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UJeff Bezos uhola iphrojekthi ye-AI engu-$12 billion yokuguqula izimboni ngomhlaba wonke nge-Prometheus

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UJeff Bezos uhola iphrojekthi ye-AI engu-$12 billion yokuguqula izimboni ngomhlaba wonke nge-Prometheus PHOTO BY The Premise News | AI-generated illustrative image.

Iphrojekthi ye-AI eyizigidi eziyinkulungwane eholwa nguJeff Bezos ingaguqula indlela izimboni ezikhiqiza ngayo emhlabeni wonke, nge-startup i-Prometheus. Lesi sinhlangano siqondiswe ekwakheni uhlelo oluthuthukile lwe-intelligence yokwenziwa olugxile kubunjiniyela, ukwakhiwa kwemikhiqizo nokuzenzakalela izinqubo zokukhiqiza. Lolu hlelo seluthole ukunakwa umhlaba wonke emva kokuthi i-Prometheus iqede umjikelezo wemali ocishe ube ngu-US$12 billion (cishe R195.48 billion), okwenyusa inani layo lemakethe laya cishe ngu-US$41 billion (cishe R667.89 billion). Imithombo yezimakethe zezimali iveze ukuthi uBezos kanye nabalingani bakhe bacubungula ukwakhiwa kwesikhwama sokutshala imali esingafinyelela ngu-US$100 billion (cishe R1.63 trillion) ukuze kuthengwe futhi kuthuthukiswe izinkampani zezimboni kusetshenziswa i-AI. Leli thuba livela ngesikhathi lapho ohulumeni, abatshali-zimali nezinkulu zobuchwepheshe bancintisana khona emakethe ethathwa njengebalulekile ekukhuleni komnotho womhlaba eminyakeni ezayo.

Iyini i-Prometheus futhi kungani ihehe izigidi eziyinkulungwane ekutshalweni kwezimali?

I-Prometheus iyinkampani eqalayo ye-intelligence yokwenziwa eyasungulwa ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa izinhlelo ezithuthukile ezingakwazi ukusiza onjiniyela, abaklami nezinkampani zezimboni ekwakheni imikhiqizo eyinkimbinkimbi nasekuzuzeni ukukhiqiza okuphelele. Ngokungafani nezinkundla ezigxile kuma-chatbots noma ekukhiqizeni okuqukethwe, le nkampani igxilisa imizamo yayo ekusebenziseni i-AI ezinkingeni zomhlaba wangempela, okuhlanganisa ukukhiqiza okuthuthukile, ama-semiconductors, umkhathi, amandla nengqalasizinda. Le nkampani ihehe ukunakwa ngenxa yesivinini sokukhula kwayo nokusekelwa abanye abatshali-zimali abakhulu embonini yezobuchwepheshe.

Kungani uJeff Bezos ebheke ku-Artificial General Engineer?

Inhloso enkulu ye-Prometheus ukuthuthukisa okubizwa nge-Artificial General Engineer (AGE), uhlelo lwe-intelligence yokwenziwa oluklanyelwe ukusebenza nochwepheshe bezobunjiniyela emisebenzini eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Empeleni, lobu buchwepheshe bungasiza amaqembu ukuthi aklame izinjini, izindiza, izimboni, ama-chips, imishini yezimboni nezinye izakhiwo ezithuthukile. Lo mqondo udlula izinhlobo zendabuko ze-AI ezisetshenziswa namuhla, ngoba ufuna ukusebenza ngqo ezinqubweni zobunjiniyela nokusungula izinto ezintsha ezimbonini. Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi ithuluzi elinjalo linganciphisa kakhulu isikhathi esidingekayo ekucwaningeni, ekuthuthukiseni nasekuhloleni imikhiqizo emisha. Uhlelo kumele luhlaziye inani elikhulu ledatha yobuchwepheshe, luchaze izidingo zamaphrojekthi, luphakamise izixazululo zobunjiniyela futhi luhlonze ukuthuthuka okungenzeka ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwama-prototyes.

