New Infrastructure Construction: Technological Innovation Enterprises Meet Development Opportunity

New infrastructure is a hot word in China's economic field in 2020.

Artificial intelligence is an important industry development direction under the new infrastructure.

For ordinary people, artificial intelligence is already everywhere. The voice conversion in the process of communication and face recognition when entering the door are all supported by artificial intelligence technology.

In recent years, artificial intelligence has always been the most popular direction in the field of technology. In addition to the increasing investment in artificial intelligence by major technology companies, a large number of start-up companies are also emerging, which greatly accelerates the application of artificial intelligence technology.

At present, what are the pain points of traditional industries that need to be solved by artificial intelligence technology? Under the background of new infrastructure construction, what kind of development opportunity will artificial intelligence usher in? On September 27, at the "2020 China intelligent manufacturing industry annual meeting" sponsored by the 21st century economic report, leading guests from Shangtang technology, tulin technology, Jifei technology, Zhuoyi technology, jizhijia and other companies gathered together to discuss the above topics in depth.

New infrastructure is an opportunity for entrepreneurs

The three core elements of artificial intelligence technology are algorithm, computing power and data. The founder of infrastructure, Mr. Tang Kun, said that the foundation of artificial computing is the foundation of artificial computing. According to its introduction, this year, Shangtang technology has built a new Supercomputing Center in Shanghai, which fully adopts the domestic computing power and the artificial intelligence algorithm of Shangtang technology, which will provide computing power support for all walks of life.

In Ma Kun's opinion, the new infrastructure has reached a new stage in terms of technical requirements. In the new stage, intelligence, data and tool usage should be emphasized. "This is a very lucky opportunity for entrepreneurs. It is also a challenge for the state to raise the new infrastructure to such a high level and give us such a good opportunity."

Hu Xiaoxiao, co-founder of Zhuoyi technology, also believes that the new infrastructure is an important development opportunity for innovative enterprises, which gives enterprises more opportunities for development. However, the accompanying problem is that the requirements of products and services of enterprises should change from standardization to innovation and customization, which also requires enterprises to understand the industry better and put forward more professional solutions.

Hu said that with the proposal of the new infrastructure strategy, coupled with the emergence of new demand because of the epidemic, innovation in the science and technology industry has been greatly promoted. Take Zhuoyi technology as an example, its previous focus was humanoid robots. However, due to the epidemic situation, the demand for human-computer collaboration has been accelerated, thus boosting the transformation of Zhuoyi technology to human-computer collaborative services.

Wei Jingjing, founder of tulin technology, also believes that the new infrastructure pays more attention to the core and needs good products and good uses. At the same time, the new infrastructure also encourages domestic equipment enterprises to provide key supporting equipment, which also brings a broader development space for tulin and other enterprises. "We do not just have original visual algorithm, but also break through optical system, precision electromechanical control system, big data and other technologies, and continue to make technological innovation from the source.".

Liu Kai, the co-founder of jizhijia, said that the new infrastructure is a great strategy of the country and is closely related to digitization. For example, in the digital supply chain, standard products and solutions can really help enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency. "For example, during the epidemic period, digitalization helps enterprises operate normally and is more efficient in operation, which greatly enhances their ability to resist risks and is also the driving force for the healthy development of the industry.".

Digital transformation has a long way to go

At present, with the vigorous development of digital economy, the digital transformation of traditional industries is also imminent. IF digitization was an optional bonus item in the past, it has become a necessary option today.

For example, in the field of agriculture, social development problems such as the massive loss of labor force, the aging of rural population, as well as the current ecological problems such as climate warming, biodiversity decline, excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers and farmland degradation.

Gong Qiqin, the co-founder of Jifei, said, "we are enjoying the dividend of the reverse flow of population. After the loss of population, who will grow the land in the countryside in the future? The future will definitely depend on artificial intelligence and robots. " Using big data, cloud computing and AI technology to solve the problems of low, small and scattered agriculture will also become an important opportunity for agricultural transformation and upgrading.

As of August 31 this year, Jifei's smart agricultural products and technologies have served 8.72 million farmers, and its unmanned operation has covered 42 countries and regions. According to the introduction of the company, it has brought about 500 million yuan of revenue to the farmland.

In fact, AI technology will also face various problems in the process of landing. Ma Kun said, "more than a decade ago, when the new technology just came out, customers didn't believe it. What we had to do was to make it mature enough to make customers believe it."

Later, when everyone believed it, there was another problem. The manufacturer thought the price was too expensive. "At this time, we have to do cost performance and reduce costs, so that we can apply technology to life." Ma Kun said.

In Hu Xiao's opinion, the current industry cognition is still a big challenge for the implementation of artificial intelligence. "All walks of life are willing to increase investment in digital transformation and intelligent manufacturing, but the most worrying thing is how much change and innovation the new technology can bring them.".

"Many friends like watching Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters, and they always unconsciously compare some scenes in the movies with the current artificial intelligence products. In fact, the current artificial intelligence industry is still in the era of weak artificial intelligence, which can not reach the development level of artificial intelligence in the blockbuster. AI can only partially improve people's efficiency now, but it is more of a state of realizing human-computer cooperation. " Hu Xiao said.

As for the digital transformation of manufacturing industry, Wei Jingjing thinks that the manufacturing industry pays attention to the problems of product itself and efficiency cost. What we need to do is how to help them solve these problems in the scene. The new infrastructure can help the development of enterprises, but it needs long-term preparation to solve the problems based on the manufacturing industry itself, and gradually solve the problems and improve the quality of its products.