the bund conference discussed the future of human-machine symbiosis. xiao yanghua of fudan university: ai should be people-oriented
2024-09-05
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liu peng, reporter of chao news client
the development of science and technology should not ignore humanistic care. on september 5, at the opening ceremony of the 2024 inclusion·the bund conference, 24-year-old one-armed boy zhou jian played the piano with his smart bionic hand, freezing a warm scene on the stage. afterwards, xiao yanghua, professor of the school of computer science and technology at fudan university and director of the shanghai key laboratory of data science, and han bicheng, founder and ceo of zhejiang qiangnao technology, talked about the future of human-machine symbiosis.
they believe that the large-scale application of technologies such as ai will reshape the connotation of human beings and then reshape our social relations. in the face of a series of risk challenges such as ai ethics, ai application guidelines should be established in advance, with people-oriented as the primary starting point.
in xiao yanghua's view, with the widespread application of brain-computer interfaces and ai technology, machines have become the external brains and limbs of humans, and humans are no longer humans in the traditional biological sense. he said that in the intelligent era, humans will become the "superman" described by philosopher nietzsche, that is, people who transcend themselves. however, this self-transcendence will be achieved with the assistance of external tools such as machine intelligence. humans will become supermen enhanced by machine intelligence, and perhaps this will be the ultimate impact on the production and life of human society after the long-term use of advanced technology.
"along with this, the social relations between people will also change accordingly, and ai will become an agent for humans to engage in various production and activities. the relationship between humans and machines, and the relationship between machines, will inevitably be included in our examination of social relations," said xiao yanghua.
as a promoter of brain-computer interface technology applications, han bicheng believes that brain-computer interfaces will undergo three stages of change in the next 5-10 years, namely: repair, enhancement, and higher-order interaction. repair is to help those who need it most, such as those with brain diseases and limb disabilities, to resume normal life. the second is enhancement. for example, can we use brain-computer interface technology to provide functional supplements for the elderly based on their consciousness, so that each elderly person can walk 5-10 more years? the next generation of interaction will become more advanced. for example, conversations are now done through language, but in the future, they may no longer need to be done through language. when we receive questions, we think about them and pass them on.
in their view, new technologies will bring more new possibilities, but potential scientific and technological ethics issues are also worthy of attention.
"the large-scale application of ai poses four major challenges to human life," xiao yanghua said. the first challenge is how our social development superstructure, such as production relations, can adapt to the rapid development of advanced productivity represented by artificial intelligence. "the development of generative artificial intelligence technology has already been recorded in months. however, human emotions, values, and ethical concepts are very slow to adjust. how to reconcile this contradiction is one of the challenges we need to face."
xiao yanghua believes that the second issue is the issue of technology inclusion. we should prevent a small number of people from gaining unfair competitive advantages with the help of advanced technology. in addition, we should also pay special attention to preventing technology addiction and preventing advanced technology from backlashing against humanity.
artificial intelligence can "create people" and even "create supermen". han bicheng believes that ai technology has played an increasingly important role in helping people with physical and visual impairments, helping the visually impaired to "see" again and helping people with physical disabilities to regain their mobility. however, technology can also enable people to acquire some abilities beyond ordinary people, and it is worth thinking about how to balance these risks.
looking to the future, they believe that the primary principle of ai application should be people-oriented, returning to the essence of technology serving people, and being extremely cautious about anything that harms human nature.
in xiao yanghua's view, the large-scale abuse of ai may damage the nature of human beings. we should be cautious about any ai application that harms the nature of human beings, and we should restrict it. to this end, "we should attach importance to technology governance, and consider governance in advance to prepare for a rainy day."
han bicheng said that the existence of the ai ethics committee is very important. when technology advances, we should pay more attention to those who "move slowly". "when a technology that can change the world appears, we will use it to help those who need it most."
the combination of science and technology and humanities is the unchanging background of the bund conference. how to exert the power of science and technology to make everyone's life better is the continuous focus of the bund conference. on september 3, the 2024 inclusion·bund conference released the top ten hot issues in science and technology and humanities, covering professional fields such as science and technology inclusion, green development, life sciences, and technology ethics. the guests will jointly discuss the cutting-edge new views and new ideas of the ten questions in science and technology and humanities.
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