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Published: 08 Aug 2025

The University will hold the 13th Edition of the prestigious RP BAFFOUR MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES on the theme: “Super Intelligent AI Agents: An Existential Threat to the Human Race? Navigating Through the Intricacies of the AI Revolution.”

Dr. Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu

To be delivered by: Dr. Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu (A US-Based Biomedical Engineer, Senior Research Scientist at Google Research and the Inventor of Callascope).

LECTURE DETAILS
LECTURE ONE Topic: Demystifying super intelligence – Origins, Trajectories, and Preparedness Date: Friday, 28th November, 2025 Venue: Great Hall, KNUST Time: 1000 hours Chairperson: Chairman of Council/Vice-Chancellor
LECTURE TWO Topic: Case Studies of AI Applications and the Potential of Superintelligence: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges Date: Friday, 28th November, 2025 Venue: Great Hall, KNUST Time: 1600 hours Chairperson: Chairman of Council/Vice-Chancellor
LECTURE THREE Topic: Superintelligence: History, Current State, and Future for a Diverse World Date: Saturday, 29th November, 2025 Venue: Great Hall, KNUST Time: 0900 hours Chairperson: Chancellor of the University

The Lectures would be climaxed with the 59th Congregation of the University on Saturday, 29th November, 2025 at the Great Hall of the University at 1000 Hours.

The University Community and the General Public is cordially invited.

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