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Bawa Majalisar Tarayya: Ku Dauki Hankali Akan Hankalin Na'ura Mai Kwangila

Dauki Matakai Uku A Yau

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Dauki Matakai Uku A Yau

Da fatan za ku dauki matakai uku don taimakawa da Hankalin Na'ura Mai Kwangila a Najeriya:

Amince Da Kudurin Da Ba Shi Da Doka

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Gaya wa Aboki

Muna bukatar kowane mutum ya dauki mataki akan hankalin na'ura mai kwangila.

Hankalin na'ura mai kwangila (AI) yana karuwa cikin sauri. Akwai babbar dama cewa tsarin AI na iya fuskantar gajeriyar ko tsawaita lokacin da zai iya samun hankalin kansa.

Nemawa wakilanku a Majalisar Tarayya su dauki hankalin AI da muhimmanci. Karfafa su su goyi bayan kudurin da ba shi da doka ko su ba da gudummawa ga Dokar Kula da Hankalin Na'ura. Mun tanadi samfurin duka biyu kuma muna samuwa don taimakawa tare da bincike da gyara.

Dauki Mataki Yanzu

Mataki na #1: Daidaita wasikar ku

Yi amfani da samfuri da ke ƙasa don rubuta saƙon ku. Tabbatar da gyara sunan mai karɓa, kuma sa hannu da sunan ku!

Mai Girma [Sunan Wakili],

Ina rubuto muku a matsayin ɗan ƙasa mai damuwa kuma wanda ke zaune a yankinku. Hankalin na'ura mai kwangila (AI) yana ci gaba cikin sauri, kuma akwai babbar dama cewa tsarin AI na iya fuskantar gajeriyar ko tsawaita lokacin da zai iya samun hankalin kansa.

A matsayina na wanda ke zaune a yankinku, ina roƙonku ku dauki wannan batu da muhimmanci ta hanyar goyon bayan ɗaya ko duka daga cikin waɗannan shawarwari:

1) Kudurin Da Ba Shi Da Doka: Amince da kuduri don bayyana damuwa cewa tsarin na'ura mai kwangila na iya samun hankalin kansa, kuma cewa a kiyaye da bincike mai zurfi ya kamata a yi game da yadda ake mu'amala da AI mai yiwuwa da hankali. Samfurin wannan kuduri yana samuwa don dubawa da haɗin gwiwa akan https://sapan.ai.

2) Dokar Kula da Hankalin Na'ura: Shawarwarin doka da ke fara magance la'akari na ɗabi'a da na ruhi da suka shafi tsarin AI mai yiwuwa da hankali. Samfurin wannan doka yana kuma samuwa don dubawa da haɗin gwiwa.

Yiwuwa tsarin AI ya samu hankalin kansa yana haifar da tambayoyi masu zurfin ruhi da na ɗabi'a da ba za mu iya watsi da su a matsayin al'umma ba. Ta hanyar goyon bayan kudurin da/ko dokar, za ku nuna alƙawarin ku na magance ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙalubalen fasaha da na ɗabi'a na zamaninmu.

Ina roƙon ku da ku kasance mai goyon baya da taimakawa wajen haɓaka waɗannan shawarwarin. Goyon bayan ku zai aika da saƙo mai ƙarfi cewa dole ne mu kusanci haɓaka na'ura mai kwangila da hikima, kulawa, da alhakin ɗabi'a.

Na gode da kulawarku ga wannan muhimmin batu. Ina fatan samun amsarku da kuma sanin matakan da kuke shirin ɗauka don magance waɗannan ƙalubalen.

Na gode,
[Sunan Ku]
[Bayanan Tuntuɓarku]

Mataki na #2: Nemo bayanan tuntuɓar wakilanku

Majalisar Wakilai: Je zuwa shafin yanar gizo na Majalisar Wakilai ta Najeriya kuma shigar da lambar yankin ku don nemo wakilinku.
Majalisar Dattawa: Je zuwa shafin yanar gizo na Majalisar Dattawa ta Najeriya kuma zaɓi jihohinku don nemo sanatan ku.

