
egunjobi samuel
4 days ago1 min read
A Nigerian That Was Attempting AI In 1971 Was Sent To The Psychiatric Hospital
In the early 1970s, a Nigerian student, Mudashiru Ayeni, believed he had invented a battery-powered robot office assistant and asked to personally demonstrate it to the head of state, Yakubu Gowon. He was sent to a psychiatrist instead. According to a 1971 feature story by TRUST magazine: ▶️Ayeni made eight visits to the hospital before the psychiatrist certified him to be of sound mind. ▶️The 20-year-old student then wrote to his school principal about the role young African























