If the previous release content was just an ordinary display and introduction that everyone expected, then this unexpected assistance in specific cases in terms of security can be said to have coincidentally made the credibility and reliability of whiteness detection several times higher. grade.
As far as the situation in China is concerned, things that are officially cooperated and praised are always much safer.
Robin Li continued and introduced some usage scenarios in daily life, but in Meng Fanqi's view, these contents were still quite reluctant.
At this stage, real-time detection technology is of little benefit to personal life and can only be used as a temporary toy at most.
After introducing all the scenarios and showing several important use cases, Robin Li ended with "Artificial intelligence will change every industry, and whiteness detection is the best proof." He ended the CEO's presentation session and left time for I asked Wang Haifeng to introduce some data parameters and specific details.
If Robin Li's previous narration is still suspected of bragging in PPT, and he did not come up with real information to convince everyone.
The moment Wang Haifeng appeared directly with a camera, all doubts seemed very weak.
When Wang Haifeng took the stage, he was accompanied by several Baidu staff. They followed Wang Haifeng and pushed a large mobile cabinet to the center of the stage.
There are many models of objects on the cabinet, some are very realistic ones, and some are more Q-version images.
Wang Haifeng, who was walking in front, was holding a laptop and a handheld external camera.
"This is to replicate the method I used to convince them." Meng Fanqi smiled knowingly when he saw this. The PPT and parameters didn't feel specific enough.
Only this most direct form of demonstration can give people the strongest sensory impact.
Even if you say a thousand words or ten thousand, it is better to take it out and give it a look directly.
This was the deepest feeling among the three Baidu executives who were persuaded by Meng Fanqi at the time.
“Just a few years ago, we as researchers generally believed that it would be almost impossible for computers to tell the difference between objects. Now, not only can we clearly know what the objects in the image are, we can even accurately label them. their relative positions."
Wang Haifeng showed an image containing many objects, each of which was clearly labeled with its category and location.
"But one thing that has never been properly addressed is the speed of testing."
Wang Haifeng turned the camera to focus on himself and said, "This is the most advanced and accurate R-CNN algorithm in the industry. We can see that it accurately predicted my existence, but it is too slow."
Wang Haifeng walked slowly while talking, but even at such a speed of only half a meter per second, the R-CNN algorithm could no longer keep up in time.
"And this is currently the fastest method in the industry with a certain level of accuracy."
Wang Haifeng took a few steps forward and changed the running algorithm. "His speed is about ten or twenty frames. In fact, judging from the number of frames in a movie, it seems that the human eye can already accept this number."
As he spoke, he ran a few steps quickly, but the selection box that was already in the correct position was once again unable to keep up.
"Now, what we are going to introduce is a real-time detection algorithm that can run at 100+ frames."
Wang Haifeng rotated, jumped, and jumped left and right in the center of the stage, but the prediction box always expanded and shrunk and moved position along with his body.
When he returned to the center of the stage without saying anything, the audience spontaneously burst into warm applause.
This is encouragement, support and heartfelt admiration for new technology.
It was the first time for most of the people present to learn about this knowledge, and they were far more shocked than when Wang Haifeng saw this technology.
In the field of public opinion, the popularity of whiteness testing has also begun to increase, and the popularity has soared.
"Damn it, is Robin Li really serious this time?"
"Come on, let me introduce it to you. Is this thing trustworthy?"
"How old are you brother? 20? 21? I didn't see it clearly just now. Are you putting it together with the photo of the richest man in China at the Baidu press conference?"
"Ah! I seem to have some impression of him. Did you mention that elbow some time ago?"
"If it really has an FPS of 100 or 200, it would be too great. It would be at least one or two years ahead of the world level." Among the comments, there are some who are relatively clear about the progress in this direction.
At the same moment, the most nervous people were those from Google.
This time is different from the situation last year when fighting for the Hinton team. Meng Fanqi has already cooperated with Baidu, and it seems to be quite successful.
It is said that the best way to obtain a letter of intent from a major manufacturer is a letter of intent from another major manufacturer. Although Baidu is much inferior to Google at this time, the capital that Meng Fanqi brought to the negotiation at this time was not just a letter of intent, but Quite solid technical achievements, the kind that can be put into commercial use.
In less than an hour of the press conference, Baidu's stock price has soared from 173 to 195.
Real-time detection algorithms cannot actually bring huge profits in the short term, but capital and the public are obviously very optimistic about the subsequent development.
Wang Haifeng then turned the camera to show the items on the mobile cabinet, "We can already have a single network recognize dozens or even hundreds of objects of different categories."
Immediately, he raised the camera again and faced the dense audience directly.
Zoom in slightly and almost everyone is clearly projected on the screen.
"The speed and lightness of this achievement allow us not only to run this algorithm on GPUs and computers, but our phones have begun to afford such calculations."
Wang Haifeng took out his iPhone and briefly demonstrated the effect on it.
This is the product of the Baidu iOS system development team working overtime for several days. Meng Fanqi's operations on the graphics card were moved to the hardware and system of the mobile phone as intact as possible.
Although the speed is several times slower on mobile phones, at the original frame rate of one to two hundred, even if it is several times slower, it is still within the understandable and acceptable range.
"And we will open source the principles and code of this technology within 6-12 months!" Wang Haifeng raised his right hand and announced excitedly.
This promise triggered a flood of applause from the audience.
Meng Fanqi and others laughed in front of the screen, "First, it stabilized the market for half a year to a year, and then the open source technology and code attracted enthusiasts to contribute to the community. In the end, it can be said that it has done a great thing."
It's a bit clever, but it's always a good thing to be open source.
Jeff felt very uneasy when he saw this.
Although the authority given to him has not been used to the limit, and Jeff still has room to continue talking, but let a young man in his early 20s push himself to the bottom line to offer the final treatment.
This somewhat made him feel like the situation was out of control.
Jeff had already contacted the board of directors once before discussing the share.
If he ultimately fails to win this time and has to go back and contact the board of directors again to discuss remuneration, it would be really unprofessional and embarrassing.
