Some AI researchers say that AI is always researching on things what computers cannot do. When computers learn to do something, it is omitted from AI. AI has done many things, but the things are not considered as results of AI research. We, AI researchers, have to claim that not only what we want to do but also what we have done.
Because impact and variety of disasters are so huge and wide, actions and systems for disaster response must be flexible. Local governments and helper companies in the great east Japan earthquake had to adapt their response plans according to unexpected situations. We report the results of hearing for them, and discuss technical issues on information systems for the disaster response actions.
This paper describes the issue of "AI (Agri-Informatics) Agriculture", a totally new approach in agricultural field of study which utilizes artificial intelligence knowledge. I am going to put together various challenges based on legal and social perspectives about intellectual property rights of newly-acquired methodology from data mining.