The World Government Summit (WGS) was held in Dubai, and Baidu founder Robin Li had an in-depth conversation with the UAE AI Minister on the development trend of AI. During the conversation, Robin Li focused on Baidu's innovative achievements in the field of AI reasoning, and explained the close relationship between AI innovation and cost reduction. He pointed out that Moore's Law is also applicable in the field of AI, and the cost of large-scale model reasoning is decreasing significantly every year, which will profoundly change the landscape of the AI industry.
Recently, the World Government Summit (WGS) opened grandly in Dubai, UAE, attracting the attention of elites from all walks of life around the world. During the summit, Baidu founder Robin Li had an in-depth conversation with the UAE AI Minister to discuss the latest development trends in the field of AI.
In the conversation, Robin Li specifically mentioned Baidu's innovative achievements in the field of AI reasoning - DeepSeek. He said that innovation is not limited to the AI field or IT industry, but is widely present in all walks of life, with most of the innovations closely related to cost reduction.
He pointed out that in today's era, innovation is faster than ever. Moore's Law reveals the speed of technological advancement, that is, every 18 months, computer performance doubles and prices halve. This trend is also applicable in the AI field, especially the cost of large-scale model inference, which is declining at an astonishing rate every year, with a drop of more than 90%.
This trend of cost reduction is having a profound transformational impact. As the cost of inference is significantly reduced, enterprises have become more efficient and economical to deploy AI models, greatly reducing the burden of training costs. This not only promotes the widespread application of AI technology, but also provides unprecedented opportunities for market demand growth for companies focusing on the field of AI reasoning, such as cloud computing service providers, edge computing companies and AI application developers.
Robin Li emphasized that the sharp drop in innovation costs is expected to break the pattern of monopoly of super manufacturers in the market and open up new market space for medium-sized technology companies and even start-ups. This means that more companies can easily enter and base themselves in the AI field, jointly promoting the prosperity and development of the entire industry.
However, despite the overall growth momentum in the AI field, the current growth dividend is mainly captured by technology giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle. Robin Li called for attention and support of smaller technology companies so that they can also enjoy the dividends of AI development and jointly promote the popularization and application of AI technology.
Li Yanhong's view has triggered in-depth thinking on the future development model of the AI industry. Opportunities and challenges brought about by cost reduction coexist. How to balance the development of giants and small and medium-sized enterprises will be a key issue that the AI industry needs to pay attention to in the future. The popularization and application of AI technology requires the joint efforts of the entire industry to truly benefit society.