President of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Strategy: The three major disruptive technologies in the next 10 years may mutually empower and iterate through breakthroughs

The emergence of artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT has triggered a wave of technological change. This weekend, the "Pujiang Innovation Forum -2023 International Symposium on Science and Technology Innovation Think Tanks" with the theme of "AI reshaping the paradigm of technological innovation" was held in Shanghai

The emergence of artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT has triggered a wave of technological change. This weekend, the "Pujiang Innovation Forum -2023 International Symposium on Science and Technology Innovation Think Tanks" with the theme of "AI reshaping the paradigm of technological innovation" was held in Shanghai. Experts from first-class science and technology innovation think tanks and industry university research institutions at home and abroad delivered speeches.

Zhang Xu, president of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy, said that the next 10 years will be an important period for AI, quantum computing, Fusion power and other disruptive technologies to enable each other and achieve group breakthroughs, as well as a key decade to determine the competition pattern of major countries.

Three disruptive technologies empower each other

Recently, there are two technology news worth paying attention to, "Dean Zhang Xu said in his speech. One is that in May this year, Microsoft signed a power purchase agreement with Helion Energy to purchase 50 megawatts of electricity from the latter in 2028. The second news is related to it: Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, invested 375 million dollars in Helion Energy, and the two enterprises will cooperate in depth to accelerate the experiment of Fusion power with AI big model.

Dean Zhang Xu delivered a speech at the seminar.

The AI models developed by OpenAI, such as ChatGPT and GPT-4, have become widely known to the public. What technology is Fusion power developed by Helion Energy Company? It is reported that Fusion power is commonly known as "artificial sun", that is, to simulate the Nuclear fusion process of the sun, and release energy by using the fusion reaction of hydrogen isotope deuterium and tritium. It is regarded as an "ultimate solution" to solve the problem of human energy and carbon emissions, because deuterium reserves up to 40 trillion tons in the world's oceans. If all deuterium is used for fusion reaction, the energy released is enough for human unlimited use. Its reaction product is helium without Radioactive contamination, and it will not produce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

Although the application prospect is desirable, the technology of Fusion power is extremely difficult. One of the major problems is "magnetic control of Tokamak". The device of Fusion power is called Tokamak, which is used to restrain the high-temperature plasma, so that the Nuclear fusion reaction can be sustained and controllable. With the increase of Nuclear fusion reactors, Tokamak devices are becoming more and more complex, and the requirements for the operation settings of its internal configuration are becoming higher and higher. Moreover, this control process is nonlinear, real-time changing, and multivariable, which is difficult for traditional calculation methods to bear.

Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (Xinhua News Agency)

In the cutting-edge field of quantum computing, artificial intelligence also has important value. It can optimize the software and hardware design of quantum computing applications, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of Quantum technology applications. There is a mutually reinforcing and interdependent relationship between artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In the future, with the development of technology in these two fields, this relationship will become even closer and more complex, "said Zhang Xu.

Five suggestions to seize historical opportunities

Coordinate the layout of energy bases and computing power to form the basic competitiveness of artificial intelligence development. Compared to other countries, a unique advantage of China is the cool climate in the western region and the abundant and clean power resources. To fully utilize this advantage, we need to promote projects such as "East to West Computing", build a batch of computing power factories in the west, and form a low-cost computing power network that combines supercomputing, intelligent computing, and even future quantum computing, providing competitive basic conditions for the development of artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Support diversified Technology roadmap synchronously, and form the ability to cope with rapid changes in technology as a whole. The development of disruptive technologies is "emergent", and it is difficult to predict which Technology roadmap and which enterprise will win. Before the route is clear, multiple technological forces from different directions should be deployed, adhering to original innovation while maintaining the ability to quickly follow up on any technological route.

Proactively design challenging scenarios to guide more long-term and innovative technological breakthroughs. The modernization process of China has provided many opportunities for scientists. Major tasks such as lunar base, Exploration of Mars exploration, and deep sea exploration will bring exciting scenes to the development of strong artificial intelligence. Long term goals and important milestones should be set to encourage scientists to carry out long-term and innovative research.

Strengthen collaboration centered around enterprises and enhance the control of disruptive technology ecosystems. Enterprises are sensitive to the market, have strong resource allocation capabilities, and are best able to seize the opportunities of technological revolution. In the United States, the leading forces of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and Fusion power are all enterprises. China has also emerged as a group of world-class technology leaders. We need to guide enterprises to strengthen basic research, form collaborative capabilities with high-level universities and research institutions, and strengthen inter enterprise alliances to build a disruptive technology innovation ecosystem with leading enterprises as the core.

Make every effort to promote international exchange and cooperation, introduce more high-level talents, deeply integrate into the international innovation ecosystem, and make China a global hub for disruptive technological change.

The Solution to Change: Global Science and Technology Think Tank Thought Observation "released.

At the seminar, the "Solution to the Changing Situation: An Observation of Global Science and Technology Think Tanks", led by the Shanghai Institute of Science, and jointly completed by Fudan University, Tongji University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology Management Cadres, the Moscow State Lemonosov University and other institutions, was also released. This book revolves around the topic of "What Global Science and Technology Think Tanks Are Studying" and is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the research achievements of 12 representative science and technology think tanks worldwide in promoting technology development, promoting technology applications, strengthening technology governance, and supporting technology competition between countries in the past five years. The second part focuses on analyzing representative issues in global science and technology think tank research, aiming to analyze the issues and solutions of science and technology think tanks, Provide reference for the development and scientific decision-making of science and technology think tanks in China.

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Source: Author: Yu Taoran

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