The first coach of Qin Haiyang, one of the four Chinese swimmers who won the men's 4 x 100m medley relay of swimming at Paris 2024 Olympic Games, was overwhelmed by tears of excitement as she watched the competition's live stream in Shanghai on Monday.
Audience of the live stream, made up by the gold medalists' coaches and relatives, cheered for the athletes' excellent performance with the excitement reaching a high at the point when the team topped the competition ranking.
Zhao Fei, the first coach of Qin Haiyang, burst into tears at the team's success.
"The most exciting part is his rebound. It is fantastic. I think it is just like our lives, which are not always smooth. Today, what I have seen is four heroes who won the honor for our country by winning the gold medal. I am really excited," said Zhao.
The Chinese quartet of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle won the men's 4 x100m medley relay final, the second swimming gold of China in the ongoing Paris Olympics.
Coach of Chinese Olympic gold medalist swimmer sheds tears at his success
Experts attending the ongoing Beijing Xiangshan Forum on Thursday called for codifying the basic rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern weapons and defense activities, which runs from Sept 12 to 14.
Under the theme of "Promoting Peace for a Shared Future," this year's forum features critical discussions on global security, regional stability, and innovative technologies in defense, with widest attendance from over 100 countries and organizations.
During a special academic activity of the forum, leading experts had a dialogue on AI security on Thursday afternoon as AI's influence has extended beyond mere production process, reaching a wide range of areas, including the military.
"This is still relatively new in the United States, but I think you can see it as an area of growth to have greater discussions about military AI and AI issues in the large," said Chad Sbragia, research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, also former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for China.
Calling AI tools double-edged swords, he called for efforts to hammer out basic rules and guidelines for the use of the technology.
As AI's development direction is towards man-machine integration, how to make use of it in the military is another topic discussed at the event.
"The future development of AI in the military will focus on human-machine interaction and intelligent systems that integrate human, machines, and the environment. The outcome depends on who uses the technology, as different users will lead to different results. Therefore, we strongly urge the international community to take a unified stance, much like the opposition to nuclear weapons, and resist the misuse of AI, which could harm world peace," said Liu Wei, director of the human-machine interaction and cognitive engineering laboratory with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
Experts call for codifying rules on AI use in military at Xiangshan Forum
