It imagines a future society which, with the help of AI, already reaches carbon neutrality using an abundance of green energy. But particularly, I will say that the final story, "Dreaming of Plenitude," will be the most idealistic one. Qiufan: All of them reflect a little bit of hopes and dreams. : Is there one tale in this collection that best reveals your hopes for AI's future? So we chose to blend the futuristic narrative together with the solid analysis and explanation to help people understand why and how AI is supposed to be created as a helper rather than terminator. That's how mankind builds up consensus and convergence. Because if we want to create a future we live in, we must first learn to imagine it. Both Kai-Fu and I felt that there is urgency to deliver a much more optimistic and plausible portrait of the future. No matter how close they imagine and reflect reality. Qiufan: I think I've seen enough dystopian futures in science fiction across different mediums. : How does "AI 2041's" union of visionary storytelling and informative summaries best present this timely topic? It will help us better understand ourselves as a civilization and as a species. Last but not least, I am really excited about how AI could help to reveal some fundamental principles and patterns in sociology, psychology, archaeology and more humanities disciplines.
Secondly, if we are able to find a way to teach AI to learn using small data, just as the human brain does, rather than endlessly scaling up the data and computation power, I believe it might be the path leading to AGI, and of course, more sustainable for our environment. It will fundamentally change the way of current science research and experiment. Qiufan: Firstly, AI can predict a lot of things based on the existing dataset, such as protein structures, wildfire hot spots, mapping the brain connectomes, etc. : What specific elements of advanced AI are you most excited about? In the case of AI, the externalities of misuse, the amplification of the bias in the data sets, and the unexplainability and incomprehensibility of the technology itself, will all lead to the negative response and imagination from the mass. It has appeared countless times in history: the Crusades, the Age of Sail, the U.S.-Soviet Cold War, 9/11, and so on.
: Why do humans have such distrust of AI and where did the anxiety originate?Ĭhen Qiufan: I think the root of this fear or anxiety comes from the false imagination of the others, a projection of hostility, an apprehension of the unknown. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. connected with Qiufan to learn more about humankind's wariness of AI and how its emergence will challenge the organizing principles of economic and social structure.
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