On December 8, Ma Yun Jack MA attended the 20th anniversary of Ant Group today. Ma Yun said in his speech that in the next 20 years, the great changes brought by the AI era will exceed all people's imagination, because AI will be a greater era, AI will change everything, but this does not mean that AI will decide everything.


"Technology is important, but what really decides the future is today, what we do for this coming era that is really valuable and different," Ma said.


He said that what we can do today and what we can do in the future should still be those who have insisted on making technology bring progress and change to the lives of ordinary people in the past 20 years, "We want to let AI empower our feelings, and we also want our feelings to empower our AI."


The following is the full text of Ma's speech:


Dear Ant students, good evening, I am very happy to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alipay with you. In the past 20 years, you have created Alipay, Yu 'e Bao and Ant Forest out of nothing, and participated in the development and construction of society with our own efforts and ways. On behalf of the earliest founding group, I would like to pay tribute to Alipay, salute ants and bless ants.


Today, I am not here for the achievements of the ants in the past 20 years, but for the ants in the next 20 years. Each of our eras has presented different opportunities and challenges to each generation. But not everyone can seize the opportunity.


When the Internet first arrived 20 years ago, my generation was lucky enough to seize the opportunity of the Internet era. But from today's point of view, in the next 20 years, the huge changes brought about by the AI era will exceed everyone's imagination. Because AI will be a greater era, AI will change everything, but this does not mean that AI will decide everything.


Technology is important, but what really decides the future is that today we do something really valuable and different for this coming era.


What we can do today and what we can do in the future is still what we have been insisting on for the past 20 years to make technology bring happiness and change to the lives of ordinary people. We have to let AI empower our feelings, and we have to let feelings empower our AI.


How can we see the rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, thank you for the experience and test over the past years. I believe and thank all the friends who believe in ants, love ants, help ants and support ants over the years. Thank you for your encouragement to ants in recent years, and thank you for your criticism of ants.


It's what encourages criticism that helps ants grow, helps ants mature. It is also an important guarantee that ants can go more stable and farther in the future.


I believe that the ants who have opened a new chapter, a group of young people with feelings and righteousness, we live together in an era of change, will create more and newer miracles.


The future is difficult, but we are lucky to be part of changing it and creating it together. Thank you very much.