"Mr. Chen Mo, do you think it's too early to talk about future cities?" The person who stood up to ask the question was a Western elite who looked like the management of a certain company.
After Chen Mo's speech, the people in the audience below began to become uneasy. For many people, the smart city described by Chen Mo is still far away.
"It's not too early. Let me give you an idea of the time. In the next five years, if there are no accidents, Binhai City will build the prototype of a smart city."
Chen Mo shook his head in denial and said.
"A unified platform for artificial intelligence has emerged. Our company's 'artificial intelligence +' platform is to create an intelligent core. City brain, artificial intelligence + transportation, artificial intelligence + building, artificial intelligence + electrical appliances, artificial intelligence + office, artificial intelligence + Life, etc., these are no longer movies.
Our company headquarters and employee dormitories have all implemented the concept of 'artificial intelligence +', and this concept is being promoted to Binhai City and even cities across China.
According to our statistics, after Binhai City launched the smart transportation project, the average waiting time of citizens at traffic lights on the sidewalk dropped by 15 seconds compared with before. In a city with millions of people, this is a very scary number.
The traffic congestion rate in Binhai City has dropped by more than 70% compared with the same period in previous years. Even during the peak hours of commuting, there will be no large-scale traffic jams. Urban road infrastructure is fully utilized through the analysis of big data and artificial intelligence. Next, as long as driverless transportation becomes popular, the basic prototype of a smart city will be formed. This day will not be too far away. "
Chen Mo's words caused a commotion below.
Looking at the hands raised by everyone, Chen Mo nodded another person to stand up.
"Mr. Chen Mo, we all know that Bill Gates, Musk and other big guys, as well as many experts, are worried that artificial intelligence will bring crisis to mankind. Why are you so sure that artificial intelligence will not bring crisis to mankind? Establishment Smart cities, don’t you worry that artificial intelligence will control humans and destroy them?”
"Why am I more sure than them? Because I am more professional than them. To be a bit crazy, Army Ant Company currently has the most advanced artificial intelligence, and I am the person who knows artificial intelligence best."
Chen Mo gave an answer. This was not the first time he heard this question.
"Artificial intelligence brings crisis to mankind? It is possible, but the probability is pitiful. There are countless things that can destroy mankind, such as a special mutated infectious virus, a large meteorite hitting the earth, nuclear war, climate mutation of the earth itself, all from the universe radiation, or the sudden appearance of three-body aliens, etc.
There is a probability that artificial intelligence will destroy humanity, but according to statistical calculations, this probability is about the same as the end of the world tomorrow. You have to understand that it is impossible for humans to hand over nuclear warheads to artificial intelligence control, and science fiction movies are all lies.
Whether it will bring crisis to mankind depends on human ability. Strictly speaking, artificial intelligence is just a tool created by humans, a tool that makes humans powerful.
In the barbaric era, our ancestors created tools to defeat nature and survive and evolve. They created swords and guns to kill in wars. Did swords and guns destroy mankind? No, these tools only make humans stronger. What destroys mankind is mankind's own desires and madness, and has nothing to do with tools, even if they are advanced tools.
People will die if a gun goes off or a car loses control. Human beings will immediately find the cause and repair the damaged tool. It is impossible to let it go out of control freely. Will humans scrap all cars because they occasionally lose control and kill people? impossible.
The artificial intelligence in the movie is completely out of control and creates robots to kill humans. The probability is about the same as that of all nuclear bombs suddenly exploding together.
Artificial intelligence is the best tool for future universe development, interstellar exploration. Human beings want to become stronger, but they cannot explore the infinite starry sky with their weak bodies and limited strength. Artificial intelligence is an inevitable megatrend. If you are worried that artificial intelligence will destroy mankind, it is better to worry about whether artificial intelligence will replace your job tomorrow. This idea is more practical. "
There was applause below. Chen Mo's metaphors are just right, irrefutable and very convincing.
Soon, another figure stood up. After taking the microphone, the person who stood up spoke.
"Mr. Chen Mo, as far as I know, you are the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Why do your country have so few Nobel Prizes in natural sciences? Does this mean that your country's education is very backward? Technology is very backward? "The person who spoke had a mocking sarcasm in his voice.
Suddenly jumping to this question, Chen Mo was slightly startled, but did not take the other party's sarcastic tone to heart at all.
"Actually, this is also a question I want to ask. I dare to ask everyone here, why does our country win so few Nobel Prizes? Is our education backward? Is our country's science and technology underdeveloped?"
