Category Archives: self-creation

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

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

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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Invitation to Keynote Speech @ The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference

On September 16, 2017.  I was invited to The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference in Tokyo.  I gave a Keynote speech, entitled  “Digital Wisdom: Towards the AI Society”. It’s a great honor that Prof. Jun Yoshida, Vice President of SSI … Continue reading

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“Creating the Self in the Digital Age: Young People and Mobile Social Media”@ Digital Asia Hub

Abstracts While there is a tendency to celebrate children and young people as creative subjects, there is also a tendency to deem them vulnerable targets of media industries. These contradictory characterizations have become even more pronounced with the advent of … Continue reading

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