AI will contribute to the development of various scientific fields. Its power cannot be ignored, but it does not need to be overwhelming. AI will continue to develop, but the role of human scientists is still irreplaceable. A person plus AI mode or is the optimal mode.
On the afternoon of November 3, at the 5th Top Scientists Forum - Multi-Omics Era and Precision Medicine Branch, 2022 Lasker Clinical Medicine Award winner and Deputy Dean of the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine Lu Yuming said: "Artificial intelligence is actually just a A tool that uses artificial intelligence to deal with information such as phenotype maps can help us improve our skills and help us further enhance our clinical progress, and I believe artificial intelligence will help us find many new directions."
Regarding the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on the development of multi-omics and precision medicine, Huang Chaolan, professor of Peking Union Medical College and deputy director of the Medical Science Research Center, also said: The quality of data is very important, and artificial intelligence will definitely help precision medicine. But AI alone is not enough, the meaning and value of data is very important.
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Prof. Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and vice-chairman of the Association of World's Top Scientists, also attended the conference. The Paper reporter interviewed Michael Levitt on how to view AI.
Michael Levitt believes that in the future, AI will contribute to the development of various scientific fields. Its power cannot be ignored, but it does not need to be overwhelming. AI will continue to develop, but the role of human scientists is still irreplaceable. Human plus artificial intelligence ( a person plus AI) mode or optimal mode.
Michael Levitt said that no further development in all fields of science can be done without AI. "I prefer to say AI for leaders (AI is leaders)." Michael Levitt said.
Regarding Meta's use of AI to predict the structure of more than 600 million proteins, Michael Levitt said, "At present, humans have only used AI to predict protein structures at the theoretical level. I think this is just the beginning. The impact of AI is not limited to this. In the future It will also promote the theory to practical application. It can be said that not only the scientific community, but also the development of various fields in the world cannot be separated from AI. I like that there are many AIs in my mobile phone, and I hope to have accurate and advanced language simultaneous interpretation in the future. AI, it can help me quickly translate Chinese and various languages."
As for whether the development of AI will cause some scientists to be "unemployed". Michael Levitt: Of course not. First of all, AI is created by scientists, and AlphaFold is also created by a lot of scientists. Secondly, even AlphaFold has only solved a specific problem in structural biology, and there are many more grand scientific problems waiting for human scientists to learn and explore.
"Many people worry that AI will replace humans. I think it is better to say that a person plus AI is the optimal model rather than AI or human beings." Michael Levitt said.
Regarding the recent news that the famous scientist Yan Ning announced to return to China full-time to join the Shenzhen Academy of Medical Sciences, Michael Levitt said: "I know the news, it's good, it's her freedom." Some people also said that this may be related to global scientific research Regarding the environment, Michael Levitt said, "At present, from a global perspective, it is difficult to create a perfect and flawless scientific research environment, and a lot of efforts are needed."
