Government creating AI system to find vacant houses.
Japan's infrastructure ministry is using AI to identify vacant houses by analyzing local government data like water usage and resident records.
Listen up! Japan's infrastructure ministry is stepping up their game with a new AI system that’s gonna find those vacant houses hiding in plain sight. They’re mixing up local government info like water usage, resident registers, and real estate records to crunch the numbers and figure out which buildings are ghost towns.
For instance, if there’s an old wooden house that barely gets any water and has just one elderly person listed, boom! The system flags it as likely unoccupied. This isn’t just about spotting empty houses—it’s about catching them early so they can be put up for sale, rented, or even demolished before they turn into dangerous eyesores.
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