Host: The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Name : The 38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Number : 38
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : May 28, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Immersion is said to correlate with “speculative thinking” in science fiction readers. This phenomenon facilitates acceptance of the idea that there may be a future previously unimagined. For this reason, it is extremely important for future envisioning methods that use stories to incorporate an empathic factor that generates immersion in the participants. Based on prior research, the current article explained the importance of incorporating empathic factors into the future envisioning method and examined the factors necessary for empathy toward future generations. Suggestions for future research to improve the method for generating better and more innovative future ideas were presented.
