Where is the "new" of the new generation of artificial intelligence? Turning the "hype fever" of artificial intelligence into a "landing fever" may be the theme and core of China's artificial intelligence development in the next 3-5 years.
AI is off to a good start
China's economic development has entered a "new normal", and the first meaning of this "new" can be understood as "from the pursuit of high-speed growth to the equal emphasis on growth speed and growth quality". The development of artificial intelligence in China began in 2015. After three years of continuous warming, market cultivation, national policy support, and enthusiastic investment by entrepreneurs, it is now entering a new stage of development that pursues high quality and connotation.
In May 2015, the State Council issued "Made in China 2025", and "smart manufacturing" was positioned as the main direction of Chinese manufacturing. Smart manufacturing can be seen as the combination of artificial intelligence and manufacturing. The implementation of artificial intelligence relies on the combination with specific industry applications and the in-depth exploration of scenario-based applications. In the development of artificial intelligence, China has focused on implementation and practical application from the very beginning, rather than mere conceptual speculation. This is the right start.
Since then, from 2015 to 2016, the State Council and related ministries and commissions have successively issued a number of documents, providing clear guidance for the implementation of artificial intelligence. For example, the "Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Actively Promoting the "Internet +" Action" takes artificial intelligence as one of the 11 key areas of deployment, and the "Internet +" Artificial Intelligence Three-Year Action Implementation Plan proposes to form a 100 billion-level plan by 2018. AI market application scale.
2017 was a turning point for the development of artificial intelligence in China. In March 2017, artificial intelligence was written into the "Government Work Report" for the first time. Artificial intelligence has risen to a national strategy. In July of the same year, the State Council issued the "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan", which clearly put forward the "three-step" strategic goal. By 2030, it will seize the global commanding heights of artificial intelligence, and the scale of the core artificial intelligence industry will exceed 1 trillion yuan, driving the scale of related industries. more than 10 trillion yuan. In December, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for Promoting the Development of a New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020)", which proposed to focus on the industrialization and integrated application of a new generation of artificial intelligence technology to promote artificial intelligence and manufacturing. Deepen the integration of industries, and accelerate the construction of a manufacturing power and a network power. In the "two sessions" in 2018, artificial intelligence was once again written into the "Government Work Report". It can be seen that artificial intelligence has become an important means and foundation for enriching the country and strengthening the people, and it is also an important measure and dimension reflecting national competitiveness. The deep integration of artificial intelligence technology with social and economic development is an urgent problem that needs to be solved at present, and it is also the focus and hotspot of the next development of artificial intelligence.
AI is a "droplet", AI is still a catalyst
Before the "two sessions" held this year, the big discussion on artificial intelligence has been in full swing. Robin Li, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chairman and CEO of Baidu, brought four proposals, one of which is "Encouraging Enterprises to Open Artificial Intelligence Platforms", suggesting that the state introduce more vigorous policies and measures such as projects, funds, and taxation to promote various industries and The region accelerated the application of artificial intelligence open platforms, and at the same time increased support for my country's local deep learning open source platforms. Just as data needs to be shared and big data platforms are made public, the construction of an AI open platform can more effectively connect the technical capabilities and computing resources of AI companies with the data and applications of traditional companies, so as to realize the integration between AI and the real economy. Integrate innovation, and then promote the transformation and development of the real economy.
Ma Huateng, deputy to the National People's Congress, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Tencent, put it more directly. The application of artificial intelligence can start from vertical fields. Improve management efficiency.
Four of the five suggestions put forward by Yang Yuanqing, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, are related to artificial intelligence and industry intelligence. He believes that in the future, AI will not only penetrate into people's lives, but also play a huge role in the transformation and upgrading of my country's manufacturing industry. He suggested arming all walks of life with artificial intelligence and giving the real economy wings to take off.
AI is a "droplet", which will penetrate into all walks of life in the future; AI is a glue, which perfectly combines traditional industries with emerging technologies; AI is also a catalyst, which makes intelligent technology more intense in the process of deep integration with industry applications The chemical reaction continues to promote innovation and development.
Artificial intelligence "falling hot" is really hot
During the "two sessions", Nanjing University announced the establishment of the School of Artificial Intelligence, which is another AI school after the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xidian University. A survey of the job market in 2018 showed that the highest annual salary of graduates in the AI field can reach 500,000 to 700,000 yuan. Coincidentally, on March 9, more than 30 first-year students participated in the first lesson of "Artificial Intelligence into the Classroom" in the classroom of Shuren School of the Middle School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University. It is said that the artificial intelligence elective course offered by the middle school was robbed in less than two hours. The development of artificial intelligence technology and industry is inseparable from talents.
Sun Pishu, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of Inspur Group, said in the "Suggestions to Accelerate the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry" submitted that the country should actively deploy cutting-edge theoretical research and advanced technology research and development, and forward-looking layout of advanced machine learning, quantum intelligent computing and other cross-disciplinary foundations Theoretical research, breaking through unsupervised learning and autonomous learning, and strengthening the training of artificial intelligence-related talents.
Yao Qizhi, one of the chairman of the 2018 Global Artificial Intelligence Technology Conference (referred to as 2018 GAITC), winner of the 2000 Turing Award and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, once mentioned in an interview that talent is a national plan. Cultivate outstanding talents by yourself, give young people enough space, and have clear separation standards and reward mechanisms for the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements. Regarding the implementation of artificial intelligence, Yao Qizhi pointed out that artificial intelligence needs to be continuously improved at some detail levels, adjusted according to existing experience and parameters, and at the same time, it must constantly break through the existing technical bottlenecks. If quantum computing can be combined with AI, humans may do things that even nature has not thought of.
Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology, said at the press conference during the "two sessions" that if artificial intelligence wants to penetrate into various fields, the most important thing is to do a good job in the key technology and basic research of artificial intelligence, and make it quickly expand to society. of all levels. my country has started the construction of an open source platform for artificial intelligence, and will soon release guidelines and rules for artificial intelligence projects, accelerate the transformation and application of artificial intelligence innovations, and continuously strengthen international exchanges and cooperation.
Promote the application of artificial intelligence to industrial development and to all aspects of social life. The "landing fever" of artificial intelligence is really hot. The 2018 Global Artificial Intelligence Technology Conference will take you to appreciate the "landing fever" of artificial intelligence.
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