
Ryosuke Ohashi
OHASHI Ryosuke, born 1944, studied philosophy at Kyoto University, after which he received his doctoral degree from Munich University and his habilitation from Würzburg University. He was awarded 1990 Philip-Franz-von-Siebold- Prize by German President Richard von Weizsäcker, and 1996 Humboldt-Medaille by Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. His recent publications includePhänomenologie der Comassions: Pathos des Mitseins mit den Anderen (2018,) and its Japanese version, as well as "German Idealism and the philosophy of Kyoto-school" (2024) as well as its German version.

The Intersection of Language: AI, Haiku, and the Quantum Logic of Meaning
There are two linguistic dimensions: “World-unveiling-language” and "Inner-world-language”. One example of the former is a haiku-poem of Bashô: “Yoku mireba nazuna-hana saku kakine kara” (Look closely: A nazuna-flower blooming under the hedge).
Modern technical language of AI offers the so-called LLM (Large-language-model). As I asked it to make a haiku-poem using the word ‘nazuna-flower, it has created following one: “Nazuna-hana koboruru michi ni ko no warai” (nazuna-flowers in full bloom on the path – children laughing gleefully). LLM moved by “AI” follows instructions given to it, but LLM by “AGI” will not only follow instructions but also create concepts.
A poem by AI or AGI is midway between “World unveiling language” and “Inner-world- language”. In this midway region, the quantum logic and the Mahayana Buddhistic logic can meet. This meeting is a clue by which the problem of language and logic in our modern age could be considered some steps further.
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