The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to vigorously promote new industrialization, develop the digital economy, and accelerate the development of artificial intelligence. On October 18, 2023, during the third "the Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, China released the Global AI Governance Initiative, which systematically elaborated the AI governance plan for China around three aspects of AI development, security and governance. In recent years, global artificial intelligence technology has developed rapidly, becoming an important force driving the accelerated development of technology and industry, and having a profound impact on economic and social development and human civilization progress. What is the current development status of artificial intelligence technology? What are the applications available? What are the future trends? The reporter interviewed relevant experts. The ability of artificial intelligence to handle complex tasks has greatly improved. Currently, artificial intelligence technology has entered the practical stage and is profoundly changing human production and life. "In the nearly 70 years of development, artificial intelligence has gone through three stages: imparting rules, imparting knowledge, and learning from data. In recent years, the rapidly developing artificial intelligence big model technology globally relies on basic models trained on 'big data+big computing power+strong algorithms', which is a typical manifestation of the third stage of artificial intelligence development." said Huang Tiejun, Dean of Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. At present, various types of artificial intelligence models are rapidly developing, and many high-tech enterprises around the world are investing in the construction of artificial intelligence models. "Now a relatively mature technical framework has been formed around the AI big model, but the products and ecology are still developing and forming." Zeng Dajun, deputy director and researcher of the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said, "In general, the technological development process of AI big model is more rapid than any previous AI technology, and its influence is unprecedented." The emergence of AI big model has opened a new imagination space for the realization of general AI, and greatly improved the ability of AI to handle complex tasks. "For example, chatbots based on artificial intelligence big language models can achieve high-quality information integration, translation, and simple problem solving and planning." Zeng Dajun said, "These types of robots have attracted attention mainly because they have preliminary characteristics of general artificial intelligence, including smooth natural language generation, comprehensive knowledge system coverage, universal processing models across task scenarios, and smooth human-machine interaction interfaces." However, the current capabilities of artificial intelligence big models still have limitations. "On the one hand, there is a risk of malicious attacks due to vulnerabilities in the structure and mechanism of the artificial intelligence model itself. On the other hand, there are still deficiencies in the knowledge expression and learning mode of the artificial intelligence model itself, which can lead to common sense errors and fabricated content in its answers." Zeng Dajun said, "Artificial intelligence scholars are working on these issues." Artificial intelligence is accelerating towards a new stage of comprehensive application. "I am a freshman computer major student, and I want to take an artificial intelligence course. What preparations do I need to make?" "You need to learn basic mathematical knowledge, programming languages, machine learning algorithms, and pay attention to technological trends..." This dialogue is not from between teachers and students, but rather a question and answer between students and artificial intelligence. ". August 2023