'For us, we will use the AI into the real business world, and this is what AI means to us. "On the eve of CES 2018, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, the Organizing Committee of China Electronics and Information Exposition The co-sponsored 2018 Las Vegas China Night was the first to ignite the "First Fire" of artificial intelligence in 2018. Representatives from Huawei, Suning, Microsoft, Qualcomm and other well-known technology companies from China and the United States, exhibitors As well as local politicians and more than 300 people around the artificial intelligence, driverless, Internet of Things, smart manufacturing, AR / VR and other popular technology today to discuss the forefront of the consumer electronics industry trends Suning Cloud Business IT Executive Vice President, Suning Technology Dean Jiang Xiu as a guest to attend and talked about Suning's understanding of artificial intelligence technology applications and results.
Figure: Suning cloud business IT executive vice president, Suning Technology Research Institute to Jiang Xu (fourth from left) with the participants photo
Embracing new technology artificial intelligence let Suning better understand consumers
The core purpose of artificial intelligence technology is to help mankind to improve work efficiency and even complete the work that mankind can not do. In Jiang Xu's opinion, artificial intelligence has rich connotations to Suning, allowing Suning to become more knowledgeable about consumers.
As the leading omnichannel retail giant in China, Suning has launched smart retail stores with various formats including Suning Living Plaza, Suning Store, Red Kid Shop, selected stores and Suning Sports Store after the layout of smart retail ecosystem , And these new format is through the emerging artificial intelligence technology and the Internet, Internet of Things and other technologies integrated use of the results to the multi-format smart retail storefront as a window, Suning can be the smart retail advocacy convenient scene consumption And pass on to consumers.
Figure: Suning cloud business IT executive vice president, Suning Institute of Technology to Jiang Xu live exchange
Therefore, when talking about the significance of artificial intelligence to Suning, Jiang Xu bluntly said: 'Artificial Intelligence can provide a lot of basic resources and is very important to our application. We will apply artificial intelligence to the real business world.' This is what artificial intelligence means to us. '
Photo: CES2018 Suning unmanned shop biu site
The perfect combination of technology + applications Suning unmanned stores moved to CES site
Based on Jiang Xu's understanding of artificial intelligence technology and the use of concepts, Suning Tesco biu shop thrift in the unmanned shop thriving business, from August first opened in Nanjing, landing by the end of 2017 five; from the September retail association in the United States Harvest United States retail Gangster praise, by the end of the year topped the domestic new retail 2017 annual innovation list, won the '2017 new retail innovation TOP list · new species award', Suning unmanned shop biu has become Suning smart store test water Attractive results.
At this year's CES show, Suning will be unmanned stores moved to Las Vegas, brush face into the store, brush face payment, big data recommendation, Yan value testing and other cutting-edge technology and fresh play, so that users around the world In this regard, Jiang explained that Silicon Valley may be the most technologically advanced place in the world, but when it comes to combining technology with practical applications, Suning is certainly one of the best companies in the world.
At present, Suning UAV stores have begun a large-scale replication, the next 2-3 years plans to replicate the country around 200. Suning shop without such a smart store as the representative, Suning to do is the wisdom of the retail line On the proven technology and business model to the offline scene to go, this is exactly the Suning in recent years from the '+ Internet' to reflect the idea of 'Internet +'.
Figure: Suning cloud business IT executive vice president, Suning Institute of Technology to Jiang Xu (center) on-site exchange
Suning has been cooperating with top American institutions such as Stanford for many years, and Suning has been operating at the Silicon Valley Research Institute in the United States for many years, continuing to deliver artificial intelligence to Suning Technical personnel.Jiangsu Xu said: 'Suning's investment team is actively seeking cooperation and look forward to cooperation in the field of science and technology can have more cooperation between China and the United States in the field of AI can create a better life.'
Artificial intelligence technology is booming at this stage, it is inevitable that voices of doubt exist.When asked whether the application of artificial intelligence will lead to a large number of jobs disappear, large-scale unemployment and other social issues, Jiangxu said: 'We are dealing with artificial intelligence technology Is cautious and attitudes, artificial intelligence can make life happier rather than lead to people's quality of life decline to sales, for example, artificial intelligence can make businesses and consumers are more convenient and efficient. 'From the application of the current stage of Suning From the point of view, Suning apparently did this.