Walking into the Hohhot Sculpture Art Museum in Inner Mongolia, the first thing that catches your eye is "Divine Encounter: A Dialogue between Confucius and Socrates" created by the famous Chinese sculpture artist Wu Weishan.
Looking up, Confucius and Socrates stood side by side, talking.
When Confucius met Socrates, what did he talk about?
"If they (Socrates and Confucius) were alive and met each other, I am sure they would have talked about artificial intelligence". On December 16, 2023, in CCTV's large-scale international cultural exchange program "The United States and the United States", the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to China, Evjeños Calperis, said wittily.
Unexpectedly, Evjeños Calperis' wish "really" came true!
On the evening of June 28, "2024 China· The AI Festival was broadcast on CCTV, in which the wisdom of Confucius and Socrates and other sages was successfully awakened through AI technology, and a wonderful debate was held around "whether the development of artificial intelligence will benefit the world".
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"In artificial intelligence, people come first, and 'benevolence loves others'. If artificial intelligence can follow the path of benevolence and benefit the people, it will definitely live up to my meaning of 'loving all people and being kind'."
In this "virtual debate", Confucius based on "benevolence" and hoped that artificial intelligence could benefit the common people.
AI is an important means of building artificial intelligence. "2024 China· By showing the progress of the deep integration of artificial intelligence in art, design, agriculture, education and other industries, the AI Festival has witnessed the ubiquity of AI.
We see that the symphony "Welcome" was composed by the Central Conservatory of Music using an AI symphony model.
We see that the cultural relics "Yongle Palace Murals", which have been silent for thousands of years, have been restored with the empowerment of AI.
We have seen that in Yili, Xinjiang, because of the smart agricultural system with remote sensing drones and agricultural unmanned vehicles, 3,600 acres of high-standard farmland are managed in an orderly manner, and only two people are enough.
From empowering the real economy, activating literary and artistic innovation, to creating a full-scene smart life...... "2024 China· The AI Festival makes us believe that the correct use of AI will definitely bring us a better world.
As Confucius said, "The wisdom of AI has helped mankind solve many problems." From the intensive study of medical skills to the education and transmission of education, from the hearts of hundreds of craftsmen to the governance of cities, the progress of science and technology and the care of humanity are really great benevolence."
In the ceremony, the value judgment conveyed by Confucius is: science and technology should be people-oriented and born for love.
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"We philosophers have been talking about the question of who I am for thousands of years, and who is artificial intelligence? Food for thought. ”
In this "virtual debate", Socrates leads the group to examine the philosophical proposition of "know thyself" in order to think about how humans should relate to artificial intelligence.
"2024 China· The AI Festival tells us the answer: embrace, harness, and lead.
Image source: CCTV Aerospace creative short film "When the Stars Shine"
One is hugging.
The Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2023 proposed to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence; The 2024 Government Work Report proposes for the first time to carry out the "artificial intelligence +" action; The "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Innovation and Development of Future Industries" jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments mentioned that by 2027, the mainland will become an important source of future industries in the world.
As a strategic technology and general technology leading the future, artificial intelligence is an important engine for the formation of new quality productivity and the core key to promoting the innovation and development of future industries.
According to the "China New Generation Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry Development Report 2024", in 2023, the enterprise adoption rate of generative AI in mainland China has reached 15%, and the market size is about 14.4 trillion yuan.
With the broadcast of the grand ceremony, netizens said, "Salute to the innovators of the relay run, pay tribute to this era that makes innovation flow", "I heard the sonorous steps of human beings and artificial intelligence running in both directions......
The second is control.
What kind of future world will the roaring artificial intelligence take us to? How can we navigate it and grow with it?
As a world-renowned "innovation capital", Shenzhen is one of the highlands for the development of artificial intelligence in mainland China.
On the winding road in Dameisha, a Guinness World Record challenge, 6 cars driven by voice control AI completed the moving pile in only 8 minutes and 57 seconds;
In Mawan Port, the first 5G smart port in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the smooth and efficient intelligent logistics scene gives people the shock of "sci-fi blockbusters" shining into reality......
Those who observe the situation are wise, and those who control the situation are clear. The display in the program of the festival made us deeply feel that in this era of flashing science and technology and surging wisdom, whoever can grasp the opportunities of new economic development such as artificial intelligence will have the pulse of the times.
The third is to lead.
When artificial intelligence strikes each of us in an unstoppable manner, a new round of "cognitive revolution" is very important, and the concept guidance, knowledge popularization, and atmosphere creation of mainstream media are indispensable.
"Every time it will break some old jobs, but it will also give birth to some new opportunities" "AI is not a revolution of tools, but a tool of revolution" "The most disruptive technology in the world is superimposed, not replaced......
The "2024 China· "AI Festival" tries to tell people that the current era is the best opportunity to create a new life for us.
The future has come, will you come?
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"2024 China· In the AI Festival, the debate between Confucius and Socrates is not only a feast of ideas, but also a cultural fusion across time and space.
Socrates was fond of debates in the square, and Confucius was fond of "arguing under the tree". The two sages and philosophers of the East and the West, relative to their time, obtained information through a high density of verbal communication.
More than 2,000 years have passed, and we use the Internet, we don't need to go to the "square", nor do we need to sit "under the tree", as long as a network cable, we can get information that can never be finished, and enjoy the beautiful life brought to us by artificial intelligence.
As a result, new questions arise – as Socrates wrote in 2024 China · AI Extravaganza: Who is artificial intelligence? Where does artificial intelligence come from? Where is AI going?
Image source: Visual China
At the end of the debate, the two thinkers reached a consensus: the difference between humans and the difference between humans depends on the growth of human intelligence.
This debate across time and space also makes us realize that in the face of artificial intelligence, we need to learn from the wisdom of the ancients and explore its future development path with an open, inclusive, and critical attitude.
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