An interview with Kuribayashi Kentaro of GMO Pepabo examines the opposing views on whether AI will enhance or diminish human creativity, as well as good and bad ways to use AI based on the Known-Unknown Matrix.
In an interview with GMO Pepabo Director and CTO Kuribayashi Kentaro (栗林健太郎), opposing predictions about the future of human creativity as AI becomes embedded in work and daily life were presented. He said that creativity could either increase or decline depending on how AI is used, and introduced the Known-Unknown Matrix as a framework for considering how to use AI.
The Known-Unknown Matrix uses four quadrants based on what is known and unknown, and how well those things are understood. Examples include using Known-Knowns to create explanatory materials in one's area of expertise, using Known-Unknowns to conduct research into the unknown, using Unknown-Knowns to articulate one's thoughts through dialogue with AI, and applying AI to the Unknown-Unknown domain, which includes the unknown itself. It was explained that turning Unknowns into Knowns is a good way to use AI.
As an example of a bad use, it was noted that even if AI solves an unsolved problem, the result has limited value if the individual does not deepen their understanding of it. He pointed out that simply accepting AI output as a result does not lead to the expression of creativity. The underlying view is that properly understanding and using AI output is a prerequisite for creativity.
He also said that improvements in AI performance would not immediately bring about major changes in human creativity, while emphasizing the importance of viewing AI and humans as a single system. He said that in the future, AIs may exchange outputs with one another while humans receive summaries, and identified the challenge of reconciling our current sense of things with the sense of the future.
Kuribayashi (栗林健太郎) actively uses AI in his daily life, including having it handle replies to Slack messages and emails, putting future uses into practice. He believes AI should be guided from the perspective of enhancing creativity while drawing a line between business and personal use, and indicated his intention to explore new definitions of creativity in a working group of the AI consortium.