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  4. An essay entitled “The World Ahead of AI” by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the column “Words of Our Time” in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper (May 29th, 2019 edition).

An essay entitled “The World Ahead of AI” by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the column “Words of Our Time” in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper (May 29th, 2019 edition).

An essay entitled “The World Ahead of AI” by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the column “Words of Our Time” in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper (May 29th, 2019 edition).

 In this essay, he first asserts that AI is nothing more than a “tool” for humans, based on studies such as simulations of the future of Japanese society using AI. Then, he discusses how the basic concept of science has evolved since the scientific revolution in the 17th century from one focused on material to one focused on energy, and subsequently to one focused on information. He then argues that we have already reached a stage in which information is recognized as a basic concept and suggests that we should pursue research and social concepts centered on “life” as “post-informatization.”

 

“The World Ahead of AI” by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi in the column “Words of Our Time” (only in Japanese)

 

     

    2019/08/27

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