March 26 morning news, Today, China Development High Level Forum 2018 'China in the New Era' was held at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Baidu's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robin Li, spoke at the meeting with the theme of 'The New Energy of the Chinese Economy'. He mentioned:
1. Every day, 500 people died because of an auto accident. Nobody noticed, but Uber had an accident and the whole world was very concerned. This is similar to dog biting, not news, and biting dogs is news;
2. Under the premise of privacy protection, Chinese consumers are often willing to use certain personal data to authorize their use in exchange for more convenient services.
3. The accumulated investment in R&D exceeds RMB 10 billion. We will continue to invest in AI. Talent is expensive, but we are willing to spend this money.
The following is a speech of Li Yanhong's speech and question and answer session, compiled by Sina Technology:
China has just finished two sessions. In the Prime Minister's work report, we mentioned Internet+ and artificial intelligence. The former is an impetus for the rapid growth of China's economy in the past five years. The background of the latter mentioned that it is facing the future. We must increase this. Input. I think this is very reasonable. The growth of the Internet itself has encountered bottlenecks in China. The demographic dividend is gradually disappearing. Everyone is surfing the Internet for a long period of time each day. At this time, the power of Internet growth has become a problem. Now online promotion costs and lines. It's almost the same, or even more expensive. It needs new power. It's artificial intelligence.
China is very willing to take advantage of the new technology. The development and manufacturing of unmanned vehicles is still in a relatively advanced position. Four months later, the unmanned minibus we cooperated with Jinlong will be mass produced. This is a fully automated system. The driving car will start with a relatively closed area at the outset. Driverless technology is not yet mature enough to get rid of the driver on the open road, but this technology has grown rapidly and I believe it will take 3-5 years Enter the open road.
Today, no one drove an accident, everyone was very concerned about it. Similar dog bites are not news, people bite dogs is news, 500 people die every day because of car accidents, nobody pays attention, but Uber has an accident and the whole world is very concerned. The whole driverless driving is a very huge industry. It has a long industrial chain. It does not only involve China. The whole world will participate. So we think that an open attitude will benefit even more.
The attitude of the Chinese people to accept new things is now more open. From this point of view, autopilot will be popularized more quickly in China. In terms of Chinese manufacturing, new species will emerge. It turns out to be a speaker, a small appliance, now Is a smart speaker, turned out to be a TV, now is a TV that can be controlled directly by voice.
Chinese manufacturing is now being developed into China's wisdom, and any device should have an interface that can understand human speech. After the machine can understand people, people do not need learning tools, and the tools learn to understand. people.
In terms of policy, China is also very open. Recently, Beijing has opened 105 kilometers of roads for testing by unmanned vehicles. This is a significant point. Beijing is not an ordinary city. He has a population of more than 20 million. He is the capital of a big country. His political nature is very high. Strong cities are now open to this technology, which is not easy.
Our employees are very diligent and often work overtime. China's data are huge and very large. These are advantages.
At the end of the speech, Li Yanhong answered questions about 'privacy' and 'data input'.
Regarding privacy, Li Yanhong said:
The government, the opening of corporate data, will contribute to the development of the artificial intelligence industry, and the capabilities of AI companies will also increase exponentially. Of course, we also attach great importance to privacy issues and data protection issues. The security of user information is all Internet The company's lifeline, we have a responsibility to protect users' information security from infringement.
In the past few years, China has also increasingly recognized this issue and is also strengthening the construction of relevant laws and regulations. At the same time, some of the user’s personal data can actually help Internet companies to provide better services or products. , The user's habits in e-commerce, shopping sites, categories of interest, etc., help the website to provide users with more intimate and efficient services. Chinese consumers are often willing to Certain personal data are authorized for use, in exchange for more convenient services. Therefore, we need to find a better balance between securing user information and using user data to provide better services. Of course, all of this requires Following certain principles, we must use this data to benefit all people on the basis of protecting the rights of user data.
Second, regarding the R&D investment, Li Yanhong said:
The investment in R&D has accumulated more than RMB 10 billion. We will continue to invest in AI. Talent is expensive, but we are willing to spend this money. If we go to work in Silicon Valley to work in Beijing, we will give him a 15% increase in salary. Around, if colleagues in Beijing are going to work in Silicon Valley, we will reduce wages by about 15% because our market is mainly in China. Working in China will bring us more efficiency and output.