On January 22nd, the news was sent to the news technologyMicrosoftCHAIRMAN AND CEO OF CEO SATIA NadraAT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS YESTERDAY, IT WAS STATED THAT AI WAS RESHAPING ITS KNOWLEDGE WORK AND STRESSED THAT THE FUTURE CORE COMPETITIVENESS OF AN ENTERPRISE WOULD COME FROMModellingThe power, not the power of a single model。
NADRA NOTED THAT AI HAD MOVED FROM BEING A SUPPORT TOOL TO A CORE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL CAPABLE OF UNDERTAKING COMPLEX TASKS。
He cited, for example, the use of Copilot to generate codes, the use of ChatGPT by product managers to build prototypes, Claude ' s Skill function to automatically generate Word, PPT, Excel files and call API to automate processes. These changes are being reshaped at a visible rate。
FACING THE FEAR THAT "AI WILL REPLACE HUMANITY", NADRA BELIEVES THAT HUMAN VALUES LIE IN TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE, JUDGEMENT AND BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING INTO AN AI UNREPLICABLE COMPETITIVENESS. THE KEY TO AN ENTERPRISE IS NOT TO FIND “THE STRONGEST MODEL”, BUT TO LEARN HOW TO BRING DIFFERENT MODELS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP UNIQUE BUSINESS CAPABILITIES。
WHEN IT COMES TO THE AI UNIVERSAL PATH, NADRA DIVIDES IT INTO TWO PARTS: SUPPLY SIDE AND DEMAND SIDE。
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THE DEMAND SIDE REQUIRES BUSINESSES TO TRULY INTEGRATE AI INTO BUSINESS PROCESSES, SO THAT TECHNOLOGY BECOMES A TOOL FOR IMPROVING HEALTH, EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICES AND INDUSTRY EFFICIENCY, RATHER THAN AT THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL。
NADRA STRESSED THAT THE LEVEL OF ACCESS TO AI DEPENDED ON THE BREADTH OF SKILLS TRAINING。
HE NOTED THAT THE CURRENT USE OF AI WAS STILL CONCENTRATED IN HIGHLY EDUCATED AND DEVELOPED ECONOMIES AND THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO ENSURE THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS BALANCED GLOBALLY IN THE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY IN THE “GLOBAL SOUTH” REGION. HE REFERRED TO THE CASE OF FARMERS IN INDIA WHO USED THE EARLY GPT MODEL TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDY POLICIES AS A MODEL FOR AI ENABLING VULNERABLE GROUPS。
AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL, NADRA INDICATED THAT AI WAS RESHAPING THE WAY INFORMATION FLOWS FLOWED FROM THE PAST TO REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION, WHICH WOULD FORCE BUSINESSES TO RETHINK SECTOR STRUCTURES AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BUSINESS AI NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN TANDEM WITH "CONCEPTIONS, CAPABILITIES, DATA."。
REFERRING TO NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, NADRA BELIEVES THAT ENERGY COSTS, DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE POLICY ENVIRONMENT WILL DETERMINE THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES. HE NOTED THAT AN OVEREMPHASIS ON LOCALIZATION OF DATA IN EUROPE COULD MISS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS。
WHEN DISCUSSING "AI SOVEREIGNTY", NADRA MADE THE KEY POINT THAT IF AN ENTERPRISE FAILS TO SINK ITS KNOWLEDGE INTO A MANAGEABLE MODEL, ITS CORE VALUES WILL BE DRAINED. HE STRESSED THAT REAL SOVEREIGNTY DERIVED FROM CONTROL OF THE MODEL, NOT FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE DATA CENTRE。
FINALLY, NADRA STATES THAT THE AI ECOLOGY WILL BE IN A MULTI-MODEL MIX AND THAT AT THE HEART OF FUTURE COMPETITION WILL BE HOW ENTERPRISES INTEGRATE COMMON MODELS, OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS, INDUSTRY MODELS AND HOME-OWNED DATA TO BUILD BARRIERS TO COMPETITION THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE。