Recently, Gao Qingyi, an artificial intelligence scholar, executive member of the Science Popularization Working Committee of the China Computer Federation, professor and doctoral supervisor of the French Higher School of Foreign Trade, appeared in the new issue of the Chief Time of the New Wise Man produced by Sina News, and He Xiaodong, vice president of Jingdong Group, who also appeared as a digital human, conducted a dialogue entitled "Dialogue with JD AI out of the laboratory" on the intelligent service of JD Technology, the understanding of generative AI and the insight into industrial development, whether AI can really change the world, Topics such as changing our daily lives are discussed in depth.
For the first time, the dialogue adopts the online method of "digital human", that is, both sides of the dialogue are "digital humans" created based on ontology. In this first-of-its-kind digital human dialogue, Dr. Gao Qingyi and Dr. He Xiaodong agreed that generative AI is the product of the combination of AI and industry, and has the potential to change the world. Large models have achieved results in C-end application scenarios, such as digital human live broadcast, AI outbound marketing, etc., and play an important role in solving problems in real scenarios. As a master of multimodal technology, digital humans will play an important role in the field of artificial intelligence, and these application scenarios can change the way people communicate, improve the productivity of personal content, and can even be applied to finance, medical and other fields. JD AI has practical applications in logistics, retail and other fields, and the integration of AI with daily life and production will become higher and higher in the future.
Gao Qingyi and He Xiaodong also discussed the emergence of AI, that is, when the size of the model exceeds 100 billion, it will be found that AI suddenly "evolves", and the dialogue effect has also achieved a qualitative leap and improvement. Regarding the nature of the emergence phenomenon, the two sides discussed that this is the emergence of intelligence, and it is also the most fascinating part of the large model. Massive data training realizes intelligent leaps, and large models allow AI to have more knowledge reserves and application space, such as the high perception of visual large models, the super creative cognition of language large models, and the upgraded interaction capabilities of multimodal large models.
In addition, Gao Qingyi also talked about the complexity and practicality of the AI research and development process. He believes that there is no magic in the research and development of AI, and the process of training large models also needs to be like educating a student step by step, which requires patience. He also pointed out that the current route of pre-trained large models is still in the exploration stage, and there may be more efficient routes in the future, so that AI can go to the entity and enter the logistics world is the field and direction that must be paid attention to in research, such as robotic arm-assisted logistics sorting and handling, unmanned vehicle distribution, etc.
The digital dialogue between Gao Qingyi and He Xiaodong burst out from time to time with sparks of wisdom and inspiration, fully foreseeing the potential and achievements of generative AI in industrial applications. At the same time, they also emphasized that the research and development of AI requires patience and exploration spirit, and paid attention to the impact of AI on employment, and suggested that college freshmen pay more attention to and understand AI-related majors.
This dialogue is not only avant-garde and novel, but also the two sides of the dialogue are digital people tailored by JD.com for both parties, which is the first time in China. This has sparked heated discussions among the majority of netizens, who have left messages expressing their expectations and pride in the development of domestic generative AI technology and the rise of domestic digital humans.
On the same day, Gao Qingyi posted on Weibo, moving to tears when watching the movie "Volunteers", for that era related to the fate of the nation and the country, and at the same time deeply remembering his grandfather. It is reported that Gao Qingyi's grandfather was Che Xuezao, former political commissar of the 126th Division of the 42nd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.