Category Archives: Robot

Keynote speech at the Kick-off event of the Center for Mathematical Science and Artificial Intelligence, Chubu University.

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I delivered a keynote speech, entitled, “AI for Good” at the Kick-off event of the Center for Mathematical Science and Artificial Intelligence, Chubu University on October 17th, 2021.

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invited talk on “Trust and the Smart City: a view from Project GenZAI (Moonshot R&D project)” @ RO-MAN 2021

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m honored to give an invited talk on “Trust and the Smart City: a view from Project GenZAI (Moonshot R&D project)” @ RO-MAN 2021 The topic of the Ro-man conference this year was: trustworthiness and cooperation. The workshop aims to … Continue reading →

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Just published: my article entitled “the Opportunities and Risks of AI” in WHITE PAPER Information and Communications in Japan by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

On July 9th, 2019.  My article entitled “the Opportunities and Risks of AI” has been just published in the WHITE PAPER Information and Communications in Japan by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese)  

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Interviewed by Stephen Ibaraki, ACM

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

  On June 20th, 2019.  I was interviewed by Stephen Ibaraki, the founder of UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit. I talked about my recent interview with Prof. Yoshua Bengio, MILA and how I think about the AGI and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Yoshua Bengio, Pioneer of AI

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

On June 7th, 2019 at the MILA (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms) in Montreal, Canada, I conducted my interview with Professor Yoshua Bengio, who is one of the pioneers of AI (Artificial Intelligence).  He is well-known as the “father of … Continue reading →

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Invitation to the An[O]ther {AI} in Art Summit 2019 @New Museum in NY

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

From April 24 to 27, 2019, I was invited to the An[O]ther {AI} in Art Summit 2019 @New Museum in NY. I enjoyed giving my lighting talk entitled “People’s Engagement: Key to Understanding AI’s Social Impact” to these great participants … Continue reading →

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Invitation to the “Should Robots Be Our Friends?” conference @Boston University

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

I enjoyed giving my talk entitled  “The Complexity Model of Communication in the AI Age: the case of Japanese Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Everyday Life” at the “Should Robots Be Our Friends?” conference @Boston University The Aim … Continue reading →

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Talked on “AI Narratives and Robotics in Japan” on the Global AI Narratives Panel at BSLS

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

On April 4th, 2019, I enjoyed giving a talk on “AI Narratives and Robotics in Japan: the Complexity Model of Communication” in the AI Narratives panel at the British Society for Literature and Science @ Royal Holloway. Abstracts Arguably, we are … Continue reading →

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Podcast recording @CFI : AI narratives in the West and Japan

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

April 1st, 2019, I challenged a podcast recording about AI Narratives in the West and Japan with Beth Slinger at the CFI, University of Cambridge. Why are Japanese AI narratives different from western ones? The consensus so far seems to … Continue reading →

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Publication: Academic Article entitled, “Artificial Intelligence/Robots and Social Impacts: Is Human First Innovation Wishful Thinking? ” (in Japanese)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m delighted to announce that my article entitled,  Artificial Intelligence/Robots and Social Impacts: Is Human First Innovation Wishful Thinking? has been just published by Journal of Information Systems Society of Japan, Vol.14, No.2. (2019) in Japanese Abstracts The aim of this … Continue reading →

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