人工智能的大发展带来了短缺问题

Today we are going to discuss a very important piece of news.

This news comes from the famous Washington Post.

The author of the article is named Shira Ovide.

She tells us that artificial intelligence is changing the world.

However, this change has also brought about some big problems.

Currently, technology companies are spending money like crazy.

In order to develop AI, they have invested 700 billion US dollars.

700 billion US dollars is a very huge number.

So much money has led to shortages in other places.

This is the core topic we are going to talk about today.

First, we want to talk about construction and electricians.

Tech companies need to build many huge data centers.

Inside data centers, there are many, many computers.

These computers need a very large amount of electricity to run.

Therefore, building these centers requires many electricians.

Now, it is very hard to find available electricians on the market.

Because electricians have all been hired away by tech companies to work.

If you want to fix a light in your home, you might not find anyone.

Or, other construction projects have to stop.

This is all because AI has "snatched" the workers away.

Secondly, we want to talk about the price of smartphones.

You might discover that phones are becoming more and more expensive.

Why is this? The reason is also related to AI.

The development of AI requires many advanced computer chips.

The factories that manufacture chips are very busy right now.

Tech companies have bought up most of the high-grade chips.

This causes the price of chips to become very high.

Because the cost is high, the price of phones also goes up.

This situation might continue for several years.

Thirdly, we want to look at the impact on innovation.

In the past, investors liked all kinds of new ideas.

But now, all the money is flowing towards AI.

Other innovation projects find it hard to get investment.

This is as if other projects are being "starved to death".

This is disadvantageous for the comprehensive development of science.

We need progress in medicine, energy, and other various aspects.

If only AI is developing, the world will lose balance.

Finally, let us summarize today's content.

The AI spending of 700 billion dollars is indeed very astonishing.

It has brought technological progress, but also brought shortages.

We have seen a shortage of electricians and phones becoming expensive.

We have also seen that other innovation projects lack funds.

This is a complex problem that needs our attention.

We hope that in the future tech companies can find a better balance.

Thank you everyone for listening to today's program, see you next time.