Ukuphatha i-AI akusho kuphela ukulawula amamodeli. Kusho ukunquma ukuthi ubani olawula idatha, yiziphi izikhungo ezigcina amandla nokuthi yiluphi ulwazi olubalwayo.

Izehlakalo ezintathu ezenzeke kule nyanga ka-Agasti, e-Afrika eseNingizimu, e-United States nasePakistan, zisivumela ukuthi sibone le mpi ngesikhathi isavulekile.

Azikhulumi ngobuchwepheshe obufanayo futhi aziphenduli inkinga efanayo. Kodwa zonke ziphakamisa umbuzo ofanayo:

lapho ubuhlakani bokwenziwa buhlela kabusha izikhungo, ulwazi nobudlelwano bomphakathi, ubani osagcina amandla okunquma?

Ngaphambi kobuhlakani bokwenziwa kunedatha

Phakathi kuka-12 no-14 Agasti 2026, abenzi benqubomgomo, abalawuli nochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe abavela emazweni e-Southern African Development Community bahlangana eHarare emhlanganweni othi Southern Africa Regional Workshop on Data Governance in the Digital Age: Data Policy Harmonisation.

Umhlangano wawusingathwe nguHulumeni waseZimbabwe, ngokusebenzisa uMnyango wezokuXhumana nezoLwazi kanye ne-POTRAZ, kanti i-UNESCO, i-Smart Africa ne-World Bank kwakuphakathi kwezinhlangano ezazibambe iqhaza.

Inhloso yawo yayingaphezu kokwenza imithetho yamazwe ihambisane. Kwakuwukuthuthukisa izinhlaka zesifunda ezingakwazi ukuphatha ukugeleza kwedatha phakathi kwemingcele, izinsiza zedijithali zomphakathi kanye nokulungela ubuhlakani bokwenziwa.

Uhlelo lwalusekelwe ngokusobala ku-Data Governance Toolkit ye-UNESCO nasohlakeni lwayo lwama-4P: Purpose, Principles, People and Practices — Inhloso, Izimiso, Abantu kanye Nezinqubo. Lwaluhlose futhi ukufaka isandla endleleni yesifunda eyakhiwa ngokubambisana yokuvumelanisa izinqubomgomo zedatha ngaphansi kohlaka lwe-SADC.

Lokhu kungazwakala njengengxoxo yezokuphatha. Akunjalo.

Uhlelo lwe-AI ludinga idatha ngaphambi kokuba lufunde ngomphakathi. Leyo datha ayiveli nje ngokwemvelo: kukhona onquma ukuthi yini eqoqwayo, ihlelwa kanjani, ubani ongayisebenzisa nokuthi ingawela ngaphansi kwaziphi izimo emngceleni.

Izilimi, izindawo, imisebenzi, ubuwena nokuziphatha kufanele kuqala kuguqulwe kube yizigaba ezingacutshungulwa yisikhungo — bese kamuva ngumshini.

Ukuphatha idatha kusho futhi ukuphatha indlela umphakathi owenziwa ngayo ufundeke futhi uqondakale ezinhlelweni.

Ngakho-ke ubukhosi bedatha abusho ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuvala imingcele yedijithali. Busho ukugcina amandla ezikhungo okunquma imibandela yokuhamba kwedatha: ubani othola ukufinyelela, ngenhloso bani, yini okufanele ivikelwe, yimaphi amalungelo agcinwa ngabantu nemiphakathi okuvela kuyo idatha, nokuthi ingakanani inzuzo ekhiqizwayo ehlala endaweni.

Isixwayiso esavezwa eHarare sasicacile. Ngaphandle kokuphathwa okuqinile nezinhlelo ezihambisanayo, isifunda singasala emuva ekulungeleni i-AI noma sibe “umthengi ongasebenzi wobuchwepheshe obuvela ngaphandle”.

Kwahlotshaniswa nalokhu nezinkinga ezicacile: ubumfihlo, ukuchema kwama-algorithm, ukuphepha kwe-cyber kanye nokukhishwa kwedatha ngaphandle kwemvume iye kwamanye amazwe.

Ngakho ubuhlakani bokwenziwa buvela ekugcineni kochungechunge lwezinqumo zezombusazwe, hhayi ekuqaleni kwalo.

Ukwenza nemishini ifundeke

Ngo-20 Agasti 2026, i-OpenAI yethula AI Futures, indawo yomphakathi yethimba layo elisha i-Strategic Futures, eliholwa nguDean Ball.

Umbuzo walo oyisisekelo awujwayelekile enkampanini yobuhlakani bokwenziwa: umphakathi okhululekile kufanele uhlelwe kanjani kabusha ukuze ugcine amalungelo abantu kanye namandla abo okuzimela ngesikhathi kuvela i-AI engaguqula kakhulu umphakathi?

I-OpenAI ngokwayo ichaza lezi zinkinga njengezingozi zokugxila kwamandla futhi icacisa ukuthi umbhalo wokuqala uveza imibono kaBall, hhayi ngempela isikhundla senhlangano yonke.

