Wen | All-media reporter Liu Yu and Hu Junxiang of Zhejiang Shang
Editor| Ni Min
There are many people who have changed Alibaba, and Wang Jian may be one of them. In 2007, Wang Jian told Ma Yun: If Ali does not master the technology, there will be no future figure.
Perhaps, it is this sentence that awakens the dreamer. Since then, Ali has been out of control on the road of transformation from an Internet company to a technology company. Alibaba Cloud, et robots, NASA plans... Alibaba has not only begun to lead the frontier technology of China's Internet, but also began to climb the technological peak in the field of artificial intelligence.
In the next few years, artificial intelligence (AI) may change many enterprises like Changing Ali. From June 8th to 9th, the 14th Zhejiang Entrepreneurs (Investment and Financing) Conference and 2017 Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Artificial Intelligence Summit will be held at the InterContinental Hangzhou, and a wisdom feast on artificial intelligence will be presented.
The "100 Zhejiang businessmen predict artificial intelligence" is the pre-dinner dessert wine offered for this feast. Today, let's take a look at how Alibaba's technologists predict the changes that artificial intelligence is about to bring.
Machines will become the best helpers for humans
Hu Xiaoming
President of Alibaba Cloud
Last year, the discussion about AI was very lively, and all kinds of AI or non-AI were pasted on AI. Some time ago, when I attended a forum, I found that some people actually called children's toys artificial intelligence.
We see that AI plays a role when playing chess, plays a role in entertainment shows... But when Alibaba Cloud proposed artificial intelligence ET a year ago, what we hoped was to use artificial intelligence technology to make machines the best helper for humans.
I once said that man plays chess with a machine and the machine wins, but in fact it does not prove anything. Just as many years ago the steam engine and manpower were more powerful than anyone else, there was no need. What we have to do is to make machines a better helper for humans and solve problems that humans can't solve.
If artificial intelligence is to truly become an inclusive technology, it needs a more versatile production tool. In the past year, Alibaba Cloud has helped users land a number of major artificial intelligence applications in the medical and industrial fields, but if artificial intelligence technology is to enter everyone's life, more platform-based artificial intelligence products are needed.
Smart technology gives new life to every line of business
Paint far away
Chief Data Scientist at Ant Financial
We once set up a science and technology research institute in Alibaba, and later we wanted to be closer to the scene, so we established an AI department in Ant Financial, hoping to empower intelligent technology in various business lines and various applications.
For example, if a farmer or a small business needs to buy a tractor or buy some seeds, what if the money is not enough? Traditional banks rely on manpower to make loans, which is actually very expensive. We hope to use the technology of big data to automate it through intelligent technology and reduce costs in all aspects of risk control, search, intelligent assistant, marketing and so on.
For another example, someone in our team opened Alipay "My Customer Service" in the elevator, there was no signal at that time, and after we got out of the elevator, "My Customer" automatically jumped out of a question: What should I do if there is no wifi? This is because the system is automatically analyzing the current problems you may be encountering, and then making its judgments and interacting with you.
What needs to be reminded is that we should not do technology for technology, we must think about whether there is commercial value, data must also have scenarios, and land through products, otherwise, technology cannot be popularized, and there is no practical use.
The advent of the era of change always begins with great and outstanding figures, and the storm of artificial intelligence is also the most infectious to the forefront of Zhejiang businessmen. In a poem by Rilke, "Premonition", it is particularly apt to describe the bringing of the age of artificial intelligence:
I am like a flag surrounded by emptiness,
I felt gusts of wind and I had to endure;
All of the following has not yet moved:
The door closes lightly, and the chimney is silent;
The windows didn't move, and the dust was still heavy.
I recognize the storm and am as excited as the sea,
I stretched out and curled back,
I broke free of myself and was alone
Immerse yourself in a great storm.