Hachioji CampusFaculty of Economics' Terakawa Seminar won first place in the group award at the 20th Veritas Cup Presentation Contest.

On Saturday, December 21, 2024, at the 20th Veritas Cup Presentation Contest held at Rikkyo University, four students from the Terakawa Seminar at Teikyo University's Faculty of Economics gave a presentation titled "What is human-specific communication in the age of AI?" and won first place in the group award. In addition, Hanon Miyagawa (3rd year, Faculty Faculty of Economics) won the MIP Award as an individual award. In addition to the presentation team, Nozomi Sakai (3rd year, Faculty of Economics) won the Change Up Award, which is given to those who asked a light-hearted question, and the entire Terakawa Seminar won the OB Award in recognition of their active participation in the Q&A session.

The Veritas Cup is an intercollegiate presentation contest mainly held at universities in the Kanto region. This year's theme was "Truth," and seven teams from Kansai University, Gunma Prefectural Women's University, Senshu University, Toyo University, Teikyo University, Nihon University, and Rikkyo University each prepared research reports from their own unique perspectives and competed on the basis of their presentation skills.

The report from the Terakawa seminar argued that, now that AI technology has evolved to the point where it can imitate humans to a level that is indistinguishable from the real thing, and has even made inroads into the field of communication, such as conversation and physical contact, the only way humans can communicate is by facing each other and building irreplaceable relationships. This award was given in recognition of the thorough research, theoretical delve into the essence of communication, and sincere responses to questions during the Q&A session.
In response to this result, member Miyagawa said, "I'm truly grateful to the teachers who taught me and my friends who supported me. As you can see from the content of our presentation, I want to continue to value a sincere attitude in everything I do." As you all have grown significantly in both academic and teamwork aspects while working towards this contest, we look forward to seeing you all do great things in the future.

Faculty of Economics Terakawa Seminar Presenters

Third year students Department of Economics: Ayano Morita, Shingo Suzuki, Hanon Miyagawa
Hinano Kokubu, 3rd year Department of International Economy

Participants of the Terakawa Seminar Faculty of Economics

Third-year Department of Economics: Suzuki Akane, Chiba Haruhiko, Sakai Nozomi, Oki Toshio, Kitamura Tomomasa, and Obata Naoki
Department of Business Administration, 3rd year: Matsumoto Mi, Tanaka Yuya

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