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2026年预算案：善加利用人工智能可成新加坡“战略优势”

必须制定明确的规则，以确保技术得到负责任且安全的应用，并让惠益广泛分享。

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    • PM Wong表示，人工智能正以惊人的速度发展，随之而来的是“深切的担忧”。但他警告，恐惧不能是新加坡的应对方式。
    • PM Wong表示，人工智能正以惊人的速度发展，随之而来的是“深切的担忧”。但他警告，恐惧不能是新加坡的应对方式。 摄影：TAY CHU YI，《商业时报》

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    【新加坡】财政部长兼总理 Lawrence Wong 在周四（2月12日）的预算案演讲中表示，新加坡在人工智能（AI）领域的优势，并不在于建立最大的前沿模型，而在于有效、负责任且迅速地部署该技术。

    PM Wong 说：“新加坡可以成为一个值得信赖的中心，企业和研究人员可以在此汇聚，共同开发、测试和部署有影响力的人工智能解决方案，并且比许多大国做得更快、更协调一致。”

    他指出，这已在发生。目前，包括Google和 Microsoft 在内的60多家公司，已在新加坡设立了人工智能卓越中心。

    他说，这些投资因此在人工智能研究、工程和部署领域为新加坡人创造了“越来越多好的就业机会”。

    如果善加利用，人工智能将成为“新加坡的战略优势”，使我国能够克服自然资源有限、人口迅速老龄化和劳动力市场紧张等结构性制约。

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    他补充说：“我们必须思路清晰、行动坚决。人工智能是一个强大的工具，但它终究只是一个工具，必须服务于我们的国家利益和人民。”

    这意味着要制定明确的规则，以确保人工智能得到负责任且安全的应用，并使其惠益“在全社会广泛分享”。

    这一点尤为重要，因为人工智能正以惊人的速度发展，在有望提高生产力、解锁新发现并“以我们才刚开始理解的方式改变生活”的同时，也带来了“深切的担忧”。

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    他说：“工人们担心人工智能会取代工作岗位。社会则担心错误信息、偏见以及强大技术的道德使用问题。”

    “这些焦虑是真实存在的——我们必须正视它们。”

    但他警告说，恐惧不能是新加坡的应对方式。“如果我们因不确定性而陷入瘫痪，我们就会在一个快速前进的世界里掉队。”

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