In the afternoon of that day, as the press conference was approaching, Baidu's live broadcast channel had already begun to play some background clips.
Basically, it is some content that introduces Baidu’s investment and achievements in the past few years.
In just a few minutes, an advertisement was inserted, which made Meng Fanqi speechless and choked.
I really can't bear to make less money.
After switching to the poster interface with the words "Whiteness Real-time Detection Press Conference" and waiting for a few minutes, the camera finally arrived at the scene.
At first, the whole place was dark, and the big screen began to play an opening video with a mainly black tone from the darkness.
It mainly starts with hieroglyphics, which leads to the important historical significance of graphics and images to human beings.
A series of dazzling historical events, accompanied by voiceovers narrating these stories, and finally leaving a phrase in the center of the screen.
“What does the world look like when AI sees it?”
"We invite the founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, Robin Li!"
The lights at the scene suddenly turned on, and Robin Li, still dressed in a classic black suit pants and white shirt, strode forward.
The recent negotiations between all parties have been very smooth, and they have even quickly reached cooperation with a district in Yanjing, the most important city in China, and will soon be able to pilot it.
Except for some functions similar to road detection that cannot be solved yet, Robin Li can be said to be very proud of himself recently.
"Dear guests, friends from the media and technology circles, welcome to Baidu and the press conference of this whiteness test. Thank you all for your continued attention and support to us."
"Since Baidu decided to invest heavily in developing AI a few years ago, people have been asking me when AI technology will be implemented and released."
"Along the way, Baidu's choice has actually been questioned a lot, not only externally, but also internally, because after all, the cost of R&D investment in AI is still quite high."
"But today, we are very honored to announce that Baidu has the first visual technology that is very powerful, has reached the level of practical application, and can be widely put into use. That is Baidu's latest real-time image and video detection Technology, whiteness detection.”
When Li Yanhong said this, he turned sideways and controlled the slide. Behind him, "Smart Transportation", "Smart Industry", "Smart Healthcare", and "Smart Security" appeared on a large screen about three people tall and dozens of meters wide. , the five themes of "smart life", which are the five application scenarios that Baidu mainly wants to promote.
"Of course, I also need to give special thanks here to Meng Fanqi, a special researcher at our Baidu Deep Learning Institute." After briefly introducing the main application direction of the algorithm, Li Yanhong placed an advertisement for the author of the algorithm, Meng Fanqi, as promised. Of course Well, both inside and outside the words also put a lot of gold on Baidu.
On the invincible wide screen behind them, the ID photos of Meng Fanqi and Robin Li suddenly appeared side by side on the left side, which was the one that was specially taken last time. On the right are some posed photos of two people discussing and communicating. Meng Fanqi blushed a little.
"Meng Meng has made a great contribution to our algorithm product, and basically completed the core part independently. We are very surprised and pleased that such excellent technology can be produced. In the past period of time, we have targeted customers from all walks of life. We did a lot of research on the situation and needs.”
“Next, we use five demonstrations to demonstrate the huge potential and power of whiteness detection in real life and work.”
"Let's look at an example of smart transportation first." Robin Li turned sideways and pointed to an image from a car perspective on the big screen. "It can be seen that the whiteness detection algorithm can accurately identify traffic lights, speed limit signs, various types of A reminder sign. Compared with the traditional sensor-based autonomous driving method, it has gradually become possible to identify road conditions through images." Li Yanhong actually really wanted to put up the government's demand as a demonstration, but it was a pity that he tried for several days , it failed after all, so I had to settle for the next best thing and choose an autonomous driving scenario.
The effect is actually pretty good.
"Looking at another example of smart industry, we can very quickly inspect and count a large number of industrial materials, or perform specific types of inspections, such as detecting defects and assisting in the screening of defective products."
In this regard, Baidu has carried out preliminary cooperation with several metallurgical companies, and the other parties have provided a small number of pictures, and the preliminary experimental results are quite satisfactory.
In terms of smart medical care, Li Yanhong started from the perspective of the heavy burden on medical workers and the large number of patients in China, and proposed that the rapid whiteness detection can greatly reduce the heavy and repetitive screening work.
"The progress in this area should not be so smooth." Meng Fanqi commented from the side, "After all, medical care is a matter that requires a lot of responsibility, and there is still a lot of resistance."
Although AI companies in the medical field will spring up like mushrooms after a few years, at this stage, they still need to go through a long process of negotiation and push and pull.
"In terms of smart security, the whiteness detection system can be widely used in various monitoring scenarios to provide reminders and alarms for specific objects and conditions, which can save manpower and energy hundreds of times."
"After our technology was launched, it happened to be put into practical use for the first time yesterday, helping the Yanjing Changping Branch solve an extremely heinous murder case."
Robin Li's expression was a little heavy, "We sincerely hope that such a function will never need to be used. But at the same time, we also need to respond quickly once something happens and not give the murderer any chance to escape." "
"In this case, thanks to the help of whiteness detection, the police shortened the monitoring and investigation work that originally took 20 to 30 hours to one hour, and the murderer was arrested within six hours of reporting the crime."
"I think this is the best proof of the strength of whiteness testing."
A thank-you letter from the Changping Police appeared on the screen, which was more direct and effective than any case or demonstration.
"At the same time, I also hope that everyone can pay attention to this case and provide some help to the living."
"What Li Yanhong did is quite honest." When Mai Mang saw this, the anger in his heart eased a little. This matter was mentioned in Baidu's press conference combined with new technologies, and public opinion attention will definitely increase significantly.
Although it is not a good thing for the judiciary to be swayed by public opinion, it is often helpless. Without public opinion, it is difficult to obtain justice.
At the same time, Director Tian Yunsheng didn't know who he was talking to.
"Old Wang, you have to be careful what you say. The autopsy report will be issued by the forensic doctor for the corresponding parts. Why don't you just go and see it yourself? Why did you call me?"
"You are insulting me by asking for money. I hope you respect yourself." Tian Yunsheng hung up the phone with dignity.
What a stupid businessman, even if you don't look at how many people are staring at you, you are still thinking about settling the matter with a few stinky money.
If you have money, you have to spend it with life, right?
With this in mind, Director Tian closed Baidu's press conference video webpage.
