S Africa-AI Summit/Regulation
Johannesburg, South Africa - April 5, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sign of National AI Summit
2. Various of attendees; South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele speaking at podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mondli Gungubele, minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa (starting with shot 2/ending with shot 4):
"The biggest challenge we have on AI is to stay apace with it so that at all material times it serves the human what we call human purpose. We must make sure we've got policy; we've got standards because it must never be allowed to serve anything detrimental to humanity."
FILE: South Africa - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Woman working at laptop
5. Mobile phone held in hands
6. Laptop on table
7. People working at cafe
8. Mobile phone held in hands
Johannesburg, South Africa - April 5, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Bradshaw, founder, South African Artificial Intelligence Association (starting with shots 7-8):
"Now you have people, individual consumers, individuals on their phones that can now start playing with AI and you couldn't even do three years ago. So in this new landscape that we're in, it is the right time to be having this discussion talking about responsible AI."
10. Robotic dog, Go
11. Banner of Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa at Tshwane University of Technology
12. Various of robotic dog, Go; control in hands
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Anish Kurien, acting director, Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa, Tshwane University of Technology (starting with shot 12/ending with shots 14):
"One of the ideas of this technology is to move into environments that could be of potential health risks to the individual. Take the mining environment. To send a human being into certain contexts might be of potential safety risks. So, in those type of environment sending such a platform to visualize to sense, to study the environment."
14. Robotic dog, Go
15. Laptop
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Ntsinyi, lecturer, Central University of Technology (starting with shot 15/ending with shot 17):
"We mainly focus on assistive mobility devices. So, we are looking at problems where we have people that are disabled, fully disabled and they basically cannot even move a muscle, but they can speak. So, we've developed this wheelchair, which basically can take your speech and then use that to move around an area."
17. Various of wheelchair
18. Laptop
19. Various of people, robots
The need for artificial intelligence regulation has been under the spotlight during the National AI Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, where a plan in this regard was discussed by attendees.
"The biggest challenge we have on AI is to stay apace with it so that at all material times it serves the human what we call human purpose. We must make sure we've got policy; we've got standards because it must never be allowed to serve anything detrimental to humanity," said South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele.
"Now you have people, individual consumers, individuals on their phones that can now start playing with AI and you couldn't even do three years ago. So, in this new landscape that we're in, it is the right time to be having this discussion talking about responsible AI," said Nick Bradshaw, founder of the South African Artificial Intelligence Association.
Go, a robotic dog from China, was a star attraction on the sidelines of the summit. The digital marvel is being tested by the Tshwane University of Technology, home to one of 11 AI hubs. Universities have been tasked with building skills and cutting-edge innovations.
"One of the ideas of this technology is to move into environments that could be of potential health risks to the individual. Take the mining environment. To send a human being into certain contexts might be of potential safety risks. So, in those type of environment sending such a platform to visualize to sense, to study the environment," said Anish Kurien, acting director of the Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa at the Tshwane University of Technology.
The vast potential of AI to address complex challenges is also being explored.
"We mainly focus on assistive mobility devices. So, we are looking at problems where we have people that are disabled, fully disabled and they basically cannot even move a muscle, but they can speak. So, we've developed this wheelchair, which basically can take your speech and then use that to move around an area," said Paul Ntsinyi, a lecturer with the Central University of Technology.
S Africa-AI Summit/Regulation
Dateline : April 5, 2024/File
Location : South Africa
Duration : 2'09
Johannesburg, South Africa - April 5, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sign of National AI Summit
2. Various of attendees; South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele speaking at podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mondli Gungubele, minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa (starting with shot 2/ending with shot 4):
"The biggest challenge we have on AI is to stay apace with it so that at all material times it serves the human what we call human purpose. We must make sure we've got policy; we've got standards because it must never be allowed to serve anything detrimental to humanity."
FILE: South Africa - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Woman working at laptop
5. Mobile phone held in hands
6. Laptop on table
7. People working at cafe
8. Mobile phone held in hands
Johannesburg, South Africa - April 5, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Bradshaw, founder, South African Artificial Intelligence Association (starting with shots 7-8):
"Now you have people, individual consumers, individuals on their phones that can now start playing with AI and you couldn't even do three years ago. So in this new landscape that we're in, it is the right time to be having this discussion talking about responsible AI."
10. Robotic dog, Go
11. Banner of Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa at Tshwane University of Technology
12. Various of robotic dog, Go; control in hands
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Anish Kurien, acting director, Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa, Tshwane University of Technology (starting with shot 12/ending with shots 14):
"One of the ideas of this technology is to move into environments that could be of potential health risks to the individual. Take the mining environment. To send a human being into certain contexts might be of potential safety risks. So, in those type of environment sending such a platform to visualize to sense, to study the environment."
14. Robotic dog, Go
15. Laptop
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Ntsinyi, lecturer, Central University of Technology (starting with shot 15/ending with shot 17):
"We mainly focus on assistive mobility devices. So, we are looking at problems where we have people that are disabled, fully disabled and they basically cannot even move a muscle, but they can speak. So, we've developed this wheelchair, which basically can take your speech and then use that to move around an area."
17. Various of wheelchair
18. Laptop
19. Various of people, robots
The need for artificial intelligence regulation has been under the spotlight during the National AI Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, where a plan in this regard was discussed by attendees.
"The biggest challenge we have on AI is to stay apace with it so that at all material times it serves the human what we call human purpose. We must make sure we've got policy; we've got standards because it must never be allowed to serve anything detrimental to humanity," said South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele.
"Now you have people, individual consumers, individuals on their phones that can now start playing with AI and you couldn't even do three years ago. So, in this new landscape that we're in, it is the right time to be having this discussion talking about responsible AI," said Nick Bradshaw, founder of the South African Artificial Intelligence Association.
Go, a robotic dog from China, was a star attraction on the sidelines of the summit. The digital marvel is being tested by the Tshwane University of Technology, home to one of 11 AI hubs. Universities have been tasked with building skills and cutting-edge innovations.
"One of the ideas of this technology is to move into environments that could be of potential health risks to the individual. Take the mining environment. To send a human being into certain contexts might be of potential safety risks. So, in those type of environment sending such a platform to visualize to sense, to study the environment," said Anish Kurien, acting director of the Hub of Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa at the Tshwane University of Technology.
The vast potential of AI to address complex challenges is also being explored.
"We mainly focus on assistive mobility devices. So, we are looking at problems where we have people that are disabled, fully disabled and they basically cannot even move a muscle, but they can speak. So, we've developed this wheelchair, which basically can take your speech and then use that to move around an area," said Paul Ntsinyi, a lecturer with the Central University of Technology.
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Published : 2024-04-07 16:00
Last Modified : 2024-04-07 20:51:33
Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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