I am taking a graduate policy seminar on Artificial Intelligence. Today’s topic is “AI – Ethical problems and Legal solutions.” My amazing professor, Dr James Rogers, has invited the Palantir Whistleblower, Mr. Juan Sebastian Pinto, and he is speaking to us about the evils of AI: “AI is bad for the environment, look at how […]
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Short answer, I don’t think so. Really it is a very complicated question that cannot simply be answered with a Yes or No. Take, for example, last Thursday, the Nigerian guardian newspaper published an article urging the government to focus on training more AI talent, implying that there are simply not enough AI technologists in
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Data localization is any policy or legal requirement mandating that data created within a country’s borders must remain stored and processed within that country. Should Nigeria take steps to ensure that citizen data created within the country remains in the country? For those of you who are familiar with Nigeria’s technology policy, you may already
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Two days ago I read a research paper by Larry Diamond of the Hoover Institution, titled “Nigeria in Search of Democracy.” It was written 42 years ago, in 1983: a period when Nigeria’s civilian government under President Shehu Shagari collapsed and gave way to the military rule of General Muhammadu Buhari. Diamond, then a political
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[Shortened and Edited for Clarity] In the first months of President Trump’s second presidency, I have watched the administration repeatedly test the boundaries of the enumerated powers granted to the executive branch by the U.S. Constitution. While the public reaction to these actions often suggests that President Trump is setting unprecedented constitutional norms, a closer
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The federal republic of Nigeria not only has a constitutional right to privacy, it now also has enforceable guidelines that are designed to protect that right in our digital age. Nigeria’s 2023 Data Protection Act (NDPA) marked the country’s entry into the global data-protection arena. For the first time, Nigerians had legislative clarity on how
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Raise your hand if (before reading the title of my post) you thought Nigeria had no data privacy legislation. Two weeks ago, both my hands would have been high in the air. To my rescue, I assumed Nigeria probably had some legislation but not a very comprehensive one. And six years ago, I would have
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A friend, who we’ll call B, tells me that in Germany, everyone receives the option to reject cookies on any website they visit. I’ve never been to Germany (or Europe) so I cannot confirm if this is true. Regardless, what I do know is that here, in the US, we do not receive a pop
A Brief Introduction Data is unprocessed facts, figures or numbers. Data, by itself, is meaningless. It is rudimentary and unrefined. For example: 30 years old, Black, Singer, likes ice cream. This is meaningless data that could describe millions of people. It is anonymous and tells us nothing specific. However, gather just a few more details,
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