The subway run by AI

• Autores: Hal Hodson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2976, 2014, pág. 17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Just after midnight, the last subway car slips into its sidings in Hong Kong and an army of engineers goes to work. In a typical week, 10,000 people carry out 2,600 engineering works across the system--from grinding rough rails smooth and replacing tracks to checking for damage. People might do the work, but they don't choose what needs doing. Instead, each task is scheduled and managed by artificial intelligence. Hong Kong has one of the world's best subway systems. It has a 99.9% on time record--far better than London Underground or New York's subway. It is owned and run by MTR Corporation, which also runs systems in Stockholm, Melbourne, London and Beijing. MTR is now planning to roll out its AI overseer to the other networks it manages.