Cover News Reporter Zhang Yuexi On the morning of September 5, the 2024 Inclusion Bund Conference opened at the Shanghai Huangpu World Expo Park. In his speech at the opening main forum, Kevin Kelly, the famous futurist, founding editor-in-chief of "Wired" magazine and author of

Cover News Reporter Zhang Yuexi

On the morning of September 5, the 2024 Inclusion Bund Conference opened at the Shanghai Huangpu World Expo Park. Famous futurist, founding editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, and author of "The World in 5,000 Days", Kevin Kelly pointed out in his speech at the opening main forum that when artificial intelligence profoundly affects the economy and culture, artificial intelligence will inevitably emerge. Three major trends: globalism, innovation acceleration and AI-driven generation.

Three major trends in the AI ​​era: globalism, innovation acceleration and AI-driven generation

Kevin Kelly believes that globalism is advancing rapidly because we are jointly building a "super organism" based on technology. "We are connecting the world's mobile phones, laptops and all data servers into one giant computing system. Each device is like a neuron of this huge computer. This supercomputer runs at high speed on an unprecedented scale.

"We are building a huge, global, planet-scale machine," he believes. Although people may have different preferences for devices and content, these differences are just differences in the way they interact. Fundamentally, they are all Belong to the same platform. All digital technologies in the world, including artificial intelligence, run on this new platform.

Kevin Kelly pointed out that the advancement of globalism in the era of artificial intelligence is also promoting an emerging global culture. For example, he said that people's lifestyles and clothing have gradually become the same: jeans and T-shirts have become standard equipment around the world, and we all live in reinforced concrete houses with air conditioning, running water and wi-fi at home. According to Maslow. Based on the hierarchy of needs theory, people's underlying needs have changed and reached consensus.

In addition, artificial intelligence will achieve true "real-time translation", communication will no longer be delayed, and global language barriers will be broken, coupled with augmented reality (VR). technology, which will greatly change the way cross-border work and communication occur, the global "labor force" will appear for the first time.

The second trend is the acceleration of innovation. Kevin Kelly pointed out that AI technology has accelerated the pace of innovation. This acceleration is reflected in many aspects, including the faster spread of new inventions and new ideas, improving learning efficiency through augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology, and even AI through machines and other sensors. Perceiving the world, etc. In addition, artificial intelligence tools such as chatgpt have also greatly accelerated people’s learning speed.

“Today, I believe that many young people have learned more through artificial intelligence tools such as chatgpt than what they learned in school. ," Kevin Kelly believes that when answers become readily available, what is truly valuable is the ability to ask the right questions and the ability to master the right way of thinking.

He said, if you are a young person, in two years you will The jobs haven't even been created yet. In two years, the job market you were trained for in school will change and when you graduate, you'll be working in jobs that didn't exist when you went to school. "How to learn" will become a core skill for future graduates.

Finally, Kevin Kelly talked about the trend of AI-driven generation. He pointed out that artificial intelligence will not only help us get rid of mechanical and boring work, but also complete tasks that we cannot complete independently. , and can even generate brand new things beyond human imagination

"This is the real huge revolution brought by artificial intelligence," Kevin Kelly said, artificial intelligence systems are generating new things - they are not perfect yet, but they are. It gets better and better. He emphasized that artificial intelligence is diverse, it is not just one kind, these intelligences will fill many possible fields of intelligence, and we will also create many different artificial intelligences.

For example, he said that through this year and a half of experience using chatgpt and other large language models, the people who benefit the most from artificial intelligence tools are actually employees with average or poor performance. AI tools aren't just for the smartest people, they can also help less brilliant people do their jobs better.

answers questions from Chinese netizens: Humanity is reshaping civilization through artificial intelligence

Before the opening of the 2024 Bund Conference, Kevin Kelly collected questions about AI from Chinese readers through the official WeChat of the Bund Conference. On the 5th, the Bund Conference officially announced Kevin Kelly's answer.

Regarding whether artificial intelligence is the next evolutionary stage of human beings, Kevin Kelly gave a positive answer. He believes that artificial intelligence is as important as fire, printing and the industrial revolution. It will be widespread and huge. change. But it will take at least a century to achieve, possibly even longer, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

"Humanity is reshaping civilization through artificial intelligence." Kevin Kelly said that maybe for a million years, we have been the only intelligent species on this planet. But now we are creating artificial "aliens", as if they come from distant planets to visit us. These "alien" ideas will be introduced into our world, creating a new culture.

is about how to ensure that the future brought by artificial intelligence is beneficial, rather than exacerbating inequality. Kevin Kelly said that we have reason to be cautious about any new technology, and artificial intelligence is no exception. "I think one of the biggest problems of the future may come from artificial intelligence. But many of the problems we worry about today may not be the hardest to solve. Those problems are solvable. The real challenges may be things we haven't imagined yet. "

He believes that we must first use technology to guide its development. One of the best ways to achieve the future driven by artificial intelligence that we want is to actively participate in it, rather than trying to ban it or make it invisible. Its exclusion. Secondly, we should promote the open source of artificial intelligence technology as much as possible. The open source model gives more people the opportunity to participate, forming a more inclusive technology ecosystem.

When answering “Which jobs will not be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future?”, Kevin Kelly said that just as there are almost no jobs today that do not require the use of some kind of energy, almost all jobs in the future will use some degree of artificial intelligence. Intelligent, but this does not mean that they will be completely replaced by artificial intelligence.