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How do you envisage life in the future? What do you think about a life with AI? The questions that you pose now and the discussions that follow will shape our society and eventually mold our “future with AI” into one that we welcome. How do you envisage life in the future? What do you think about a life with AI? The questions that you pose now and the discussions that follow will shape our society and eventually mold our “future with AI” into one that we welcome.

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ABOUT

AI SPEC is a project that aims to make AI ethics relevant to each and every one of us by encouraging discussion. In recent years, as AI technology has spread more and more into the products and services we use every day, the issue of AI ethics has also become more apparent. As a company that develops AI technology, we at Mitsubishi Electric have a responsibility to face these issues head on, and this is what motivated our designers and AI researchers to set up this project.

We have created stories about a future that could happen.
Our aim is to stimulate discussion and conversation by asking questions to which we do not yet have answers.

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SF PROTOTYPES

Our stories depict various possible futures.
Some people might see the futures we have envisaged as happy.
Others may view them as unwelcome.
The stories might be set in the distant future,
or they might be about things that have already started to happen around us.
How do these future worlds make you feel? What questions do they pose?
Please share your thoughts with us.

AI SPEC - Philosophical Friends
AI SPEC - Projected Morality
AI SPEC - The Wavering of 1:n
The Wavering of 1:n
In a future where the responsibility for AI decisions is traced back to the original data provider, people’s lives are governed by concerns about how their actions are viewed by AI.
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Projected Morality
In a future where "annotation" has permeated people's lives, what should we value? What should society value?
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Philosophical Friends
As AI behavior becomes more and more advanced, how much should it be assimilated into human society? This manga questions the equilibrium between "AI as a tool" and its "humanity".
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AI SPEC - The Wavering of 1:nAI SPEC - Projected MoralityAI SPEC - Philosophical Friends
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AI SPEC - The Wavering of 1:n
The Wavering of 1:n
In a future where the responsibility for AI decisions is traced back to the original data provider, people’s lives are governed by concerns about how their actions are viewed by AI.
I think…
AI SPEC - Projected Morality
Projected Morality
In a future where "annotation" has permeated people's lives, what should we value? What should society value?
I think…
AI SPEC - Philosophical Friends
Philosophical Friends
As AI behavior becomes more and more advanced, how much should it be assimilated into human society? This manga questions the equilibrium between "AI as a tool" and its "humanity".
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ACTIVITIES

AI SPEC started out as a small internal initiative to create a space for discussions around AI ethics.
Now it is expanding into the wider community and the online world.

Exhibitions

Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival

At a venue where media art from around the world gathers, we exhibited SF prototypes. This exhibition, titled "Re-Writing the Script of AI SPEC," received feedback from many citizens, researchers, and artists.

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Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Hosting exhibitions in a variety of different locations to expand the discussion around AI and introduce the work of AI SPEC to more people.

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Study programs

Study programs

Developing study programs that enable learners to experience the process behind AI SPEC. Create your own image of what "a future with AI" may look like, and join us to consider the challenges we might face as well as possible solutions.

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Public discussion

Public discussion

Organizing public events in collaboration with local communities to build a space for diverse and inter-generational discussion. AI SPEC activities provide opportunities for open and accessible conversations about "a future with AI".

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Workshops

Workshops

AI SPEC original workshops that use fictional stories set in the future as conversation starters. Our workshops incorporate various tools aimed at making the issue of AI ethics relevant to all of us.

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Visualization

Visualization

Visualizations that make conversations started by small groups of people relevant to a wider audience.

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SF Prototypes (Props)

SF Prototypes (Props)

Physical prototypes enable people to experience the touch and feel of the worlds depicted in our stories.

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SF Prototypes (Stories)

SF Prototypes (Stories)

Anticipating the future and incorporating diverse perspectives and debates in order to create stories about various “futures that could happen”.

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CONTACT

If you have any comments or questions about AI SPEC,
please get in touch by clicking the “CONTACT” button.

If you have any comments or questions about AI SPEC,
please get in touch by clicking the “CONTACT” button.

CONTACT

*The contents of this page are the opinions of AI SPEC project members and do not necessarily represent the views of Mitsubishi Electric.

Public discussion
Public discussion
Public discussion

Public discussion

Organizing public events in collaboration with local communities to build a space for diverse and inter-generational discussion. AI SPEC activities provide opportunities for open and accessible conversations about "a future with AI".

I think…
Workshops

Workshops

AI SPEC original workshops that use fictional stories set in the future as conversation starters. Our workshops incorporate various tools aimed at making the issue of AI ethics relevant to all of us.

I think…
Visualization

Visualization

Visualizations that make conversations started by small groups of people relevant to a wider audience.

I think…
SF Prototypes (Props)
SF Prototypes (Props)
SF Prototypes (Props)

SF Prototypes (Props)

Physical prototypes enable people to experience the touch and feel of the worlds depicted in our stories.

I think…
SF Prototypes (Stories)

SF Prototypes (Stories)

Anticipating the future and incorporating diverse perspectives and debates in order to create stories about various “futures that could happen”.

I think…
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Hosting exhibitions in a variety of different locations to expand the discussion around AI and introduce the work of AI SPEC to more people.

I think…
Study programs
Study programs
Study programs
Study programs
Study programs

Study programs

Developing study programs that enable learners to experience the process behind AI SPEC. Create your own image of what "a future with AI" may look like, and join us to consider the challenges we might face as well as possible solutions.

I think…
Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival
Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival
Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival
Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival

Dialogue at the Ars Electronica Festival

At a venue where media art from around the world gathers, we exhibited SF prototypes. This exhibition, titled "Re-Writing the Script of AI SPEC," received feedback from many citizens, researchers, and artists.

Collaboration: Hakuhodo Inc., Research Design Center; Ars Electronica "Re-Writing the Script" methodology: Denise Hirtenfelder, Ars Electronica Futurelab

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