The president of the European Journalism Training Association (AEFJ), Frenchman Eric Nahon, recommends that journalists use artificial intelligence with “a critical approach”.
“Being journalists, have your hand on the machine (AI). Use this journalistic technique, whether audio or textual, with a critical approach,” he said.
Mr. Nahon, also director of the Practical Institute of Journalism at Paris-Dauphine University, introduced a public conference on Thursday on the theme “Journalists on the lookout; what is becoming of journalism in the light of artificial intelligence”.
This meeting held at the Center for the Study of Information Sciences and Techniques (CESTI), the journalism school of the University of Dakar, is part of “The Night of Ideas” (April 24-27 ), organized by the French Embassy in Senegal, in conjunction with the French Institute.
She recorded the presence of students, teachers, establishment officials as well as media professionals.
“Since our job is to understand and relate, we will understand AI and use it,” he said, comparing AI to “a hammer with which we can repair a house, but between In the wrong hands, this hammer can do the worst things.”
Speaking about ChatGPT (AI-powered multi-functional tool), he noted that the tool can generate text, but “not real text. It is you, humans trained with journalistic ethical and deontological principles, who will tell the truth, it is not the tool that will write for you”.
Speaking in front of numerous journalism students, Eric Nahon argues that the use in the media of images or reporting plans generated by AI must be explained to readers, listeners and viewers. “It’s very important, otherwise we won’t have the public’s trust,” he concluded.
By APS
