The birth of black technology? AI hardware at Baidu World Conference 2017 is hot before it is released

'Bring AI to Life', this is an invitation letter for the 2017 Baidu World Conference, full of literature and emotion, and a "mysterious gift box" was revealed that left us wanting to know more.

The theme of “Bring AI to Life” is soft, friendly and leaves room for imagination, sparking all kinds of imagination among readers. Many media outlets speculated on what Baidu World would be like this year.

That’s right, the initiator of this “hint” is the “AI” that Baidu has been working on in recent years... and the “Life” that followed closely behind - they made everyone think of “the next scene of artificial intelligence: application scenarios in life”, the most concerned AI topic in the world.

The translucent small square box in the invitation letter is even more imaginative. The media have bet heavily on smart hardware for the conference. Some media speculated that the "Bring AI to Life" in the invitation letter for this conference foreshadows that the protagonist of this year's Baidu World Conference, AI, will be associated with "life" - that is, with new life scenes, and further realize the application and implementation of AI technology through smart hardware products.

Some industry insiders also boldly predicted that the keyword "Life" in the invitation letter of the Baidu World Conference may imply that Baidu will launch a full set of customized smart home solutions at this Baidu World.

Previously, the industry had speculated on the two major landing directions of future artificial intelligence productization: TO B and TO C. At the TO B level, Baidu's autonomous driving open platform and the "face-scanning boarding" cooperation with Capital Airport are both enterprise-level products; and at the TO C level, smart home is the best AI product scenario for consumers - Baidu, which is ALL in AI, will definitely not miss it.

In other words, this is about Baidu's layout in the consumer field, and it must be a highly strategic one that is "politically correct."

Indeed, Baidu's current strength and investment have also forced the development of AI hardware - not only does it have intelligent software and hardware solution companies such as Raven Technology and Xperception, but it also has the support of a powerful open ecosystem including the DuerOS open platform and the Apollo project. It can be said that Baidu has paved the way for smart home hardware, and the arrow is ready to go.

In recent years, Baidu AI has not missed any hot spots. Baidu took the lead in establishing the National Engineering Laboratory for Deep Learning, connected big data and artificial intelligence technology with Xiongan New Area, and cooperated with Haier, Midea, King Long Bus, Shouqi Car-hailing and other companies in strategic cooperation... Baidu's cooperation with cross-border companies is innumerable, so some media speculated that Baidu may also introduce strategic partners to join this year.

The official Baidu World website (http://baiduworld.baidu.com/2017/index.html), which has already been launched, only revealed the time and location, and the rest is unknown. It seems that the answer will have to wait until the Baidu World Conference on November 16th.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.