Kaminuza ya Wits yamuritse imishinga itanu ihuza AI n’umuziki wa Afurika

Kaminuza ya University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) yo muri Afurika y’Epfo yamuritse imishinga itanu ikoresha Ubwenge Buhangano (Artificial Intelligence – AI) mu guteza imbere no kubungabunga umuziki wa Afurika, mu gikorwa cyagaragaje ko abanyafurika bashobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu kugena ejo hazaza h’ikoranabuhanga rikoreshwa mu muziki.

Iki gikorwa cyateguwe na Wits Innovation Centre ku bufatanye na Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute, kikaba cyarahuje abahanzi n’inzobere mu ikoranabuhanga baturutse mu bihugu birindwi byo ku mugabane wa Afurika.

Ibihugu birindwi byahuriye mu mushinga umwe

Imishinga yamuritswe yaturutse ku makipe atanu yari ahagarariye ibihugu bya:

• Cameroon
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (DRC)
• Afurika y’Epfo

Abitabiriye bahurije hamwe ubumenyi mu muziki, ikoranabuhanga, indimi n’umuco, bagamije gushaka uburyo AI yakwifashishwa mu kubungabunga umurage gakondo no guteza imbere ibihangano by’Afurika.

Afurika irasabwa kugira ijambo mu mategeko agenga AI mu muziki

Mu ijambo ry’ibanze, Charles Goldstuck, impuguke mu bucuruzi bw’umuziki akaba n’uwarangije muri Wits University, yavuze ko AI imaze imyaka irenga 15 ikoreshwa mu muziki binyuze muri Machine Learning, ariko ko mu myaka itatu n’igice ishize AI itangira gukora ibihangano (Generative AI) yahinduye cyane uru rwego.

Yavuze ko ibihugu nka Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika n’u Bwongereza ari byo biri gushyiraho amategeko n’amahame agenga AI mu muziki, nyamara Afurika ikaba itarimo kugira uruhare ruhagije muri ibyo biganiro.

Yagize ati: “Urwego rw’umuziki rwihutiye kwakira AI, rugera ku rwego rw’impaka z’amategeko no gutanga impushya, ariko Afurika ntabwo iri mu hantu hafatirwa ibyemezo.”

AI ishobora kubungabunga umuziki gakondo wa Afurika

Prof. Christo Doherty wo muri Wits Innovation Centre yavuze ko ikintu cyamushimishije muri iyi mishinga ari uko yibanze ku gukoresha AI mu kubika no kongera kubyaza umusaruro umuziki gakondo wa Afurika.

Yasobanuye ko AI ishobora kwifashishwa mu kubika amajwi, injyana n’ibikoresho gakondo, ku buryo bitazimira ahubwo bikazakomereza no mu bihe biri imbere.

Abahanga bavuga ko AI igomba kwigishwa umuco wa Afurika

Mu kiganiro cyahuje impuguke mu muziki no mu ikoranabuhanga, Thando Makhunga, uyobora Downtown Publishing akaba anayobora Ishyirahamwe ry’Abanditsi b’Indirimbo muri Afurika y’Epfo, yavuze ko AI izatanga ibisubizo byiza gusa igihe izaba yarigishijwe indimi, amajwi n’umuco wa Afurika.

Yagize ati:”Nitubasha guha AI amakuru ashingiye ku ndimi zacu, amajwi yacu, imico yacu n’umuco wacu, tuzabona ibisubizo bihuye n’ibyo Afurika ikeneye.”

Ibibazo biri mu ikwirakwizwa ry’umuziki

Ninel Musson, washinze Music Business Lab, yavuze ko kimwe mu bibazo bikomeye ari uko imbuga nyinshi zicishwaho umuziki ku isi zitari iz’Abanyafurika.

Yasobanuye ko ibi bituma Afurika idafite ubushobozi bwo kugenzura neza uburyo AI ikoreshwa mu gukwirakwiza no kubyaza umusaruro ibihangano byayo.

AI ni amahirwe aho kuba ikibazo

Umuyobozi mu rwego rw’umuziki muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, Martha Huro, yavuze ko nubwo Afurika ikiri inyuma mu gukoresha ikoranabuhanga nk’iryo gutambutsa umuziki kuri internet (streaming), AI ikwiye gufatwa nk’amahirwe mashya.

Yagize ati:”Afurika iracyagerageza kugendana n’ikoranabuhanga. None haje AI, kandi na yo tuzayimenyera.”

Abanyafurika basabwe kwiyubakira ikoranabuhanga ryabo

Umushoramari mu ikoranabuhanga Nick Argyros yavuze ko igihe kigeze ngo abanyafurika batangire kwiyubakira porogaramu n’ibikorwaremezo bya AI aho gukomeza gushingira ku byakozwe n’ibindi bihugu.

Yashimangiye ko ibi bizafasha Afurika kugenzura neza amakuru yayo no kubyaza umusaruro impano zayo.Abashyiraho amategeko basabwe kwihutisha ibikorwaThando Makhunga yavuze kandi ko inzego zishyiraho amategeko zigomba kujyana n’umuvuduko AI iri guteraho.

Yagaragaje ko gutinda gushyiraho amategeko ajyanye n’ikoranabuhanga bishobora gutuma Afurika itakaza amahirwe yo kurengera ibihangano byayo no kubibyaza umusaruro.

Afurika ishobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu hazaza ha AI

Abitabiriye iki gikorwa banzuye ko AI idakwiye gufatwa nk’ikoranabuhanga rituruka hanze gusa, ahubwo ko Afurika ifite amahirwe yo kuyibyaza umusaruro no kuyigisha umuco, indimi n’umuziki byayo.

Bemeza ko kubaka AI ishingiye ku ndangagaciro za Afurika bishobora gufasha kubungabunga umurage ndangamuco, guteza imbere ubuhanzi no guha abanyafurika ijambo mu igenwa ry’ejo hazaza h’ikoranabuhanga ku isi.

Mu gihe AI ikomeje guhindura uburyo umuziki ucurangwa, utunganywa kandi ucuruzwa, impuguke zivuga ko Afurika igomba kugira uruhare rugaragara kugira ngo amateka yayo, umuco wayo n’ibihangano byayo bitazasigara inyuma mu mpinduramatwara y’ikoranabuhanga.

Src: IAfrica