Our highlights from the AI Summit 2023: Day Two

We’ve seen the future - and it’s looking pretty exciting from where we’re sitting.?

Today’s program for Day Two of the Quantum and AI Summit was forward looking, thinking about how we can build a world where humans and intelligent machines work effectively together.

The agenda moved fast, with presentations ranging from leveraging AI to drive environmental and social initiatives; to how global FMCG firms like Nestlé can embrace quantum to meet sustainability goals; and how corporations should react to AI becoming more intelligent than mankind in the metaverse. Meanwhile there were workshops for SMEs on leveraging AI to improve productivity, and start-ups battled against each other throughout the day in a tough pitching competition at the AI Accelerator Hub!

Our first stop of the day was the keynote from Keith Dear , MD of Fujitsu’s Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies, at the Quantum Computing Summit. As a former 18-year Intelligence Officer in the RAF and a current Group Captain in 601 Squadron, leading on Science, Technology and academic liaison, Dr Dear is at the forefront of emerging technology development.?

Keith’s talk revolved around a fundamental question: how can humans seek power with, not over, intelligent machines to work constructively together? As we move into an era where technology is surpassing humans’ cognitive capabilities in a growing range of domains, this question will become increasingly critical to create a world safe for human flourishing.

Keith explained that the answer lies in reimagining intelligence as not a hierarchy but a collective ecosystem, reappraising how we see and exist in the world and how we gather knowledge. His team is exploring how this approach to intelligence can transform organisational design for the 21st century and fix long-term problems. They develop a broad range of cross-sector solutions, from working on Fujitsu’s Digital Twin programme to help us understand and optimise our society’s interconnections and inform better policy and planning; to partnering with other quantum and AI leaders to deploy intelligent machines for decision-making through technologies like neuro symbolic AI.

“We are on the brink of delivering computational power beyond most people’s imagination…There is a responsibility on us to imagine what the world could look like with quantum and ensure that the world is fit for human flourishing.” Dr Keith Dear, MD of Fujitsu’s Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies

If you think Fujitsu’s Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies could have the right solutions to help your business thrive now and in the future, email [email protected] and our experts will take it from there.

Our stand has also been a hub of activity today, with our staff on the ground busy demo-ing Fujitsu’s five key technologies and explaining how they all play a critical role in shaping the UK’s Quantum and AI future. We showed off our Social Digital Twin, a ‘digital rehearsal’ technology which connects real-time data from multiple sources to help organisations better understand the present and predict the future to solve challenges. The technology is being trialled in the UK currently in collaboration with Beryl to improve the operation of shared e-scooter services on the Isle of Wight.

A highlight of our Summit has also been introducing our stand visitors to Fujitsu Kozuchi, our recently launched AI platform which speeds up the testing and deployment of advanced AI technologies to help businesses solve their specific challenges. Its innovative components include solutions for workflow analysis and product defect inspection in smart factories; consumer behaviour analysis in shops; and behaviour detection in smart cities.

We’ll be posting videos, interviews and demos about our key technologies on our social media over the next few days, including more exclusive content from our stand experts - so keep an eye out and give our channels a follow if you haven’t already!

As this year’s AI Summit draws to a close, we feel our Innovation Bridge between Japan and the UK is well and truly open for business. Since last year, the Anglo-Japanese partnership has increased and widened in scope across emerging technologies, defence, security, telecoms and technology regulations, and we’ve been privileged to share ideas with some of the biggest thinkers, innovators and investors in quantum and AI over the past two days. We’re excited for what the future holds as we continue collaborating with the UK to build trust through innovation, harnessing the transformative power and potential of technology to bring new solutions to market at pace for our customers and make our world more sustainable.

We can’t wait to see you for the AI Summit 2024!

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