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Welcome to ECHO+! In our JDZB blog we share current news, voices and reflections and provide insights into our work. Please also visit our media center and take a look at the quarterly "conventional" echo.

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The JDZB is planning a conference on “Artificial Intelligence and the Human – Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction” from May 11 to 13, 2022 in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and Waseda University. Below is an interview with Dr. Thomas Christian BAECHLE, Head of the Research Program “The Evolution of Digital Society” at HIIG, and Dr. NAGAI Yukie, Project Professor at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence at the University of Tōkyō.
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On June 9, for the first time since the beginning of the Corona crisis one year and five months ago, a concert took place at the JDZB. It was streamed live. In this blog post, Deputy Secretary General KIYOTA Tokiko recounts the events of this memorable day.