[Journal]Artificial Intelligence Vol.41 No.4 (Jul. 2026)

CommentaryToward the Next Decade: The Democratization of AI and JSAIYoichi Motomura 409Delivering the “Impossible of a Decade Ago” to Society: The Contribution of Academic Journals in the AI EraYoshinobu Kano 410Weaving What Excites Us Now, for the FutureYukino Baba 411

Special Issue: “Traditional Performing Arts, Traditional Crafts and Artificial Intelligence”Editors’ Introduction to “Traditional Performing Arts, Traditional Crafts and Artificial Intelligence”Hiroshi Sakuma, Yusuke Mori and Kaori Yoshida 412Future Generations and Rakugo　─ “JSAI Yose” Organized by Task Force for Future Academic Society ─Yusuke Mori 414Supporting the Transmission of Kagura through AI　─ A Proof of Concept for the Sharing of Tacit Knowledge Embedded in Traditional Performing Arts ─Masatoshi Yamada, Motoi Ohtake and Takemi Mochizuki 420How to Inherit Manufacturing Skills and Embodied KnowledgeYoshifusa Matsuura 428Kurume Gasuri: The Charm of “Kasuri” BlurringKyozo Shimogawa 435Anime as Traditional Art and GenAIHidekazu Ishijima 443The Future of Narrative and Embodiment: Innovation Creating Traditional CultureHiroshi Sakuma 451

Special Issue: “The 40th Anniversary of the Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence: PART 2”Editors’ Introduction to “The 40th Anniversary of the Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence: PART 2”Yusuke Mori, Kenichi Shibata, Ryosuke Takata and Youichiro Miyake 456[An Article Iʼve Found in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence]Yukihito MORIKAWA, “Use of Artificial Intelligence for Video Game”（1999, Vol. 14, No. 2）Yusuke Mori 457[An Article Iʼve Found in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence]Riichiro MIZOGUCHI, “Ontology: Foundations and Applications”（1999, Vol. 14, No. 6）Kenichi Shibata 463[An Article Iʼve Found in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence]Takashi IKEGAMI, “Collective Intelligence from Artificial Life”（2003, Vol. 18, No. 6）Ryosuke Takata 476[An Article Iʼve Found in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence]Akira UTSUMI, “Language and Similarity”（ 2002, Vol. 17, No. 1）Akihiro Maeda 484[An Article Iʼve Found in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence]Tetsunari INAMURA, “Application of Bayesian Networks to Robotics:Empirical Autonomous Behavior Model for Real World Oriented Robots”（2002, Vol. 17, No. 5）Sota Kaneko 491Analysis on the Journalʼs “Whole Contents”（Vol. 11–20）Yusuke Mori and Ryosuke Takata 500

Special Issue: “The 40th Anniversary Special Issue of JSAI”Editorsʼ Introduction to “The 40th Anniversary Special Issue of JSAI”Hirotaka Osawa, Yoshinobu Kano, Youichiro Miyake and Yukino Baba 506

ArticlePractice and Design Guidelines for Learning Design in the Context of Generative AI　─ An Examination of the Delegation of Thinking in Learning Based on a ChatGPT Edu Implementation Case ─Sho Yamamoto 508Handling AI Technologies in JSAI Journal SubmissionsHirotaka Osawa 516

Lecture Series: “Exploring the Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Japan ─”（10）An Interview with Dr. Yumi Iwasaki: Identifying Research Questions from Concrete Real-world ProblemsYumi Iwasaki, Youichiro Miyake, Mai Sugimoto and Takako Ouchi 518

My BookmarkInformatics Education in Japanese High SchoolsSayaka Tohyama 528

Global Eye（83）Indeterminate Research in Brisbane: A Six-Month Stay on SabbaticalMiho Fuyama 534

Conference ReportsThe 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence（AAAI-26）Hiroshi Yamakawa 538

Book ReviewSQUARE ENIX: AI in Square Enix, pp. 336, Born Digital, Inc.（2024）Atsushi Omata 542

ArticleCover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 15”　─ Special Interest Group on Data Collaboration ─Planner：Yoshiyuki Suimon, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 544