Modern society is becoming increasingly information-oriented.While convenience has increased, there are still many challenges.What is important when thinking about the future of society?What kind of people are needed in society?
Faculty Introduction: Information Technology and Modern Society.Would you like to think about how to deal with new information technology together?
・Dr. Takuya Watanabe, Department of Data Science
Specializes in information education and astronomy.space and computers.
It seems so far away, yet so closely related.Astronomy is an academic field filled with the essence of data science.
・Mr. Koki Manabe, Department of Sociology
Specializes in cultural sociology.
While researching tokusatsu culture from a sociological perspective, he is also an expert in statistical analysis.
Speaking of industry and technological innovation, we live in an information society represented by the Internet. New technologies such as AI are being developed every day.
In the future, the number of services in which AI and IoT perform work in place of humans will increase rapidly.But we need someone to bridge the gap between the people who use these services and the people who develop them.
Are you a bridge between technology and service?
that's right.Program education has also started in school education.But programmers alone do not make society possible.We need human resources who understand new information technology and social and human problems, and who can use science and technology correctly to solve social problems.
I see. It is said that the advent of AI will eliminate existing jobs, but it will also create new jobs.
Technology will change society.Developing human resources who can adapt new technologies to society and people will become important in the future.On the other hand, just as the coronavirus epidemic has reconsidered the importance of face-to-face communication, computerization can also discover positive aspects that we have not noticed before.
I think that searching for products by yourself is one example. With AI, it is now possible to recommend the best products for each individual.This is a very convenient service, but on the other hand, you lose the chance to find a more interesting book next to the book you were looking for in the library.
I see.Even if it's a little inconvenient, we have to think about how to interact with technology so that we can cherish these "accidental encounters."
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Let's think about SDGs together
5.0. Let's think about what the society of Society XNUMX will look like
XNUMX.What is human-friendly information technology?
XNUMX.Let's think about the issues and problems of information technology from works that deal with information technology and society, such as the anime "Ghost in the Shell" and the anime "PSYCHO-PASS".
