Wang Jian at Inclusion Conference: AI Should Let Us Live Well on 10% of Resources
智东西 · wechat · 2026-09-10
At the 2026 Inclusion conference, Aliyun founder Wang Jian revisited his 'City Brain question': can we live well on just 10% of today's per-capita resource use? He argued data is the natural resource of the digital era and AI is best positioned to use it, with cities — not gadgets — as AI's biggest overlooked载体. On AI's power draw, he claimed one kWh invested in AI could save ten elsewhere, calling it a solvable early-stage problem.
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