This book proposes a novel body image to bridge gap between self-transformation and preserving sense of self: the Jizai body. Automation and digitization have served to transform our lives. Digital transformation, for example, is rapidly changing the world every day, making life more convenient and comfortable. However, there is a worrying trend of removing the human element from human-centric systems as technologies and algorithms become more capable. Leaving humanity behind, especially its corporal components, will leave persons unable to feel a sense of self in their newfound comfort. Despite the allure of an automated life, it is doubtful that the authors will find happiness without a sense of control. Exploring the essence of what makes us human from a physiological and psychological standpoint, the authors present a new perspective on what constitutes a body in this era where the real physical world and virtual information world coexist. The authors present state-of-the-art research which seeks to free humanity from its physical constraints and allow free control of both the natural and extended body. The next step in human evolution starts here.
Author(s): Masahiko Inami
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 150
City: Singapore
Preface
Acknowledgements for the English Version
Contents
To Transformation, Duplication, and Fusionary—The Future of Humankind Through the Jizai Body
1 Jizai is the Keyword
2 Augmenting One’s Abilities
3 To Society 5.0
4 The Coming of Jizai Body
5 Tools That Change Ourselves
6 Changing Form to Match a Robot
7 Jizai Body is Already Here
8 Establishing Unchanging Principles
9 The Real Meaning of Jizai
10 The Roles of Automatic and Jizai
11 Consciousness is Unevenly Distributed in the World
12 One Person Controls 11 People
13 Playing Catch with Yourself
14 Fusionary is Also Already Here
15 Sharing Bodies with Others and/or AI
16 Freely Changing Wiener Boundary
17 The Difference Between Jizai and Human Augmentation
18 Freely Moving Between the Shannon Boundary
19 Designing Experiences
20 The Future that Jizai Will Make
The Liberation of Individuals from the Limitations Imposed by Their Physical Bodies Represents a Paradigm Shift in the Realm of Communication
1 Being Enthralled with Illusions
2 What We See Depends on Motion
3 Using Motion as a Hint to Narrow Down the Interpretation
4 Explaining the Differences in Perception with Theory
5 From Perceptual Psychology to VR
6 Manipulating the Experience with Overwhelming Images
7 “Major Capital” is Necessary
8 Using VR to Change Humans
9 Eliminating the Body
10 Transparent Bodies also Provide a Feeling of Ownership
11 Design Guidelines for the Jizai Body
12 Methods to Change One’s Mind
13 Relations Similar to Those with Real People
14 Unity is the Ultimate Form of Dialogue
15 Psychology as Science
16 Can Mutual Understanding Be Fostered Through the Jizai Body?
Discovering the Mysteries in the Brain Through the Internal Representations of Extended Bodies
1 Being Drawn to Brain Research in Graduate School
2 Solving Mysteries
3 From Both Theory and Experimentation
4 Also Focusing on Developing Tools
5 How Will Extended Bodies Change the Brain
6 From BMI to Extended Bodies
7 Can It Be Felt Like a Part of Our Own Body
8 The Changes in Brain Activity
9 Human Body Editing Principles
10 Using a Virtual Brain as a Research Tool
Jizai Bodies: A New Generation of Human–Machine Interactions
1 Removing the Boundaries with Other Bodies
2 Blurring the Boundaries with Others
3 Unprovable Results in Neuroscience
4 4th Generation Human–Robot Interactions
5 Guessing Another’s Intentions and Actions
6 Using the Mechanism of the Brain for Intention Decoding
7 Jizai Body Acceptance
Promoting Jizai with Robots that Are Currently Helpful—You Will Not Understand Unless You Jump In
1 Big Failures in Different Fields
2 Other People Have Completely Different Points of View
3 A Sense of Touch for Robots
4 Do not Imitate Your Mentor
5 Robots Are Only Assistants
6 From Assisting Abilities to Extending Them
7 Removing the Arm and Sending It Out
8 Using Ventures to Turn Research into Business
9 Meeting Frontline Needs
10 Design Thinking and Vision-Oriented Thinking
11 Bringing Out Abilities by Type
12 Two or More Identities
13 Making Oneself Jizai
Exploring the Possibility of Jizai Body Utilizes the Virtual Environment and Its Limits
1 Conscious and Subconscious Processes of Jizai
2 Jizai between Manual and Autonomous Functionalities
3 Operating Augmented Bodies with Facial Expressions
4 Dividing Motions into Segments
5 Getting Used to the Augmented Body
6 The Limits to the Augmented Body
7 The Value of Utilizing a Virtual Space
8 Fostering a Sense of Agency for Actions
9 Supporting Acquisition of Augmented Skills
10 User Models on the Machine Side
11 Erase Oneself and Increase Information
12 Identifying Oneself from the Third-Person Viewpoint
13 Self-cognition Can Also Be Changed Freely
14 Finding the Limits of Body Cognition
15 Making Virtual and Real Seamless
16 Virtual Will Become Real
The Fusion of Malleable Humans and Machines
1 The Sense of a Flexible Self
2 Self in Human–Computer Integration
3 Editing of Body Perception Made Possible by Self Body Perception
4 Computers and Sense of Agency
5 Existing Computer Assistance
6 When Computer Assistance Exceeds Human Abilities
7 Sensory Attribution of Failure and Success in Human–Computer Integration
8 Mediating Victory or Defeat Without Losing the Sense of Agency
9 Unconscious and Implicit Control in Human–Computer Integration
JIZAI Technology as an Informational Body Modification—Toward Fostering Aesthetic Values and Social Ethics
1 Humans Who Modify Their Bodies
2 Creating the “Beautiful” Female Image
3 Regional Differences Hidden in the Shadows of Globalization
4 Physical Aesthetics and Ethics
5 Cosmetic Surgery = Physical Body Modification in Modern Society
6 Human-Computer Integration = A New Body Modification Technology
7 JIZAI Technology as a Form of Body Modification
8 Social Responsibility and Ethics Associated with Informational Body Modification
9 Informational Body Malfunctions and Crashes
10 The Ethical and Aesthetic Values of Informational Body Modifications
11 JIZAI Body: Informational Body Modification Born in East Asia
Conclusion
