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Invention in the Age of AI: The Objects, Methods, Actors, Institutions, and Uses of Invention in Light of Recent Research

Invention in the Age of AI: The Objects, Methods, Actors, Institutions, and Uses of Invention in Light of Recent Research

As AI dramatically lowers the barrier to inventing, what does invention actually mean? Drawing on recent research, this article distinguishes discovery, invention, and innovation; traces five paths through which great inventions arise; maps theories such as the adjacent possible alongside methodologies from TRIZ to the lead user method; follows how the actors of invention have shifted from individuals to teams and organizations; examines patents and other institutions for sharing and evaluating inventions; shows how society, firms, governments, and households capture their value; and considers how AI is transforming each of these dimensions.

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Sep 16, 2026Masahiro Taima104 min read

How AI Is Transforming Research: Subjects, Practitioners, Institutions, and Social Impact in the AI Age

How AI Is Transforming Research: Subjects, Practitioners, Institutions, and Social Impact in the AI Age

Until a few years ago, I worked as a researcher. With the arrival of general-purpose, high-performance AI such as ChatGPT and Claude, I feel that research has c…

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Aug 29, 2026Masahiro Taima63 min read

How will the world change after AGI? Politics, economics, society, and technology

How will the world change after AGI? Politics, economics, society, and technology

Today's AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and the like) can already be said to know more than the typical human specialist. Once that capability is generalize…

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May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima24 min read

How will the startup ecosystem evolve after AGI?

How will the startup ecosystem evolve after AGI?

3 Masahiro Taima 對間 昌宏 May 18, 2026, 02:37 Today's AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and the like) can already be said to know more than the average human exp…

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May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima31 min read

How will enterprise and SME organizations change after AGI?

How will enterprise and SME organizations change after AGI?

Today's AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and the like) can already be said to know more than the average specialist. Once that capability is generalized even…

AGIStrategy & Management

May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima16 min read

How will product UI/UX transform after AGI?

How will product UI/UX transform after AGI?

Today's AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others) can already be said to know more than the average specialist. Once that capability is generalized furthe…

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May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima5 min read

How will academic research change after AGI?

How will academic research change after AGI?

Even today's AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others) can fairly be said to know more than the average specialist. Once that capability is generalized f…

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May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima20 min read

How will real estate and construction evolve after AGI?

How will real estate and construction evolve after AGI?

Today's AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and the like) can already be said to hold more knowledge than the typical human expert. Once that capability is gene…

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May 18, 2026Masahiro Taima22 min read

When will AGI arrive? Tracking 14 AI industry leaders' predictions from 2014 to 2026

When will AGI arrive? Tracking 14 AI industry leaders' predictions from 2014 to 2026

AI eradicates the vast majority of cancers AI makes in 5–10 years the Nobel Prize–level discoveries that would have taken humans 50–100 years AI puts 20% of whi…

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May 13, 2026Masahiro Taima148 min read

How will AGI destroy humanity? Seven scenarios from AI industry leaders

How will AGI destroy humanity? Seven scenarios from AI industry leaders

Many leaders of AI companies have spoken openly about the risk that AGI (artificial general intelligence) could wipe out humanity. But through what kinds of sce…

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May 13, 2026Masahiro Taima8 min read