I Learned About Cutting-Edge AI and IoT at Super University

 ■I Learned About Cutting-Edge AI and IoT at Super University

Super University was a 3-day course held at the Learning of Tomorrow Association to discuss cutting-edge technologies that will nurture next-generation leaders, hold workshops, and develop a community to break down the walls of universities.

There were tens of participants, including young proprietors and potential executives at major companies.

Professors Yutaka Matsuo and Noboru Koshizuka from the University of Tokyo spoke about AI and IoT.

Mr. Matsuo: “The Future of Artificial Intelligence: What Lies Ahead of Deep Learning”

Mr. Koshizuka: “IoT and AI Usage and Data Strategies Toward Society 5.0”

Mr. Matsuo: “Although the media, led by GAFA, is fighting over advertisements, the agriculture, construction, and food industries, which have not implemented automation and AI, are far larger than advertising.”

That is exactly the case. Industry sizes are 6 trillion yen for advertising, 9 trillion yen for agriculture, 50 trillion yen for construction, and 680 trillion yen for food. Education (20 trillion yen) and healthcare (30 million yen) are also massive. They have yet to come on board.

Mr. Matsuo: “Up to this point, the world has built models that can be handled with few parameters within the limits of human cognition. Deep learning allows for analysis and action with numerous parameters.”

In other words, this means that humans will finally accept the limits of their cognition and use technology that goes beyond these limits.

On the other hand, Mr. Koshizuka states, “IoT is a set of technologies, including AI, robotics, beacons, data, wireless, and servers, built around the internet.” He states it “includes everything,” and is “very difficult” because it is a “varied, complex system.”

Although people refer to AI and IoT together, they may have completely opposite traits.

Mr. Koshizuka: “GAFA only has 0.1% of all of the data in the world. The remaining 99.9% of unique and secret data that is dispersed and siloed causes issues in data circulation.”

Although there is a sense of danger when engaging in the same business as GAFA, but what must be done is different. This has the same origin as the business areas to aim for that Mr. Matsuo pointed to.

Mr. Koshizuka: “Let’s allow AI and robots to take our jobs and increase productivity so that things are easier for us.” This follows the same logic as my desire for a “super-bored society.” “The issue is distribution.” The greatest task for the super-bored society where AI and robots work is distribution strategies rather than growth strategies.

“The benefit of AI is that it does not become discouraged. Let’s make them do stressful jobs.

・HR managers in charge of restructuring

・Phone support for customer claims

・Teachers (handling monster parents)”

“Jobs for robots are jobs in which people do not want to be seen by other people and jobs that people do not want other people to do.

・Bathing during nursing

・Electronic bidet”

Many things come to mind. Let’s let them take our jobs.