The future of people and AI

What was discussed

The session discussed how the roles of people and the value standards of society change if AI is welcomed not only as a tool but as an intelligent other. The possibility of teams in which multiple people and AI collaborate, and the concern that concentration in those who hold data and capital will advance, were presented. A bias in perception was also taken up, in which people tend to think their own expertise cannot be replaced by AI while others' expertise can. The need to accept intrinsic motivation without evaluating it only by results, and the view that the ability to become absorbed in something will be valuable, were discussed.

About this session

Is the advance of AI merely a mass of automation? The AI revolution has brought a convergence of three great topics in history — the revolutions in labour, in information, and in distribution. How can people and AI create together in such an age? A special session digging into an age of AI placed around the human being.

Speakers

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  Susumu Namikawa

  Dentsu Inc.　Chief AI Officer, dentsu Japan / Executive Creative Director / Principal AI Master

  He has worked at Dentsu as a copywriter, creative director and programmer, and at Dentsu Digital founded a unit bringing AI and data together with creativity. In 2022 he launched Dentsu Creative Intelligence and began joint research with the University of Tokyo's AI centre. As Chief AI Officer of dentsu Japan he now leads the group's AI strategy and development in Japan, research on augmenting creativity, and support for corporate AI transformation.

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  Yuya Nishimura

  esse-sense Inc.　Representative Director

  Born in Ikeda, Osaka, in 1981. After a master's in human sciences at Osaka University he worked at a human development venture and at the Japan Productivity Center, and founded the NPO Miratuku in 2011. He supports the building of innovation infrastructure across fields and roles, business creation inside companies, R&D projects, and the search for future visions and currents. In 2021 he founded esse-sense Inc., which runs esse-sense, connecting research knowledge with society.

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  Yuka Tanimoto

  ModeratorForbes JAPAN (Linkties Co., Ltd.)　Executive Officer and Web Editor-in-Chief

  After working at a securities firm, she anchored financial and economic programmes on Bloomberg TV and took an MBA in the United States in 2004. She then worked as a presenter at Nikkei CNBC, where she became the broadcaster's first female commentator, and has been Executive Officer and Web Editor-in-Chief of Forbes JAPAN since June 2020. She has interviewed more than three thousand leading figures worldwide, among them former British prime minister Tony Blair, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Starbucks founder Howard Schultz. She also moderates economic symposia and serves as a judge for government-backed startup competitions. Her books include a guide to listening and a study of the passions of the world's top leaders.