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In addition to document office, Dida can also chat.

Under normal circumstances, no one would send a message to Boss Zhou.

If there is something important, call or communicate in person. Don't talk about unimportant things at all, so as not to waste Boss Zhou's time.

However, someone sent a message to Zhou Buqi this day.

It's Wang Xiaochuan who is in charge of the search business.

"Wedian's business model has already worked out, and I have given my colleagues death orders. This year, the search business must generate a net profit of 100 million yuan."

Zhou Buqi was a little confused, so he replied casually: "Well, work hard."

Wang Xiaozhou quickly replied: "Boss, I'm in technology."

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi didn't quite understand what he meant.

Wang Xiaochuan: "Weidian's commercialization is on the right track, and the team is very happy. But I don't think I'm a pure businessman, I'm still partial to technology. If it's just management, many people are better than me. If we put Adding the understanding of technology, I am a qualified president of the micro-point business group.”

Zhou Buqi was a little strange, "Ziweixing has always been very supportive of the development of technology, have you been held back?"

Wang Xiaozhou responded: "The current Weidian still has huge room for technical growth. Recently, I have read a few papers on the semantic network, um... it is the most cutting-edge topic in the field of artificial intelligence, and the accuracy of search results Feedback is very important."

"Semantic Web?"

Zhou Buqi didn't understand this, he had a headache, he said that you, Wang Xiaochuan, wanted to discuss technical topics, so you went to Xu Liangjie and Shen Xiangyang, why are you looking for me?

Wang Xiaochuan explained: "The semantic network is to formally express the implicit semantics in the data through...well, a set of intelligent models. For example, I searched for 'Who is the boss of Ziweixing' on Weidian, and now Micropoint’s search technology is keyword search, grabbing the two keywords “Ziweixing” and “boss”, which is very low-level, and the search results given must not be accurate enough to satisfy users’ wishes.”

He typed quickly, changed a line, and quickly gave the next line, "If we give the search information a semantic understanding, we will understand that when users search for 'Who is the boss of Ziweixing', the key point is not 'Ziweixing' at all." And 'boss', but curious about the person 'Zhou Buqi'. You can directly use 'Zhou Buqi' as the keyword to give the corresponding search results, and the accuracy will be higher."

Zhou Buqi replied "Oh", not knowing what to say.

Wang Xiaozhou continued to explain: "Information refers to external objective facts, and knowledge is the induction and summary of external objective laws. There are almost all the information you want on the Internet, but you can't find it, because the needs of users are mainly knowledge. More feedback from search results is knowledge. We need to create a set of artificial intelligence models, based on information, establish connections between entities, and turn information into knowledge and feed it back to users!"

Zhou Buqi understood a little bit, and tentatively said: "Build a knowledge base, input massive information on the left side, and output usable knowledge on the right side?"

"Yes, that's what it means. Then, some knowledge can be integrated to form deeper and higher-level knowledge. The current knowledge is all summed up by humans based on information, such as Einstein's theory of relativity. If one day artificial Intelligence has reached a certain level, all we need to do is put all the information in the universe into this...well, the knowledge base, and the computer can use this information to help us sum up knowledge beyond the reach of the human brain."

"This brain hole is really big!"

Zhou Buqi was a little taken aback.

At this time, Wang Xiaochuan felt that Boss Zhou was a bit tricked, so he called directly and said with a smile, "Boss, what do you think of my thinking?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's a bit exaggerated."

Wang Xiaochuan said: "No exaggeration, it is very far away to sum up the knowledge beyond the theory of relativity. Now we only need to do some simple knowledge summarization. Artificial intelligence is the future. Trained, cultivated, and applied to micro-dots, search, and even Helo."

"How to use it on Helo?"

"The research institute in Hangcheng is working on a natural language processing project for Helo? Rokid, the name is very good, kid. The future of artificial intelligence is too far away, and now I am just a newborn kid."

Only then did Zhou Buqi know what he was talking about.

Rokid is an intelligent virtual robot developed for Helo. Helo users can chat with Rokid online and even ask some questions.

Now it's text version.

Later, the audio version will be released.

