The development of AI means that we have to face a richer world, which needs the maintenance of laws, rules and ethics to ensure the safety, reliability and controllability of AI.
In 5 seconds, AI robots can create a poem for you; in 25 seconds, they can automatically write a news message; "AI synthetic anchor" broadcasts news like a real person, and tirelessly... With the application of artificial intelligence increasingly breaking through the boundaries of people's imagination, some people begin to worry: will artificial intelligence replace human beings?
Indeed, the rapid development of artificial intelligence is reducing the complex reality in front of us one by one: with unmanned driving, complex road conditions and driving fatigue will be alleviated; with automation devices, a huge and incomparable warehouse will be well organized; after the realization of unmanned restaurant, the complex process of ordering, cooking and delivering meals will be reduced. With a housekeeping robot, people will get away from the tedious household affairs... So some people say that when we graduate, our goal is to find a job; but the emergence of artificial intelligence may make the job itself disappear.
In fact, every scientific and technological progress in history will bring similar problems, but the pace of human social progress has not changed. Just as the emergence and popularization of technologies such as steam train, computer and programmable telephone make the careers of coachman, typist and telephone operator hidden behind the historical background, the rapid development of artificial intelligence will also cause the future career changes, which is the progress of the times and the progress of human beings. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "we should properly resolve the impact of informatization, automation and intellectualization on traditional industries and create new employment opportunities in the process of cultivating new industries." A recent report from the World Economic Forum showed that for every job taken away by automation, new jobs will be created twice; in 2022, the employment share of new jobs will rise from 16% to 27%. Technology will generate new business opportunities and create new jobs.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that laws, regulations, systems and ethics should be established and improved to ensure the healthy development of AI. The development of AI means that we have to face a richer world, which needs the maintenance of laws, rules and ethics to ensure the safety, reliability and controllability of AI. For example, in the future, the popularization of driverless driving will require the corresponding adjustment of laws such as the Road Traffic Safety Law; in the face of the ethical dilemma of "saving one or five", the intelligent command system needs to make moral settings; using "big data" to collect, store and analyze personal user information, the behavior of business entities needs to be strictly regulated. Regulation, etc. In a word, in the development and application of AI, we need to grasp the methodology guided by human values, fully consider human conscience and emotion, and avoid the problems of security out of control, legal inaccuracy and ethical disorder.
In terms of ethics and morality, "intelligent society" needs to attach importance to the subjectivity of "human" and construct a new man-machine relationship and human-machine ethics of man-machine coordination. In the interconnected world, everything seems to be transformed into interconnection, computing, identification code, radio frequency technology and distributed networks. The relationship and boundary between subject and object are changing quietly. When the lost items can call the owner, the windows can sense the storm and close themselves, the food in the kitchen has a traceable identification number, and the refrigerator can issue orders for renewal of milk... In a world where people and things are embedded in each other, it is more necessary to highlight the dominant position of "people", avoid the "life of machines" and "mechanization of life" warned by philosophers, and make artificial intelligence conform to human values, serve human beings, and serve human society and economic development.
The Nineteenth National Congress of the CPC put forward the goal of building a "wise society", which is inseparable from a system of inclusive innovation and perfect supervision. In terms of transparency, algorithmic fairness, AI ethics, regulation and responsibility, it is necessary to raise the transparency of R&D and application of emerging technologies and minimize their adverse impact on society through extensive attention and discussion from the government to enterprises and from society to the public. While promoting innovation, legislation and AI policies need to maintain a certain degree of flexibility and give full attention to the rapid development of technology. In addition, we should carry out relevant education popularization activities in the whole society to avoid the "digital divide"; promote ethical education and security awareness education, and be alert to the potential risks of technology abuse.
More than half a century ago, imaginative science fiction novelists formulated "three principles" for robotic ethics. The first one is "no harm to human individuals". Today, the world is paying attention to the development of artificial intelligence, in order to jointly promote artificial intelligence for the benefit of mankind, so that the "bottle spirit" of artificial intelligence can better serve people and create a better future of "intelligent society".
Source: People's Daily