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Fusing Science and Art Through Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is one of the most prevalent topics in this decade. Scientists are using AI to understand our environment, to diagnose diseases and to explore space. Social media remembers our online history to suggest what we want to read. The application of A.I. is widespread across many industries.

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What are the dangers of social media and how can we avoid them?

HOW CAN THEY BE DANGEROUS? There has been a huge increase in internet access in sub-Saharan Africa over the last few years. Internet access means access to social media and social community platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Nairaland. It lets people stay in touch with their friends and

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Artificial Intelligence and its Development in Africa

WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? Artificial intelligence, or ‘AI’, is a field of computer science. AI systems can perform certain tasks by mimicking human intelligence. HOW DOES IT WORK? Ordinary computers run using special sets of instructions, called algorithms, which are written by people. An algorithm tells the computer exactly how

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How do Machines Learn?

Machine learning has been a growing area of technology for the last few decades. Now computer scientists are able to write code that allows computers to learn to play games, identify objects in images, and much more besides. WHAT IS AN ALGORITHM? An algorithm is a sequence of instructions. For

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