After it matures, it will be put into the Aster mobile phone and become a smart voice assistant.

Rokid smart speakers can also be developed.

In this regard, Ziweixing is at the forefront of the world, and Shen Xiangyang is originally the top scientist in this field.

Wang Xiaozhou felt that Rokid was a good entry point, and continued: "For example, I asked Rokid on Helo, 'What am I wearing today?' The robot must be stupid, 'Wear what I like to wear!' If there is a knowledge base model, just This problem can be understood and analyzed to a certain extent. Rokid can integrate information, first judge that I am in the capital according to the IP, search for the local weather, it is very cold, and then give suggestions for wearing thick clothes.”

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi was startled.

Many excellent intelligent voice assistants in the future seem to be able to solve such problems. In other words, the direction of artificial intelligence proposed by Wang Xiaozhou will have a great market in the future.

Very important for raising Rokid.

Wang Xiaozhou then explained the natural language processing technology that Rokid is currently using. In fact, it is to store countless conversations in the database. When a user asks Rokid a question, Rokid will go to the database to recall the relevant conversation and answer it.

Just like Taobao's robot customer service, the answer is all in one pattern.

If there is a knowledge base model, information can be sorted out, summarized into knowledge, and passed on to users, and the answers to replies will be enriched and personalized.

Another example is to find friends on Friends.com and search for "friends who speak English in the capital and like to watch movies". At present, no platform in the world can cope with such a search problem.

But if you have a knowledge base model, you can insert the user information of Youyou.com on the left, and you can give the corresponding "knowledge" on the right, and you can give the answer.

The playability and fun of the friend network will be greatly increased.

"Of course, these are still far away. Starting from a simple one, it must be Weidian, which will be used in the search business first. I guess Google must have a similar project, and we have to start it."

Wang Xiaochuan persuaded again and again.

Zhou Buqi said: "Since it's so good, let's do it! What's the problem? You submit it to the technical committee!"

Wang Xiaochuan wondered: "This is a big project. If it is submitted...Xu Liangjie's mind is so rigid now, he shouts every day to "China-Taiwanization, China-Taiwanization". This project will definitely be led by the research institute in the end. To coordinate the project needs of Weidian, Helo, and Youyou.”

Zhou Buqi understood, "Do you want to take charge of this project yourself?"

Wang Xiaochuan said: "I know that China-Taiwanization can reduce costs and improve efficiency, but in the initial stage of the project, it can only focus on search. After the project is completed, it will not be too late to expand to other businesses. .In terms of technology, I don't accept anyone, and Shen Xiangyang is just like that. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. More flowers, maybe there will be better results."

Zhou Buqi was a little funny.

This Wang Xiaochuan is really interesting.

Last year, Weidian's commercial operation was not doing well, and he was losing money every month, which put him under a lot of pressure. He sent Xu Ming's technical team to the research institute to save the headquarters' expenses.

This year, the commercialization of Weidian is on the right track, with stable income. His mind became lively, his technical feelings became more, and he wanted to participate in the development of the company's technical business.

Ziweixing attaches great importance to technology, so that Shen Xiangyang, Wang Jian, Zhou Feng, Yang Zhenkun, Xu Ming, Kang Hongbo and other technical talents are quite famous.

Some people are not high-level, but they are also well-known because they are technical experts.

Wang Xiaochuan has a high rank, but inside the company, it is a bit quiet... Lacking powerful technical products, he does not have a high voice in the technical committee.

No wonder he bypassed his immediate boss, Xu Liangjie, and found himself directly.

Xu Liangjie really had a hard time handling this matter.

Only the big boss can make the decision.

The employees under him have such strong internal motivation and pursuit of ideals. As a boss, how can Zhou Buqi refuse?

Even if this arrangement may increase some business costs, the extra money spent is nothing compared to "technical ideals".

Moreover, search is a high-tech job.

It is necessary to stimulate Wang Xiaozhou's technical enthusiasm, incubate more technical projects within the search department, and keep up with Google.

"Okay, let's do it! I agree!"

...

As the boss, Zhou Buqi can't do whatever he wants. This leapfrog arrangement was a bit inconsistent, so I talked to Xu Liangjie and Shen Xiangyang, and explained to them, hoping to understand.

