Robin Li: In the next five years, Baidu will train 5 million AI talents for the society

Photo description: Robin Li delivered a speech on "Simplifying Complexity, From Scientific Thinking to Engineering Thinking" Source/Interviewee Courtesy of the interviewee

　　Xinmin Evening News (reporter Jin Zhigang) On October 23, the Peking University New Engineering International Forum was held, with the theme of "New Era, New Challenges, New Engineering", aiming to further promote the construction of new engineering, deepen global exchanges, and promote international cooperation. Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li was invited to attend and deliver a speech entitled "Simplifying Complexity, From Scientific Thinking to Engineering Thinking".

　　In the construction of new engineering disciplines and the cultivation of talents, Li Yanhong said that the new engineering department focuses on the engineering thinking of cultivating talents, simplifies complex problems, and integrates reality in a "compromise" step by step. At the same time, talents in the new engineering era must have the three major capabilities of innovation, cross-border and openness. He also suggested that it is necessary to strengthen the linkage between schools and enterprises, learn from each other and grow together.

　　In terms of industrial practice and technology landing, Robin Li took automatic driving as an example and proposed that Baidu and Tesla are both "engineering thinking". The path Tesla chose was a gradient of degree of automation. The path chosen by Baidu is a gradient of the driving range of autonomous driving, starting from the fully unmanned driving of some roads, and gradually expanding the geographical range, so as to move towards fully autonomous driving at the L5 level. In addition, Baidu has launched an autonomous driving travel service platform "Radish Run", which operates in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Cangzhou, Changsha and other places, receiving more than 400,000 passengers.

　　In terms of technology trends to promote a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, Robin Li believes that there will be eight key technologies in the field of artificial intelligence in the next decade, which will achieve quantitative to qualitative changes, namely autonomous driving, digital city operation, machine translation, biocomputing, deep learning framework, knowledge management, AI chips and personal intelligent assistants. Robin Li said: "The breakthrough of these eight technologies will extensively change people's production and lifestyle, which is something I firmly believe, and these eight technologies will also be the direction of Baidu's firm investment." ”

　　Li Yanhong said that china has the best soil to cultivate leading talents and strategic scientists, and stressed that in the next 5 years, Baidu will train 5 million AI talents for the society and continue to contribute to the construction of national strategic scientific and technological strength.