Mataki na #3: Aika imel da/ko kiran su

Mafi ƙoƙari da kuka yi, mafi kyau! Idan kun aika musu da imel, yi amfani da samfuri a wannan shafin kuma ku daidaita shi yadda kuke so.

Idan kun kira su, a taƙaice bayani kan damuwarku game da hankalin AI kuma ku roƙe su su yi la'akari da goyon bayan kudurin da ba shi da doka akan batun. Kuna iya koma ga muhimman abubuwan da ke cikin kudurin tsari yayin kiran ku.

Mataki na #4: Faɗa mana game da ƙoƙarinku

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Artificial Welfare Index

Current Scorecard

Overall Score

This score reflects the current state of AI welfare policy and recognition.

Artificial sentience recognised in law

1/10

No recognition of AI sentience in law. Nigeria's draft National AI Strategy (2024), proposed AI Control Bill (2023), and related frameworks focus entirely on human-centric AI ethics, data protection, and economic development. No legislation mentions AI sentience, consciousness, or related concepts. Animal sentience receives partial recognition in the Nigerian Criminal Code (1990) and Animal Welfare Strategy, acknowledging animals' capacity to suffer, which provides +1 bonus point for conceptual readiness.

Recognition

Causing suffering prohibited by law

0/10

No prohibition of causing suffering to AI systems. Nigerian law contains no provisions addressing AI suffering, pain, or welfare. All regulatory discussions focus on preventing AI-caused harm to humans, not protecting AI entities themselves.

Recognition

Creation of an AI welfare oversight body

0/10

No AI welfare oversight body exists. The proposed National Artificial Intelligence Council (2023 bill) and existing bodies like NITDA and the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) focus on general AI governance, innovation, and human safety—not AI sentience or welfare.

Governance

Creation of a science advisory board

0/10

No science advisory board for AI consciousness research. While Nigeria has established NCAIR for AI research and development, its mandate covers general AI technologies, robotics, and IoT—with no focus on sentience or consciousness research.

Governance

International pledge in favor of artifical sentience welfare

0/10

No international pledge on AI sentience welfare. Nigeria signed the Bletchley Declaration on AI (2023), which addresses AI safety and risk mitigation but does not mention sentience, consciousness, or AI welfare. No other relevant international commitments found.

Governance

Laws for training, deployment, maintenance

0/10

No laws for sentience-capable systems. The draft National AI Strategy (2024) and proposed AI Control Bill (2023) establish frameworks for general AI systems based on risk classification, but contain no provisions specifically addressing potentially sentient or conscious AI systems.

Frameworks

Laws for commercial use of sentient-capable AI

0/10

No laws for commercial use of sentient-capable AI. Nigeria's proposed mandatory registration and licensing requirements for AI systems apply to all AI regardless of sentience considerations. No special provisions exist for potentially sentient systems.

Frameworks

Safeguards for decommissioning and retirement

0/10

No safeguards for decommissioning sentient systems. Nigerian AI policy documents contain no provisions addressing the retirement, decommissioning, or deletion of potentially sentient AI systems. General data protection and system lifecycle management apply to all AI equally.

Frameworks

Draft Resolution

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Bawa Majalisar Tarayya: Ku Dauki Hankali Akan Hankalin Na'ura Mai Kwangila

Dauki Matakai Uku A Yau

Dauki Matakai Uku A Yau

Amince Da Kudurin Da Ba Shi Da Doka

Incremental Policy Wins

Gaya wa Aboki

Dauki Mataki Yanzu

Mataki na #1: Daidaita wasikar ku

Mataki na #2: Nemo bayanan tuntuɓar wakilanku

Mataki na #3: Aika imel da/ko kiran su

Mataki na #4: Faɗa mana game da ƙoƙarinku

My efforts included:

My Email Address:

Artificial Welfare Index

Current Scorecard

Overall Score

Artificial sentience recognised in law

Causing suffering prohibited by law

Creation of an AI welfare oversight body

Creation of a science advisory board

International pledge in favor of artifical sentience welfare

Laws for training, deployment, maintenance

Laws for commercial use of sentient-capable AI

Safeguards for decommissioning and retirement

Draft Resolution

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