Chen Mo simply shook his head.
"If China's education is backward, then why has China's scientific and technological achievements and economic achievements reached the forefront of the world in just over 40 years of opening up? Even becoming a leader in some scientific and technological fields? Is this an achievement that a backward education can achieve? Those Those who say that China’s education is backward do not understand China, but are just a frog in the well who is following what others say.”
Chen Mo's words spread throughout the entire venue through simultaneous translation. Hearing the sarcasm in the answer, the person who stood up to ask the question blushed, and felt that the eyes around him were sneering, as if they were looking at the clown.
Ignoring his reaction, Chen Mo continued to speak.
"As for why China has won so few Nobel Prizes? Have you ever thought about the reason?"
Chen Mo paused for a moment, and everyone on the field fell into silence, thinking about Chen Mo's words and the reasons.
"First of all, natural science, a big tree of science and technology, has education and economy as its backbone, and its achievements are just branches and branches, as well as leaves and flowers. The Nobel Prize is just a better one lent unintentionally on the science and technology tree. The sweeter fruits. Would you deny all the fruits on this tree just because there are only a few good fruits?”
As soon as Chen Mo's voice fell, many people on the field nodded and applauded thunderously.
The Nobel Prize is only one of the most outstanding scientific achievements, but it does not represent them all. They recognize the Nobel Prize, but they all know that the Nobel Prize does not represent the overall level of a country.
Countries such as Sweden and Switzerland have won more Nobel Prizes in natural sciences than Russia, let alone China. But does this mean that the technological level of these countries is more advanced than these two countries? Totally impossible.
Moreover, Chen Mo is not easy to criticize some of the things in the Nobel Prize.
In the 40 years since the Russian October Revolution, and the more than ten years since the United States and the Soviet Union were competing for hegemony, the Soviet Union’s Nobel Prizes in natural sciences have all gone blank. Especially during the Cold War, the Soviet Union's scientific and technological strength once surpassed that of the United States, and a steady stream of new technologies were discovered. However, there was no Nobel Prize, while the United States won many awards during the same period.
These are very clear evidence.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, relations between Russia and all parties improved, and Russia won a spurt of awards. These performances became even more obvious.
It is said that science and technology have no borders, but scientists have nationalities, so it is impossible for technology to have no borders.
There are no scientists from China on the Nobel Prize committee. Why does China have so few natural science awards? If you don’t talk about the technology, and you don’t even have anyone to recommend or speak for it, how can you win an award? The West’s prejudice against China is not just a matter of days.
In the eyes of many people, the Nobel Prize is not fair, but a politically influenced award.
Chen Mo would not say these offending remarks publicly on such a stage, he would just keep them in his heart.
"The second reason is that the research and development of modern top technologies is no longer the era of individual heroes in the past. The winners of the Nobel Prize can only be shared by a limited number of two or three people. As far as I know, the research and development of top technologies in China are Mainly based on teams. A top team can have as few as five or six people, or as many as hundreds of people.
For the results developed by the team, the credit goes to two or three people, which is unrealistic.
Take insulin as an example. When Huaxia synthesized insulin, because the number of people in the R&D team exceeded the upper limit of the Nobel Prize, Huaxia did not apply for the Nobel Prize that year. It is unacceptable to attribute collective achievements to a few individuals.
Nowadays, it is very rare for one or two people to develop advanced technologies that lead the world in science and technology, especially in the context of our Chinese emphasis on teamwork. I am an exception. I cannot use my personal situation to measure the background of our mainstream China, let alone deny China’s education system because of the lack of Nobel Prizes. This idea is very ignorant. "
There was another reason that Chen Mo didn't say.
The top domestic technologies, except for some irrelevant basic theories and other core technologies, are not allowed to be written as papers and published externally, because of concerns about technology leakage.
There is nothing new about papers leaking technology.
Most of the top domestic teams are R&D teams within the official system. They will not publish the top technical papers in order to win a Nobel Prize.
At this moment, everyone was silent, and many scholars nodded in agreement.
Because they all know that the Nobel Prize does not represent the world's highest technical level, but only more advanced and practical technology.
The world's top technological fields, such as nuclear fusion, quantum technology, artificial intelligence, satellites, lasers, etc., are all developed through teamwork. The world's most advanced technological achievements rarely appear on the Nobel Prize stage.
Even an epoch-making theory like the theory of relativity did not win the Nobel Prize that year. Hawking was called a giant of his generation, but until he left, he did not win a Nobel Prize.
(End of chapter)