Program
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) research once used to be a topic of academic curiosity, but the recent surge of technological breakthroughs made AI a focus of mainstream companies as a fundamental tool to implement real-world business applications in every field. On Day 1, we will explore actual applications of cutting-edge AI technologies and uncover emerging opportunities and limitations in AI’s impact on business applications and the society.
| Day 1 – Exploring Current Technology | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome & Introduction Yasuo Kuniyoshi (University of Tokyo) |
| 10:10 – 11:00 | 【Day 1-1】Keynote Lectures Session Chair: Yasuo Kuniyoshi (University of Tokyo) Speakers: Hiroaki Kitano（Sony Computer Science Laboratories） Oren Etzioni（Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence） |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 【Day 1-2】Cutting-edge Technology: Business Application 1
This session will explore application of AI technologies in business.
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| 11:30 – 12:30 | 【Day 1-3】Cutting-edge Technology: Creative AI
In recent years, there has been an explosion of research and experiments on AI systems performing creative tasks – from systems that compose music, paint, design, and write stories. Will these AI systems lead to enhanced creativity and its democratization? Session Chair: Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break / Book Singing by Youichiro Miyake (12:30 – 13:00) |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | 【Day 1-4】Keynote Lectures Session Chair: Ryota Kanai (Araya) Speakers: Akira Sakakibara (Microsoft Japan) Marek Rosa (GoodAI) |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | 【Day 1-5】Cutting-edge Technology: Business Application 2
This session will explore application of AI technologies in business. Session Chair: Yukiko Horikawa (ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | 【Day 1-6】Investing in AI Technologies and Startups
Global Brain’s AI Investment strategy and AI ecosystem in Japan Panel Discussion: How we should value ethics as investors In this panel discussion, we intend to discuss things like how we see AI startups, what kind of ethics we should value when we are assessing startups, and how society should react to AI technologies, from investor’s perspectives.
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| 17:00 – 18:00 | 【Day 1-7】Emerging Technologies for the Future
In this session, we will glimpse into emerging AI technologies such as embodied cognitive agents that assist people with cognitive tasks and autonomous AI agents in a digital game environment, as well as the role of consciousness or mind in developing future AI technologies. How will these technologies shape our future society? Session Chair: Nicholas Guttenberg (Araya) |
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Propelled by joint efforts by academia and industry, AI technology is making progress at an ever-faster rate. What are the next AI technologies that lead to fundamental changes in our life and society? Do AIs eventually gain awareness and start exhibiting spontaneous behavior? On Day 2, we will inquire into emerging new AI technologies and possible concerns and impacts we might face in the future.
| Day 2 – A Look into the Future | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | 【Day 2-1】Keynote Lecture Session Chair: Ryota Kanai (Araya) Speakers: Hod Lipson (Columbia University) |
| 10:20 – 11:40 | 【Day 2-2】Artificial General Intelligence
This session will look into humanity’s path towards increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, contemplate on the expected paradigm shifts in our society, and shed light on steps that can lead us to a beneficial future with general AI. Challenges, such as overcoming the missing human element in AI and the integration of AI in all aspects of our society, provide opportunities at the same time that will be explored in this session from different perspectives, ranging from compassionate robots to issues of morality, all the way to re-evaluating our attitude towards the value of life itself. Session Chair: Olga Afanasjeva (GoodAI) |
| 11:40 – 12:30 | 【Day 2-3】Panel Discussion: Next Breakthrough in AI
In recent years deep-learning systems have surpassed human abilities in the very functions that were thought to be least amenable to mechanization: Go, face recognition, navigation of complex environments such as driving. Now researchers are seeking to endow A.I. systems with other quintessentially human faculties, such as adaptability, intrinsic motivation, and self-modeling. What engineering needs are driving these efforts? What new problems and tradeoffs might these new capabilities entail? Do machines need a specific physical embodiment or even a form of consciousness? Do A.I. systems need to look more like H.I.—human intelligence—or are there other models for generalized intelligence? Moderator: George Musser (Scientific American) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break / Book Singing by Hod Lipson (12:30 – 13:00) |
| Special Session: Social Impact of AI – future of AI and society, ethics | |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | 【Day 2-4】Near-term Issues and Impacts
What are the near-term social impacts of AI? What are the priorities for getting it right? Moderator: Denis Thérien (Element AI) |
| 15:15 – 16:30 | 【Day 2-5】Safety and Benefits in the Long Term
Looking further ahead, how will AI change our lives? What should we be doing now to maximise benefits in the longer-term? Moderator: Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | 【Day 2-6】Cooperating for Beneficial AI
How can we build trust and cooperation among a diverse group of stakeholders for beneficial AI? Moderator: Huw Price (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence) |
