Moonshot: Concept and Intentions

Hiroaki Kitano

Member of the Visionary Council, andPresident and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL)

Modalities of Research and Development
Moonshot

Focused Area

Exploratory Research“We chose to go to the Moon”

Comprehensive understanding

Curiosity-driven basic research

Images from NASA

Case Study: RoboCup
By 2050, develop a fully autonomous humanoid team towin FIFA World Cup champion in Soccer
Inception
1992

Announcement
1995

Project Started
1997

High quality scientific research(many award winning papers)

2050

The challenge was announced at
International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in 1995

High impact start ups

Case Study – FANTOM and iPS:
A large-scale project and enabled BlueSky research

A comprehensive annotation ofmammalian genome

Ecat1
Dppa5(Esg1)
Fbox15
NanogEras
Dnmt31
Ecat8
Gdf3
Sox15
Dppa4
Dppa2
Fthl17
Sal14
Oct3/4
Sox2
Rex1
Utf1
Tcl1
Dppa3
Klf4
Myb
Kit
Gdf3
Esrrb

Oct3/4
Sox2
Klf4
c-Myc

Discovery of iPS Cell

Japanese Moonshot Mission Areas
1. Leveraging the Aging Society

Solving issues Japan is facing, and leverage them to transform Japan
2. Save the Earth and our Civilization

Solving global agenda issues affecting the future of civilization
3. Exploring frontiers with science and technology

Making wildest imaginations in to Reality
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4An Interactive Network of 25 Moonshot Goals
18) Development of AI system
for scientific discovery at thelevel worth Nobel Prize (by 2050)

21) Creation of digital modelof entire nerve system andadjacent systems (by 2050)

1) Create and deploy “Cyborgtechnology” to augment humancapability (by 2050)

3) Create and deploy
advanced avatars enabling
most daily life can be done
through avatar (by 2040)

Ghost-in-the-Shell / Borg
5) Preventive measures tomaintain wellness (by 2040)
4) Dramatic improvement of
QOL among the elderly (by 2035)

19) Complete digital mappingand externalization of theentire reproductive processes(by 2050)
20) Human hibernation(by 2050)

6) Universal medical access at theglobal scale (by 2040)

Solar System &Deep Space
Exploration

Live Long and Prosper24) Surveillance network forour solar system (by 2050)
22) General-purpose Quantum
computer network (by 2050)

10) Reduction of energy
consumption for computing
to 1/1000th (by 2040)

25) Distributed and collective
satellite constellation and space
robotics (by 2035)

Automation ofIndustries

8) Full automation ofconstruction work(by 2040)
7) Full automation ofagriculture, forestry &fisheries (by 2040)

23) Comprehensive
measurement of underwaterand subsurface areas (by 2050)
15) Construction ofenvironmental-neutral city model(by 2050)

12) Full recycle system forresources and materials (by2050)

2) Fully ubiquitous andinclusive mobility(by 2040)

17) Terraforming technology(by 2050)

16) Harmonization
between agriculture andbiodiversity (by 2050)

Survival of Human Civilization in a Closed System
11) 100% energy selfsufficiency with sustainableenergy source (by 2060)

9) Reduction of resources
losses to 1/100th (by 2050)

13) Elimination offood loss (by 2050)

14) Elimination of garbage
on the earth (by 2050)

Boldly go where on man has gone before
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5Proposed Moonshot Goals

Area1

1.Leveraging the Aging Society

Area-Turning the aging society into the innovative and sustainable societyby harnessing diversity through techno-social transformation -Inclusive Society :anyone can pursue their dreams

Examples of MS goals

Visions(inclusion & innovation)

Society without health anxiety :everyone can enjoy life until 100 years old(achievement of well-aging)

Augmenting humanTransporting
capabilities
human capabilities

1)
Create and deploy“Cyborgtechnology” toaugment humancapability(by 2050)2)
Fully
ubiquitousand inclusive
mobility(by 2040)

Precise and automatic
health-care3)Create and deploy
advanced avatars
enabling most daily
life can be done
through avatar (by2040)

4)
Dramatic
improvementof QOL among
the elderly(by 2035)

Universal medicalaccess5)
Preventivemeasures tomaintainwellness(by 2040)

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Industrial innovations bycomplete automation

6)
Universal
medical accessat the globalscale(by 2040)

Novel industrial
model forcomplete automation

7)
Full automationof agriculture,
forestry &fisheries(by 2040)8)Full
automation ofconstruction
work(by 2040)

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Prevention andPreemption

Universal
Medical Access

General QOL
Improvement

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7Universal Medical Access Challenge• Access to quality medical practice at anywhere and anytime• Anywhere in Japan, and anywhere in the world• Anytime 24/7, and even in cases of major disaster• Preemptive, Preventive, Personalized medicine• Politico-social aspect: Policy agenda, social structure, legal framework, etc.
• Technological solution: Tele-medicine, devices (next AED or da Vinci,monitoring, AI assistance, early warning systems, etc.
• Goal: Technologies to provide Universal Medical Access for all

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8Commoditized Ability

General QoL Challenge• Improved QoL for everybody• Preventive and Preemptive Medicine & Wellness• QoL for sick person• QoL for elderly, handicapped, and person with other issues• Some non-life-threatening issues also undermine QoL (back pain, ringing ears, etc)

• Possible solutions• Longevity research (Controlling life span: inflammation control, Sirtuins, etc)
• Medical and Technical innovations (neural interventions, etc.)• Goal: Technologies to control our body to improve QoL
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10Technologyto control
our body11

Science and Technology Challenge toReshape the Future

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