大历史观下的人工智能内涵探讨

Artificial Intelligence in the Great Historical Perspective

人工智能不同于人类历史上任何的科学、学科或者技术。在人工智能诞生以前,以材料和能量两种形式为主的所有人类发明的科学技术都是用于增强、扩展人类的体质、体力能力,使人类更好地适应、改造自然。在信息科学诞生以后,人工智能开始超越人类处理信息的能力,机器可开始在信息处理方面超越人类的部分理性智能。从材料、能量、信息到智能,人类即将通过智能技术开启一种自我转变过程,进入一个新的进化阶段。因此,考察人工智能的发展,应将其放在整个宇宙演化、人类进化和文明进化的大历史背景下加以考察和分析,也就是,我们应将人工智能看作是一种宇宙和人类进化的产物。

Artificial intelligence is different from any science,discipline or technology in human history.Before the birth of artificial intelligence,all human-invented science and technology,mainly in the form of materials and energy,were used to enhance and expand human physique and physical ability,so that humans could better adapt and transform nature.After the birth of information science,artificial intelligence began to surpass the ability of humans to process information,and machines can begin to surpass part of human rational intelligence in information processing.From materials,energy,information to intelligence,humans are about to start a process of self-transformation through intelligent technology and enter a new stage of evolution.Therefore,when examining the development of artificial intelligence,it should be examined and analyzed in the context of the evolution of the entire universe,human evolution,and civilization.That is,we should regard artificial intelligence as a kind of evolution of the universe and humans.product.