Author Archives: Toshie Takahashi

About Toshie Takahashi

Toshie Takahashi is Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, as well as the Institute for Al and Robotics,Waseda University, Tokyo. She was the former faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She has held visiting appointments at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge as well as Columbia University. She conducts cross-cultural and trans-disciplinary research on the social impact of robots as well as the potential of AI for Social Good. 【早稲田大学文学学術院教授。元ハーバード大学バークマンクライン研究所ファカルティ・アソシエイト。現在、人工知能の社会的インパクトやロボットの利活用などについて、ハーバード大学やケンブリッジ大学と国際共同研究を行っている。東京オリンピック・パラリンピック競技大会組織委員会テクノロジー諮問委員会委員。】

Just published: the final UN report on “A Future with AI – Voices of Global Youth”

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m delighted to announce that the final report on “A Future with AI – Voices of Global Youth” in collaboration with Lambert Hogenhout, the United Nation has been just published. I really appreciate each and every one of you for … Continue reading →

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Panelist at the AI Governance Series: “Toward Human-Centric AI: The Japanese Model”

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Toshie Takahashi

On April 8th, I talked on “Human First Innovation: from Theory to Practice” at the AI Governance Series:  “Toward Human-Centric AI: The Japanese Model”. This event was co-hosted by the Yale Information Society Project, the Georgetown Institute for Technology Law … Continue reading →

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Talk on “Making Human First AI & Robots: Theory and Practice” @ Future Robotics Organization

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Toshie Takahashi

On February 26th, I gave a talk on “Making Human First AI & Robots: Theory and Practice” at the Future Robotics Organization, Waseda University. This event focus on the possibilities of the cross-disciplinary approach on the future robotics. Therefore I … Continue reading →

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Launching the UN “A Future with AI” project

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m delighted to announce that we are launching “A Future with AI – Voices of Global Youth”  in collaboration with the UN, Lambert Hogenhout, Chief Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies.  The aim is to contribute towards a vision of a … Continue reading →

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Panelist at the UNICEF’s Global Forum on AI for Children

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m honored to be invited to the UNICEF’s Global Forum on AI for Children on Nov 30th and Dec 1st. UNICEF and the Government of Finland will host the Global Forum on AI for Children. This first-of-its-kind, virtual event will … Continue reading →

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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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Panelist at the Information Communication Forum

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m thrilled to be invited to the Information Communication Forum on “Digitalisation of the Japanese Government” on Sep 29th.

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UNESCO and Boston Consulting Group’s AI Conference

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m greatly honored to join the Global Exchange on Achieving National Priorities with AI organized by UNESCO and its IRCAI SL and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) .

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Keynote Speech at the AI Expo Africa

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Toshie Takahashi

I was invited as a keynote speaker at the Africa’s Largest B2B B2G AI RPA & Smart Tech Trade Show & Conference on September 7th. @ AI Expo Africa www.aiexpoafrica.com

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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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