Takahiro Osawa, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

In recent years, such approaches—now known as “Science Fiction Thinking” and “Science Fiction Prototyping”—have been adopted across a wide range of corporate and governmental settings worldwide. This presentation introduces a series of studies conducted by the presenter and the Science Fiction Research and Development Center, with particular focus on Science Fiction Prototyping, as well as the intersection of science fiction and artificial intelligence.