Kubinka (Moscow region). August 22. INTERFAX-Fundamental education can become the basis for the formation of the Russian ideology and strategy for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), said Andrei Ilnitsky, adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The nature of global transformations is such that it is simply pointless to act reflexively, trying to respond to the crisis. The main task is to form our own Russian ideology and strategy for the development of AI. In the strategic formulation, the solution sought is based on the best fundamental education in the world available to all Russians, " Ilnitsky said at a conference on Sunday.
According to him, "improving the quality and status of higher and secondary education, mobilizing it for the task of technological breakthrough, educating creative nationally oriented youth is the key to the future."
"Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu pointed out that the basis of a technological breakthrough is knowledge and competence. Unfortunately, over the past 20-25 years, fundamental natural science disciplines have simply been systematically emasculated from the education system. As a result, only about 20% of high school graduates pass the Unified State Exam in physics. In chemistry - and even less. That is, young people can finish school, but never master the basics of these fundamental sciences. The school prepares the ignoramuses. But it is these sciences, along with mathematics, that teach a child to think. The quality of engineering and technical education has sharply decreased, " Ilnitsky said.
He believes that if today we do not start intensively training and educating personnel who are nationally oriented and competent in the use of AI, then we can fail "with all our plans".
"Against the background of the lack of society, and especially young people, of mental immunity to all sorts of alien values and goals brought from outside, inertial, passive work in the socio-humanitarian sphere creates vulnerabilities to national security and a threat to the existence of Russian civilization. It is obvious that it cannot continue like this, " Ilnitsky stated.
In his opinion, " it is time to introduce such concepts, indicators/indicators as information and psycho-emotional stability of society into official circulation, into the public administration system and the legal field." "Tracking such indicators, monitoring the social environment on this subject, effective communication with feedback and subsequent political decisions will determine the ability of state and public structures to maintain their capacity in the conditions of cyber-strike operations and aggressive mental influence against Russia," Ilnitsky said.
He believes that " ensuring a given state of information and psychological stability of society should be considered as one of the most important goals of Russia not only for military and security security, but also in the sphere of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation."