Pursuing a Dialogue System for Making Society More Harmonious

摘要

The spread of smartphones and artificial intelligence (AI) systems that speak means that the opportunities for general users to come into contact with AI are increasing. Users are now expecting improved ease of use and more new technologies from research and development. Under these circumstances, NTT has continuously gained attention—both domestically and globally—in announcing pioneering technologies in the fields of question answering functions and language processing. We visited Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Senior Distinguished Researcher at NTT Media Intelligence Laboratories, and asked him about the progress and outlook of his research, his attitude as a researcher, and how the development of AI and a future in which robots and humans can talk smoothly will bring about changes in our society.