2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Emotional AI in the Japanese and German Workplace: Exploring Cultural Diversity in AI Ethics
| Project/Area Number |
23KK0003
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
MANTELLO Peter・A 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (10454977)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
小西 葉子 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 助教 (00876708)
GHOTBI Nader 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (40378526)
宮下 紘 中央大学, 総合政策学部, 教授 (80506519)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-09-08 – 2027-03-31
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| Keywords | AI / workplace / digital / technology / emotion / automating / surveillance / analytics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
PI mapped the ecology of EAI in Japan & Germany. The PI performed a literature review of articles on the quantified workplace, and performed web-scraping to track media reports of the latest trends in self-tracking devices. PI also ventured to Germany, and Italy to collaborate and interview academics on the subject of AI in the workplace as well as did presentations in Italy and Germany. PI also journeyed to Kate Hamburger Institute (KHK) where PI performed our first official meeting to discuss the three year collaboration as well as attended lectures by current fellows at the institute. PI gave a lecture at KHK, took part in lab visits at a super computing laboratory outside Aachen. Co-Is Miyashita and Konishi performed desk top analysis and preliminary biblio-metric analysis. Co-I Ghotbi did archival work in England. PM did archival work while Berlin as well as performed site visits to TESLA mega-factory.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The project was slightly delayed due to demands of international collaborators in preparation of their institutes funding renewal. Because the directors and the fellows of the institute needed to do extensive financial and academic preparation for their reporting to the Japanese government, the directors of the institute were not able to fully focus. However, this did not prevent me from opening up discussions with both directors as well as having collaborations with key researchers at the German institute. Moreover, the time spent at KHK participating in presentations given by the fellows was productive as it falls in line one of my main intentions which is to improve my philosophical understanding of AI.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The PI's plan is to continue to collect from data from EAI Vendors and clients. These interviews will encompass design engineers to factory floor/office managers. These interviews will take place in start-ups, mid-size businesses to legacy companies. We also intend to conduct governance issues with with unions, policymakers, and privacy-focused NGOs in both countries, to explore issues of EAI data use at work, such as access, control, and privacy. Later we will employ polling companies to gauge attitudes to EAI in the workplace in Japan & Germany via 2 demographically representative online national surveys (1 in Japan, 1 in Germany). PI will also intend to spend at least six weeks at KHK as a short term fellow participating in the institute's lectures and lab visits.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The reasons for incurring a carryover of the amounts for FY2023 circle back to KHK's inability to fully engage in the project due to their planning and preparatory efforts for their institute's 5 year renewal funding by the German government. The evaluation was very successful and thus, the institute, the directors and the fellows are ready to engage and thus, we require the funding to carry-out many of the activities that were initially scheduled for 2023.
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| Remarks |
https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/2024/04/12/10023/humans-havent-necessarily-made-the-best-choices-for-our-world-interview-with-peter-mantello-on-emotionalized-artificial-intelligence/
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