Herzog, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: The next breakthrough in AI is the collaboration of small agents

IT House reported on July 26 that Herzog, an academician of the German National Academy of Engineering Sciences and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, won the 2025 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China, according to CCTV News today. Recently, Herzog talked about the development of artificial intelligence in an exclusive interview with the main station's "High-End Interview" column. He said that the next major breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence will not be a single large-scale system, but the coordinated operation of many small, specialized agents. Headquarters reporter He Yanke: As smart bodies become more and more popular, there has been heated discussion from all walks of life. Do you think the next major breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence will be born from a single large model with extremely powerful performance, or will it be a system composed of multiple agents working together? Herzog, academician of the German National Academy of Engineering Sciences and foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: I have always advocated the development of small intelligence. The future development direction is by no means a single large-scale system, but the coordinated operation of many small specialized intelligent agents. Human beings work together to create results through communication, collaboration and even moderate competition. This is a model we have long been accustomed to. Intelligent agents can also reproduce this set of operating logic. The advantages of this architecture are very prominent and highly adaptable. We can remove and add new agents at any time, and the actual implementation effect is far better than a single large system. Headquarters reporter He Yanke: Have you ever thought about this question: What is the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence? Should we develop machines with human thinking capabilities, or create a new form of intelligence to expand or supplement the boundaries of human capabilities? Herzog, academician of the German National Academy of Engineering Sciences and foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: The Internet is actually already supplementing human abilities. The Internet brings together all kinds of knowledge around the world, and artificial intelligence can further lower the threshold for people to acquire knowledge. This will be one of the future development goals. The large language model has initially realized this idea, but it still requires a lot of practice and scientific research to be fully implemented. IT House noticed that on July 8, 2026, China’s National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held at the Great Hall of the People. German scientist Herzog won the 2025 China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. This is China’s