What will the fourth industrial revolution be?

The fourth industrial revolution should be the revolution of biotechnology. It seems not as fast as imagined.

What will be the core of the fourth industrial revolution? This question needs to be answered based on the actual situation. The author will try to make a bold guess here. The so-called core must be a broad and basic field, must be a new field, and must be a field that can bring about huge progress in productivity. The development of modern science and technology has solved many problems, such as using machines to replace human physical strength, extending human ears, eyes, hands, feet, etc., but there are still many problems that have not been solved. For example, machines are not yet capable of human intelligence, and cannot truly listen, listen, read, write, or understand natural language, that is, they are not yet intelligent in the true sense; machines are not yet miniaturized, that is, nano-level robots; Without specific functions, humans have not yet been able to create insect-like flying robots because they cannot create devices that can achieve the performance of high-speed vibrating wings; humans have not yet been able to quickly and effectively transform certain aspects of themselves, such as memory. character. For example, physical strength can only be exercised according to the external environment, and the effect is very slow; human beings cannot yet arbitrarily manufacture certain parts of the body; human beings cannot yet directly listen to other people's inner thoughts; human beings cannot yet quickly After completing some courses, for example, a five-year course can be completed in half a year...

Some of these problems belong to the entire society and reflect the basic needs of the entire society. These needs were created on the basis of previous industrial revolutions. For example, the emergence of steam engines has put forward higher requirements for the coal mine transportation industry. The development of the transportation industry has put forward higher requirements for the communication industry. The development of the communication industry has put forward higher requirements for the manufacturing industry. The development of the manufacturing industry has put forward higher requirements for precision. Instrumentation and automatic control have put forward higher requirements... The future industrial revolution will inevitably be due to the higher requirements placed on them by the last industrial revolution.

So in what industry does the fourth industrial revolution occur? Let’s look at the chemical engineering industry first. Modern chemistry has put forward its own requirements for new materials and new high-functional molecules. When it comes to saving energy, the policies of various countries are also the same. Looking at the mechanical and electrical engineering industry, communications industry, and computer industry, they all have high requirements for automatic control, artificial intelligence, and information processing. For example, modern society is not information shortage, but information pollution and information excess. How to deal with huge information and limited information processing capabilities is a very prominent contradiction. Let’s look at the environmental field. Although all countries now pay more attention to environmental issues, this problem is still very prominent. Pesticide pollution, vehicle exhaust pollution, and wastewater, exhaust gas, and waste from industrial production cannot be ignored. There are also some industries that I will not give examples.