About Ken
Bio
Dr. Ken Suzuki is the Executive Chair and Co-founder of SmartNews, the leading news application in both Japan and the United States. SmartNews, a unicorn company, utilizes a unique collaboration between artificial intelligence and human input to deliver world's quality information to the people who need it. The app includes features such as "News From All Sides," which addresses political polarization concerns. Ken holds a strong interest in resolving the issue of division in the United States and is actively working towards finding solutions.
As a researcher specializing in complex systems, artificial life, and artificial intelligence, Ken has studied neural networks, currency systems, and voting systems. He has authored a Japanese book titled "Nameraka Society and Its Enemies," which discusses designing computer-based social systems for a non-binary worldview over a 300-year span. This book, which predicted the advent of smart contracts before Ethereum, is widely read in Japan.
In 2002, the Japanese government acknowledged Ken's talent, recognizing him as a genius programmer.
An idea worth spreading
Nameraka: a way to see the world in non-binary worldview