From Microsoft to Google, from Amazon to Facebook, to Baidu in China, the most influential high-tech companies in the world have turned their attention to artificial intelligence. Zhang Yaqin, president of Baidu, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters during his participation in the China Science and Technology University's Silicon Valley Technology Summit in San Francisco recently that the development of the Internet has gone through two stages of PC (Personal Computer) interconnection and mobile Internet, and now it has entered the era of artificial intelligence. In this era, the two countries will become the twin engines that will lead the development of artificial intelligence in the world.
Zhang Yaqin delivered the keynote speech “Into the Age of Artificial Intelligence†at the conference. He told reporters on the margins of the meeting that in the PC Internet, China basically copied the United States regardless of technology, product or business model; in the era of mobile Internet, China’s technological innovation is not much, the United States is still leading in technology, but the Chinese product experience is already Many aspects surpass the United States; in the era of artificial intelligence, China not only has innovation in its products, but also has innovation in technology.
"I don't think the United States will be backward. Looking at talents and looking at resources, China and the United States have become the twin engines that lead the development of the world's artificial intelligence," he said.
Zhang Yaqin said that China has four advantages in developing artificial intelligence. First, the government regards artificial intelligence as a priority for development and has a good environment for development. Second, talents with a good mathematical base are required for artificial intelligence. Chinese students have a strong mathematical foundation. Currently, there are about 30,000 Chinese doctoral students in artificial intelligence. Third, there is financial support. In the past few years, China’s risk investment in the artificial intelligence industry exceeded that of the United States. The number of artificial intelligence unicorn companies produced in China is similar to that of the United States. Fourth, there is a large amount of data, many Chinese people have more mobile phones, and mobile internet generates a lot of data. Artificial intelligence development helps a lot.
Talking about the United States now considering restricting China’s investment in areas such as artificial intelligence, he said that he does see such remarks in the United States. However, whether or not laws can be formed is still unknown. Even if laws are formed, it will take some time. Baidu invested in Uber in the United States and bought several small artificial intelligence companies. It has not felt any resistance.
He said: “Why the US is so advanced, including artificial intelligence, it is actually the result of the US open policy. If the United States restricts foreign investment, it will be a starting point for the decline of the United States. But I believe the United States will not do this. If the United States does this, it is absolutely short-sighted."
Talking about the current development stage of artificial intelligence, Zhang Yaqin said that artificial intelligence technology did not mature until the last 5 years, and industrialization has just begun. “I think the artificial intelligence industry is now in the baby age, and now we see a small horn in the iceberg. The impact of artificial intelligence on human beings will exceed that of steam engines, exceed electricity, and surpass the Internet, and it will open a new era, changing social patterns, lifestyles, and business models,†said Zhang Yaqin.
He pointed out that there are two trends in the understanding of artificial intelligence, one is that it is speculation, it is a bubble, nothing extraordinary, excluding artificial intelligence development; the other that artificial intelligence is terrible, last year, "Alpha Go" defeated South Korean player Li Shishi Some people worry about the end of the world and worry that humans are replaced by artificial intelligence. Both of these arguments are very extreme and the real situation should be somewhere in between.
Zhang Yaqin described artificial intelligence as having three “noâ€. First, it is not a new thing. It has been more than 60 years of history. It has gone through summer and winter. Now that there is a lot of data, due to the increase in computing power and the evolution of algorithms, especially the emergence of deep learning, the industrialization of artificial intelligence has become a reality. Second, it is not terrible. It is actually a bunch of computer code, at least for now. It may not be possible to have awareness and generate intelligence. Third, it is truly remarkable and useful. It includes the upgrading of traditional industries and the creation of new business models or industries, bringing with them unmanned vehicles, unmanned shops, and new-generation robots.
He said that artificial intelligence does cause many people to lose their jobs and it will affect some companies, but it will also spawn new industries that they didn’t think of and bring new job opportunities that they might not have imagined. Every industrial revolution will increase productivity, improve people's quality of life, and some jobs will be lost, but there will be higher quality and more creative work.
Baidu is a microcosm of the development of artificial intelligence in China. Zhang Yaqin said Baidu has 48,000 employees and more than 2,000 of them specialize in artificial intelligence algorithms and platform research. "For Baidu, artificial intelligence is not a strategy for the future, but it has greatly improved its business."
For example, he said that under the impetus of artificial intelligence, there will be three trends in search development: First, the search method will have a great change, now use keywords, and in the future many times may use voice, pictures, face search, including voice The accuracy of recognition has been raised to 97%, and the recognition accuracy of dialects even exceeds that of human beings. Second, it is now interconnected with everything, and the search space is probably hundreds of times larger than the original. Speakers, refrigerators, cars, etc. can be searched wherever there are sensors. Third, the search mode is not the same. In the past, people were looking for information, but now information can also be found based on hobbies, scenes, etc.
When the reporter asked him to predict the impact of artificial intelligence on daily life after 10 years, he said: “In another 10 years, my car will be smarter and safer when it comes to travel, and the car will automatically park at the airport. I When the car came back to me, she automatically picked me up. In the store, I brushed my face into a normal state, bought something, paid for it, and didn't need an ID card. At home, I had a voice assistant and turned off the lights by voice. Buttons are not needed. Many of these artificial intelligence technologies are maturing."
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