2024
Sohu Technology Annual Forum
5.17 Official opening
A number of academicians and other heavyweight guests gathered at the 2023 Sohu Technology Summit
On May 17th, World Telecommunication Day, something big is about to happen!
The annual Sohu Science and Technology Annual Forum will once again hit the blockbuster, and a number of academicians, scientists and industry professionals will gather together to stimulate the deep collision of wisdom and go to the sea of stars of science and technology.
This year, the Sohu Science and Technology Forum has entered its sixth year, and the content form has been upgraded again, with the dual theme of scientific frontiers and intelligent era, and innovation in the form of online and offline combination, opening a full-day feast of ideas.
The offline forum will be opened in the afternoon of the same day, and will be broadcast live online on Sohu Video, Sohu Technology Video Account, etc., and Zhang Chaoyang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu Company and Doctor of Physics, will attend the release speech.
Wu Jiangxing, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of the National Digital Switching System Engineering Technology Research Center, and Dean of the Big Data Research Institute of Fudan University, Wang Jiangzhou, Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and Tan Jianrong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Qiushi Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University, will attend the event and deliver keynote speeches on AI security, 6G, robotics and other technical hotspots, imagining the changes brought by these cutting-edge technologies to the human economy and society.
At the same time, the offline forum also invited a number of well-known scientists to share the sea of cutting-edge science. Since the launch of the world's first artificial satellite more than 60 years ago, mankind's exploration of space has not stopped, and Li Jing, a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories and chief scientist of China's Sky Eye FAST, will share his views on China's Sky Eye and space exploration, depicting a deep and vast picture of cosmic civilization.
Or have you ever been even more daring to imagine if the Olympic Games, which have inherited the spirit of human friendship, could not be held on Earth, could they be moved to Mars? Jia Yang, a researcher at the Beijing Space Vehicle Overall Design Department and a designer of deep space probes, has thought about this problem, and the future of Mars tourism and the Mars Olympics may no longer be imagined.
When returning to the physical world from the extraterrestrial universe, room temperature superconductivity, which has caused controversy in the global scientific community many times, human beings are also full of doubts about it. Is it possible? What are the game-changing implications? Luo Huiqian, a researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a popular science writer, will analyze the present and future of room-temperature superconductivity.
If we look at ourselves, human beings still have many unsolved mysteries about the brain, consciousness, sleep, hallucinations, memories and other problems have been confusing us, and the brain interface provides a window for humans to understand the brain. Professor Hong Bo, Dean of Tsinghua University and Professor of the School of Medicine, will share the latest development trend of brain-computer interfaces.
While brain-computer interfaces are exploring the most profound secrets of carbon-based intelligence, silicon-based intelligence is also rising rapidly, and its underlying core is silicon-based chips, and driving human society from the information revolution to the intelligent revolution. Wang Bo, a veteran chip research expert, popular science writer, and winner of the 19th Wenjin Book Award, will reveal the birth of chips and how they can change the world.
At the same time, in the online agenda on the morning of May 17, Tang Limei, the first female scientist of Jiaolong's ocean deep diving, Lu Chaoyang, chair professor of physics at the University of Science and Technology of China, and Gou Lijun, researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor of astronomy at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and leader of the astrophysics group of the scientific advisory group of "The Wandering Earth 2", will share scientific frontiers such as ocean exploration, quantum computing, and extraterrestrial civilization through live broadcast.
In addition, Sergey Young, a longevity investor, co-founder of the Bold Longevity Growth Fund, a member of the XPRIZE Foundation's Innovation Committee, and the author of the best-selling book "The Age Revolution", will also be online to share the topic of the human longevity revolution.
Of course, the wave of AI models set off around the world since last year is still a major topic of this forum. He Baohong, Director of the Institute of Cloud Computing and Big Data of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, An Xiaopeng, Vice President of Alibaba Cloud Group, and Gao Qingyi, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Artificial Intelligence Scholar and Executive Member of the Science Popularization Working Committee of the China Computer Federation, will discuss the future development of human-computer interaction and how large models and generative AI will change human production and life.
Since the beginning of this year, this wave has not stopped at all, but has frequently caused various controversies in the industry. Do you firmly follow OpenAI to make technology, or do you look for nails to make applications first? Is it a general model or a vertical industry model? Do you stick to closed source, or join the open source alliance? None of these have reached a consensus, and Musk, Ultraman, Zuckerberg, as well as Robin Li, Zhou Hongyi, etc., all uphold their respective positions.
To this end, the forum will launch an AI Speculative Roundtable Dialogue offline, inviting Xue Lan, Dean of Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University and Dean of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence International Governance of Tsinghua University, Zhang Qin, member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, former Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, and academician of the International Academy of Nuclear Energy, Lu Zhiwu, Professor of Hillhouse School of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of Chinese and member of the Wenlan team of Beijing Zhiyuan Research Institute, Zhang Daijun, President of Samsung Electronics China Research Institute, Xiang Jiangxu, Managing Partner of Jingcheng Capital, and other representatives, Gao Qingyi will be the moderator. Present a new, multi-perspective speculative feast on the future development of AI, and collide with new sparks of wisdom.
At the same time, the roundtable guests will also discuss the role of AI and other scientific and technological advances in reshaping human lifestyles and values with a broader philosophical perspective, and ask whether technology is a bridge to a happy life or an accelerator of human alienation, as well as the evolution of human-machine relations and the direction of human destiny in the future, and explore the wisdom path of continuing civilization.
Since the first 5G Summit and AI Summit were held successively in 2019, Sohu Technology has continued to report on the development and application of 5G, AI and other technologies. Since 2022, the content and specifications of the annual forum have been newly upgraded, and it has begun to pay full attention to the high-profile cutting-edge hotspots in the field of science and technology, including 6G, large models, alien civilizations, space exploration, life sciences, nuclear fusion, etc., and the heavyweight guest lineup has received wide attention from inside and outside the industry, becoming a brand IP with wide influence in the industry.
Li Yizhong, former Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Bai Chunli, former President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician Liu Yunjie, Academician Shen Changxiang, Academician Zhang Yaqin, Academician Wu Xiangping, as well as Yin Ye, CEO of Huada Group, Ye Jun, President of DingTalk, and other important guests have attended the Sohu Technology Annual Forum and put forward forward-looking insights on the development of science and technology.
Nowadays, the 6G era is quietly coming, and the era of general artificial intelligence led by large models is also accelerating, and the speed of technological evolution is beyond expectations.
How will people be changed by technology? Where will it go? On May 17, pay attention to the 2024 Sohu Technology Annual Forum, and the answer will be revealed soon!