"Recently, all civil servants in Singapore have been on leave, and artificial intelligence has taken over almost all public affairs. This matter has recently sparked heated discussions in our country's public opinion circles. On the contrary, I think we should take a comprehensive view of the issue of artificial intelligence taking over public affairs."

Undoubtedly, the takeover of routine tasks by artificial intelligence can save a significant amount of public resources. Furthermore, artificial intelligence far surpasses humans in both work efficiency and capabilities.

However, when looking at a problem, we cannot only see its advantages and ignore its disadvantages. It is unlikely that artificial intelligence will take over everyday things in my country, at least in the short term.

Firstly, China's population and public affairs far exceed those of Singapore. Singapore is only a city-state with a population of five million, while China has a population of over 1.4 billion.

The scale of the numbers is completely different, and it remains to be seen whether artificial intelligence can handle problems of this level.

Secondly, the sudden reduction in the number of civil servants in China is also a major problem for social stability.

Finally, the safety of artificial intelligence has not yet been fully verified, and whether the autonomous consciousness of artificial intelligence will cause unknown risks when it takes over public affairs in the future is also a big question.

Therefore, Lao Hu believes that we shouldn't expect to promote the application of artificial intelligence in public affairs like Singapore has, simply because it currently demonstrates some advantages, without careful consideration.

As a well-known figure in China's public opinion arena, Lao Hu is best at speaking from both sides simultaneously.

What's even funnier is that sometimes he'd present a positive viewpoint on the first day and then come out on the negative side on the third day.

Even though the views he expresses are actually contradictory, you feel a sense of harmony.

China's initial learning objectives were actually twofold: to learn from Japan at the national level and to learn from Singapore at the city level.

As one of the Four Asian Tigers, Singapore was not only unaffected by the 1998 Asian financial crisis but also became increasingly prosperous during the 2008 global financial crisis.

This has led many cities in China to hope to follow the Singapore route.

Suzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are no exception.

Therefore, the social changes brought about by technology in Singapore have sparked widespread discussion in China.

After Lao Hu posted his Weibo, the number of comments below it was an order of magnitude greater than his usual Weibo posts.

"Old Hu, I just want to ask you one question: whether it was the earliest truck drivers, the later large-scale layoffs of drivers, or the later elimination of manufacturing workers by artificial intelligence, do you remember what you said back then? And what kind of face do you have now?"

Artificial intelligence is a major trend, but it takes time to go from concept to implementation.

By 2031, fifteen years will have passed since the initial hype surrounding artificial intelligence. In those fifteen years, artificial intelligence will have been successfully implemented in various industries.

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has led to a significant number of job losses.

In particular, the increasing industrial intelligence in the manufacturing industry in recent years has led to the unemployment of a large number of traditional workers.

Manufacturing and services have always been the two sectors that employ the largest number of people.

You can't expect everyone to become a programmer or work in the finance industry.

Moreover, most low- and mid-level programmers have been eliminated in recent years.

The increased individual work efficiency brought about by artificial intelligence has made China's aging problem seem less serious.

Instead, a wave of unemployment occurred in the middle of the period. At the time, Lao Hu said:

"Technological progress is a trend, and we need to embrace this trend in order to gain an advantage in the global technological race."

This unemployment is caused by technological development and is an inevitable trend. What we need to do is create new jobs for those who lose their jobs due to technological development.

Instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, we should not seek employment for the sake of employment.

Making concessions on this issue will lead to even greater unemployment in the future due to technological backwardness.

Hu Jintao's past remarks have also been dug up and refuted by resourceful netizens.

"What? Civil servants are human beings, and their unemployment will cause social instability? Aren't other manufacturing workers, low-end programmers, customer service representatives, drivers, etc., human beings?"

Can the unemployment of these people be offset by a flimsy statement that the trend is irreversible?

Hu Xijin is a real scoundrel. Can't he at least look at his past statements before posting anything?

In fact, compared with foreign countries, China's unique public opinion politics is also what is called the politics of the whole people.

As long as an issue can attract heated public discussion, regardless of the final outcome, at least there is a result.

Events that fail to gain sufficient public attention often end up without any resolution.

This is not to say that this kind of public opinion politics is bad; in fact, it is a good thing.

Because other countries have done even worse in this regard, Western countries have received media coverage, but there has been no follow-up.

Hu Jintao's change of stance has given his opponents another reason to attack him.

Of course, some rational netizens also put forward their own ideas based on Lao Hu's logic:

"Given the large number of civil servants, could we start by stopping the recruitment of civil servants?"

Then, artificial intelligence will be gradually introduced to participate in public affairs.

The practical application will be used to verify whether artificial intelligence can handle a population of 1.4 billion as perfectly as it can in Singapore.

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Whether it's the risks that Lao Hu mentioned, or the opinions of netizens who support artificial intelligence taking over public affairs, I think both need to be verified in practice.

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