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Co-Innovation in the age of AI
Introduction
Inheriting the lineage of information management and ideation methodologies—from Jiro Kawakita's "KJ Method" in the 1950s (Kawakita, 1967) and Tadao Umesao's "An Art of Intellectual Production" in the 1960s (Umesao, 1969), to Yukio Noguc... -
Co-Innovation in the age of AI
Chapter 1 : Paradigm Shift of Intellectual Creation
1-1: From Information Organization to Knowledge Creation in the AI Era In the dawn of generative AI, its primary role centered on streamlining "information organization"—extracting and summarizing necessary points from vast volumes of da... -
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Chapter 2 : Google Ecosystem
2-1: What Is an Ecosystem? The term "ecosystem" originated as a specialized concept within the field of ecology. The word "ecology" was coined and proposed in 1866 by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel (Haeckel, 1866). It is derived by c... -
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Chapter 3 : Organizing Bookmarks in the Chrome Browser
3-1: What Is a Bookmark? In Google Chrome, a bookmark is a feature that saves the URL (web address) of your favorite websites so you can easily revisit them at any time. Bookmarks offer the following advantages: One-Click Access to Websi... -
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Chapter 4 : Settings of Gemini Sidebar
4-1: Opening via the "Ask Gemini" Button When you launch the latest version of the Chrome browser, you will notice an "Ask Gemini" button added to the toolbar in the upper-right corner. Released in May 2026, this remarkably convenient fe... -
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Chapter 5: Google Drive Folder Structure
With the rapid evolution of generative AI, letting Google Drive remain a mere "storage locker" for files has become a major missed opportunity. By fundamentally rethinking how you store data in Google Drive and integrating it with AI too... -
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Chapter 6: Using Generative AI: Gemini Edition
Gemini is a cutting-edge multimodal generative AI developed by Google. Going far beyond traditional chatbots where you simply enter text to receive an answer, its defining feature is the ability to seamlessly understand and process text,... -
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Chapter 7: Generative AI Guide: ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a conversational generative AI developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022. Engaging in natural dialogue with users, it supports a wide variety of intellectual tasks including drafting text, organizing information, brain... -
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Chapter 8: Generative AI Guide: Claude
Claude is a conversational generative AI developed by Anthropic, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI executives. Widely popular for both business and personal use, it has earned a strong reputation for its remarkably natural Japanese ... -
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Chapter 9: Digital Files Suitable as Generative AI Sources
Generative AI can only accept data—whether gathered from across the web or imported externally via a PC—in a digitized format. Web-based sources present no issue since they are natively digital; however, printed materials, photographs, a... -
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Chapter 10: The Input Revolution with Gemini Notebook
"Notebooks in Gemini," realized through the seamless integration of Gemini and NotebookLM, goes far beyond standard AI chats or note-taking apps. It triggers a true "Input Revolution" that fundamentally transforms how we collect informat... -
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Chapter 11: Utilizing Digitization Tools: Scanners, Screenshots, and More
11-1: Leveraging the Google Drive Scanner The built-in scanning feature in the Google Drive mobile app (iOS / Android) is an exceptionally convenient tool. By simply photographing paper documents, receipts, or handwritten notes with your... -
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Chapter 12: The Ongoing Output Revolution
The "Output Revolution" brought about by generative AI refers to a profound transformation in intellectual production: whereas conventional AI excelled at analyzing and classifying data (processing input), generative AI can instantly cre... -
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Chapter 13: Integrating Google Drive with AI
Until now, Google Drive has primarily functioned as a digital warehouse or passive archive for storing documents and files. However, by integrating it with Gemini (and Notebook), Drive evolves into a knowledge-driven creative lab where A... -
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Chapter 14: The Output Revolution with Gemini
14-1: How to Use the Chat Interface Using on a Computer (PC) Open your web browser and navigate to gemini.google.com. Sign in with your Google Account. Using on a Smartphone Android: Launch the "Gemini" app (or activate it via Google Ass... -
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Chapter 15: Generating Videos with Gemini
15-1: Gemini Omni (Video Generation & Editing AI Model) Gemini Omni is a next-generation natively multimodal AI model developed by Google. It enables users to freely combine text, images, audio, and video to generate and edit high-qu... -
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Chapter 16: The Output Revolution with Gemini Notebook
16-1: Differences from Conventional Generative AI Gemini Notebook is a research and learning workspace specialized in the "understanding and analysis (grounding) of uploaded materials." Its purpose and architecture are fundamentally dist... -
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Chapter 17: Efficient Prompt Management with Gemini
17-1: Prompt Creation and Management with Gems A Gem is a feature within Gemini that allows you to preconfigure specific roles and instructions (prompts) to create and save your own custom AI. It eliminates the need to re-enter long prom... -
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Chapter 18: Academic Paper Writing and Co-Creation with AI
In this chapter, building on the foundational knowledge of leveraging generative AI in intellectual creation discussed so far, I will introduce several real-world application examples and explain specific, concrete practices in detail us... -
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Chapter 19: From Intellectual Production to Intellectual Creation: Co-creation between AI and Humans
19-1: Fundamental Principles in the Era of Generative AI (The 10 Precepts) From Chapters 1 through 19, we examined how artificial intelligence can be harnessed for human intellectual creation, focusing on concrete application cases cente... -
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