Recently, Professor Joseph Sifakis, a Turing Award winner and the Director of the Research Institute of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (RITAS), spearheaded the inaugural issue of the newly launched bilingual quarterly journal Greater Bay Area Science Forum, in which he published an article titled "AI: Understanding the Challenges, Seizing the Opportunities". Launched by the Greater Bay Area Science Forum, the journal aims to gather cutting-edge insights from scientists, industry leaders, and policy researchers, while documenting technological innovation dynamics in the Greater Bay Area. The first issue features a special section on "The AI Wave Surges in the Greater Bay Area".

In his article, Professor Sifakis systematically articulates his core perspectives on AI development. He notes that despite AI's remarkable achievements, it remains in its early stages, currently primarily applied to question-and-answer services. He argues that autonomous systems can be considered the ultimate stage in the development of AI, but current AI technologies are far from sufficient for achieving the autonomy vision. 

He emphasizes that AI's scope in science, services, and industrial applications is limited, and efforts must be made to advance its development in the scientific domain. Compared to the replacement of physical labor by machinery, the weakening and alteration of our mental abilities will significantly alter humans' ability to choose and act autonomously. He calls for regulating AI's use in education to cultivate independent thinking in young people, and points out that the global absence of a unified risk regulatory framework has become a serious obstacle to the use of AI in critical decision-making processes.

Finally, Professor Sifakis believes that China already possesses favorable conditions for developing more reliable AI. In particular, ecosystems such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) — by integrating capital, talent, manufacturing muscle, and political will — position China to play an important role in the global strategic game of AI, promoting both the safety and development of artificial intelligence.