Kamo River School of Communication

Kamo River School of Communication: From Problems at School to the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Tadahiro Taniguchi

186 mm x 130 mm
240 pages
JPY 1,700
ISBN 9784790717379
Pub date: December 2019

A story that takes place in a cafe next to Kyoto’s Kamo River. A group of high school girls visit a professor writing a book and ask him questions about communication, ranging from problems at school to the future of artificial intelligence. An introduction to communication in the form of a light novel featuring dialogues between a professor and high school students.

Points of Appeal

1. Easy to read in light novel format
2. Dialogue between professor and high school students to understand communication
3. Knowledge of the essence of communication, from everyday conversation to artificial intelligence

Table of Contents
Introduction

Chapter 1: What is communication?

Chapter 2: Are bibliobattles fun?

Chapter 3: How do the mechanisms of a communication site affect it?

Chapter 4: Can we communicate with artificial intelligence?

Chapter 5: So what is meaning after all?

Chapter 6: Can we connect without words?

Epilogue: Let’s meet by the Kamo River, you said
Afterword

Reviews
“Through conversations with high school girls, the author unravels a variety of mechanisms that go beyond mere information transmission.” ―Kyoto Shimbun

“The writing was easy to get into because of the novel style … The story eventually came to the emergent system of language (symbols). To summarize in my own way, words change little by little as everyone uses them in his or her own way, and eventually the whole order of words is renewed.” ―Hiroaki Iima, editor of a Japanese-language dictionary

“Even difficult topics can be read quickly and easily because of the conversational style. The familiar examples show how complicated it is to read the atmosphere and understand the intentions of others, which we can do as a matter of course.” ―Jun Baba, Research Scientist

Author Information
Tadahiro Taniguchi: Born in Kyoto in 1978. Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University. Visiting Chief Engineer, Panasonic Corporation. 
How can we communicate with others when we can’t see inside their heads? Can we understand each other? These familiar questions have led him to become an interdisciplinary researcher, connecting artificial intelligence, robotics, and human communication.