Decoding DeepSeek's "Boundary-Breaking" Power

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DeepSeek: Retrospective on Three Schools of Al and Strengthening General Education

Recently, DeepSeek has surged to global prominence through its system-level collaborative innovations in algorithms, models, and systems. By synergizing collective intelligence and collaborative efforts, it has achieved groundbreaking milestones, sparking boundless imagination for technological breakthroughs and challenges in advancing toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Through open-source initiatives, it accelerates the democratization of universal intelligence across society. To foster a deeper understanding of DeepSeek's pioneering exploration at the intersection of technology, application, and ethics, as well as its dual strategies of "breaking boundaries" and "establishing roots," we are proud to launch the DeepSeek Series Specialized Online Open Courses. This initiative systematically deciphers the technical philosophy behind its ecosystem evolution while sparking interdisciplinary dialogues about intelligent civilization and collaborative innovation.

Theme: DeepSeek: Revisiting AI's Three Schools of Thought and Strengthening General Education

Keynote Speaker: ​Prof. Fei Wu

Dean of the Undergraduate School of Zhejiang University;

Party Secretary of the College of Computer Science and Technology and the School of Software;

Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and the Center for AI Education and Research;

Qiushi Distinguished Professor, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars Recipient, CAAI Fellow;

Chair of the Committee on AI Education, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence.

Abstract:This report traces the historical development of AI algorithms through the lens of three foundational schools of thought—symbolicism, ​connectionism, and ​behaviorism—analyzing their complementary strengths and limitations. Addressing the current focus on generative AI, it explores the interconnections among ChatGPT, Sora, and DeepSeek, emphasizing that DeepSeek's exceptional performance stems from ​system-level collaborative innovations across algorithms, models, and systems, achieved through the synergy of collective intelligence and collaborative efforts. Finally, it introduces Zhejiang University's ongoing initiatives in ​AI general education, proposing that a holistic framework integrating ​systematized knowledge, ​constructive competence, ​creative values, and ​human-centric ethics constitutes the essential literacy for the AI era.

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