The Artificial Intelligence related topics run through the four-day forum agenda at the 2018 World Economic Forum.Machine learning, big data, autopilot, robots are set to be the subject of several sub-forums.
Among them, China's science and technology companies have received widespread attention.Alibaba, Baidu and Jingdong participated in more than the formal forum of Davos to discuss the promotion of technology to business. Outside the formal agenda, Chinese companies also became A social star, hosted by Alibaba and Jingdong banquet guests list, there are some of the world's top technology giants such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency during the forum, Ali Xia, president of Aliyun, said at this annual meeting in Davos that the "interest" of foreign entrepreneurs in Chinese enterprises lies not only in the trading of goods but also in the application and management of technologies. "Foreign enterprises At home, there is growing interest in the digital transformation of Chinese enterprises. China's digital experience in development is a matter of worldwide concern. "
According to Xinhua News Agency, Jingdong Financial CEO Chen Shengqiang pointed out during the forum that four years ago, many technology startups in the United States and Europe had far more technological capabilities than similar Chinese companies. "Today, at least in terms of AI and big data, Chinese technology companies Already at the forefront of the world.
China Science and Technology Competitiveness
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, said that people have seen that China has led the global development in many aspects, including the future of the Internet and other fields of science and technology.
In the view of Hu Xiaoming, president of Aliyun, the digital transformation in China is expected to be at the forefront of the world in the next five years. On the one hand, China's vigorous implementation of big data strategy and building of digital China will speed up the digital transformation of Chinese society; on the other hand, In the age of the Internet, the mechanisms by which governments, enterprises, consumers and research institutions work together to promote technological innovation and application can organize social resources in the most efficient manner and generate great vitality in Chinese society.
Compared to some Western countries, Chinese consumers are accepting new technologies faster, universities are integrating research with industry, and enterprises are also deeply involved in the digital transformation of economy and society, coupled with the injection of government resources. "Hu Xiaoming accepted the Xinhua News Agency According to the interview, China cloud computing enterprises represented by Aliyun caught up with one of the 'best times' to rapidly convert technology into production capacity.
He said that the large population, reform and opening up and forward-looking judgments on the future have created China's young big market, created a group of the world's leading Internet companies and accumulated a wealth of digital practical experience.
Hu Xiaoming said that today’s China is a testing ground for global digital transformation. China not only provides commodities for external use, but also provides digital transformation capabilities, methods, and experiences, including for some developed countries, which will promote the common prosperity and progress of all countries.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, JD Finance CEO Chen Shengqiang pointed out that the core of the forthcoming scientific and technological revolution is to liberate people's brainpower and promote humankind to enter the 'Intelligence Age'. Unlike the previous three scientific and technological revolutions, which originated in Western developed countries, The scientific and technological revolution China and developed countries are on the same starting line. In terms of data, computational power, and algorithms, China has achieved development that goes hand in hand with developed countries.
Discuss AI business
In addition to Chinese companies, Davos is also a stage where global business leaders demonstrate their technology ambitions.
During the Davos forum, French President Marcon and Google CEO Sundar Pichai reached a consensus after the talks. Google will set up an AI basic research center in Paris to focus on automatic learning, language, Machine vision and other technologies to improve health and environmental issues.
In Paris, Google currently has 700 employees and Pizzer has repeatedly emphasized that it will continue to expand the hiring scale, hoping that the number of employees in Paris will reach 1,000 and set up four divisions.
Facebook took the lead over Google and has set up an AI lab in Paris to be the first AI company to enter France. Facebook COO Sandberg and Markelon agree, expected $ 12.2 million budget for public institutions scholarships , As well as support for servers and open source data sets; and doubling the size of existing AI labs by 2022 with the addition of 30 Paris-based doctoral programs.
At the same time, the British Prime Minister, Teresa May, said before attending the Davos forum that he hoped Britain could become the world leader in new technologies. In the UK's last year's budget speech, Philip Hammond, the chancellor of the United Kingdom, Announced plans to launch unmanned vehicles in the United Kingdom by 2021, while the British government will also establish an artificial intelligence regulatory and ethics center.
Virginia Rometty, president and CEO of IBM, said that in the technology field, the core issue for the future is how to guide the development of the network. Technologies such as social networking, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing bring both unsolved problems Solutions, but also to the community to bring unprecedented challenges.
Luo Manti believes that the 'safety guidelines' technology, starting from three aspects: The first is to clear the technical purpose and ensure transparency, for example, in the field of augmented reality to find out who trained the data' Second, to comply with A set of data principles Data always belongs to users or consumers, and the free flow of data is based on the premise that security and privacy are protected, which must be clear and, thirdly, it is the company's responsibility to nurture the next generation of workers.