AI is key to Asia’s policies for elderly, climate, jobs: India’s Tata - South China Morning Post
India’s Tata looks to AI to help Asia tackle elderly care, climate change, skills training | South China Morning Post
An elderly woman receives a vaccine injection in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: EPA-EFE
India’s Tata looks to AI to help Asia tackle elderly care, climate change, skills training
- IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services plans to use artificial intelligence in nations including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand to streamline services for public
- With many remote locations, access to multilingual AI could help with old and/or disabled people, as well as record data useful to tackle global warming
An elderly woman receives a vaccine injection in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: EPA-EFE
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”