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2,000 people for $10 billion.[1] That's $5 million per person. The future is expensive, but of course the intent is to advance early-stage (ie expensive) techn
by schiffern 2y ago
2,000 people for $10 billion.[1] That's $5 million per person.
The future is expensive, but of course the intent is to advance early-stage (ie expensive) technology toward affordability. It sounds like they want to winnow down to the best option among alternate system architectures, so I expect there's a fair bit of infrastructure-level redundancy too.
[1] https://apnews.com/article/toyota-city-japan-ai-robotics-eeedfead1830a40688859627829f82e3 https://apnews.com/article/toyota-city-japan-ai-robotics-eee...
- justahuman74 2y agoExperiments always cost more than the at-scale product, perhaps they see it scaling down costs later
- cloudbonsai 2y agoThis "city" is actually more like a Disneyland park, except that their main focus is on to experiment with futuristic commercial ideas/concepts. Here is the list of a few companies that co-invest with Toyota: - Nissin (Instant food company) to "Create and evaluating food environments to inspire new 'food cultures'". - UCC (Japanese coffee maker) to "Explore the potential value of coffee through futuristic cafe experiences". - Daikin Industries (Air conditioner manufacturer) to "Experiment with 'pollen-free spaces'". I don't know exactly what they are trying to test (I guess that they don't know either), but it's meant to be an industrial theme park than a real city with municipal authority.
- Barrin92 2y ago>The future is expensive Although upfront cost for city construction is probably negligible compared to the operating cost over the lifespan of the city. If you have even modest labour, infrastructure and service savings every year for decades to come building smarter probably pays off.