The 2018 China Artificial Intelligence Summit (CAIS) kicked off in Nanjing this morning. At the conference this morning, Ng gave his own answer to the question “how to use ARTIFICIAL intelligence to transform various industries” from the perspectives of enterprises, governments and universities.

I. Enterprise reform in the ERA of AI:

On how AI will revolutionize companies, Ng explained how companies recruit AI talent, select AI projects, and integrate AI with corporate strategy.

(1) He believes that there should be three steps for enterprises to recruit AI talents and establish AI teams. First, they should carry out AI projects with external resources, and then cultivate their own internal AI teams by using external resources. Finally, the internal AI team can be integrated with various business units. Ng stressed the importance of training each business unit in this process, because only when all departments have a basic understanding of AI from top to bottom can they cooperate better with THE AI unit.

(2) In terms of how to select AI projects, Ng believes that the following principles should be followed: select demonstration projects, successfully deliver them, and build momentum — you don’t have to pick the most important business to support AI at the beginning, but build trust with one business first, so that more businesses can be launched); Collaborate with external experts to expedite project start-up and operation; For general industry solutions, enterprises can purchase AI from third parties, but in the long run, there are some projects that only internal teams must be able to handle.

(3) As for how to combine AI with corporate strategy, Wu says that corporate strategy is so multi-faceted and complex that it is difficult to give a simple standard. He advised companies not to compete with Google and Baidu in search and general AI solutions, but to build technical barriers with AI in their own vertical categories.

2. Let AI empower the government:

Ng offers the following tips for integrating AI into the enterprise:

(1) The emergence of AI has caused the unemployment of many people. Governments should encourage people to use AI to learn new skills so they can take on new roles. At the same time, the government can provide more financial support for AI academic research.

(2) Cooperation between the government and enterprises to make AI landing faster:

(3) The combination of public and private sectors to accelerate the development of new industries

(4) Using AI can improve government governance: AI can help the whole society to have more convenient transportation, more energy efficient water and electricity, a safer society, and more effective rules.

Iii. Let AI empower university:

Ng also offers his own insights on how AI can contribute to education:

(1) Use AI to alleviate the current scarcity of educational resources. For example, more educational resources can benefit more people through current MOOC and other new forms of education

(2) AI education in schools should be combined with some practical projects to promote industrial development, such as the combination of AI and medical treatment.