
Xiaoyu Zhang | Pre-AI Generation: What Should We Really Be Watching Over the Next Decade?
At this year’s Maker Faire Shenzhen forum themed “AI and More Things” , the second speaker was Zhang Xiaoyu. Zhang Xiaoyu is an Asian Book Award winner, emerging scholar of technology history, and author of “Prehistory of AI Civilization.” He has highly forward-thinking perspectives on AI technology. In this forum presentation, he shared his insights on AI, AGI, and technology trends for the next 5-10 years. He doesn’t offer emotional predictions or sensationalist science fiction scenarios, but instead uses thinking frameworks such as “mathematical variables,” “technology history models,” and “commercialization funnels” to explain why we can understand the current AI transformation more calmly and clearly.