China News Service, Boao, March 28 (Reporter Wang Xiaobin) With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), people's "AI anxiety" is also increasing day by day. Several sub-forum topics at the Boao Forum for Asia 2024 Annual Conference involve AI, and Chinese and foreign experts offer tips on how to deal with "AI anxiety."
For ordinary people, "AI anxiety" is related to the "job" in their hands - will my position be replaced by AI?
On March 27, the Boao Forum for Asia 2024 Annual Conference held the "AIGC Changing the World" sub-forum. Photo by China News Service reporter Luo Yunfei
Liu Cong, vice president of iFlytek, believes that the change in future job positions will not be caused by AI replacing people, but because of the change in job structure due to AI. Therefore, he suggested that both companies and individuals should actively embrace AI. "The most powerful thing in the future is not AI, but the new humans who have mastered AI."
"Since you can't own the lowest level of technology, you must use artificial intelligence faster than others." Yuan Hui, chairman and CEO of Xiaoi Group, suggested that practitioners from all walks of life, if they want to be one step ahead in the next stage, You have to be quick to use artificial intelligence and "don't hesitate."
How do ordinary people master “high-end” AI tools? Most of the currently popular AI on the market require users to interact with it in the form of prompt words and generated options, which undoubtedly raises the threshold for people to become proficient in AI.
Zhang Yaqin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and dean of the Intelligent Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University, said that large AI models are now moving toward autonomous intelligence, which can set goals, plan tasks, self-set paths, self-complete plans, and self-code.
This means that ordinary people can let AI teach them how to use AI better.
"I don't quite believe that our own artificial intelligence will completely replace us. I'm worried that some people who master artificial intelligence will take advantage of others." Meng Pu, chairman of Qualcomm China, is concerned about how to popularize related technologies in large quantities and quickly. . He is optimistic about the large-scale industry model for vertical scenarios in the education field. "Using artificial intelligence can bring the latest technology and the latest education to rural areas, so that all people can master these technologies."
"Any technological innovation and industry development are inseparable from global cooperation and industry cooperation." Meng Pu suggested that all countries work together to formulate AI-related standards so that AI interaction methods can be used globally.
There is also “AI anxiety” in the industry. In addition to computing power and spelling algorithms, many experts are worried about the security threats brought by AI.
Last year, industry experts signed two open letters, calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of the largest artificial intelligence models, warning that AI could bring "extinction risks" to humanity. According to Stuart Russell, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, this concern has had a positive effect, that is, it has "awakened" governments around the world to discuss regulatory principles for AI. Since then, some countries have also formulated relevant regulatory regulations.
Stuart Russell believes that the core issue of AI safety is how humans can safely coexist with it. There is still no clear answer to this question. He cited a counterexample that exists in science fiction movies: because humans are content to be taken care of by intelligent machines, humans no longer know how to manage their own civilization.
"Artificial intelligence is not the first dangerous thing invented in human history." Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho said that even if we don't understand the risks brought by technology, we should also understand human nature. Therefore, people can start with education to provide certain guidance and constraints on future technology.
"The most dangerous thing now is that we do not clearly explain the difference between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, and just treat it as a kind of knowledge and a world view to teach students." Researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and senior advisor on artificial intelligence to the United Nations Institutional expert Zeng Yi said that the biggest difference between humans and AI is that humans reflect on the meaning of their own existence, and humans continue to improve and pursue themselves throughout their lives.
Zeng Yi reminded that people should study philosophy and cognitive psychology before coming into contact with artificial intelligence. "When artificial intelligence becomes more and more powerful, you should use it as a tool to pursue yourself." (over)