第八新声|How AI Coexists with Human

Stepping into the Shenzhen Loop Area Institution as a freshman in the School of Artificial Intelligence, what really drew me in was the atmosphere there. First, it lies between Futian District and Hong Kong, resembling a path that connects an innovation hub with a gateway to the world. The campus somehow integrates the strengths of both sides, creating a vibrant spot for learning and a showcase of cutting-edge technology.

The campus embraces me with all kinds of AI-themed technology, and the standout piece was definitely the Automatic Coffee Robot. It can chat with people, process what you request, and make your coffee at the same time, just like a bartender. From my perspective, it demonstrates a scenario where AI can tremendously integrate into people's lives.

What also struck me was how the place is filled with seminar rooms. It creates a space for professors and students to discuss frontier knowledge. I also noticed that for each class, the professor teaches just a handful of students—a model that feels perfectly suited for deeper exploration and more meaningful discussion.

This visit also made me rethink the very definition of "artificial intelligence." The word "artificial" implies something human-made, something that cannot escape its dependence on human training—supervised learning, labeled datasets, carefully designed reward functions. No matter how "intelligent" it appears, I used to believe AI was ultimately just a machine mimicking human cognition, following patterns we taught it to follow. However, after visiting the Shenzhen Loop Area Institution and seeing how naturally that coffee robot blended into the environment, chatting and serving just like a person behind the counter, I started to feel something different. It reminded me of scenes from I, Robot—not in a dystopian way, but in the sense that AI is genuinely stepping into our daily lives, becoming less of a tool we operate and more of a presence we interact with. Perhaps "artificial intelligence" is evolving into something closer to genuine intelligence—not human intelligence, but a new kind that coexists with ours.

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