AI can paint things that people are willing to pay for
This has already happened
AI can write books that people are willing to buy
This will happen before long
"AI 2041" is a joint work of me as an AI scientist
And Chen Qiufan as a leading writer of speculative fiction
The technology mentioned in the book, as I see it
Is very likely to come out within 20 years
To inform our readers
How the future world will be
Smart city and unmanned car may come true within a decade in China
The metaverse may come in 5 to 10 years
Quantum computing is a huge
Disruptive breakthrough technology
If we are troubled with some disease
We can have quantum simulation
Of a virtual body
Take a pill
And we know if it works
There will be challenges in the 15 to 20 years to come
People will lose their jobs to AI
Because in the industrial age
In fact, (business owners) have to convince blue-collar workers
That by doing a boring, repetitive job
They will make money and buy house
Working is the meaning of their life
People did buy it
But today the era of AI has been ushered in
If we continue to believe
That working is our life meaning
And our job is stolen by AI
Then we will plumb the depth of pain
It frees people from repetitive jobs
One thing that AI can't do yet
Is the analysis
That human brain is capable of
And judgment and creativity
Another thing is the trust, friendship and care
Between human beings
So I would suggest young people to enhance these two skills
Which is soft power
Meanwhile try to master tools to utilize AI
My daughter majored in art and photography
Which laid her a good foundation in fine art
But finally when it comes to career
Product design in a high-tech company is better for her
When they were in high school
I always told them
Going to college
Is not about learning some skill that ensures a lifelong job
It's about gaining the ability of learning
So that you are capable of self-learning
Because jobs will be taken away by AI
And also college gives you an opportunity to find your interests
If you accomplish these two missions
Your college time is well spent
To compete with AI
You have to find something you really like
Something that just won't get out of your head
If you have such drive
You will certainly outrun AI
Maybe in 20 years
We can work 15 hours a week
And still make enough money to live
And things get cheaper and cheaper
Because we have AI and robots to produce them
And the price of energy reduces as well
But when the cost of products is reduced by 90%
Those companies that make the products
Will they lower their price by 80% or 90%
Let us benefit from it
Or will they try every means to make us pay the highest price
And hurt more people
I think the final end of human beings
Be it a particularly exhilarating one of the best sort
Or a worst-case ending
We all deserve it
So I want to remind us that we are now at a crossroad
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