The college entrance examination essay was written in 40 seconds and scored 48 points by a famous teacher

The 2022 National College Entrance Examination has ended in many places, and a "special" college entrance examination essay has sparked heated discussions on the Internet.

Shen Yi, a well-known Chinese teacher who once served as the head of the Chinese language examination group for the Beijing college entrance examination, gave this essay a score of 48. Pan Zhoudan, a contestant on the show "The Brain Season 7", a "student tyrant" and "Internet celebrity", was also surprised after seeing the essay, saying bluntly, "This is a bit of a cheat."

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In fact, this essay was not written by a real candidate, but by a Baidu digital person named "Du Xiaoxiao".

According to reports, based on past years, candidates who scored 48 points or above in composition generally accounted for less than 25%, and "Du Xiaoxiao" can create more than 40 articles based on the composition topic in just 40 seconds. This made some netizens unable to sit still: the composition written by the digital person in tens of seconds is better than the one I wrote in an hour...

How does AI write such a “cheating” composition?

In fact, the seemingly "cheating" AI composition is not that easy. At least three major difficulties must be overcome, including the AI ​​digital person's ability to review questions, logical ability, and creative ability. Many AIs can only write short articles, and they will go off topic if the articles are long. Previously, there were AIs that challenged the college entrance examination composition but could only reach the level of "primary school students".

Du Xiaoxiao, who wrote a composition with a score of 48 this time, was supported by the Wenxin Big Model (ERNIE 3.0 Zeus 100 billion big model). Moreover, Du Xiaoxiao herself is also a "highly integrated artificial intelligence". She is driven by the core technology of Baidu Brain 7.0 and integrates multimodal interaction technology, 3D digital human modeling, natural language understanding and other technologies.

From "primary school students" to excellent "high school students". The maturity of AI composition is also a microcosm of the growth of China's artificial intelligence technology. Looking at the world, China has entered the first echelon in the field of AI, second only to the United States.

Among them, Baidu has made many breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2021, Baidu's R&D investment intensity ranked first among the top 500 private enterprises in China. As of April 2022, Baidu has applied for more than 22,000 artificial intelligence patents worldwide, of which more than 16,000 were in China. The number of AI patent applications and grants has ranked first in China for four consecutive years.

How to walk the “last mile” of AI

Du Xiaoxiao's popularity is a reflection of the increasing presence of AI. In recent years, new things such as driverless cars, AI medical care, and smart transportation have continued to sprout and grow. Some netizens are worried that AI will replace many jobs. But some netizens are optimistic and believe that we should actively embrace change, learn from technology, and learn more.

Ke Jie, who was defeated by the AlphaGo Go robot, once said that he learned a lot from AI: "It made us change our initial view of Go. There is no chess that cannot be played. We should be bold in exploring and innovating and play a game of Go more freely."

In fact, if you observe carefully, you will find that most of the texts that AI can process are repetitive, have relatively standard answers, relatively fixed processes, and specific rules. And the current AI technology is also evolving in the direction of "helping people grow" and "living better".

Du Xiaoxiao, who took on the challenge of writing the college entrance examination essay, is actually an AI explorer and college entrance examination assistant of Baidu APP. She serves candidates on Baidu APP. She can not only push reminders at important college entrance examination nodes such as checking scores, applying for admission, and checking admission, but also intelligently push personalized application recommendations and high-quality content. In addition, Du Xiaoxiao can also have intelligent chat conversations with candidates, helping users relieve stress and emotional fluctuations through emotional companionship, making people feel the warmth of AI.

At present, the search engine functions that are closely related to people's lives have also been "AI-rich". According to relevant Baidu officials, the current search has become "able to listen, see and understand", and the Baidu APP voice search recognition accuracy has reached 98%. In addition, taking photos to identify flowers and dialect voice search are also manifestations of highly intelligent search.

These services reflect the good nature of AI. It can conveniently provide various information and services, and can also replace humans in doing a lot of repetitive work, freeing up precious manpower for more creative work.

How to navigate the “last mile” of AI and allow the benefits of AI to benefit humanity more comprehensively may be one of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing AI companies.

Source: China News Network

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