I. What benefits can artificial intelligence bring?
When robotic vacuum cleaners, noodle-slicing robots, cooking robots, industrial robots, firefighting robots, and combat robots begin to be used in our lives, they undeniably bring immense convenience. Artificial intelligence will indirectly improve energy efficiency in the energy development process. This manifests in daily life as follows: some smart devices can predict when you will arrive home based on your past habits, adjusting the indoor temperature to a comfortable level before you enter the house—a way to save energy. If such smart devices were used by thousands of households, energy efficiency would be greatly improved, resulting in significant energy savings.
Secondly, the increasingly clear division of labor between artificial intelligence and human intelligence will significantly reduce human resource costs, which will inevitably become a major trend in the future industrial field: some inefficient tasks will be better handled by intelligent robots. For example, some repetitive tasks can be performed by intelligent robots, saving labor costs and improving efficiency. If artificial intelligence is applied to industry to regulate some uncontrollable factors, it will eliminate the need for large amounts of manpower. For example, in wind power generation, with artificial intelligence, there is no need to waste a lot of manpower on uncertain wind directions; the AI equipment will make corresponding and timely adjustments to the windmills according to different wind directions.
Artificial intelligence (AI) also plays a significant role in healthcare. Many conditions that doctors struggle to diagnose can be addressed and treated using AI through its big data analytics. Another example is the current development of AI-powered self-driving cars. With the support of advanced technology, this not only greatly reduces the accident rate but also saves drivers a significant amount of time.
II. How will artificial intelligence develop?
Looking back at history, we can easily see that the path of scientific and technological development has not been smooth sailing; positive and negative impacts have intertwined. We can also deeply understand that technology is neutral; it simply manifests itself differently in the hands of different people.
Who is using it? What is the purpose of its use? Are there any regulations and policies to regulate its use? Answering these questions will also answer the question of whether artificial intelligence is good or evil.
Take the well-known "facial recognition" technology as an example. It has many applications in daily life, but the problems of excessive information collection and privacy violations have also led to frequent questioning of this technology. So, is facial recognition technology good or evil? Perhaps it could become the culprit for leaking personal biometric information, or perhaps it could become the best "magic weapon" to help catch fugitives at a Jacky Cheung concert.
Therefore, the correct path for the development of artificial intelligence is to balance and eliminate negative impacts as much as possible when researching and applying science and technology, retain its positive significance in more application scenarios, and enable it to serve human society to the greatest extent.
Currently, the development of artificial intelligence is still in the early stages of product application and industrial empowerment. Grasping the development path, paying attention to top-level design, and standardizing institutional policies are crucial to making the development of artificial intelligence more forward-looking and ensuring its steady and sound progress. This is also the significance of holding the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
From the perspective of urban construction, development, and governance, within the broader context of Shanghai as a "people's city," artificial intelligence is already deeply embedded in the city, and its importance in the process of urban development and governance is self-evident. At this juncture, how to enable artificial intelligence to better "serve the people" while participating more deeply in the development and governance of a "people's city" tests the wisdom of those in power.
We look forward to powerful artificial intelligence giving "people's cities" more and more beautiful scenes, and we also believe that every technological innovation that creates these scenes contains the goodwill and beautiful vision of developers and creators.
