Big Mismatch between the New Technology and the Old
Mechaistc Viewpoint
粟屋かよ子（Kayoko Awaya）

Klaus Schwab, head of the WEF, says that the world has begun the Fourth

Industrial Revolution since the turn of this century (The Fourth Industrial

Revolution, 2016). It is based on and significantly builds on the third industrial
revolution that began in the 1960s - commonly referred to as the computer
revolution or digital revolution. It is a much more highly integrated revolution thathas transformed society and the global economy. It is certainly true that recent
advances in individual fields of technology, particularly biotechnology andinformation technology, have been remarkable and many are eye-opening.
However, on the other hand, we cannot shake the question of whether this waveof technological innovation, which shows no signs of stopping, is progressing in ahealthy manner. Rather, in the first place, we have no idea what direction humanity
is heading under this wave. Experts have often issued warnings, such as theAsilomar Conference (1975) and the Asilomar AI Principles (2017). Individual
discoveries and inventions have such a speed and scope of impact on society that,when viewed as a whole, they seem to be causing more confusion than contributing
to the harmonious development of humanity.
In this presentation, I would like to point out the mismatch of ``treating newtechnologies that utilize the micro world from an old mechanistic perspective that isbased on the macro world'' as one of the main causes of this situation where
technology seems to be running out of control.
The outline is①Until the 19th century, natural science focused on macroscopic matter, and theideas that treated its physical behavior, is basically a mechanistic theory (classicalphysics), which is also common sense.
②In the 20th century, physics has opened up the micro world that has never been
seen before (electrons, atomic nuclei, atoms, molecules, etc.). However, thisbehavior could not be fully understood using the mechanistic way of thinking up
until the 19th century. Originally, we should have established a worldview thatunified the macro and micro worlds. But physicists were only able to obtainmathematical formulas (quantum theory) that deal with each issue individually.

③As a result, we have used a method of processing microscopic objects
complementing with macroscopic mechanistic thinking.
④This contradiction has been particularly exposed in the field of technology. If thisbarbaric mismatch is left unaddressed, there is a great possibility that it willbring about a crisis in human history. The development of nuclear bombs led tothis. Next is genetic manipulation under mechanistic thinking. Especially recent
problem of AI development is a matter of great urgency.
⑤How can we overcome this mismatch?
・ We have to unify the macro and micro worlds by solving the measurement
problem of quantum mechanics, as T. Takabayashi did in his physical theoryof measurement (2001).
・ Quantum biology should be encouraged so that biotechnology and AI can be
more properly developed.
・ We should explore the image of a new wider viewpoint given by Quantum
theory including the physical theory of measurement.
・ We need to establish a new unified worldview so that we can overcome themechanistic way of thinking and the sustainability of humanity on earth will
be guaranteed as common sense.
（講演は、日本語を使用します）