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People’s Daily Japanese Edition March 18, 2025 10:31, translated by Google.

“Will I be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) in the future?” This question contains the curiosity and concern of many people. When we asked DeepSeek “What is the most frequently asked question about AI?”, “Will AI take over human jobs?” was ranked at the top.

Anxiety about AI mainly stems from a lack of understanding. First, let’s clarify what exactly AI is. From a technical perspective, current AI is more appropriately described as a “learning machine” than as “thinking like a human”.

Since the 1950s, scientists have tried many ways to give computers human senses and cognitive abilities, but without much success. In recent years, deep learning and machine learning based on big data have made a major breakthrough. Its underlying logic is not imitation of the workings of the human brain, but statistical modeling of data. AI is more like an advanced “toolbox” or an “expansion pack” of individual capabilities, and there is no need to personify AI.

After understanding “what AI is,” let’s think about “what to do.” Will “human jobs” be replaced by AI? In some fields, this is possible. If you look around, you will see the appearance of AI drivers, AI announcers, AI teaching assistants, and AI doctors. Advanced inference models answer all questions, robot dogs walk lightly along mountain paths with their luggage on their backs, and AI patrol robots fly in the sky and even go underground. They never tire and have no emotional fluctuations, so human work is no match for them.

However, in other fields, they will never be replaced. AI is just a tool, and it is difficult to replace the unique human senses, judgment, and aesthetic sense. In addition, while traditional jobs are declining, new business types and jobs are emerging. Looking back at history, when automobiles replaced horse-drawn carriages and printing technology replaced manuscripts, there were short-term unemployment, but in the long term, employment opportunities increased by an order of magnitude.

So what opportunities will AI bring? The answer is given in the recently released “Government Work Report.” The “Government Work Report” states that the government will continue to promote “AI+” actions, better combine digital technology with the strengths of manufacturing and markets, support the widespread use of large-scale AI models, and focus on the development of next-generation smart devices and smart manufacturing equipment such as new energy ICVs (intelligent connected vehicles), AI smartphones, AI PCs, and smart robots.

“AI+” has breathed vitality into all industries and has already started to move and run. The good use of technology essentially creates more opportunities for all people. (Edited by NA)