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EU's AI Act launched

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Prepared by Peter Lichang Kuo ( Chinese ) An old proverb said: “ A virtuous person is with a contract, but an unvirtuous person drags an ox cart .” It meant that the talented people can make a living with just a contract, while those incompetent people can drag their trailers until it sinks to the mud and still have no food and clothing. The world is experiencing a mania for artificial intelligence (AI). The European Union has formulated the world’s first detailed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), which contains 13 chapters and 113 articles, plus 13 annexes, and 180 recitals. The coverage is really all-encompassing. * The EU’s “AI Act” is on the road The United States , Japan and Taiwan , which have the greatest potential for developing AI technologies and products in the world, as well as Southeast Asian countries that are making rapid progress, are all major economies in APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation). The GDP of APEC economies has exceeded “ USD 60 trillion ”,

Edison's Inspiration

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Prepared by Peter Lichang Kuo ( Chinese ) The conclusions of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP) have almost become energy development policies. According to information from the International Energy Agency (IEA), global electricity consumption in 2023 was total approximately US$3.99 trillion—a huge business opportunity after all. Moreover, the use of “ Artificial Intelligence ” (AI) is expected to increase electricity consumption by more than 40%, urgently need for solution. Instead of studying small nuclear modular reactors (SMRs), it may be better to look back at Thomas Edison's " Viewpoint on the use of electricity ." Fig 1. Edison Memorial Tower at Menlo Park " There is a golden house in the book ." Song Zhenzong (an emperor of the Song Dynasty) said this in " Poem to Encourage Learning ", and I, who had no artistic talent, took it as truth. When I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, I received my first birthday gift— &quo