Has NDC presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama promised to use artificial intelligence (AI) to fight and win the war against illegal small-scale and alluvial mining (galamsey) ongoing in Ghana if he wins the general election in December 2024?

Is he not the very person who, through his populist politics, impeded the fight against galamsey as was initiated and executed by President Nana Akufo-Addo and his NPP government?

Was he not the one who assured the illegal miners that if he won the 2020 election, he would encourage and resource them to expand their activities, hence they should vote for him? Indeed, all the electorates in the mining areas of Ghana did vote for him massively.

Had he declared support for the president’s initiative, galamsey could have been successfully or drastically reduced, if not totally eradicated from Ghana by now. However, in his quest for power, he decided to resort to populism in the hope of garnering more votes to oust President Akufo-Addo from power.

Why is he today saying he will use AI to control Galamsey? Does he understand what AI is and how to apply it in the field of the ongoing devastating galamsey?

Now, all the advanced countries intend to apply AI in many areas of their socio-economic development and nation-building to better the lives of their people. Therefore, populist John Mahama, in his dire quest for power, thinks he can easily fool Ghanaians by promising to go the same way, citing it as being used to control or fight galamsey.

If Ghanaians indeed do not have a short memory, as always said by Mr. John Dramani Mahama, they would not tolerate his further lies to fight galamsey using AI.

Do Ghanaians understand AI in the first place and its application to make things easier and more achievable for the betterment of people? I am afraid.

What is AI at all, one may ask? Let me quote from Wikipedia what it is.

“Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. Such machines may be called AIs.”

He is only citing AI as though it were a magical wand that could let things happen simply by swirling it. No, it isn’t.

He is mentioning AI because many politically unsavvy Ghanaians may be confused to believe that it is such a great innovation to create jobs for them; hence, they had better vote for John Mahama in the 2024 election. He is simply a con man. Pure as!

Does he think telling Ghanaians he will use AI to fight or control Galamsey makes him a better person to rule Ghana, hence Ghanaians must elect him president? No, he isn’t.

He is just a cunning opportunist playing on the intelligence of many Ghanaians who cannot intellectually scrutinise his thoughtless electioneering promises.

I know the NDC folks have seized upon that promise of AI by their leader and spreading it like a mid-summer (harmattan) bushfire in attempts to persuade Ghanaians to vote for Mahama because he has big brains and big plans for Ghana. Hahahaha, he doesn’t.

Can Mr. Mahama come out to explain to Ghanaians how he will successfully fight Galamsey using AI?

Why is he now going to fight Galamsey? Is he reneging on his earlier promise to the illegal small-scale miners that he would facilitate their activities by resourcing them in whatever areas they would require his assistance?

As he has difficulty understanding and explaining his 24-hour economy, does he have the same problem with his decision to apply the AIs to fighting galamsey?

John Mahama has two mouths. He is a fake. He is a populist and, therefore, a total misfit to rule Ghana. This is my candid opinion about the man, John Dramani Mahama, the NDC presidential candidate.