Kai-Fu Lee Appeared at Yanqi Lake. What Did He Say to the More Than One Hundred Students?
DeeCamp 2019 AI training camp officially opened on July 20. Nearly 600 trainees from home and abroad will receive four weeks of AI learning and practical training. At the opening ceremony, Kai-Fu Lee made a profound analysis of the development of AI and patiently and thoroughly answered the questions of the trainees. Together, we learned how to become an AI expert from these questions and answers, and felt the enthusiasm of industry leaders for AI talent training.
On July 20, the DeeCamp 2019 artificial intelligence training camp hosted by Sinovation Ventures officially opened, and the main venue of the opening ceremony was held at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
On that day, many heavyweight celebrities were present to witness the opening of the training camp.
Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Innovation Works, gave a wonderful speech at the opening ceremony, and then gave profound and detailed answers to questions from students on site.
Engineering is a profession to be proud of
In his speech, Kai-Fu Lee recounted the four waves of AI development. Starting from a larger global perspective, he explained the evolution and changes in global business technology in the AI era, as well as the challenges that AI will bring in the future, and encouraged everyone to become better AI talents.
Kai-Fu Lee also emphasized the importance of engineers during his talk. He pointed out that in traditional concepts, engineers are very ordinary compared to scientists, researchers and other positions. But he believes thatBeing an engineer is something to be proud of.
"All human progress today comes from engineers." For example, in the four waves of AI development history, many fields rely on the work of engineers, and it is they who have brought explosive opportunities to those directions of AI.
After the speech, Kai-Fu Lee patiently answered questions from students on the scene. His words reflected his profound understanding of AI talent training and his careful care for students.
Kaifu teacher said: 1. Combining production and research is very important
A student who aspires to become an engineer asked,“What kind of talents are needed for the future development of AI?"
Kai-Fu Lee analyzed that to become an excellent engineer, it is not just about writing code and adjusting parameters. More importantly, it is about reading a lot of papers and communicating with more people.Clearly know which technologies can be applied in which fields and how to create greater value.
A good engineer needs to be able to combine AI with actual problems and scenarios, so that he or she can possess value that cannot be replaced by AI.
A classmate from Beijing then asked:“Today, as deep learning is flourishing, some industries are a little impetuous. Should we follow the trend and do research in new fields, or stick to doing research in existing fields?"
In response, Kai-Fu Lee said that this is an issue of air and water, and both need to be addressed. “When doing research, we need to do it in depth as well as in breadth."
There are always new things emerging in the field of AI, but there will also be noise. Therefore, you should read more award-winning articles in various conferences in the field of artificial intelligence to learn about new scientific research results. However, the main time should still be spent on in-depth work.
Kaifu said: 2. Do in-depth reading and thinking
Teacher Kai-Fu Lee also encouraged students to think more and be clear about their own development path and direction.
A student from Shanghai asked:「Apart from the most cutting-edge AI pioneers and API writers, will other AI-related workers face severe employment pressure?"
Kai-Fu Lee replied,There is definitely no employment pressure, you can enter DeeCamp means you are already 6% The most powerful student, none of you will have employment pressure, you must have this kind of confidence.
In addition, you need to think clearly about what your goals are and how to measure them. The final answer should be very clear. "
The last student raised a question about the integration of AI and humanities. He asked “How to combine humanities and technology?"
Kai-Fu Lee replied, “I think The AI era is the best era for outstanding liberal arts students. AI can bring greater opportunities to humanities." He further analyzed that doing AI is not only about creating commercial value and promoting scientific progress, but also involves many other factors, such as AI governance issues, AI's thinking in the humanities, and so on.
He also pointed out that there is still a lot that can be done in AI, but it requires more extensive reading and in-depth thinking.
The horn blows and the captain leads the way
The DeeCamp training camp, which focuses on "using AI to solve real-world problems", was hosted by Innovation Works founded by Kai-Fu Lee in 2017 and has become a leader among training camps.
Kaifu once explained the motivation for launching this project:We hope to establish a Deep Learning Summer Camp that serves students and gives full play to their autonomy. .
It not only establishes a unified curriculum and project arrangement, but also allows students to achieve self-organization, self-management and self-expression.
Now the stage has been set. Under the leadership of Professor Kai-Fu Lee and others, students who aspire to make great achievements in the field of AI will experience a different summer at DeeCamp 2019.
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