2023 is known as the first year of artificial intelligence. This year, the wave of artificial intelligence set off by ChatGPT has swept the world, from the technology industry to education and medical care, to the capital market, artificial intelligence has penetrated into various fields.

Under the trend of the times, CEIBS led the students of CEIBS to gather in Silicon Valley, the world's largest emerging technology industry center, to start this journey of "exploring the future of AI".

During the six-day trip, Huazhi International led the students into Silicon Valley, decoding the code of genetic biotechnology and exploring the forefront of AI development. From personalized medicine to genetic biology, we will gradually learn from the bottom layer of AI to the application layer, outlining the future development direction of human beings.

01、MGI- Complete Genomics&Bio-Techne

-- Gene biotechnology has broken through the bottleneck of medical treatment

At one stop on the trip, we came to MGI-Complete Genomics, the world's leading whole genome sequencing company, by the company's CEO, Mr. ZhangBy providing high-throughput sequencing solutions, they help the medical industry decode and analyze the entire DNA of individuals, improve the current medical technology, increase the probability of disease cure, and reduce the occurrence of diseases through genetics.

This was followed by a trip to Bio-Techne, one of the world's leading life science technology companies, for a great opportunity to learn more about the biotechnology field, where the staff presented their recent products and R&D projects during the lab tour and experienced first-hand the biotechnology innovation and R&D process. Wendy Shao, General Manager of Bio-Techne Asia Pacific, shared the future development trend of biomedical technology innovation, and also made everyone understand that the close cooperation between biotechnology companies and academia, clinical research and other fields is an important factor to promote medical innovation and improve the quality of human life.

02、Meta

——Open the unstoppable era of the metaverse

During the trip, we also went to Meta, the birthplace of the metaverse, and the most eye-catching part of the visit was the display of the metaverse, which gave us the opportunity to enter the virtual world and immerse ourselves in a new digital experience, so that everyone had a deeper understanding of the future virtual social and work environment.

We are honored to have Dr. Jing, head of Meta's AR/VR department, to exchange views on the connection and development trends between artificial intelligence, the metaverse and the future of humanity, and analyze how artificial intelligence has become a key technology for the realization of the metaverse, as well as application scenarios in the metaverse, such as intelligent assistants and virtual tour guides.

03. University of Berkeley

- Breaking down the barriers between AI and robots

During this trip to Silicon Valley, we visited the University of California, Berkeley, a university at the forefront of AI academic research, and invited Pieter Abbee, a former executive of OPENAI and a professor at the University of California, BerkeleyPieter Abbee, who specializes in machine learning and robotics, believes that powerful AI systems can be increasingly designed through language/code and learn using pre-trained components and contexts, and that the cost of developing and maintaining these systems is decreasing, and the scope of use is expanding, and robots can also learn from themselves through these methods, becoming more and more human-like, but it is worth noting that The misuse of AI systems may pose systemic risks.

During the visit to the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, we also watched the robots developed by the laboratory and interacted with them on the spot, and felt the convenience that robots bring to life.

04, Google X & Apple

——Innovative thinking in the era of AI

After visiting Google, the world's largest Internet giant, he said that "if you don't innovate, you will die".In the era of artificial intelligence, Google, as a leading global technology company, reacted quickly, constantly improved its innovation mechanism and business model to adapt to new technologies and market trends, and invested heavily in machine learning and deep learning technologies, which are the core of artificial intelligence, they maintained a leading position in technology, and our innovation culture also deeply shocked us.

At present, all enterprises will face various choices, challenges and opportunities under the wave of AI, how to grasp the opportunity, is a compulsory course for every enterprise, many students also said afterwards, after visiting Google, they feel that the development of artificial intelligence itself is a process of continuous and dynamic change, each stage of technological breakthroughs, will produce some industrial dividends, at the same time, they also realize that the combination of AI technology and industrial scenarios, through continuous innovation to seize the technological dividends.

As a global technology giant, Apple's success is inseparable from his continuous innovation and breakthroughs, and we also came to Apple's visitor center to experience Apple's innovation cultureExplaining Apple's history, recent products and innovations, he said: "Apple's products have always been known for their excellent design, and through continuous innovation and exploration, they combine technology and aesthetics to make products visually and functionally eye-catching, so for Apple, innovation is at its core. ”

This visit also made more students realize that no matter what era, innovation is an eternal theme, and only innovation can be invincible.

05, NVIDIA

– Promoting the implementation of digital twins

Since the beginning of this year, ChatGPT has set off a global generative AI boom, and the sales of AI chips have also been rising. Among them, NVIDIA's GPU chips are providing the most basic computing power support for the vast majority of artificial intelligence systems in the world. OpenAI, the parent company of DomainGPT, has successfully trained the GPT-3 large language model with 10,000 NVIDIA GPU chips.

During this trip to Silicon Valley, we also walked into this chip company with a high market capitalization in the world, and invited the director of NVIDIA's global product ecology to discuss with the students how NVIDIA can accelerate the seizure of the AI large model and supercomputing market.

According to Andrew, director of marketing at NVIDIA, after more than 30 years of development, NVIDIA has become a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, and has now covered most industries and fields. In addition to continuing to polish its products on the hardware side, NVIDIA is also combining with other solutions such as cloud computing to provide better products and services. Especially with the rise of generative artificial intelligence represented by ChatGPT, NVIDIA is also making continuous efforts in software to increase its unique value.

At the summary meeting at the end of the trip, the students also expressed their views and opinions based on their respective explorations in the field of AI, and in the collision with each other, many valuable views were stimulated. They believe that in the era of AI, there are three areas where there may be opportunities: 1) solving the problem of AI fabrication, 2) improving the ability of AI to innovate, and 3) generating ideas with truly unique insights. If they can solve these problems, they may lead the entire industry to usher in greater changes. During this trip to Silicon Valley, each student had a deeper understanding of AI technology, and also had a clear understanding of the future development direction of enterprises in the field of AI, and believed that they could bring the knowledge and technology they learned back to China and apply it to their own enterprises.

This visit reinforces the conviction that Silicon Valley is not only the birthplace of technology, but also the world's technology leader. If you are curious about AI and biotechnology and don't want to miss the future miracle of science and technology, you are welcome to choose Huazhi International, we will bring you a magical and splendid future technology journey!