Approaching the end of December, the AIGC wave that has swept the world for a whole year is still showing its strong momentum of rising sun, which not only triggers the rapid development of artificial intelligence-related industries, but also always occupies the top focus position.
In China, "generative AI" also won the first place in the 2023 "Top Ten New Words" released by the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research CenterOverseas, driven by the emergence of ChatGPT's phenomenal application, many tech giants have gone down with funds, making AIGC a veritable "gold-sucking beast", and at the same time, more and more investors are reminded of the millennium Internet bubble crisis, which is known as "one of the largest financial bubbles in American history".
At that time, starting from Netscape listing in August 1995, it continued until the beginning of the millennium, and capital "bet" on the Internet until March 2000, with the sound of higher interest rates and recession, the Nasdaq opened the stock index for two years, and the market value of the Nasdaq fell by $5 trillion, less than a quarter of its peak.
According to overseas statistics, the crisis led to the bankruptcy of 52% of Internet companies, and the market value of most companies fell by 75%.
In the global technology community, the "Netscape Moment" and "iPhone Moment" have been hailed as milestones in the development of the Internet and mobile Internet. One is to let human beings "touch the net" for the first time;The other is to bring about a mobile Internet revolution through smart mobile terminals. Today's AIGC, in the context of technology giants gathering resources to develop application scenarios, seems to be brewing a new moment in which artificial intelligence affects the development of human society.
Of course, some optimists believe that it seems too early to expect a repeat of the dot-com bubble nightmare for the development of the AI field. The reason is that there is no initial public offering in the field of AI in the world at present. But even so, the background and strength of the financial capital behind technology companies and investors are worth taking precautions for the "bubble brewing in the AI field".
After all, after the practice in 2023, the AIGC series of applications have been released to commercial use quickly, greatly reducing the process of changing people's lives and affecting the development of the industry in the past. What's more, AIGC's potential to drive a jump in market capitalization continues to make financial capital eager to try.
For example, as early as September, a person familiar with the matter revealed that ChatGPT's startup OpenAI is currently actively discussing equity matters, and the company's valuation has reached an impressive $80 billion to $90 billion (about 584.8 billion yuan to 657.9 billion yuan), which is almost three times the valuation at the beginning of this year.
Looking forward to 2024, the AIGC field, which has repeatedly gained supporters around the world, is bound to start a new round of development, and it is imperative that the influence of AIGC affect more industries, and there will be different "fireworks" in the meantime. At present, it seems to be a global consensus to face the impact of artificial intelligence technology together, meet challenges and share opportunities. Based on this, the development trend of AIGC in 2024 is worth paying attention to.
First, cross-domain integration is bound to further accelerate. With the continuous advancement of AI technology and the expansion of application fields, AIGC will further realize cross-domain integration. For example, AI technology is combined with multiple fields such as healthcare, education, and finance to create more application scenarios with practical value. It is important to know that only the emergence of application scenarios that are recognized by the market can create value, and then achieve a win-win situation of industrial technological progress and market scale expansion.
Second, global cooperation may break through on a larger scale. In the context of globalization, cooperation between countries will become even closer. Today's world is no longer the "Paleolithic Age" that clings to the fruits of science and technology, and only by sharing more open and open source technologies can we create a harmonious and win-win environment for progress. For example, Tesla's openness to electric vehicles has led to a larger market space and technological upgrades. Enterprises and institutions in the field of AIGC are also very likely to be open to open source technology in the future, and jointly promote the development and application of technology by strengthening cross-border cooperation. After all, this collaboration will help reduce costs, increase efficiency, and drive global adoption of AIGC technology.
Third, personalized customization will become more convenient. Meeting more diverse needs means driving a more diversified supply of products and services. With the diversification of consumer needs, AIGC technology will pay more attention to personalized customization. Through deep learning and big data analysis, the AIGC system can provide more accurate and personalized services according to the needs and preferences of users. As long as there is sufficient and reliable data and mature algorithms, it is only a matter of time before AIGC meets the needs of personalized customization, and this may be the key to leveraging the needs of more private domain customers in the future.
Fourth, intelligent decision-making will be applied to more industries and industrial chain enterprises. AIGC technology will be further applied to the field of intelligent decision-making. Through machine learning and artificial intelligence technology, enterprises can realize automatic analysis and processing of data, improving the accuracy and efficiency of decision-making. For the majority of manufacturing enterprises with extremely strict CNC technology requirements, the application of reliable artificial intelligence technology to the production process is simply a great blessing to greatly reduce or even eliminate production consumption and eliminate the hidden dangers of production accidents.
Fifth, privacy protection and ethics issues may trigger more national legislative mechanisms. From the perspective of protecting the level of science and technology and the industrial environment, the vast majority of countries will restrict the protection of privacy related to science and technology based on the existing legal and regulatory system. However, with the rapid development of science and technology, especially the application of AI technology and big data, it is almost pervasive in people's economic and social life. In the future, the formation of a more scientific, mature and effective legal environment is an important institutional guarantee to ensure the long-term development of AI technology. In any case, it is clear that enterprises and institutions need to strengthen data security protection to ensure that user privacy is not compromised. At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to the ethical issues of AI technology to avoid the occurrence of technological abuse and discrimination.
It is certain that as AIGC technology further shows a new trend of integrated development in the context of globalization in 2024, all countries will spare no effort to promote the progress and application of AIGC technology, and cooperate in strengthening technology research and development, talent training, data security protection, etc., so as to ensure the safety, reliability and sustainable development of technology, bring greater changes to more industries around the world, and promote the development and progress of human society.