UBall uqala ngokubheka umlando: imibuso nezinkampani bezihlale zincike ekubambisaneni kwabantu abaningi ukuze zikhiqize, ziphathe, ziqoqe intela noma zisebenzise amandla. Lokho kuncika kwakusabalalisa amandla ngokungalingani okukhulu, kodwa kwakubeka nemingcele ethile.

Ukuzenzakalela kungase kushintshe leyo bhalansi.

UBall uphakamisa ukuthi izinhlelo ezizimele zingavumela imibuso ukuthi isebenzise amandla ngaphandle kokuncika ngendlela efanayo emasosheni noma emaphoyiseni, ukuthi izingxenye ze-bureaucracy zingazenzakalela, nokuthi imali etholwa ekukhiqizeni kwezikhungo zedatha inganciphisa ukuncika emsebenzini wabantu.

Kuleso simo, abantu bangalahlekelwa amandla abo okuxoxisana nalabo abagxilise ingqalasizinda, imali namandla okubala.

Ukhetho namalungelo asemthethweni kungase kuqhubeke, kuyilapho amandla wangempela abantu okuthonya izikhungo ezilawula ukuphila kwabo ehla.

Kunenye into eyenza lo mbhalo uthakazelise njengento yokuhlaziywa kwe-anthropology. UBall wajoyina i-OpenAI ngemva kokusebenza ngenqubomgomo ye-AI e-White House nokubamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-America’s AI Action Plan.

Uhambo lwakhe lubonisa ukuthi imingcele phakathi kokuphathwa kombuso, imboni yezobuchwepheshe kanye nokwakhiwa kwezindlela zokuphatha i-AI seyivuleke kakhulu.

Futhi kunzima ukunganaki indida: enye yezinhlangano ezakha ingqalasizinda engakwazi ukugxilisa amandla amasha ngesikhathi esifanayo ifunda izingozi zezombusazwe zalokho kugxila.

Lokhu akuwenzi umsebenzi wabo ungabi namsebenzi.

Kwenza lo mbhalo ube ngumthombo wokutadisha indlela imboni uqobo ecabanga ngayo ikusasa: ukuthi iyichaza kanjani inkululeko, yiziphi izikhungo ezibhekwa njengezisemqoka, yiziphi izingozi ezibonwayo nokuthi yiziphi izixazululo ekwazi ukuzakha isendaweni yayo.

Omunye wemibono uthakazelisa kakhulu: bounded legibility, noma ukufundeka okunemingcele.

UBall uphakamisa ukuthi lapho uhlelo lwe-AI lwenza izenzo ezinobungozi obukhulu ezithinta impilo yomzimba noma impahla yabanye abantu, lezo zenzo kufanele zikwazi ukuxhunyaniswa nomuntu noma inhlangano elawulwa ngabantu enesibopho.

Ngamazwi akhe, “those actions must be able to be tied back to a responsible human”.

Kodwa lokho kulandeleka akufanele kuphenduke ukuqapha wonke umuntu. Umbono ugcizelela ukuthi ubumfihlo nokungaziwa kufanele kusalokhu kungenzeka kwezinye izindlela eziningi zokusebenzisa i-AI.

Lo mqondo awuxazululi ukungabonakali kwendlela amamodeli asebenza ngayo noma zonke izinkinga zokuziphendulela. Usetha into encane kodwa ebalulekile: izinga elincane lokulandeleka lapho isenzo esizenzakalelayo singalimaza abantu ngaphandle kwesikrini.

Ukuguquka lapha kubalulekile.

Imibuso yesimanje yakha ukubalwa kwabantu, amamephu namarekhodi ukuze yenze abantu bayo bafundeke.

Manje siqala ukudinga ukuthi nochungechunge lwezenzo zemishini lufundeke.

Ubani onikeze umyalo? Yiziphi izinqumo ezalandela? Yimaphi amathuluzi asetshenzisiwe? Ubani ophendulayo lapho uchungechunge oluzenzakalelayo ludala imiphumela?

Ngakho i-AI ayisekho nje inkinga yokulawula ubuchwepheshe. Kubuyela inkinga endala yomphakathi enabalingisi abasha: indlela esinikeza ngayo isenzo, isibopho namandla.

Izinkinga kuqala, ubuchwepheshe kamuva

EPakistan, ubuhlakani bokwenziwa bufika phakathi kwenethiwekhi yezinkinga ebezivele zixhumene.

Ngokombiko we-UNESCO, ngo-19 Agasti 2026 ama-Chairs ayisikhombisa ahlangana eBeaconhouse National University eLahore ukuze aqinise ukubambisana kuzwelonke ocwaningweni lwesimo sezulu, i-AI, amagugu, amanzi, impilo, imfundo namasiko.

Le nhlanganisela iveza okuningi.

I-MNS University of Agriculture yethula umsebenzi wezolimo ezikhipha ikhabhoni encane kanye nabalimi abancane. I-COMSATS yethula ucwaningo lwamanzi nokunciphisa ubungozi bezinhlekelele. I-Information Technology University yagqamisa ukumelana nezingozi ze-cyber, ukuphathwa kwedijithali emkhakheni womphakathi kanye nokufundisa nge-AI for All.

