Lu Qi talks about Baidu's future: not just a search engine company

【Global Internet Reporter Zhang Zhiying】 artificial intelligence, Baidu brain, can be said to be the next step for Baidu in the future, it represents Baidu's imagination and prediction of future technology. Lu Qi, president of Baidu Group, recently stated at the DuerOS conference of its intelligent voice platform that artificial intelligence is a great opportunity and a new wave of energy in the next era. The depth and breadth of influence on the society are unprecedented. Regarding Baidu’s market layout, Lu Qi pointed out: “It can be said that we look at the entire computer industry. Microsoft is a great company, but his scene is in the office. Once he leaves the office, this (use scenario) is not There is a difference, but the family is different, and the time we spend in the family means the enormous value that is contained in this scene. DuerOS believes that the family is a very important point for us to empower the whole society and the entire industry.” . For Baidu, the family will be a huge scene, allowing artificial intelligence to land. Lu Qi pointed out that iOS or Android is designed for fingers and touch, and has a very wide impact on the world; but DuerOS will break through China and bring greater impact on the world's industries. He said, "DuerOS will be everywhere. It can have the ability to interact with any person on any device, on any scene, in any environment, and in any environment." Therefore, Lu Qi said, "One of Baidu's more important layouts is DuerOS. In the era of artificial intelligence, the promotion of human-computer interaction is an overall improvement. Due to the advancement of artificial intelligence technology, we can make natural language the first time in history. The all-round interface of human-computer interaction. DuerOS is based on such a vision, to enhance the overall user experience platform." On the other hand, setting up the platform is an important strategy for Baidu. DuerOS needs to find a very wide range of scenes to establish this platform in the early days. Lu Qi believes that smart home is a very important and very wide scene. Outside of the family scene, DuerOS will also make overall layouts in more scenes such as cars. For Baidu, Baidu is based on AI. Moving from now to the future, Baidu will gradually become a platform, not just a search engine company. This is a strategic and cultural change. The platform must be empowered and the platform must take partner success as our success. This is the overall layout of Baidu artificial intelligence. Lu Qi said that in the overall layout of this artificial intelligence, the most critical is the scene landing, the ultimate user experience, the right business model, and promote rapid iteration. In addition, Lu Qi also stated that Baidu’s overall artificial intelligence ecological layout is based on Baidu’s brain, and Baidu’s brain is a set of core capabilities and core algorithms that include speech recognition, image recognition, video recognition, natural language processing, big data, and users. Portraits and other core competencies are assembled to empower entrepreneurs and innovators in the same industry. About Baidu’s smart cloud, Baidu called it ABC Cloud—including AI, Big Data, and Cloud—through the integration of Baidu’s brain and Baidu’s smart cloud to provide innovation. Based on such a structure, Baidu has established the brains of different industries, such as the financial brain with financial industry, and the brains of various industries such as autonomous driving of the brain and education.