New Lecture Series on the 'Order 66 Problem' and 'You Are Fired! Problem' in AI Society: 'AI Governance and AI Business & Human Rights: Who Owns AI? How Should AI and Humans Coexist? What Should We Do?'

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June 15, 2026

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Amid growing concerns over governance failures and scandals involving AI in corporations, Tomonori Tomura, former UN expert, Managing Director of Japan Management Research Institute LLC, and Director of the AI Governance Institute, will launch a new lecture series to promote awareness of AI governance in a human-AI coexisting society.

Tomonori Tomura, Director, AI Governance Institute

[New Lecture Program Released]

・Lecture Title (Example): "AI Governance and AI Business & Human Rights: Who Owns AI? How Should AI and Humans Coexist? What Should We Do?"

・Lecturer: Tomonori Tomura (Managing Director, Japan Management Research Institute LLC; Director, AI Governance Institute) (Profile: https://www.jmri.co.jp/tomura.html)

Tomonori Tomura, Director, AI Governance Institute

<Lecture Topics (Examples)>

・AI Governance: Who owns AI? How should AI and humans coexist? ・"AI Business and Human Rights" (© Tomonori Tomura): Addressing human rights issues in AI business beyond traditional "Business and Human Rights" and ESG frameworks in an era of AI disruption ・AI and AI Provider Social Responsibility (AI Social Responsibility (ASR) © Tomonori Tomura) ・The "Order 66 Problem" in AI Society (© Tomonori Tomura): Inspired by the Star Wars series, where clone troopers (stormtroopers), once allies of the Jedi, turn against them under Order 66—a protocol secretly implanted by the Sith Lord. Tomura warns that a similar betrayal could occur with AI, once a human ally, turning into a tool of tyranny ・The "You Are Fired!" Problem in AI Society (© Tomonori Tomura): Inspired by the RoboCop series, where the robot enforcer is programmed not to harm corporate executives. When corrupt executives are fired by the board, RoboCop is then able to apprehend them. Tomura warns that in an AI society, authoritarian regimes could exploit this logic by declaring dissenters as "no longer citizens," thereby enabling AI systems to suppress or even eliminate legitimate citizens with human rights ・AI, National Security, Economic Security, and Anti-Spy Measures and more

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