Can AI help Humans become more Human

There are all sorts of AI races underway, but recently I was reading an article from Svenja Gudell, chief economist, focusing on a less flashy one: Whether AI can catch up to aging populations.? It’s a fresh way to look at AI.?

The median age in Europe is set to increase and the region will have more elderly and fewer working age people than ever. To see what the future might hold, European countries need only to look at Japan, the country with the oldest population: 30% of people are 65+. Two European countries, Italy and Finland, have the second and third oldest populations. Germany is not far behind, with its share of 65+ population expected to reach Japan’s levels by 2050.?

Unlike its European peers, Japan has been an early adopter of AI. There, the use of AI (and Robots) is seen as unequivocally good. Japan is running out of workers to fill vacancies in its industrial, service, and care economies. “The real problem is having enough people fill in jobs,” Gudell said. Japanese restaurants are already routinely deploying server robots, for example, and AI-powered robots are increasingly common in elder care.

For Europe to adopt Japan’s outlook, European governments and companies may need to change. So far, most AI attention has gone to companies trying to create a leading generative AI model that can compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Alphabet’s, or other American Big Tech models.

Ultimately, AI is a tool.?Would we have an opportunity to develop applications to augment the abilities of an aging population or master the skills currently carried out by a shrinking workforce??Shall we talk more about how AI will shape us (positively), harnessing services to people or fostering different capabilities?