Japanese company will employ generative AI to pass on expert skills to the next generation

What is Generative Artificial Intelligence? |Newsverso Glossary

Generative Artificial Intelligence, or GAN, is a technique in which two neural networks work together to create new things. One of the networks creates new things, while the other tries to tell whether these things are real or fake. Over time, the network that creates new things learns to make things that look real, and the network that verifies learns to tell the difference between what is real and what is fake.

Hitachi will use the technology to generate videos depicting difficulties or accidents on railways, plants and factories and use them in virtual training for employees.

The manufacturing industry has difficulty transmitting practical knowledge, difficult to put into a manual, to the next generation. As the number of qualified instructors dwindles, Hitachi is trying to simulate the experience of dealing with breakdowns and accidents for younger workers using images created by the AI ​​system.

Prevention of serious accidents

The training space will be a small room measuring just 10 square meters. The walls, ceiling and floor will be covered with screens that project images of infrastructure and factories created by the Generative AI, allowing trainees an immersive experience.

For example, using images of train tracks and rolling stock, maintenance workers can feel as if they are walking through a real location and learn to inspect for anomalies. The system is expected to help improve the skills of maintenance workers, allowing them to learn about many issues that can lead to serious accidents.

Problems solution

A generative AI system will also be developed for workers through problem solving. For example, when questioned about what should be done when a certain lamp on an electrical energy safety equipment is flashing, the system aims to explain that there may be an adjustment error in a regulating valve and suggest checking an adjacent meter, marking and explaining it in a virtual space.

Shortage of human resources

The percentage of Japan's population over 65 will exceed 30% by 2030 and there is growing concern that the country's declining birth rate and aging population will result in a severe shortage of human resources. According to an estimate from Persol Research and Consulting and Chuo University, both based in Tokyo, there will be a shortage of 6,44 million workers by 2030.

In preparation for the retirement of veteran employees, Hitachi is considering “enabling employees to experience past failures and realize them in a simulated way, so that the know-how can be passed on to the next generation.” according to a representative of Advanced AI Innovation Center da empresa.

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