German media: China and the United States are competing for artificial intelligence leadership position

German "Berlin Daily" June 22 article, original title: China or the United States, the dispute over the leadership of artificial intelligence in July 2019, 15 -year -old American girl Charlie Demolio was on TIKTOK on the way to dance class Published a short video. After the dance class, she looked at the mobile phone: the fans added 2,000 newly added. A few months later, the number of fans of her Tiktok account increased to 5 million. Suddenly, the girl became a global star.

TIKTOK is a dream factory of Gen Z. This popular social media application now has 1 billion users. The engine that provides power is high -performance artificial intelligence. Similar to the recommended engine of the streaming media platform, the algorithm will play a video tailored based on the user's interest. The specific working principle of the algorithm is the commercial secret of the Chinese parent company's bytes.

For a long time, China has been considered a Western workbench. But now, China is no longer just assembled cars or mobile phones. The most popular APP no longer comes from Silicon Valley, but from China. The Chinese government has set ambitious goals: by 2030, it will become the world's market leader of artificial intelligence. To this end, China is investing huge amounts of funds for many R & D centers. Like the moon landing competition. This competition not only has about who has developed the best application, but also about who wrote "game rules" for the society. In addition to technical standards, who also includes morality and ethics.

Analysts predict that China may produce more data than the United States in 2025. Former CEO Eric Schmidt said that China may soon replace the United States and become a "artificial intelligence superpower." (Author Adrian Lobe, Aoki Translation)

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