"Ishiguro Hiroshi: The Last Lecture" Author: [Japanese] Ishiguro Hiroshi Publisher: Strait Bookstore

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If this is the last day of your life, what will you tell? The complete version of the highly acclaimed documentary "The Last Lecture" by Japan's NHK TV.

Hiroshi Ishiguro, the "Father of Modern Robotics" in Japan, analyzes the essence of human beings from the perspective of robots and looks forward to a future dominated by technology and symbiosis between humans and machines. Experts standing at the pinnacle of technology give life inspiration to young people.

"Creating a future society supported by a variety of humanoid robots" is the bold declaration of this scientist who is obsessed with humanoid robots. Making robots more like humans and exploring the roots of identity and consciousness from their "thinking" may be a way to understand humans through technology.

"I think that the human organic body may be a means to accelerate the evolution and intelligence of matter. Perhaps we humans will eventually turn back into inorganic matter again... From the perspective of the significance of the existence of organic matter in this world and the significance of the existence of humans in this world, perhaps it is precisely because we have the mission of becoming inorganic intelligent life forms that we are so interested in advanced technology and robots."

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About the Author
Ishiguro Hiroshi

Born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1963, he received his doctorate from the Graduate School of Basic Engineering at Osaka University. He is a professor (emeritus) at the Graduate School of Basic Engineering at Osaka University and a visiting director of the ATR Ishiguro Research Institute (ATR director).

Starting with a humanoid robot based on himself, he developed a number of humanoid robots, including writers and entertainers, becoming the "first person to develop humanoid robots" and attracting worldwide attention. He integrated cognitive science, philosophy, and brain science into robot research, trying to understand the meaning of human beings and existence; through "human-computer interaction", he tried to establish a close relationship between humans and robots. These achievements were also used by him to feed back robot research and development, so as to create the "robot closest to humans" in his dream. His works include "How to Create a "Human" - I Became a Humanoid Robot", "Can Humanoid Robots Become Humans", "The Reason I Made Robots - Designing Future Lifestyles from Daily Life", etc.