“With avatars we could develop alter egos to relate to others. They will give us the opportunity to talk to other people, guaranteeing greater inclusiveness and protection of diversity as they will free human beings from the constraints of their physical body. Think about those who may have an impairment physical or elderly people”. Hiroshi Ishiguro, professor at the Department of Systems for Innovation at Osaka University and head of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) talks about his vision of the society of the future and the relationship that will develop between humans, robots and avatars. Ishiguro spoke from the stage of Italian Tech Week 2023, which took place at the Ogr in Turin.
By Daniele Alberti, Giulia Destefanis, Andrea Lattanzi