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AI helping Japanese convenience stores profit from reduced waste

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By Rintaro Sawano

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AI? That just simple math statistical prediction.

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If they really want to decrease the waste, stop throwing away all of the sandwiches at the end of the day just because the expiration date is one hour old.

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Everything gets called AI these days, it's tiring.

This is clearly not something a reasonable person would call AI, it's simply data analysis based on previous sales, nothing special.

Besides, do people really buy what is discounted rather than what they actually want? Like if I go into a combine to buy an egg sandwich, and I see a discounted bento, do I suddenly decide that I no longer want an egg sandwich?

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Good for the Konbinis..

If they really want to decrease the waste, stop throwing away all of the sandwiches at the end of the day just because the expiration date is one hour old.

Ooohhhh, the drama!!.. lol..

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In a way is a win-win situation, the stores get a fraction of the profit instead of discarding a product, and the costumers get an important discount in something that they are interested anyway.

The best part is that waste is reduced at the same time, from the many different uses "AI" has right now this example is an example of something that actually helps with a problem without causing 20 others at the same time.

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IMHO, AI is going to be Japan's next big area for domination, IF only Japanese industries can commercialise AI.

Have a look at companies like 'Preferred Networks', imagine the productivity gains just from labour savings.

https://youtu.be/ydh_AdWZflA

It would not be inconceivable that countries like China will see this as a nassive threat because all the cheap factory labour that they can centrally control will become obsolete when up against intelligent automated labour.

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