Why are there still people boasting about artificial intelligence now?
Q: Why are there still people boasting about artificial intelligence now? A: It's almost just about stirring up anxiety and promoting a sense of existence to save the increasingly lost attention and capital favor (look at that Chinese AI rising star, three out of four cannot pass the IPO, the only possible one, SenseTime, seems to be going bankrupt). You don't have to compare artificial intelligence with the workers on the manufacturing assembly line who don't have time to care about it. Artificial intelligence technology is just a ripple in the process of automation and mechanization. The big brother and father of the artificial intelligence industry - fully automated assembly lines - pose a greater threat to their unemployment; The essence of the former is actually more manifested as a pure real internet celebrity industry and cultural IP, but in recent years, it has suddenly crossed over to engage in technology. The prosperity that artificial intelligence can bring cannot be said to be non-existent, and even combined with concepts such as 5G, autonomous driving, and the Internet of Things, they are like floating duckweed on water. We can imagine their lightness, but if we want to pick them, we have to wade into the water at an unknown depth. Therefore, for now, they only exist in our imagination, even in the foreseeable future, because we cannot see when the next industrial revolution will explode. Some people are still boasting about artificial intelligence and other "floating duckweed" technologies, probably to fight for their own interests. Every concept of speculation in modern society is a distortion of wealth distribution and resource allocation, enriching one and losing the other. The main topic mentioned that "money is made by foreigners and people who play with concepts", which is also true. I think it is worth noting that it is unnecessary for these funds to flow into the artificial intelligence industry (as crazy as in 17 years), and invest in machine automation and research and development of key components. As the main topic sees, it may be more valuable. Without considering marketing in terms of technology, a deeper issue is that our country's enterprises/capital are unwilling to live a difficult life and are trying their best to promote the artificial intelligence industry or automation technology in order to avoid rising labor wages. If fully developed artificial intelligence products are compared to skilled workers, this thinking is a repetition of old tricks: previously seeking cheap physical labor machines, now seeking cheap digital labor machines. In fact, a company that is used to making money with cheap workers and extensive methods is unrelated to "high-tech and high knowledge R&D": the former is actually a labor-intensive industry. In terms of this issue, instead of using financial subsidies for artificial intelligence to subsidize some entrepreneurs who draw PPTs, it is better for the Party and the state to take the lead in organizing a disciplined AI collaborative union to protect workers' rights, strengthen machine operation training, and not arbitrarily suspend or dismiss workers, ensuring their dominant position as producers on the production line; Promote human-machine integration, improve artificial intelligence and automated machines into good helpers for workers, and alleviate robustness issues such as neural networks; Deeply develop optimization strategies on the front line, with people using them and machines using them organically. There may be many detailed issues in the formulation and implementation of these measures, but it is a direction that must be taken seriously. After all, workers are first and foremost human beings, and they are the standard of strong artificial intelligence! Then comes the labor force!