AI systems designed for children

To gain insights into how artificial intelligence systems and robotics can be designed with children’s rights in mind, Ayça Atabey and Sonia Livingstone spoke to Waseda University’s Professor Toshie Takahashi, as part of their work on AI and child rights at the Digital Futures for Children centre .Toshie has been researching AI since 2016, when she recognised the profound influence AI has on the lives of children and young people, and felt a strong need to examine this relationship from a cross-cultural perspective. She has launched two major international projects: “A Future with AI” (in collaboration with the UN) and “Project GenZAI” (as part of Japan’s Moonshot R&D Program), focusing on global comparative research on AI and children and young people.