The advance of technology is bringing forth an “Alien Intelligence” — an intelligence whose logic and sensibilities differ fundamentally from our own. This is not merely the arrival of a convenient tool, but humanity’s first encounter with an entirely new form of intelligence. How will this unknown intelligence and human creativity meet, collide, and ultimately resonate?
This session brings together Takashi Ikegami, a pioneer of “Artificial Life” research who creates life itself within the computer, and Masayo Takahashi, who has expanded the possibilities of the human body and life through iPS-cell regenerative medicine. From the intersection of AI, life, and creativity, they reconsider the new relationship between humans and technology.
Will alien intelligence take away human creativity, or amplify it? Can it move beyond being a mere “imitation machine” to become a “resonant partner” that pushes past the limits of what humans can imagine? Together, they sketch a new standard for human creativity on the horizon of 2050.
