Australia has always been a world leader in basic research on artificial intelligence. The Australian Federal Government and State Governments have provided great financial support for artificial intelligence research, focusing on supporting projects that are directly related to people’s livelihoods, such as transportation, mining, intelligent precision agriculture, medical health, etc. This will help Australia maintain its position in the field of artificial intelligence. International leadership played an important role.

 

 

 

There are tens of thousands of unmanned heavy transport vehicles operating in mines, farms, ports and other places throughout Australia every day; in terms of logistics, Australia’s robotics technology is at the leading level in the world. Take the Port of Brisbane as an example. The operation has been robotized. 27 giant (10 meters high and weighs 60 tons) robots are loading and unloading and transporting goods around the clock; in the agricultural field, the agricultural automatic picking and weeding robots developed by the Australian Robotics Center have saved many farms from the heavy physical strength Freed from labor; in the field of environmental protection, Australia's self-developed underwater robot is closely monitoring the changes in the marine environment of the Great Barrier Reef; in the field of medicine, the artificial eye developed by the Australian National Science Research Fund Committee has completed preliminary tests. At present, cochlear implants produced in Australia account for more than 2/3 of the international market.

 

 

 

However, in terms of industrialization, due to the limited domestic demand, the scale of Australia's artificial intelligence industry is far smaller than that of major countries such as the United States, China and Europe. At present, although some start-up companies in Australia are also working on the development of artificial intelligence products, they are more to provide technology to the Silicon Valley of the United States. Many artificial intelligence products from Europe and the United States are likely to use Australian technology.

 

 

 

Due to the lack of adequate industrial support, Australia is also facing the problem of brain drain in the field of artificial intelligence. Many people have gone to the United States to develop, and some people have come to China, which is vigorously developing artificial intelligence applications. Li Hongdong, a researcher at the Institute of Engineering and Computer Science of the Australian National University and the Australian National Robot Vision Research Center, said that China is now not only paying attention to the government, but also companies and investors are optimistic about the development of artificial intelligence. The combination of government policies and industry funds, plus the huge The actual market-driven effect produced by the market demand of Australia is unattainable in a country like Australia.

 

 

 

Artificial intelligence mainly includes natural language understanding, computer vision, unmanned driving, speech recognition and machine translation, as well as content and applications of intelligent network search. Li Hongdong believes that the fundamental reason for the emergence of this round of artificial intelligence fever is that the computing speed of computers is much faster than in the past, the advancement of machine learning algorithms and the accumulation of large amounts of data in the Internet field over the past 10 years have provided basic materials for machine learning.

 

 

 

Australia is technologically advanced and has sufficient talent reserves in the field of artificial intelligence. China has a huge real and potentially huge market and talent demand. The two countries can develop further cooperation in academic and application fields. "If Chinese entrepreneurs come to Australia to inspect the development of artificial intelligence here, they may find many new opportunities," said Li Hongdong.

 

 

 

United Kingdom: Focus on practicality, not fancy

 

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Huge investment to steadily advance the national strategy

 

 

 

As early as 2012, the British government listed artificial intelligence and robotics as one of the eight key technologies developed by the country. In 2015, the document "The Vision of the Development of Robots and Autonomous Systems in the UK" was released. In November 2016, the British Government Science Office released a report "The Opportunities and Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Decision-Making". A clear and targeted artificial intelligence development strategy is gradually unfolding.

 

 

 

"The Opportunities and Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Decision-Making" believes that under the new situation, the promotion of in-depth application of artificial intelligence in various industries in the UK can effectively promote economic growth and social progress. To this end, the government must actively respond to artificial intelligence in public decision-making. , Law and labor market, etc., and actively dialogue with the public to smoothly promote the development, popularization and application of artificial intelligence.

 

 

 

It is worth noting that the United Kingdom’s artificial intelligence development strategy is closely integrated with related industry sectors in order to achieve the effect of "comprehensive governance and joint development". Simpson, a professor of computer science at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, said that in general, the development of artificial intelligence in the United Kingdom focuses on practice and practicality. If the research is done, it can be used in fields such as industry and medicine. British media reported that recently, the University of Warwick and Coventry University in the UK have jointly promoted a new project, which is to use innovative artificial intelligence technology to more effectively and accurately classify cancer cells. This is a new application of artificial intelligence in the medical field.

 

 

 

The British government has spared no effort in financial support for artificial intelligence. Not long ago, the British government announced an increase of £4.7 billion in research and development funds to promote the development of smart energy technology, robotics and 5G mobile communications. At the same time, the British government intends to spend about 200 million pounds to establish a new "technical college" to provide high-skilled artificial intelligence training for employers.

 

 

 

In March of this year, the UK’s new budget confirmed that the government will allocate 270 million pounds to support the country’s universities and commercial institutions to carry out research and innovation, especially artificial intelligence, which can be used for robots in offshore oil exploration, nuclear energy, aerospace and other industries. Technology, more advanced electric vehicle battery technology, and advanced drug production technology.

 

 

 

 

 

Plan ahead and want to lead the new technological revolution

 

 

 

The British "Daily Mail" pointed out that the United Kingdom was the source of the first industrial revolution. It had written brilliant achievements in leading the world. The United Kingdom is currently trying to lead the fourth industrial revolution driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

 

 

 

It is predicted that in the next few years, technologies such as robots and artificial intelligence may replace millions of jobs worldwide. According to estimates by Citibank and Oxford University, 57% of job opportunities in OECD countries will face the challenge of artificial intelligence.

 

 

 

It is based on this understanding that the British government takes precautions, actively seizes the commanding heights of the development of artificial intelligence, strives to train highly skilled workers, and actively responds to the changes brought about by the artificial intelligence and robotics revolution, rather than becoming a victim of it.

 

 

 

Some scholars believe that in the field of artificial intelligence science, the United Kingdom has unique and even world-leading advantages and great development potential. The prototype of the concept of artificial intelligence was first proposed by Alan Turing, the father of computers and a famous British scientist. The UK has many first-class universities and many intelligent research institutions represented by the Alan Turing Institute, and its innovative results have been continuously promoted and applied worldwide. The research and development ecology of artificial intelligence in the UK is excellent. Researchers, business owners, investors, developers, customers, and innovative network platforms, etc., together form a rich, complete and virtuous cycle of artificial intelligence ecosystem. More and more intelligent start-up professionals and companies use London as a development base, which is of great benefit to improving the overall research and development level of artificial intelligence in the UK.

 

 

 

"If the new technological revolution of artificial intelligence is regarded as a winding mountain, then we are currently at the foothills of a low-peak mountain at the forefront of this mountain. In fact, artificial intelligence is expected to be as complete as the invention of the steam engine in the 19th century. Change our lives." The British media have a clear understanding of the current development of artificial intelligence.

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