China has a big chance in AI development thanks to its large population, the same language, and a lot of computer infrastructure, said French professor Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, a computer scientist and philosopher at Sorbonne University, in an exclusive interview with China News Network at the Tsinghua Higher Education Forum in Beijing.

世博体育官网近日，法国索邦大学计算机科学家让-加布里埃尔·加纳西亚(Jean-Gabriel Ganascia)在接受中国新闻网采访时表示，中国在人工智能领域拥有巨大前景与机遇，庞大的人口规模、统一的语言体系，以及丰富的计算机基础设施和海量数据资源，都是中国的优势。加纳西亚强调人在人工智能体系中的主导作用，呼吁妥善管控人工智能工具，防止有人出于不良目的，收集分析信息，造成危害。(巩微微)

He called for better governance to “take care of the place of humans in the system” in case AI machines were used to collect and analyze information for bad purposes. (Gong Weiwei)

Speaking of challenges in China's AI sector, Ganascia pointed out that AI could harm people's independent thinking if people were over-dependent on AI to write.