FEAR, CONCERN AND COLLAPSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS: PERSPECTIVES OF AN ACADEMIA
FEAR, CONCERN AND COLLAPSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS: PERSPECTIVES OF AN ACADEMIA By Azeez ADEOYE, Ph.D. Wizard Librarian, adeoyeazeezphd@gmail.com , azeez.adeoye@fuhsi.edu.ng Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the buzzword in all human settings in this era — education, hospital, agriculture, transportation, economics, and politics, among others. AI has been in the literature since 1956, and it is more than just a buzzword. In 2025, we now have first‑hand usage of AI in all human activities. AI is a thinking machine — the ability to make machines reason and think like humans. Any device that exhibits this trait is called an AI tool. All conferences, workshops, forums, gatherings, and sessions of intellectuals, technocrats, politicians, and professionals in all walks of life affix AI in their themes, subthemes, and topics of discussion. In gatherings of scholars across Nigeria, the discussion of the use of AI in the education sector is non-stop — with issues, highl...