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Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonnaya Onu has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an agency on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) for the South East.
Mr Onu revealed this at a grand rally of the All Progressives Congress in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. The rally which received decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party, was attended by the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole.
Some of the defectors who were received include Sonni Ogboji, former Minister of Power and Steel; Goddy Ogbaga, former Secretary to the State Government, Bernard Odoh; and former Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Augustine Nwankwegu.
Mr Onu told the rally that in 2015 he pleaded with South-east not to put its eggs in one basket but his pleadings fell on deaf ears.
“In 2015 I pleaded with the zone not to put our eggs in one basket. Today I want them to compare the 16 years of PDP and relate it with just 3 years of APC.
“The three years of APC is greater than the 16 years of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); the second Niger Bridge is nearing completion, the Enugu – Port-Harcourt and Enugu–Onitsha highways are in various levels of completion,” he said.
“The time has come for the South East to be in the mainstream of Nigerian politics by voting for President Buhari and APC in 2019.”
APC chairman Adams Oshiomhole said that the current security challenge in the country was devoid of religious or ethnic colouration.
Mr Oshiomhole therefore urged Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by the antics of selfish politicians in the country who are trying to give the security challenges in the country an ethnic colouration to score cheap political points.
“Let me urge you to be more careful because in this season people are spreading untruth. People are being hired to turn the gospel upside down. They want us to believe that every problem should be explained in ethnic and religious terms.
“We have a problem and we must confront those problems. Criminals must be dealt with individually as criminals. Government at all levels must work hard to protect every Nigerian regardless of tribe or religion,” he said.
He said Mr Buhari and the security agencies are working hard to put an end to the security challenges facing the country.
Back to Robotics
The basic idea of AI problem-solving is very simple, though its execution is complicated. First, the AI robot or computer gathers facts about a situation through sensors or human input. The computer compares this information to stored data and decides what the information signifies. The computer runs through various possible actions and predicts which action will be most successful based on the collected information.
Of course, the computer can only solve problems it’s programmed to solve — it doesn’t have any generalized analytical ability. Chess computers are one example of this sort of machine.
Some modern robots also have the ability to learn in a limited capacity. Learning robots recognize if a certain action (moving its legs in a certain way, for instance) achieved a desired result (navigating an obstacle).
The robot stores this information and attempts the successful action the next time it encounters the same situation.
Again, modern computers can only do this in very limited situations. They can’t absorb any sort of information like a human can. Some robots can learn by mimicking human actions. In Japan, roboticists have taught a robot to dance by demonstrating the moves themselves. https://science.howstuffworks.com/robot6.htm
