The 5th SIC Forum in 2024 will be held as follows.
　The SIC Forum is a members-only event. Anyone who belongs to a member company can participate for free.

1. Lecture title: 　　“Distributed PDS and Personal AI”

2. Date and time:　 Friday, July 19, 2024, 15:00-16:15
　　　　　　　　　　(online) Lecture: 60 minutes, Q&A: 15 minutes

3. Lecturer:　 Dr. Koichi Hashida, 　　　　　 　　 　　　　Distributed Big Data Team Leader, 　　　　RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

4. Lecture summary:　
　Personal AI (PAI) is an AI that is dedicated to a specific individual and mediates (selects and executes) various services in response to dialogue with the user using data from a decentralized PDS. Humans can receive various services by speaking to the PAI without operating apps or websites, eliminating the digital divide. Data related to the mediated service is naturally collected in the hands of each PAI user, and by storing it in a decentralized PDS, the PAI can fully utilize the data to maximize the value of the data. Furthermore, the value of each PAI can be evaluated by collecting and analyzing data from many users in the decentralized PDS, and each user can easily switch to a PAI with a high evaluation, so the value of the PAI is guaranteed. In addition, service providers can significantly increase the use of their services by connecting to PAIs via a decentralized PDS. On the other hand, it will no longer be possible to manipulate attention and behavior by exploiting users’ cognitive biases, etc., and this will put an end to the attention economy and surveillance capitalism.

5. Lecturer profile:　
　Graduated from the Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo in 1981. Completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo in 1986. Doctor of Science. 1986-2001 Electrotechnical Laboratory. 1988-1992 New Generation Computer Technology Development Organization (seconded). 2001-2013 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. 2013-2024 Professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. 2020-present Group Director of the Artificial Intelligence in Society Research Group at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project. Formerly held positions including President of the Association for Natural Language Processing and President of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society. Recent research themes include personal AI and open citizen science based on it.

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