UBezos ubheka ukuguqulwa kwemboni okulandelayo?

Sekuthiwa uJeff Bezos, ngemuva kokuguqula ukuthengiswa kwezinto ku-inthanethi nge-Amazon nokuphusha ukuhlolwa komkhathi nge-Blue Origin, manje uselungisa amehlo akhe ku-intelligence yokwenziwa esetshenziswa ezimbonini. Umbono ongemuva kwephrojekthi ulula: ukusebenzisa i-AI ukukhuphula kakhulu ukukhiqiza ezimbonini nokusheshisa ukusungulwa kobuchwepheshe emhlabeni wonke. Ngokwabahlaziyi bezimakethe, uBezos ukholelwa ukuthi inguquko enkulu elandelayo yezomnotho ngeke yenzeke nje kuphela ezinsizeni zedijithali, kodwa ikakhulukazi ezimbonini, ezikhungweni zobunjiniyela nasemaketheni okukhiqiza. Leli qhinga lihlukanisa i-Prometheus ezinkampanini eziningi ze-AI ezigxile kuphela ezinhlelweni zesoftware.

Ngabe isikhwama esingu-$100 billion sizofezeka?

Enye yezindaba ezihehe kakhulu ezinyangeni ezedlule ukuthi uBezos ubefuna ukuqoqa imali efinyelela ngu-US$100 billion (cishe R1.63 trillion) ukuze atshale ezimbonini. Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi lesi sikhwama asikakadalwa ngokusemthethweni. Okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi kukhona izingxoxo nabatshali-zimali nezikhungo zezimali mayelana nokuthola izinsiza zokusekela iphrojekthi enkulu yokuguqula izimboni nge-AI. Uma kwenzeka le nkambiso iphumelela, lo msebenzi ungaba esinye sezikhwama ezinkulu kakhulu zokutshala ubuchwepheshe emlandweni.

Yimaphi amathuluzi asemqoka ahlongozwayo?

Izinsiza eziqoqwe zingaqondiswa emikhakheni ethathwa njengebalulekile emnothweni womhlaba nasekuphepheni kwezizwe eziningi. Phakathi kwale mikhakha, okuphawuliwe okulandelayo:

  • Ama-Semiconductors nokukhiqizwa kwama-chips;
  • Imboni yasemkhathini;
  • Ukuzivikela nokuphepha;
  • Amandla;
  • Ingqalasizinda yezimboni;
  • Ukukhiqiza okuthuthukile;
  • I-Robhothi nokuzenzakalela.

Lezi zigaba zinezinqubo eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ezingazuza kakhulu ku-intelligence yokwenziwa. Ukukhiqizwa kwama-semiconductors, ikakhulukazi, kube yindaba esemqoka yamasu ohulumeni nezinkampani emhlabeni wonke. Ama-chips anamuhla abalulekile kuma-smartphones, kumakhompyutha, ezimotweni eziphethwe ngogesi, ezinhlelweni zokulwa nasezinkundleni ze-AI. Eminyakeni edlule, ukuphazamiseka emaketheni okuhlinzeka emhlabeni wonke kubonise ukubaluleka kwalo mkhakha emnothweni womhlaba.

Ngabe i-AI yezimboni izoba nomthelela muni emsebenzini walabo abasebenza?

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-AI ngezinga elikhulu kuphakamisa izingxoxo ngekusasa lomsebenzi. Nakuba imisebenzi ethile ingase yenziwe ngokuzenzakalela, ochwepheshe bagcizelela ukuthi amathuba amasha kumele avele emikhakheni ehlobene nobuchwepheshe, isayensi yedatha, ubunjiniyela nokwengamela izinhlelo ezihlakaniphile. Inselelo ukulungiselela abasebenzi endaweni ezenzakalelayo nedijithali kakhulu. Ohulumeni, amanyuvesi nezinkampani kumele babambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuqeqesheni abasebenzi ukuze bakwazi ukulungela le ngqungquthela.

