The future for AI will be amazing
We're going to see much more merging
If you like, of humans with technology, with nature
And that is going to require us to really
open up our idea of the human in profound ways
The exhibition is a journey through artificial intelligence
we look at where the phenomenon comes from
going back several centuries, we look at
how it's shaping our lives and where it might take us
It's underpinned by some very big ideas
we're focusing particularly on the interaction
the evolution of humans with technology
We invite the visitor for the journey from
Ancient to the future
from East to West
from science, art, design, to think
about our future, our humanity, nature, body,
you know in many issues
The topic of AI especially in Europe, there is a
kind of a fear for the new technology,
new future because of AI, but in Japan
it's more kind of like natural way to take
the new technology
I think Western attitudes are negative
partly to do with the history of Western philosophy or our ideas of the self
Traditionally we have an idea of the self which is rational, top down,
in control, autonomous, top of the evolutionary tree
and this means that we can be very
fearful of change or challenge, and at
worst, put ourselves in competition
Some people compare fear of AI to fear of the Other
and I think that's a useful analogy and in the
East, it's a less closed-off idea
It's much more interconnected and there is much more
acceptance of human's place within that wider world
In the East, the robot is a partner
we all accept new technology as kind of like, our useful
tool, or you know, some partner
In the West you have like, some human versus technology
so that's why if AI becomes more intelligent than human
then the human gets kind of scared, but in the East
technology is technology and
the human is human
You know, we just go along in a good way
AI's role in society has evolved in some significant ways
particularly recently I think we're seeing it moving from
problem solving in specific cases to becoming a much more interconnected
system through intelligence
which is surrounding us all the time and is
working with us continually
we can think of this almost like a global brain it's
something that we'll be drawing from and uploading to continually
For me it's a positive thing because we'll have this layer of intelligence
it's going to give us so much more insight about behaviour
and help us solve problems on a continual basis
I want the visitor to take the positive feeling by looking
at and knowing, you know, the long history of human intelligence and
creation, and also especially for the visitors in London,
there are many, many kind of new things from the East
And kind of opening up the mind and then
like the positive feeling for the future
There's a great deal to be excited
about in terms of the future of artificial intelligence
in terms of redefining who we are
redefining society in all kinds of positive ways
The people who get scared of AI or new technology
It may be difficult but just accept that the technology as it is
and then also, just don't think that we can control everything
We have many many things which is not controllable
So then I think it's important to accept
and respect others, including technology