In this paper I will make an attempt to find (rediscover) the potentially broader or alternative
horizon to understand the meanings of robots, AI and autonomous cars which we encounter
in the life in the information era in Japan, Southeast Asia and the 'West.'In this case, the
broader or alternative (horizon) refers to the situations which would be beyond the narrowly
interpreted views on human life under the strong influence of techno-determinism, Cartesian
dualism of body and mind, the Western presupposition to put an emphasis on the limited …