Mitigating hate speech in Nigeria: The possibilities of artificial intelligence

Joseph Wilson; Rahila Jibrin

doi:10.5565/rev/analisi.3188

Mitigar el discurs d’odi a Nigèria: les possibilitats de la intel·ligència artificial

Autors/ores

Joseph Wilson University of Maiduguri
Rahila Jibrin University of Maiduguri

Resum

El discurs d’odi s’ha convertit en una preocupació global. Les nacions mundials d’una manera o d’una altra han d’afrontar l’enorme problema d’aquest fenomen, perpetrat majoritàriament a través de nous mitjans de comunicació o plataformes de comunicació en línia. A Nigèria, la situació és tal que els governs dels nivells federal i estatal han continuat manifestant la seva preocupació per la creixent onada de discurs d’odi al país. Si bé la tecnologia propicia aquest fenomen, la tecnologia podria ser la solució. La tecnologia, sens dubte, ha continuat oferint a la humanitat diverses possibilitats per a una millor existència humana. Cada vegada s’està convertint en una part indispensable del dia a dia dels individus. El telèfon mòbil, per exemple, ha esdevingut imprescindible en la nostra vida quotidiana. S’utilitza com a màquina d’escriure, calculadora, calendari, rellotge, sistema de comunicació, base de dades interactiva, sistema de suport de decisions i molt més. En els darrers temps, l’impuls insaciable per la tecnologia ha arribat a un punt en què els dispositius actuen de manera intel·ligent. Els sistemes intel·ligents es desenvolupen ràpidament per utilitzar-los per millorar els esforços humans. Les tecnologies d’intel·ligència artificial (IA), impulsades per dades massives, estan alimentant un canvi sense precedents en moltes facetes dels esforços humans. Molts assoliments que utilitzen tècniques d’IA superen les capacitats humanes. Si les màquines poden reconèixer la parla i transcriure-la, tal com ho feien els mecanògrafs del passat, si els ordinadors poden identificar amb exactitud rostres o empremtes dactilars entre milions, si els cotxes es condueixen ells mateixos i si els robots estan lluitant en guerres, entre altres coses destacables, no hi ha dubte que hi ha una manera d’evitar el complex desafiament del discurs d’odi. Per tant, aquest estudi examina les possibilitats inherents a la intel·ligència artificial per mitigar el discurs d’odi a Nigèria.

Paraules clau

mitigació, discurs d’odi, intel·ligència artificial, Nigèria

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