Commentary
What Are ChatGPTʼs Competitors? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Ryuichiro Higashinaka 445
Special Issue: “Virtual Beings”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “Virtual Beings” …………………………………………………………………… Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoko Nishihara 446
Trajectory of VR Research and Future Perspectives ……………………………………………………………… Mel Slater and Reiya Itatani 449
From Being Transformed to Cybernetic Being: Narrative Turn in Human Augmentation ……………………………… Takuji Narumi 454
Towards the Creation of a Virtual Being That Functions as Infrastructure for the Human Mind
………………… Hideyuki Takahashi, Yuri Nakahashi, Anna Ueda, Sonia Yuhui Zhang, Waki Kamino and Nahoko Kameo 464
Human and Space Augmentation by Virtual Being
─ Virtual Being in Metaverse and Smart City ─ …………………………………………………………………………………… Youichiro Miyake 471
Introducing Autonomy and Open Environment in ALife Research ……………………………………………………………… Takashi Ikegami 479
Transmission Studies of Proprioception for Multi-threaded Lifestyles and Their Effects …………………………………… Emi Tamaki 483
Virtual YouTuber as a Testing Field:
Intersection of Communication, Interface, and Fiction ……………………………………………… Yuuki Namba and Hirotaka Osawa 488
Technology and Innovation to Bring Virtual Singers to Real Existence ……………………………… Hiroshi Sakuma and PIEDPIPER 494
Special Issue: “AI Map”
Editorʼs Introduction to “AI Map” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ikki Ohmukai 502
The Background and Features of AI Technology Map A “Flow of Intelligence Activity” …………………………………… Koji Morikawa 503
AI Technology Map B “Matching Technology and Applications with the Next Target” ………………………………………Ryutaro Ichise 509
Concept for AI Technology Map C “Connectivity of Fundamentals with Methods and Applications” ……………………… Ken Ueno 515
AI Technology Map D “AI Research is Diverse, the Vast Frontier of AI” and Map E “Current State of AI Research”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fujio Tsutsumi 522
AI Problems Map and Business Application of AI Map ………………………………………………… Takeshi Yoshioka and Takao Tomono 529
Roundtable on AI Map: Past and Future ………………………………………Fujio Tsutsumi, Koji Morikawa, Ken Ueno and Ikki Ohmukai 539
Special Issue: “IEEE BigData 2022, BigDataDX 2022 and Its Round Table Discussion”
Editorʼs Introduction to “IEEE BigData 2022, BigDataDX 2022 and Its Round Table Discussion” ……………… Shusaku Tsumoto 546
IEEE International Conference on Big Data（IEEE BigData 2022） ……………………………… Yukio Ohsawa and Shusaku Tsumoto 547
Big Data Applications from Industry, Government and Academia for the Realization of Society 5.0 ……………… Yoichi Motomura 552
Discussion about the Past, Present, and Future of Big Data ……………………………………… Susumu Takaoka and Eriko Nishimoto 559
Lecture Series: “Future of AI, Society, and Human Being ─ Colliding, Blending, and Unifying ─”（4）
Will the Cradle of Intelligence Move from Humans to AI? …………………………………………………………………………Satoshi Kurihara 562
My Bookmark
Virtual Beings ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yuji Hatada and Hiroshi Sakuma 569
Global Eye（65）
Going on Sabbatical at MIT Media Lab Just After COVID-19 ………………………………………………………………… Hiromitsu Hattori 581
Students Forum（118）
Interview with Isekaijoucho “The Future of Virtual Singer and Artificial Intelligence” ………………………………… Hiroshi Sakuma 584
Conference Reports
The 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence（AAAI 2023）
………………………………………………………………… Atsushi Hashimoto, Ryo Yonetani, Kazumi Kasaura and Mingzhe Yang 589
Book Review
Author: Serge Tisseron, Translator: Yuuichirou Abe: Le jour où mon robot mʼaimera,
pp. 276, Seiwa Shoten, Co.,Ltd.（2022） ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Koji Inoue 593
Masaki Suwa: Practices and Theories of Studies on/with First-Personʼs Views
pp. 256, Kindai kagaku sha Co.,Ltd.（2022） ……………………………………………………………………………………… Takeshi Sakaki 594
Article
Cover Project “The Scroll of AI History: Road to Future AI, Chapter 4”
─ The Third Dayʼs Bright ─ ……………………………………………………… Planner：Takeshi Sakaki, Koji Inoue and Hiroko Yamano
Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa, Supervisor：Hitoshi Matsubara, Mai Sugimoto and Tadahiro Taniguchi 595