Xu Liangjie was very upset.

It's not that he's unhappy with Boss Zhou, but that he's unhappy with Wang Xiaochuan. No one likes subordinates who leapfrog to report.

In Zhou Buqi's mind, Wang Xiaochuan was more important than Xu Liangjie because he was younger.

Young people have a future.

If it didn't work, Zhang Yiming assigned the micro-dot business group to take charge.

It is necessary to let Zhang Yiming take over as soon as possible.

It would be best if next year, let him be the president of Ziwei Star, fully responsible for all businesses.

Daily operations and management are no problem for Zhou Buqi. But when it comes to the field of technology, he is very blind, especially the new technologies in the world's cutting-edge fields, he is completely at a loss.

There is no problem with Shen Xiangyang, he smiled.

Afterwards, he discussed some topics of artificial intelligence with Boss Zhou with great interest.

Zhou Buqi knew that this old Yincoin did it on purpose, deliberately discussing some high-end technical topics to embarrass himself, and it was revenge for exceeding his authority.

For Wang Xiaozhou, he had no choice but to bear it.

Artificial intelligence is the next most important strategy of Ziweixing.

It will involve all aspects.

In the headquarters of Ziweixing Research Institute in the capital, it will study machine learning, deep learning framework, intelligent recommendation, pan image recognition, intelligent input, image segmentation and other fields.

In the Hangzhou branch, he will study the direction of natural language processing and intelligent voice.

This year, a branch in Pengcheng will also be established, and will do some research on robots, including sensors, cameras, body-machine interaction, etc. This is the hardware field.

The branch in Silicon Valley will do research in the fields of deep learning, face detection and recognition, and autonomous driving.

How can Zhou Buqi understand these things, but he still has some advantages in foresight, and coughed lightly, "There is still a direction, um... the field of image generation."

"Image generation?" Shen Xiangyang raised his eyebrows, "How do you say it?"

Zhou Buqi felt a little guilty, "It's just AI changing faces."

"AI face change?"

Shen Xiangyang still felt strange.

"The word I said may not be accurate. It probably means..." Zhou Buqi coughed lightly, his face not blushing and his heart beating, and he said calmly: "For example, a short video of a character can be captured using technical means. Change your face to someone else's."

Shen Xiangyang nodded, "Oh, intelligent face-changing technology. Well, this direction is indeed artificial intelligence, but there are not many application scenarios, right?"

"Not much?" Zhou Buqi looked embarrassed, "It is still necessary to change the face of the heroine of the movie."

Shen Xiangyang is an expert, and pondered: "If it is to change the face, the technology is too difficult, and it cannot be realized in a short time. Even if it is realized, it is not realistic enough. The movie is played on the big screen, and every pixel is very clear. It needs a traceless PS technology, and artificial intelligence will not be able to achieve this effect in the short term."

It is not suitable on the big screen, but there is a market for it on the small screen!

This old Shen looked like a straight man.

Zhou Buqi couldn't say much, so he could only nod his head, "Yes, yes!"

Shen Xiangyang smiled and said: "However, the direction you mentioned is quite good. It is not realistic to change the face, but you can exchange other items. For example, after the filming is finished, you suddenly receive an advertisement for Yuanwei milk tea, you can pass it. Technical means, put milk tea on it without trace. This is relatively easy to do. There are many application scenarios, and some research can still be done.”

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes! That's what I mean! Jieyu Media is an entertainment company, and it also makes TV series, movies, and variety shows. You know "The Voice"? It is currently on the air. There are a lot of commercials, but they can’t be added to the recorded programs in the form of pictures, and the profit is less than 10 to 20 million. If we have this technology, we can do it.”

Shen Xiangyang agreed: "Yes, this is a good direction. For example, some Youku videos can use similar technology to add advertisements directly to the content of the videos. Turn explicit advertisements into implicit advertisements."

Zhou Buqi is very satisfied.

Sure enough, foresight is very useful, and they can reach an agreement with the technology master.

Technology is technology, no matter what field it comes from, it is valuable.