 for our website, newsletter, meetup page, social media pages and latest news. Which topics or guests from Africa would you like us to talk to in our next episode? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
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