Analysis on the difference of AI development strat

Abstract: in order to cope with the rapid development trend of artificial intelligence, the national strategic plan for artificial intelligence research and development of the United States proposed seven specific strategic plans for government funded research and development of artificial intelligence. The White House then released artificial intelligence, automation and economy, which elaborated on the impact of artificial intelligence and automation technology on employment and economy

at the same time, the State Council of China issued the "development plan for a new generation of artificial intelligence" (hereinafter referred to as the "plan") on July 8, 2017, pointing out that artificial intelligence has become a new focus of international competition. In view of the opportunities and challenges faced by the development of artificial intelligence in China, the government has made a systematic overall layout for the development of artificial intelligence from the perspectives of scientific research, application, security policies, etc., and proposed to comprehensively enhance the basic ability of scientific and technological innovation The development task of comprehensively expanding the depth and breadth of application in key fields and comprehensively improving economic and social development and national defense should cherish the intelligent level of one grass and one wood

comparing the AI development strategy texts of China and the United States, we can find that there are differences in the production of various testing equipment that are strictly required to be produced

1. Horizon differences in the content of strategic texts

at the level of text content, there are significant differences between China and the United States. First of all, China's "plan" mainly makes deployment from the aspects of technology research and development, industrial application, government policy guarantee and so on. It can be considered that its focus is to specify the economic impact of Technological Development on the industry; The U.S. strategy has fully discussed the risks that AI may bring to society, and has issued supporting documents to focus on government funded research and development and employment security

secondly, the United States' strategic text devoted a large amount of space to the network and system security issues, including the accountability of the system and the transparency of decision-making, while China's "plan" paid less attention to relevant issues

thirdly, the government's opening of machine learning databases and the formulation of data standards and other issues raised in the U.S. strategic text are not reflected in words in China's "plan", and the solution of these issues has high practical significance for dealing with the propositions of data disclosure, data islands and so on

in general, it should be pointed out that the AI strategy of China and the United States has a basically convergent understanding of the top-level research and judgment of the broad application prospects of AI, the long-term investment in technology research and development, the training of AI talents, the formulation of policy standards and other security system construction. Of course, the American strategy pays more attention to the risks related to artificial intelligence and involves more levels, while China's "plan" as a whole emphasizes the landing and application of technology, and the expression of risks and safety is relatively small

2. Differences in the layout of development tasks and objectives

China's "plan" puts forward six key tasks, from the establishment of technical research projects to the cultivation of high-end and efficient intelligent economy, and then to the construction of a safe and convenient intelligent society, including strengthening the application of artificial intelligence in the military field. It can be said that the application and landing of artificial intelligence is the focus of the future development of artificial intelligence in China. The United States, on the other hand, focuses on and can no longer increase its load, and deploys from the aspects of R & D and practitioner training, fairness, security and governance, and employment risk protection

China's current measures pay more attention to the application of technology to a certain extent, with the goal of promoting economic development. At this stage, the United States is trying to focus on technology research and development and improve the security system, reflecting that while accelerating the development and application of artificial intelligence, it has paid special attention to the possible associated risks

3. Differences in the positioning of the government and science and technology enterprises

China's "plan" clearly points out that in terms of technology route selection and product standards, enterprises will play a dominant role, recognize the leading role of the market in the development process of artificial intelligence, and promote scientific research projects with enterprises as the main body. At the same time, it clearly proposes to take tax relief and other measures to help science and technology enterprises

in a sense, it can be considered that China's "plan" is a policy arrangement to empower enterprises. From the text, the government has largely handed over the initiative of AI development to the market and enterprises

the United States, on the other hand, pays more attention to the development route of artificial intelligence led by the federal government, arguing that the development goal cannot be fully achieved by the market. Whether in terms of scientific research investment or employment security, the dominant position of the government is highlighted

judging from the current development trend, we have every reason to be optimistic about China's potential in the field of artificial intelligence

the massive data generated by the huge population base is the prerequisite for cultivating artificial intelligence system. Of course, we should also recognize that there is still a certain gap between China and the United States. The latter's artificial intelligence ecosystem is more perfect and active, and the number of start-ups is far greater than that of China. We need to pay special attention to the problems that include the lack of core technology innovation ability and the lack of awareness of artificial intelligence application, And the lack of a perfect data ecosystem

as China's "plan" points out, the development of artificial intelligence should be carried out in the spirit of nails and a blueprint. From a deep perspective, while striving to enhance market activity, China also continues to pay attention to the prudent measures taken by the United States against the social changes that may be triggered by artificial intelligence and related risks. In the follow-up work, we will further supplement and improve other supporting documents and measures of the artificial intelligence development strategy, constantly improve the policy guarantee system, and make scientific prevention and control and response to various possible risk factors as soon as possible, so as to improve the injection speed