Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society?
- Tokyo, Japan – Beneath the business towers of Tokyo’s Otemachi district, a test is taking place to see whether artificial intelligence can help solve one of Japan’s biggest economic challenges: a shrinking workforce.
- Deep underground, Marunouchi Heat Supply Company operates a 30km (18.6-mile) network of heating and cooling pipelines serving offices, commercial buildings and transport facilities in one of Japan’s most important business areas.
- The company is now using AI to manage this complex infrastructure with the goal of moving towards more automated operations by 2027.
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- Tokyo, Japan – Beneath the business towers of Tokyo’s Otemachi district, a test is taking place to see whether artificial intelligence can help solve one of Japan’s biggest economic challenges: a shrinking workforce.
- Deep underground, Marunouchi Heat Supply Company operates a 30km (18.6-mile) network of heating and cooling pipelines serving offices, commercial buildings and transport facilities in one of Japan’s most important business areas.
- The company is now using AI to manage this complex infrastructure with the goal of moving towards more automated operations by 2027.
Sources: Al Jazeera