Artificial intelligence is restructuring a new world

Recently, the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were awarded to artificial intelligence (AI) scientists for their groundbreaking contributions. John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton received the Physics Prize for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enabled machine learning through artificial neural networks. David Baker was awarded the Chemistry Prize for his work in computational protein design, while Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper were recognized for their work in protein structure prediction. AI has profoundly impacted the research paradigms in fundamental disciplines, significantly enhancing the efficiency of scientific research.1 In fact, in recent years, large AI models, exemplified by ChatGPT, have been profoundly changing the generation, organization, and dissemination of knowledge and gradually exhibiting characteristics of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Moreover, a large number of AI-powered industrial manufacturing, agricultural production, medical and healthcare, and transportation systems are also rapidly developing, all moving toward the intelligent direction of unmanned, autonomous, and collaborative operations. This progress is also giving rise to new materials, tools, and capabilities that surpass human imagination. AI has triggered a new technological revolution and is even influencing the global political, economic, and military development landscape. The old world is being transformed, and a new one is emerging.