Nigerian artist uses AI to re-imagine life for the elderly

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LAGOS : A Nigerian artist is using artificial intelligence to re-imagine life for African elderly people by showcasing near real-life pictures and videos of them walking down the fashion ramp and on the beach.Malik Afegbua, who is also a film maker, said because many elderly people were marginalised in so

LAGOS : A Nigerian artist is using artificial intelligence to re-imagine life for African elderly people by showcasing near real-life pictures and videos of them walking down the fashion ramp and on the beach.

"So I wanted to ... imagine the elderly people in a place that is not either in a sad space or in a suppressed state," Afegbua told Reuters.

 

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