As Artificial Intelligence technologies advance, the US and China are expected to work together on developing common standards that will benefit the industry and society, according to experts.The AI industry has been developing rapidly but variance exists in algorithms, data and applications. Concerns have also arisen about the technology's potential risks to human society.All of which make it important to establish common universal standards, said experts at a US-China AI Tech Summit held Friday in Silicon Valley.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has been working on standards development and China is doing similar work. There is potential for the two sides to work together, said Helen Liang, co-president of the AI Alliance of Silicon Valley, which helped organized the summit.The easiest first targets for standards development are autonomous vehicles and medical AI applications, because they are directly related to people's daily lives, she said.The AI technologies, however, have recently attracted growing public attention on possible social problems they might cause.Experts have suggested that AI-enabled technologies such as robotics and autonomy are capable of destabilizing the world and causing mass unemployment or even war.IEEE announced new standards for ethics in AI last November to ensure the safety of human society.We look forward to joining the US side in developing common standards while promoting AI innovation and social responsibility, said Cao Feng, a technologist at China AI Industry Alliance (AIIA), a co-organizer of the summit.A challenge to establishing common standards might be the different industrial characteristics in each country, said Cao. The US focuses on basic (research) and China emphasizes applications.China has accelerated its drive to develop Artificial Intelligence. The AIIA was established last October and is composed of hundreds of leading companies and institutes promoting the integration of AI resources.The country's cumulative increase in number of AI enterprises is 1,477 from 2000 to 2017, and cumulative AI-related financing was up to $2.76 billion during the same period, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.Although the IEEE is many years ahead, China has its strengths in application with some technologies pioneered for the world, said Liang. If there is a solution benefiting everyone, why not collaborate?Contact the writer [email protected] cancer wristbandswhite rubber wristbandsrubber wristbandscool rubber band bracelets with loomyouth silicone wristbands
Nearly 100 primary school students in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, have written letters of encouragement to children being treated for leukemia at a hospital in the city.The activity was organized by the Hematology and Oncology Hospital at Harbin Medical University, which has treated nearly 400 children with leukemia since 2011. Most of the child patients are ages 2 to 5, according to reports in Modern Evening Times a newspaper in the city.On Tuesday, the hospital organized a meeting between child patients and student representatives who delivered the letters to the ward.The young patients and their parents read the letters, written by students at primary schools in Harbin, including Jihong Primary School and Huayuan Primary School, during the meeting."A new spring is coming and everything on Earth is regaining vitality, and all illness will disappear," said one letter, while another read, "I believe you will recover, and you must come to my home as a guest when you leave hospital."Some students also included their cellphone numbers in the hope of remaining in contact with the patients, the newspaper reported.The report said a local business had donated a tablet computer to each of the 86 children with leukemia in the hospital to help them continue with their studies and to provide entertainment during their period of treatment.Li Limin, a doctor who specializes in the treatment of leukemia at the hospital, told the newspaper that between 70 percent and 80 percent of children diagnosed with the disease can be cured. Generally, boys can return to school after three years' treatment, while girls can return after two years, he said.Li urged parents to send children to hospital for a checkup if they display repeated symptoms such as unexplained fever and pain in the joints, or if their gums bleed for more than two weeks.Hu Yu, president of Wuhan Union Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, said the number of patients with leukemia in China is estimated to be about 4 million, and the figure is rising by about 60,000 every year. Children account for 40 percent of new cases annually.Leukemia has long been the cancer with the highest rates of incidence and mortality among children in China, and the high cost of treatment is a major challenge for patients' families, he added.Hu suggested that more measures should be taken to make treatment for child patients more affordable, including extending medical insurance reimbursement policies for the disease - which currently only cover children living in poverty in rural areas - to all children with the illness. bracelet montre silicone 14mmmontre tommy hilfiger homme bracelet siliconesilicone bracelets no minimum free shippingcustom engraved bracelets for himfigured wristband<%2fcenter>
