Cyborgs / Working world
Japan looks to a future without work
By 2040, Japan wants to have automated agriculture, forestry and fishing to such an extent that humans are no longer required - and that is by no means all.
In this way, Japan wants to counter the increasing shortage of labor in its own country. The government has identified a total of 25 areas in which the development of new technologies can avert impending crises and has called for submissions of relevant research projects.
The projects have the chance of being included in a development program that has been allocated 921 million dollars over the next five years. The aim is to tackle problems resulting from the ageing population and declining birth rates.
Some of the plans read like something out of a science fiction novel: by 2040, automation in many areas of production is to be raised to a level where human intervention is superfluous. By 2050, human bodily functions are to be replaced by robotic functions (cyborgs) or even specially cultivated organs, as Nikkei Asian Review reports.
Japan also wants to recycle all emissions and waste products from industrial production by 2050 so that no waste products can pollute the environment. Plastic items that pollute the oceans are also to be automatically collected and recycled by 2050.
AI robotic systems should also be able to automatically make Nobel Prize-worthy discoveries by 2050. As if that were not enough, Japan is also interested in transferring the ability to hibernate from animals to humans. Among other things, this could prolong people's lives.
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