Perceptions of AI and robotics in Japan and Sweden

Through a MIRAI 2.0 funded collaboration, AI Lund is hosting Toshie Takahashi, Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, as well as the Institute for AI and Robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo. Professor Takahashi conducts cross-cultural and trans-disciplinary research on the social impact of robots as well as the potential of AI for Good,in affiliation with the UN as well as the JST Moonshot R&D projects. The MIRAI 2.0-funded collaboration includes Stefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at LTH, LU, and Laetitia Tanqueray, PhD student, LTH, Lund University.

When: 29 August 2023 at 10.15 to 12.00 CET

Where: Teknodromen, M-building, Ole Römers väg 1, Lund, Sweden and hybrid/online - link by registration

Moderator: Stefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at LTH, LU

Registration: It is free to participate. Sign of for on site or online participation at ai.lu.se.

Programme

Professor Toshie Takahashi will give an overview of her work, which will then be followed by a panel discussion, which includes Christian Balkenius and Laetitia Tanqueray, to discuss the perspectives of AI and robotics in Sweden and Japan. Finally, we will open up the floor for questions from the audience (both online and in-person). This event will be moderated by Stefan Larsson.

10.15 Introduction and overview by  Toshie Takahashi by Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, and Institute for AI and Robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo.

Short break

11.15 Panel discussion

• Toshie Takahashi, Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, as well as the Institute for AI and Robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo
• Christian Balkenius, Professor, Cognitive Science, Lund University
• Laetitia Tanqueray, PhD student, AI and Society, LTH, Lund University

Registration

It is free to participate but we ask that you register so we can secure seats for everyone or send a link to those of you who want to participate online.

Toshie Takahashi biography

Toshie Takahashi is Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, as well as the Institute for AI and Robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo.  She has been appointed as an Associate Fellow of the CFI, the University of Cambridge. 

She has held visiting appointments at the University of Oxford, Harvard University and Columbia University.  She conducts cross-cultural and trans-disciplinary research on the social impact of robots as well as the potential of AI for Good.

She is currently leading two projects on youth and AI. The goal of both projects is to contribute towards a vision of a future where human happiness takes centre stage.  The first one is “A Future with AI” project in collaboration with the United Nation.  She is also involved in JST “Moonshot R&D projects” by leading the “Project Gen ZAI”, engaging youths now for a global AI future in collaboration with University of Cambridge, Stanford University, University of Chile, Pompeu Fabra University, Nanjing University, the National University of Singapore, University of Udine, Tallinn University of Technology and others. Finally, Takahashi sits on the advisory committee of the Information and Communication Council, Ministry of the Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.