It was true that he received this request from Robin Li, but Meng Fanqi didn't know much about Baidu's recent cooperation with the government.
So when they had dinner together at noon, Meng Fanqi asked Wang Kai about it.
Although Wang Kai was just a soldier and didn't know much about the situation, he contributed to the application of the whiteness detection algorithm to cases in Changping District, and more or less got some information.
"I heard that Mr. Li wanted to take over the 'Skynet' project this time." Wang Kai lowered his voice and said somewhat mysteriously.
When I hear the name Tianwang, I feel that it is outrageous, and I don't know how powerful it is.
To put it bluntly, it is actually a very large monitoring system.
A total of several hundred billion has been invested, and cameras are spread all over the country.
In this matter, foreign media like to advocate that the system is pervasive and monitors citizens, while domestic media likes to boast that the system is powerful and fast, and it only takes a few seconds to locate criminal suspects.
For different purposes, both sides have overrated the system.
In fact, due to China's vast territory and large population, even if hundreds of billions are invested, the cameras cannot cover it as well as the media boasts.
When the police are handling a case, they still need to find nearby vendors along the street to monitor.
This system mainly covers areas near traffic roads and places with a large flow of people.
If we only look at larger cities, the power of this system will be truly incredible.
As long as the police are willing to go out of their way and invest manpower to watch the videos like the Yanjing case a few days ago, they can solve any case they want.
It’s just a matter of whether you’re busy or not.
The overall construction process of Skynet is relatively long, and it has been continuously constructed and upgraded since 2011.
With such a huge scale, how to analyze these surveillance videos intelligently and quickly is also a very big problem.
"Yanjing is, after all, a place where crouching tigers hide dragons. The last case in Changping District probably attracted the attention of some big shot in the public security system." Wang Kai wolfed down his meal. He didn't dare to be completely sure. With his At this level, you can’t get in touch with such a big boss.
However, after that incident, the connection with the government has obviously gone much smoother. It is most likely that there are policies or rumors from above to support it.
"If the Skynet system is to be developed well, AI technology is definitely indispensable. Whether it is facial recognition, license plate analysis, or intelligent detection of violations, only with these things can such a huge system be truly meaningful."
In fact, subsequent related types of systems are also constructed in this way.
Based on the nationwide scale, the amount of manpower that AI intelligence can save is not just a little bit or two.
Now that it has provided usable real-time detection technology two years in advance, Skynet naturally wants to get it right in one step and incorporate these AI intelligences early.
This saves you the inconvenience of upgrading later.
This road inspection seems to be part of the Skynet overall system.
If this project on highways and important roads can be completed well, Baidu can basically say that it is a sure thing to carry out subsequent Skynet-related projects in cities, towns, streets, and across the country.
For no other reason than other companies do not have the technical strength of Meng Fanqi, they are uncompetitive compared with Baidu in front of the government.
"No wonder Mr. Li is so anxious. I have already roughly explained the idea. He would rather give me extra shares than develop it himself." In Meng Fanqi's impression, Robin Li was not so impatient and impatient. people.
"The earlier you intervene and start the pilot, the more cake Baidu will be able to eat in the end." Because of the Changping case, Wang Kai contacted the government much more frequently. He has some information about the price, "If If you can get involved in this project, don’t say too much, as long as it exceeds 50%, how much do you think the turnover will be?”
"At least more than 100 billion." Wang Kai had just finished asking, and without waiting for Meng Fanqi to think about his guess, he couldn't help but tell the answer.
"In two or three years, at least 100 billion yuan will be generated. Baidu's historical peak last year was only 10 billion in revenue. This Skynet project alone may double Baidu's revenue. "
"What's more, there are countless other miscellaneous million-dollar projects that you don't have to worry about."
Of course, it is impossible to give all the more than 100 billion to Baidu. There are many other costs included. What Baidu gets in hand is not pure profit.
However, based on conservative estimates, based on this momentum, it may not be difficult for Baidu to double its profits in 2014.
It's no wonder that Li Yanhong lost his grace a little.
In the past, many things needed to be pushed forward slowly, and Robin Li was able to control and mediate in many cases.
Now it’s all about a few core requirements and whether we have the technical strength to make them happen.
If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't work.
Once he heard what Meng Fanqi said was simple and easy to do, Li Yanhong had no intention of leaving these tasks to the sad-faced researchers.
Isn’t it just money? Only by giving up points can you earn.
Moreover, Li Yanhong believes that Meng Fanqi's potential and value are far beyond this.
As his residual thoughts opened the door to "depth" in the true sense, Robin Li firmly believed that there was an endless vast world behind.
Since such talents cannot be obtained, one must be willing to give up the profits.
I have to say that Li Yanhong's idea is quite correct, and he has well grasped Meng Fanqi's current mentality of being afraid of trouble when starting a business.
After just a few days of development, he could divide the project into several projects without having to worry about anything. For Meng Fanqi, who didn't need to use his brain to solve these technical needs and problems, it was as casual as picking up money.
The only thing that is a bit tiring may be that I need to hand over code to the other party.
Documentation, formatting, and interpretation rationale. Sometimes the other party doesn't understand everything and has to explain several paragraphs line by line.
The subsequent service took longer than the development time.
In the afternoon, Meng Fanqi completed all the development work
"I don't want to write notes and documents. I'll explain it to you. You can write it yourself." Meng Fanqi thought of a way to combine the two things into one: "A good memory is not as good as a bad writing. You can write it yourself." , you will understand it after you finish writing it.”
"Okay brother." Wang Kai allowed himself to be driven.
"The previous YOLO detection is actually a subset, sub-module, and target positioning detection module of multi-target tracking. Multi-target tracking is nothing more than adding a tracker.
The detector only shows the position of the object, see the code here, the tracker adds a unique ID to each object and continues until it disappears.
You should note here that you need to ensure that the tracker must be faster than the detector. "
Meng Fanqi pointed at each module in the code and introduced it, while Wang Kai was typing frantically on the side.
Many employees of Baidu Shanghai recognized the young boy who was in the same frame as the CEO of his company at the Baidu press conference.
But seeing that he had been busy all day, he didn't dare to interrupt him rashly.
