
Zhou Bowen, Director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: AI is underestimated in fostering new scientific fields and other aspects
The 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum will be held in Shanghai from September 20 to 22. Zhou Bowen, Director and Chief Scientist of the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, stated that in the short term, AI is often overestimated in its ability to solve general problems and surpass traditional forecasting methods, but its profound impact on promoting interdisciplinary integration, giving rise to new scientific fields, and formalizing and validating scientific theories is often underestimated

