Reading as a god

Chapter 240 Cross-server Chat: AI + Precision Medicine
After receiving Zhang Shan's reply, Luo Changhui was a little confused.

What is "It is impossible to hold a meeting ~ you should study it yourself"?
With the huge scale of Zhangshan’s current industries, it involves the layout of the future industrial structure~
The amount involved here is more than tens of billions~
Zhang Shan actually asked him to study it by himself~
(⊙﹏⊙), at this time, Luo Changhui doesn't know what to say~
Being entrusted with an ordinary task is trust, and being entrusted with a super important task is naturally trust.

It's just that the taste is indescribable~
Zhang Shan also has no choice, at this time, he has no skills to separate himself~
A bold idea sprouted in Zhang Shan's mind, it would be great if he could be separated~
Biological clones are of course impossible, but what about mapping out your mind~
Although the concept is somewhat abstract, Zhang Shan thinks whether he is studying in Jiezi Space or going to Jiezi Space Reading Library~
Isn't it essentially equivalent to mental mapping~
Even so, Zhang Shan couldn't think of the reason for a while, so she just didn't think about it~
The most important thing is to study hard~
However, the news of the sudden arrival of the goose interrupted Zhang Shan's train of thought~
The message was sent by class assistant Xin Jiaxuan—"Mr. Yao wants to see you~"

Annoying or not, see you!Return Yao Lao?Oh, even the old medicine is gone!

Nothing can affect my study!
Wait, which old Yao are you talking about?
~~~
Zhang Shan almost trotted all the way to Mr. Yao's office. He was a little unclear about his current mood along the way~
Both excited and apprehensive!
Why did Mr. Yao suddenly want to see me?

You don't want me to join the Yao class, do you?
How is it possible? The selection process for Yao class is still very strict~
Not because of this, then why?

But no matter what the reason is, Zhang Shan knows that the founder of Yao Ban, whom he once longed for, will appear in front of his eyes soon~
~~~
However, after going to Yao's old office, Zhang Shan was disappointed~
Originally, I made up my mind all the way, and thought about all kinds of messy halos~
As a result, I only saw an "average" old man.

Seeing Zhang Shan coming, the old man said:

"You are Zhang Shan~"

Zhang Shan nodded.

The old man seemed to know what Zhang Shan was thinking: "Are you a little disappointed to see me as an old man~"

Just as Zhang Shan was about to refute, the old man waved his hand to stop Zhang Shan!

"It is indeed old, the future belongs to you young people."

Elder Yao went on to say:

“After I returned to China, I have been working on education~
In recent years, my country has had two very interesting questions: Can a world-class university be established in a short period of time?Can it produce Nobel Prize winners?
Because I am studying computer science, what I am thinking is whether it is possible to establish a first-class computer science in our country in the near future, and whether it is possible to cultivate Turing Award winners in our country?

Because, if we want to build a world-class university, we must build first-class disciplines in important subject areas.

In the past 20 or [-] years, my country's computer science has made considerable progress.But compared with the highest level of computer in the world, there is still a considerable distance.

When I first returned to China in 2004, my idea was very simple. I just wanted to be able to guide graduate students, just like in the United States.

But then, I had new goals.

I think elite education should start with undergraduates, and there is a special class dedicated to cultivating first-class undergraduates in the field of computer science.

So in the autumn of 2006, the "Software Science Experimental Class" officially started.

After that..."

Zhang Shan didn't know why Yao Lao suddenly said this, so he could only listen to Yao Lao's story in silence~
"If our country wants to establish a first-class computer discipline, or any discipline, so-called Turing Award winners, we must have a first-class research environment. One of the purposes of my return to our country is to hope that in a short period of time, in our country, at least In my research area, it can create a first-class research environment."

"We have adopted two methods: deep cultivation, that is, from undergraduate education, to postgraduate education, and then to postgraduate education. At the same time, we also need intensive cultivation, that is, I will do my best for each personnel to let them develop their strengths .In this case, I believe that in the next 8 years we will produce future Turing Award winners."

