Monday 30 November 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm (UK) / 10:00pm – 11:00pm (Japan)

AI in Society

Online webinar, accessible remotely via Zoom

Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence is already transforming our lives and society. AI is evolving at an astonishing pace, and this progress is expected to accelerate even further in the years ahead.

Some predict that, in the not-too-distant future, AI could produce research worthy of a Nobel Prize, while others argue that we are witnessing a major turning point in human history. At the same time, there are growing concerns that highly advanced AI could pose serious risks, potentially leading to consequences that may be difficult – or even impossible -to reverse.

How far will AI advance? Will it eventually surpass human intelligence? And what will our lives, our work, and society look like five or ten years from now? What will increasingly powerful AI mean for humans and society?

In this webinar, AI researcher Shota Imai will explore the rapidly evolving frontier of artificial intelligence. He will discuss the current state of AI agents, whether AI could surpass human intelligence, what it will mean to be human in the age of AI, how AI may transform society and the world, and the potential risks associated with highly advanced AI.

About the Contributor

Shōta Imai

Professor at Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Graduate School. In July 2024 he founded GenesisAI, of which he is President and CEO. He is a member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology’s National Institute of Science & Technology Policy (NISTEP) 5th Fixed Point Survey panel, and of the University of Tokyo 150 Committee. He received his Doctorate in Engineering in 2024 for research into AI at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering’s Matsuo Lab, which specialises in technology management and strategy. He works on artificial intelligence, especially reinforcement learning, AI for Science and multi-agent learning. Publications include the bestseller This is how Generative AI will Change the World (SB Creative), the Deep Learning G Certificate (Generalist) Official Test, Second Edition (Shoeisha), the AI White Paper 2022(Kadokawa Ascii Research Laboratories), and a Japanese translation of R. Sutton’s Reinforcement Learning (Second Edition) (Morikita Publishing).