I-NED University yaxhumanisa ukuqina kwamadolobha nokubhalwa kwamagugu aphilayo aseTharparkar. I-National College of Arts yethula umsebenzi wokulondolozwa komlando kanye nolwazi lwezandla nobuciko bendabuko.

I-International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences yase-University of Karachi yengeza ucwaningo lwezokwelapha, ukusekelwa kwabacwaningi abasakhulayo kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwezokwelapha kwamangqamuzana.

I-BNU yona yakhombisa ukuthi ubuciko bokubona kanye nedizayini kungaguqula idatha eyinkimbinkimbi yesimo sezulu nobuchwepheshe ibe izindaba zomphakathi eziqondakala kalula.

Ngaphandle kwenyuvesi, akukho kulezi zinkinga okuhlukene ngempela.

Amanzi axhumene nezolimo. Ezolimo nesimo sezulu. Isimo sezulu nendawo nezindlela zokuphila. Impilo nezimo zemvelo. Amagugu nolwazi umphakathi olusebenzisa ukufunda ukuhlala kulezo zindawo.

Ubuchwepheshe bufika kamuva.

Lokhu kuguqula umkhuba ojwayelekile embonini yezobuchwepheshe: kuqala kwakhiwa ikhono, bese kufunwa izinkinga lapho lingasetshenziswa khona.

ILahore iphakamisa enye indlela:

kuqala kuba nezinkinga, ulwazi nezikhungo. Ngemva kwalokho kunqunywa ukuthi yibuphi ubuchwepheshe obungaba wusizo nokuthi bungasetshenziswa ngaphansi kwaziphi izimo.

Lo mehluko ubalulekile.

Uhlelo olungahlanganisa ulwazi lwamanzi, umhlabathi nesimo sezulu lungasiza, ngokwesibonelo, ezinqumweni zezolimo. Kodwa umbuzo awugcini ngokuthi imodeli ingakwazi yini ukukwenza. Uhlanganisa nokuthi ubani ochaza inkinga, kusetshenziswa idatha kabani, ukuze kuzuze bani, futhi yiluphi ulwazi lwendawo olubamba iqhaza.

Lokhu akukuqinisekisi ubulungisa futhi akususi ubudlelwano bamandla.

Kodwa kugcina into ebalulekile: amandla okubeka i-ajenda.

Kusikhumbuza futhi ukuthi ukwakha ikusasa ledijithali akufanele kube umsebenzi wesayensi yamakhompyutha nobunjiniyela kuphela. Ucwaningo lwezolimo, impilo, amagugu, ubuciko, imiphakathi yendawo nochwepheshe bamanzi bonke banolwazi olubalulekile lapho kunqunywa ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe idijithali nokuthi yenziwe kanjani.

Ngakho ukusebenzisana kwemikhakha akusabi yisisho saseyunivesithi kuphela.

Kuba impikiswano yokuthi yiziphi izinhlobo zolwazi ezinamalungelo okubamba iqhaza ezinqumweni zobuchwepheshe.

Phatha ngaphambi kokuzenzakalela

IHarare, i-OpenAI neLahore zime ezindaweni ezihlukene kakhulu.

I-Afrika eseNingizimu izama ukugcina amandla esifunda okunquma ukuthi idatha yayo ihamba kanjani ngaphambi kokuncika ezinhlelweni ezakhiwe kwenye indawo.

I-OpenAI iyavuma ukuthi ukuzenzakalela okujulile kungashintsha ubudlelwano bomlando phakathi kwezikhungo nabantu, futhi iphakamisa izindlela zokwenza ezinye izenzo zemishini zikwazi ukubekelwa umuntu noma inhlangano isibopho.

EPakistan, amanyuvesi azama ukugcina indawo, impilo, amagugu, isimo sezulu, ulwazi nobuchwepheshe kuxhumene ngaphambi kokunquma ukuthi yini okufanele izenzakalalele.

Lezi zimo ezintathu zikhomba enkingeni efanayo.

Ubuhlakani bokwenziwa abufiki bodwa.

Bufika nesithembiso sokufundeka.

Buguqula imiphakathi, izilimi, izindawo nemikhuba kube idatha ukuze imishini ikwazi ukusebenza ngayo. Kodwa njengoba le mishini ithola amandla amaningi okwenza izenzo, nathi sidinga ukwenza izinqumo zayo, amaketanga esibopho kanye nezikhungo eziyisebenzisayo kufundeke.

Umbuzo wezombusazwe awugcini ngokuthi umshini uzokwazi ukunquma kangakanani.

Futhi awugcini ngokuthi ubani ozowulawula.

Kukhona umbuzo ongaphambi kwalokho:

ubani ozoba namandla okunquma ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe ifundeke, yini engahlala ingabonakali, futhi ubani osagcina amandla okuthi cha?

Futhi kukhona umbuzo esingawubuyisela esimweni sethu:

iyiphi idatha, yiluphi ulwazi futhi yiziphi izingqalasizinda esingazibheka njengezimpahla zomphakathi ngaphambi kokuvumela umshini ukuthi unqume ukuthi kwenziwani ngazo?

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