Zhang Shan just couldn't figure out the previous words, but the following words directly stunned Zhang Shan!
"Today I see the hope of the Turing Award in you..."

Zhang Shan:? ? ?
Do I see hope for a Turing Award in me?Uh, Zhang Shan doesn't know what to say at this time~
Yao Lao is really Yao Lao, have you discovered my domineering spirit~
But it shouldn't be, I have almost nothing special about computers!

Yao Lao paused: "Do you think I'm trying to make you happy? Listen to me talk about artificial intelligence first~"

"It sounds like artificial intelligence is far away~
In fact, artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it has been applied to many different fields, whether it is self-driving cars, robots, or medical care. In fact, it has created huge benefits and wealth for human society.

Today, this phenomenon is also reflected in the general mechanism, especially in universities and institutions, and many students want to study artificial intelligence courses.The industry as a whole is hungry for talent, and universities are offering courses in hopes of hiring the best AI professors and staff.

You should be well aware of the current development of artificial intelligence, especially the phenomenon in our country.

But Mr. Zhang, I want to talk about it from the perspective of a university. Let me tell you about artificial intelligence by taking the institution I work for as an example.

I work at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Information at Mizuki University.There is no doubt that many of our faculty and staff are very interested in artificial intelligence. In addition to computing and science, people in our college are also very interested in other industries and fields.

They apply artificial intelligence algorithms and systems to some practical scenarios to carry out research, such as in medical care, robotics, smart grids, and so on.

To give you an example, the use of artificial intelligence in precision medicine is one of our projects.

In terms of precision medicine, we are trying to use artificial intelligence to reposition some old drugs to see if they can be applied to new symptoms or predict the development of drugs.

Another project, about the reconstruction of the three-dimensional structure of the protein, uses the method of artificial intelligence to process it with a very precise two-dimensional image.

The third example is to apply deep learning technology to medical image scanning and analysis. Medical images include, for example, lung nodules and other tumors. "

Zhang Shan was confused again, medical treatment?artificial intelligence?
What does it have to do with me?
"Old Yao, I understand the truth, but what does it have to do with me~"

"You don't know that Jiang Xiaoxiao, do you?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao?The doctor who was discharged that day?It seems that she was asked to form a private team of doctors~
But what's the matter?

The newspaper "Beijing Morning Post" handed over by Mr. Yao~
When Zhang Shan picked it up, he saw that the entire A-side was full of reports on one incident, and the title was "Shanlin Technology Plans to Spend 5 Million RMB to Invest in the Direction of Precision Medicine"~
Good guy, it was agreed to set up a private doctor team with 5 million yuan, why is it like this now?
"Old Yao, this should be a misunderstanding. What I mean by precision medicine is the establishment of a private team of doctors to provide point-to-point medical services~"

Yao Lao didn't believe a word of Zhang Shan's words.

"I said to invest [-] million yuan, but instead of investing in tuyere projects, I invested in sunset industries. Do you think I'm so foolish~
Moreover, this report mentions AI and precision medicine throughout the article. Don’t you still admit it?
It is true that universities are responsible for educating students and cultivating future young talents~
However, Mizuki has always been supportive of alumni entrepreneurship, and many alumni have successfully started businesses and become some outstanding entrepreneurs.

And I think the direction you are doing now is very correct!

In the field of artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence companies have now become unicorn companies.

For example, Pony.ai, he entered the industry that solves driverless applications...

Another example, Megvii Technology..."

What the hell is this confession? It's a cross-server chat.

Also, Mr. Yao really protects the calf~
The so-called Pony.ai is founded by Peng Jun and Lou Tiancheng. Lou Tiancheng graduated from Yao's project class, and he is Yao Lao's doctoral student.

The second company, Megvii Technology.His founders are Yin Qi, Tang Wenbin, and Yang Mu. These three are simply graduates of the Yao class. It is no wonder that Yao is very proud of them.

