Professor Timo Honkela presented the Peace Machine Concept in a 2-day seminar in Tokyo, June 19-20, 2018
Professor Timo Honkela (Photo: en.wikipedia.org)
DAY 1: PANEL DISCUSSION
Professor Timo Honkela discussed about his Peace Machine Concept together with Professor Shugo Nakamura, INIAD Toyo University. The event was followed by a reception.
Date & time: Tuesday 19 June, 3:00-5:00 P.M.
Place: Embassy of Finland, 3 Chome−5−39, Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
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DAY 2: LECTURE
Professor Timo Honkela gave a lecture about his book “Peace Machine”.
Date & time: Wednesday 20 June, 3:30-5:30 P.M.
Place: INIAD Toyo University, Akabane Campus, INIAD HALL (Akabanedai 1-7-11, Kita-ku, Tokyo)
Photo: Finnish Institute in Japan
What if we allowed a computer to listen to everything we say and read everything we write, and then to analyse the material? According to Timo Honkela, Professor of Research into Digital Information at the University of Helsinki, this could offer a chance for an unprecedented level of understanding – and even world peace.
Honkela’s vision leans on machine learning. While listening to a person and reading her texts, the machine would learn the individual and context dependent meaning that the person give to words and concepts. If machines were to analyse everyone’s way of using language, it would be easy to detect conflicts in meaning. This would essentially reduce misunderstandings and help avoid arguments over the meaning of an agreement. It could also reduce conflicts. In fact, Honkela has named his idea the peace machine with elements related to communication, emotions and society.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SUMMARY OF PROFESSOR HONKELA’S BOOK IN ENGLISH HERE
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SUMMARY OF PROFESSOR HONKELA’S BOOK IN JAPANESE HERE
Organised by: Finnish Institute in Japan
Supported by: INIAD Toyo University, Embassy of Finland, Tokyo, Business Finland, Tokyo,
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