where AI development is mainly driven by the private sector, especially big tech, the African AI ecosystem can only reach its full potential if governments are heavily involved. The various roles played by this key player are: (i) strengthening technological infrastructures (computing,...
The unforeseen social implica- tions of an AI system operating in a complex ecosystem are now evident. To contain further fiascos, the failed UK experiment paves the way to a fruitful collaboration between technical practitioners and sociologists where technical (transparency, accountability and ...
Generally, researchers agree that tasks with a more repetitive, homogeneous, and structured character are easier to automate through AI and robotics (Davenport2017; Frey and Osborne2017; Lu et al.2020). This mechanical work is often routine, non-creative and unskilled labor without any required ed...
Additionally, ESA has also developed the Total Ecosystem Management of the InterTidal Habitat (TEMITH) project [143], led by the University of Southampton, to monitor Solent’s intertidal habitat on England’s south coast using Earth Observation (EO) data. This project focuses on two pressures:...