Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society?
Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? From underground energy networks in Tokyo to emerging AI start-ups, Japan is...
Key points
- Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society?
- From underground energy networks in Tokyo to emerging AI start-ups, Japan is testing whether its greatest challenge can become an opportunity for reinvention.
- 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.
- For Japan, the country leading the rest of the world in ageing, the project represents more than an infrastructure upgrade.
What happened
Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? From underground energy networks in Tokyo to emerging AI start-ups, Japan is testing whether its greatest challenge can become an opportunity for reinvention. 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. For Japan, the country leading the rest of the world in ageing, the project represents more than an infrastructure upgrade. One company aiming to change that picture is Sakana AI, one of Japan’s most closely watched artificial intelligence start-ups. “The goal is not to recreate OpenAI in Japan,” Ito said.