Meng Fanqi did not expect that Robin Li would propose a meeting so bluntly.
After asking about it, it suddenly dawned on me that Mr. Li was currently in the Baidu headquarters building outside the North Fifth Ring Road.
Meng Fanqi had completely forgotten about this problem. Even though this place was so remote, it was hard for a bird to poop. There are indeed several major factories that have settled here.
"Mr. Li's kindness is hard to refuse. Of course I can't refuse. Let's make an appointment outside and won't visit your company." Meng Fanqi has decided to go to Silicon Valley first to develop Google. At this time, there is no need to go to Baidu to see anything. thing.
In his opinion, Robin Li could not offer better conditions than Google to win him to join at this time.
Therefore, during this meeting, Meng Fanqi wanted to confirm the possibility of cooperation.
When talking about cooperation, we still have to do it outside.
It was originally the first time for Meng Fanqi to deal with a boss of this level alone.
First of all, his momentum was much lower, and then he ran to the National People's Congress headquarters. Meng Fanqi didn't have the guts.
After hanging up the phone, without too much delay, Meng Fanqi rushed to the intersection agreed with Robin Li to wait.
Not long after, a black Mercedes-Benz S600 slowly stopped on the roadside.
Robin Li, who was in the back seat, lowered the window and waved to Meng Fanqi, who was waiting aside, showing confidence and magnificence in his expression.
Meng Fanqi stepped forward slowly and recalled that the past two years seemed to be the time when Robin Li had successively won the title of China's richest man.
With a net worth of tens of billions of dollars and driving a car worth more than two million dollars, he is actually considered low-key.
"Mr. Li, can I sit in the back?"
"Come on up." Li Yanhong moved inside and patted his vacant seat.
"So, Classmate Meng, can you tell me about this DreamNet?" Seeing Meng Fanqi get in the car and close the door, Li Yanhong didn't waste much time and went straight to the topic.
"How did you come up with this method? What impact do you think it will have on the world?"
"Mr. Li, do you want to ask something more specific?" Meng Fanqi smiled and said, "Why do you make such a roundabout start?"
"Hahahaha! If you are willing to say it, then of course it would be better." Seeing that he was neither humble nor overbearing, Li Yanhong also admired him, "To be honest, I have asked the team to do their best to try to reproduce your The result. Try to find some clues from the generative adversarial network you published."
"I'm not afraid of being embarrassed when I tell you this. The best result we have achieved so far is only similar to last year's AlexNet. I can't imagine how you achieved this result."
"I am just an ordinary undergraduate now. You are willing to come here in person. This is the only one in China." Meng Fanqi did not contact these manufacturers during this period. Except that he really did not plan to join the company, he used this simplest and crudest method. Ways to screen out sincere people.
"Mr. Li is my senior, and he also has a background in computers. The communication between us is a communication between technicians, and I will directly speak on the paper."
Meng Fanqi took out DreamNet's paper directly from his bag. This manuscript has been submitted and will be reported in detail at the December meeting.
There is actually no point in hiding it for another month. It is better to take it out directly to give Robin Li this face.
For Meng Fanqi, the difference is not big, but saving at least one month of development and exploration time can save a lot of money for Baidu's team.
Just for researchers who earn tens of thousands in salary for more than ten months, this adds up to a small number of millions.
"So refreshing?" Li Yanhong's eyes lit up. He didn't expect this undergraduate student to be so neat and directly took out the thesis manuscript.
During this period, not to mention specialized researchers, even Li Yanhong himself was very curious about how to achieve this result.
Without saying much, he quickly browsed through it. "Yes, I have always been puzzled by the problem that deeper networks cannot achieve better results. Logically speaking, deeper layers and additional parameters can always make the model's learning ability stronger."
"This is really a simple and elegant solution..." Li Yanhong couldn't help but exclaimed after reading the method part, "I originally expected to see very complex structures and designs, but I didn't expect your method to be so simple and clear. .”
"Don't add entities unless necessary. I believe that simple and effective methods are the best and most widely used."
"Have you ever thought about the impact that AI technology will have on human society?" Robin Li's car has arrived at an inconspicuous small club near Baidu's headquarters.
Robin Li often has distinguished guests visiting him, and naturally there are many who are unwilling to go to the Baidu headquarters, or it is inconvenient to go and they don't like to go.
He has some inconspicuous small bases around here. The stores may be small shops selling wood carvings and tea. But there is a world inside, and there are one or two medium-sized rooms upstairs that can be used for meetings and discussions.
The materials and colors used in the decoration looked simple and restrained, and there were few customers in the store. Maybe the store was not originally intended for business.
Maybe this is the style and taste of the richest man in the Mainland, right?
Li Yanhong took the lead into the store, followed closely by Meng Fanqi.
After a few steps, I walked around to the back of the shop. Unexpectedly, there was a mystery hidden inside, and there was also a garden of a medium size.
There is a small artificial waterfall next to it, with a gurgling sound that is quite elegant.
"The impact of AI on future industries may be mainly divided into three aspects." Meng Fanqi answered Robin Li's previous question while admiring the scenery.
"From the perspective of ordinary people, it may not be clear. But from the perspective of technical practitioners, I think there are nothing more than three main tracks, visual images, language and speech, and recommendation maps."
"What direction are you going to focus on?" Li Yanhong originally thought that Meng Fanqi was a technician specializing in a certain aspect, but he did not expect that his technical vision was quite broad.
"Why do you have to focus on something? If you draw a framework in advance and tie yourself within it, it will be easy to limit your thinking." Meng Fanqi smiled, only children do multiple-choice questions, adults I want them all!
Robin Li frowned slightly unnoticeably. The content of a field is so vast, and images alone can be divided into many general directions, such as classification, detection, segmentation, and super-resolution.
Although the undergraduate student in front of me has achieved great results, it is not very successful if he has this mentality of doing things.
However, he did not show it, but led Meng Fanqi quickly to the room in the back courtyard, "Come, sit down."
"This is my first time to have a direct conversation with a giant of Mr. Li's level." Meng Fanqi sat down calmly, but to be honest, he was still nervous. "It's a bit unfamiliar, Mr. Li, don't be offended."
"Where is it?" Li Yanhong did not have any condescending attitude throughout the process, and he completely acted like an equal, which actually surprised Meng Fanqi. "This is also the first time that I have made a special trip to contact such a young undergraduate. It shows how much potential your achievements have. and value.”
"Let's skip the recruitment part and let's talk about cooperation." Meng Fanqi smiled and Robin Li's expression froze.