Umncintiswano womhlaba wonke kanye nemakethe yezigidi eziyinkulungwane zamaRandi

Iphrojekthi eholwa nguJeff Bezos ivela endaweni yokuncintisana okukhulu kwamazwe ngamazwe. Izinkampani zase-United States, eYurophu nase-Asia zitshala izigidi eziyinkulungwane zamaRandi ekuthuthukiseni i-AI, ingqalasizinda yekhompyutha nezinkundla ezintsha zobuchwepheshe. Lo mncintiswano awuhlanganisi nje izindaba zomnotho, kodwa nezintshisekelo zepolitiki yamazwe ngamazwe ezihlobene nokusungula izinto ezintsha, ukuzivikela nobuhlakani bezobuchwepheshe. Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi inhlanganisela ye-AI nezimboni izoba enye yezimakethe ezinkulu eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo, ngomphumela wezomnotho ongafinyelela ezigidini eziyinkulungwane zamaRandi ekukhiqizeni okungeziwe. Imibiko yezimboni ikhombisa ukuthi lokhu kusiza ekuchazeni ukuthi kungani abatshali-zimali benza isithakazelo esikhulayo emisebenzini efana nePrometheus.

Imibuzo Evamile (FAQ)

Yini i-Artificial General Engineer?

I-Artificial General Engineer (AGE) uhlelo lwe-AI oluklanyelwe ukusiza onjiniyela emisebenzini eyinkimbinkimbi, njengokuklama izinjini, izindiza nama-chips. Luhlelo luhlose ukuhlaziya idatha, ukuhumusha izidingo nokuphakamisa izixazululo ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwama-prototyes.

Ngabe isikhwama esingu-$100 billion sesivele sabhaliswa?

Cha, isikhwama asikakadalwa ngokusemthethweni. Kukhona izingxoxo kuphela nabatshali-zimali mayelana nokwakha isikhwama esikhulu sokuguqula izimboni nge-AI.

Yimaphi amasector angahle azuze ekusetshenzisweni kwe-Prometheus?

Phakathi kwamasector ahlongozwayo ukwakhiwa kwezinyoni, izinsiza-moya, amandla, ukuphepha, ukukhiqizwa kwama-chips, izimboni ezithuthukile kanye ne-robhothi. Zonke lezi zigaba zinenqubo eyinkimbinkimbi engasizwa yi-AI.

Umbono we-The Premise News: Ukuhamba kukaJeff Bezos ne-Prometheus kubonisa inguquko emlandweni: i-AI iyeka ukuba nje ithuluzi le-software ukuze ibe umshini wokukhiqiza olandelayo. Okungozi akusona nje inzuzo yenkampani eqalayo, kodwa ikhono lamazwe nezinkampani ukugcina ubuhlakani nezobuchwepheshe emhlabeni lapho lowo olawula ukukhiqiza okuthuthukile elawula khona nentuthuko. Ukungqubuzana okukhulu kuveza ipharadoksi: ngenkathi i-AI ithembisa ukusebenza kakhulu, idinga utshalo-zimali olukhulu kangangokuthi bambalwa abangakwazi ukuhamba nalo, okujulisa ukungalingani emhlabeni wonke. Abafundi kumele balandele ngokucophelela izingxoxo zokuqoqwa kwesikhwama esingu-US$100 billion — uma kufezeka, kungaba umnyakazo omkhulu kunayo yonke wemali yangasese obhekiswe ekuguqulweni kwezimboni. Isilingo sangempela ngeke sibe ukuthi i-Artificial General Engineer ingakwazi ukuphuma ephepheni futhi ilethe imiphumela ebonakalayo ezimbonini nasemhubeni, noma ngabe izophinda umjikelezo wezithembiso eziphezulu ophawule ezinye izagqumo zobuchwepheshe.

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