These are off topic~
Yao Lao was very excited about talking, and he continued to talk to Zhang Shan:

"The biggest technology in recent years is called "deep learning". In fact, it was a technology that appeared three or 40 years ago, and researchers from that field at that time believed that deep learning might not really beat other methods.

But now three or 40 years later, a different environment suddenly appeared, big data and powerful computers came into being, and suddenly the traditional deep learning method regained a second life, which gave us very gratifying results and brought a lot of past A goal considered difficult to achieve.

And according to some of my news, you are now planning to invest huge sums of money in big data and cloud computing~
To be honest, that's the real reason I'm looking for you~
Even the greatest Internet company is almost advancing through trial and error, but I have seen a completely different scene in your company~
Almost without hesitation, I choose the maximum investment, but what I make is the most correct decision~
I originally thought that there was an expert guiding you, but later I realized that the company is completely yours. I really want to know how you can make the most correct choice directly~"

"Intuitive!"

After hearing Zhang Shan's answer, Mr. Yao was obviously a little disappointed~
But I heard Zhang Shan say immediately:
"But any inspiration obtained through intuition has a shelf life. At present, deep learning and its different variants still have a strong vitality.

I think that in the next few years, deep learning will still bring many new projects or products, and achieve some achievements in new fields.

But at a certain point, I believe maybe five or six years from now, they may reach the limit of growth. "

Zhang Shan's words made Yao Lao's eyes light up!
Then he asked, "Then what do you think the problem is?"

Zhang Shan thought for a while and said: "The question is where should the next wave of AI innovation come from, and where does it come from?"

Seeing Yao Lao nodded as if approving, Zhang Shan went on to say:

"I have observed artificial intelligence for a long time, and I would like to share three observations.

First, why deep learning is so successful and effective.

This is not a new problem. In fact, scientists have carried out research in the past four or five years and brought many interesting conclusions. It is quite attractive. We don't know much about him, but we can understand deep learning better as time goes by. .

Second, you want to get rid of secular things at a higher level, and create more academics by making APPs. We think about what the recent development of AI is and what it means for science from a deeper level. This has to make us think about the long-standing The question, which we have been trying to understand and answer, is that this is actually the most exciting field, which is neuroscience, and now the question is how to compare artificial intelligence and neuroscience, which is natural intelligence.

Of course, neuroscience has also contributed to artificial intelligence, providing neural network models, and the success of deep learning has given us some opportunities to better see how natural intelligence works.I think this is a very important revelation. Now artificial intelligence has some advantages that natural intelligence has. We all know that artificial intelligence needs a lot of data, and natural intelligence only needs to look at a small amount of data to make decisions.So I think this is a very important opportunity for us to better understand the operating mechanism of natural intelligence.

Third, if we further consider academic issues and consider issues through the universe, many philosophers have been interested in a question since ancient times, where is the boundary of knowledge, how much can we learn, and how close can we be to the truth.

In fact, great progress has been made in quantum computing, which in itself expands the ability of human beings to understand knowledge, acquire knowledge, and understand the universe in fundamental aspects.There is a very interesting question, is it possible to combine quantum computing and artificial intelligence, so that in this way we can really have a chance to beat nature.

All in all, the development of deep learning and the development of artificial intelligence have given us a new perspective, a new perspective on computer science.

We can redefine the essence of computer science. We used to think that computing science is a man-made science, which is a bit like mathematics, but the data of the Internet, the data of deep learning, and the behavior of learning, etc., we must regard these phenomena as natural phenomena, and to look at it from the point of view of natural science. "

"Deep learning is a kind of learning. It uses nonlinear elements for learning. This kind of nonlinearity is difficult to analyze accurately from a mathematical point of view, so we now have the opportunity. We may need to really apply some standards and methods, that is, physics. Learn how to get artificial intelligence..."

(End of this chapter)