“The era of man-machine symbiosis is coming, and creators will usher in a golden 10 years of artificial intelligence in China,” said Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu, at Create 2021 which was convened on a metaverse-related app called Xirang (Land of Hope).

The conference, held on December 27, was the first in China to be held in the metaverse. As Robin Li said, in the next decade, AI will become a powerful tool to change the world, as thousands of industries will be intelligently reconstructed, and people's living space will be significantly expanded.

In his speech, he expounded on how AI can help with industrial development, expand the boundaries of human capabilities, and better benefit mankind. Smart transportation, as he believes, will be a major change that will affect the next 10-40 years. In five years, China's first-tier cities will no longer have to limit purchases of cars and make traffic restrictions, and in ten years, traffic congestion problems will be basically solved.

So far, the Internet company has cultivated over one million AI professionals, said Li at Create 2021, adding that it will cultivate five million more professionals in the coming five years.