Kaminuza ya Wits yamuritse uburyo bushya bw’ikoranabuhanga rya AI mu muziki wa Afurika

Ku itariki ya 16 Mata, muri Kaminuza ya Witwatersrand (Wits) i Johannesburg, habereye ibirori bidasanzwe byahuje abanyamuziki n’abahanga mu by’ikoranabuhanga (AI). Intego yari imwe: kwerekana uko ikoranabuhanga rigezweho ryakwifashishwa mu kubungabunga no guteza imbere umuziki gakondo wa Afurika.

Iri murikagurisha ryitabiriwe n’amakipe atano aturutse mu bihugu bitandukanye birimo Afurika y’Epfo, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, n’Isi yopiya. Buri kipe yari igizwe n’umuhanzi ndetse n’inzobere mu bya mudasobwa.

Ibyagezweho n’imishinga yamuritswe:

• Bebii Engine (Joshua Kroon na Emmanuel Apetsi): Ubu ni uburyo bwa AI bushobora gufata amajwi y’ibicurangisho gakondo, bugahita buyungurura kandi bugahindura ayo majwi mu buryo bugezweho ariko bitononnye umwimerere wayo.

• Timah.AI (Tora Nyamosi na Lawrence Moruye): Uru ni rubuga rwo kuri murandasi rworoshya akazi ko kubika imiziki gakondo. Abantu bashobora gushyiraho amajwi y’indirimbo za kera, maze urwo rubuga rukayandukura rukayabika mu buryo bw’ikoranabuhanga kugira ngo atazazimira.

• Heritage in Code (Linda Nyabundi na Gebregziabihier Niguise): Kubera ko ku mbuga z’ikoranabuhanga zizwi cyane umuziki wa Afurika udakunze kubonekamo cyane, uyu mushinga wubaka amakuru (datasets) afasha ikoranabuhanga gusobanukirwa neza imiterere y’injyana n’imico nyafurika.

• Zazi (Umlilo na Gideon Gyimah): Aka ni agakoresho gafasha abahanzi guhanga indirimbo (co-creation tool). Gashobora gutandukanya amajwi n’ibicurangisho, kwigana ijwi ry’umuntu, ndetse no gukora “mastering.” Mu gihe bamurikaga uyu mushinga, berekanye uko aka gakoresho kashoboye gukora indirimbo mu rurimi rw’IsiZulu bishingiye gusa ku mabwiriza bahaga iyo mudasobwa.

• Bina.AI (Ehinome Ogbeide na Ashuza Muhigiri): Uyu mushinga wo wibanze ku bana. Ni uburyo bukora indirimbo n’inkuru z’abana zishingiye ku muco wa Afurika, bigafasha abana kwiga bishimye ari nako bamenya iby’iwabo.

Inyungu rusange n’ibyatanzweho ibitekerezo

Uretse kwerekana iyi mishinga, habayeho n’ikiganiro mpaka ku bijyanye n’uburenganzira bw’abahimbyi (creative sovereignty) ndetse n’uko ikoranabuhanga rya AI ryakwinjizwa mu muziki wa Afurika bitabangamiye umwimerere wawo.

Muri rusange, abitabiriye bose bahurije ku kintu kimwe: Ikoranabuhanga rya AI ntiryaje gusimbura umuco wa Afurika, ahubwo ni igikoresho gishya kije kuwubungabunga, kuwubika mu buryo bw’ikoranabuhanga, no kuwugeza ku bandi bantu benshi ku isi.