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282 for other complementary technologies around devices taking information , in other words IoT .
“ This is currently maturing , as the cost of these devices is falling quite rapidly . You can then create a virtual world , which is a replica of the physical world , where you ’ ll be able to visualise a whole building or even a city . This will help us to make better decisions , both individually but also connecting to machines to make autonomous decisions and acting on them , both locally and centrally . If , for instance , a lift stops working somewhere , that information can be passed to our system and the system could automatically send out a repair job to a supplier , who can then repair it .”
“ It could also detect things that humans can ’ t detect , like water pressure reducing gradually over a long period of time , which could be an indication of something that ’ s gone wrong like a leak , or a generator losing power . Then we can intervene much earlier and treat the problem .”
Rajiv says that these uses of artificial intelligence create a better experience for customers , but are also more cost effective for the housing
association . It ’ s also become far more accessible thanks to pay-as-you-go cloud platforms .
“ This sort of automation will ramp up ,” he says , “ because citizen developers and software developers can all use those ‘ human literate ’ technologies to
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