In the second phase of the Frontier Technology Forum on April 9, Li Guojie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the former director of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, compared the artificial intelligence to cheese on the cake, but he still emphasized that Heavier ".
Why academician Li Guojie has such an analogy, let us first review the recent policy background of artificial intelligence.
Recently, the US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the "Annual Report on the First Year of the American Artificial Intelligence Initiative", announcing that the US artificial intelligence industry has reached a critical stage. The report describes the progress of the American Artificial Intelligence Initiative and proposes a sustained long-term vision. The key policies and practices at the level of the US government are of great significance for China to promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry. Recently, China has also introduced some policies on artificial intelligence. From these policies, the country is very supportive of the development of artificial intelligence.
The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has previously issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Industrial Chain Solid-Chain Action to Promote the Coordination of Industrial Chain Resumption and Resumption of Production". The main tasks include accelerating the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks, Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and smart cities, and accelerating the intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry. The Ministry of Science and Technology has also issued the "Notice of Technology Innovation 2030-" New Generation Artificial Intelligence "Major Project 2020 Project Application Guidelines". This is the second time that the relevant guidelines have been issued since its launch in 2018. The "Notice" proposes that by 2020, the competitiveness of the artificial intelligence industry will enter the world's first phalanx, and the scale of the artificial intelligence core industry will exceed 150 billion yuan, driving the scale of related industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan; by 2025, the scale of the artificial intelligence core industry More than 400 billion yuan, driving the scale of related industries to more than 5 trillion yuan.
Back to the topic of "cake" and "cheese" at the beginning, the meaning of academician Li Guojie's words is to convey this purpose to everyone. Artificial intelligence is not the boss and cannot be developed as a separate technology. On the contrary, artificial intelligence must be used by all walks of life Into it. This view was also recognized by Shan Shiguang, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He believes that when artificial intelligence is combined with industry, it is all industries plus artificial intelligence, not artificial intelligence plus all industries. The application of artificial intelligence technology to other industries requires the support of a large number of industries and how to apply it to existing systems.
So, how should artificial intelligence develop? Li Xiuquan, a researcher at the China Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy, said that artificial intelligence should come from application to application. At present, many industries should prepare for the data required for deep learning and promote the important role of different groups in sharing development, including improving the innovation conditions of SMEs and entrepreneurs, improving the intelligent infrastructure in underdeveloped areas, and making intelligent transformation towards inclusive development And shared development.
Taking this epidemic as an example, the performance of artificial intelligence in the fight against the epidemic confirms the above view. Whether it is in early warning, rapid screening, differential diagnosis, disease progression analysis, or in the development and application of diagnostic products, intelligent image-assisted diagnosis systems, artificial intelligence is everywhere, but it is reflected in the existing scope of artificial intelligence.
At present, with the lifting of the ban in Hubei, Tencent announced in its official WeChat public account that it will increase its investment in Hubei Province and announce a package of investment plans. Artificial intelligence has become one of the in-depth cooperation projects in Wuhan. It is worth mentioning that Tencent will set up Tencent Cloud Micro-Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to focus on research and development and application of artificial intelligence products.
It can be said that China has made some achievements in the integration of artificial intelligence technology applications and industry applications, but it still needs to strengthen the field of innovation. Recently, the internationally renowned data survey agency Gartner released the content of the "Market Guide: China AI Startups" survey report. According to Gartner's prediction, the focus of the Chinese artificial intelligence market in the future is changing from "quantity" to "quality" and "innovation" Specific field tasks and high business value will be further expanded.
So, how to grasp the frontier areas of artificial intelligence?
Sullivan released the "2019 China-US Artificial Intelligence Industry and Vendor Evaluation White Paper" to provide insights into trends in the artificial intelligence industry. "White Paper" pointed out that artificial intelligence will have five trends in the future. The first trend is to improve the computing power of the underlying core elements of artificial intelligence and the optimization of data processing methods. In the future, artificial intelligence chips will develop from general-purpose chips to dedicated chips, while continuing to optimize data processing methods, from human-machine collaboration to full-scale mechanization. Trend two, lower the threshold for the use of artificial intelligence technology. Automated machine learning will release the potential of artificial intelligence technology, and the deployment of enterprise artificial intelligence will present automated and convenient development. Trend three, artificial intelligence edge applications will be further expanded. The demand for 5G, Internet of Things, and edge computing has increased, and data edge processing will become a trend. Trend four, the penetration of artificial intelligence in some data-intensive application scenarios is accelerating. At present, artificial intelligence has been applied in many scenarios. In the future, it will accelerate penetration in areas with huge amounts of data such as finance, security, manufacturing, medical care, and transportation. This trend will be particularly obvious in China with massive data resources. Trend 5: The security awareness and autonomy of artificial intelligence manufacturers will be greatly improved. With the continuous improvement of independent and controllable awareness of technology, in the future, Chinese artificial intelligence manufacturers will pay more attention to independent research and development to achieve the safe development of their application fields.
