China plans to launch national AI plan

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China plans to launch national AI plan

Reuters Published June 30, 2017

China will launch a series of artificial intelligence (AI) projects and increase efforts to cultivate tech talent as part of a soon to announced national AI plan, the China Daily said on Friday, citing a senior official.

The country is focusing on AI as it is seen as a tool to boost productivity and empower employees, the paper said.

China will roll out a slew of AI research and development projects, allocate more resources to nurturing talent and increase the use of AI in education, healthcare and security among other things, said Wan Gang, the minister of science and technology at a conference in Tianjin.

The plan will soon be released to the public, said Wan.

China will build cooperation with international AI organisations and encourage foreign AI firms to set up R&D centres in the country, he added.

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Abdulkarim

Jun 30, 2017 01:52pm

Super intellegence AI is a God in the making.Whoever did it first is going to rule the world and would have complete control over all the technological advancements of the future.It would have such a high level intellegence that we would be mere ants to it.That is the future of Humanity and only a progressive nation like China have the foresight to see it.

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Abdulkarim

Jun 30, 2017 01:54pm

If someone don't know the type of oppurtunities that AI can bring I recommend reading the AI article on waitbutwhy.It is an incredibly detailed article on the opputunities and dangers that AI promises.

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Statistician

Jun 30, 2017 05:45pm

@Abdulkarim I would recommend taking look at Kaggle.com

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Statistician

Jun 30, 2017 05:46pm

This is the new direction and the next big thing that is already here. Pakistan should follow the suit

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Sid

Jun 30, 2017 08:23pm

@Abdulkarim your statements such as humans would be mere ants before AI, and that AI can be a tool to rule the world sounds very strange. AI is already been used in fighting human diseases as cancer. No points for guessing who is leading the efforts, USA

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alba

Jun 30, 2017 09:53pm

China is behind America and India in robotics.

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Ravi Sankar

Jul 01, 2017 12:43am

@Abdulkarim Thanks for the information. It is really a good read and AI beautifully explained. Thanks again.

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Jsmkumar

Jul 01, 2017 08:23am

Already unemployement and slow groth rate are making china worry.Artificial intelligence & robotics will take away lot of employment.

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