The story begins in the 1930s.
Seventy kilometers northwest of the city of London, there is a fusion of Gothic, Tudor, and Baroque style manor called Bletchley Park.
Built in 1883, the estate was originally the home of Sir Herbert Leon, and in the 1930s, when war was raging over Western Europe, it was home to a large number of linguists, electrical engineers, radio specialists, and even chess masters. The estate was nominally a radio factory, but in reality it was the British Army's "strategic weapons research and development center".
In 1939, at the age of 27, Alan Turing (Alan Turing) to participate in the activities of Bletchley Manor, the "strongest human brain" team formed the British Empire's strongest ever espionage and deciphering department, their combat power of more than ten divisions!
Here, the Turing-led team built the world's first electronic computer, the Colossus, in order to decipher the German Enigma, of which the MK2 version, developed in 1944, could decipher German intelligence every hour. version could decipher 11 pieces of German intelligence per hour.
These accurate intelligence saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers, assisted the Allies in destroying thousands of German warships and warplanes, contributed to the Normandy landings and the opening of the second battlefield in Europe, and assisted mankind in liberating Europe.
The birth of the "Giant" computer represented the first time mankind opened the "God's perspective" on the sand table of war.
The great mathematician Alan Turing was known as the "father of the computer".
He was also known as the "Father of Artificial Intelligence".
We won't go into the details of what happened after that, but watch the British movie The Imitation Game, starring The Revenant, for more information.
From "God's eye view" to "necessity of war"
With the end of World War II, the computer's mission was not over, but had just begun. The "God's-eye view" of computers and artificial intelligence gave Europe and the United States a taste of their own medicine and made them a "necessity of war".
The completion of the first industrial revolution was marked by "making machines out of machines", and the start of the "artificial intelligence" era was marked by "making machines learn to think".
In 1946, the University of Pennsylvania released the world's first general-purpose computer, the ENIAC, which was programmable and conformed to the "Turing Complete" (Turing Complete), which means that theoretically, all computable problems can be computed.
This thinking machine is not a peacemaker, it is a combination of God and death. Because this "electric tiger" with 200,000 times the power of manual computation can provide its daddy, the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, with fast and accurate ballistic calculations for the development of missiles.
In 1950, Turing published two important papers, Can Machines Think? （Can Machines Think?" and "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," and proposed the famous "The Turing Test" experiment to determine whether a machine is artificial intelligence.
In 1956, Marvin Minsky, another AI superstar, along with John McCarthy and C. E. Shannon, launched the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence (Dartmouth Summer Research Project on AI). (Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence), formally put forward the concept of "artificial intelligence" (Artificial Intelligence, AI), marking the birth of the discipline of artificial intelligence. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was formally introduced, marking the birth of the discipline of artificial intelligence.
Minsky (front left) McCarthy (back right) handsome Shannon (front right)
In the same year, the world's first artificial intelligence laboratory - MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (today's MIT CSAIL) formally operated.
Today's MIT CSAIL building
Starting in 1956, mankind began to visualize the idea of building more machines with the ability to perceive, cognize, intellect, intuition, creativity, emotions, and **** feelings, which could automate tasks normally thought to be performed only by humans.
Logo of MIT CSAIL
They will all be collectively known as AI, thinking machines.
From "necessity of war" to "necessity of research"
After 1956, humans became obsessed with AI, and it went from "necessity of war" to "necessity of research"
After 1956, humans became obsessed with AI, and it went from "necessity of war" to "necessity of research". from a "necessity of war" to a "necessity of research".
Borrowing the superior computing power of AI, mankind stepped into the stage of "automated theorem proving" (ATP) scientific research, using electronic computers for mathematical theorem proving, and the classic examples of success in the past few decades include the four-color theorem (1976), the four-color theorem (1976), the four-color theorem (1976), the four-color theorem (1976), and the four-color theorem (1976). 1976), four-color chess (1988), nonexistence of Order 10 finite projective planes (1989), Kepler's conjecture (1998), and the 17-point happy ending problem (2006).
Four Color Theorem (四色定理)
New China, which is still in the process of rebirth, has also taken the first step in the field of artificial intelligence research under the leadership of a group of **** and national intellectuals.
In 1964, New China successfully developed the country's first fully transistorized electronic computer, the Model 441-B. The computer was the first of its kind in China.
As the more powerful of the two superpowers, the United States has always been a pioneer in computer technology and artificial intelligence.
In 1954, the world's first programmable industrial robot was born, thanks to American George Devol.
In 1964, the world's first chatbot, ELIZA, was developed at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the U.S. Humans communicated with an AI for the first time in history using text, and the development of ELIZA was led by Joseph Weizenbaum.
In 1968, the Stanford Research Institute in the United States developed Shakey, the world's first robot that could judge and move on its own. It possessed autonomous perceptions such as vision and hearing, and was able to analyze the environment, plan routes, and move on its own.
A half-century later, it has become a new member of artificial intelligence in our homes - the floor sweeper.
Another milestone in artificial intelligence was positioned on July 20, 1969.
On this day, the Apollo 11 spacecraft completed the first human mission to the moon.
Leading the three human warriors to the lunar base at Shizumi was the Apollo Navigation Computer from MIT.
Don't look at the American research and development of the moon landing computer, its computing power is not as strong as the Ze King learning machine you played when you were a child, in fact, it has been the world's strongest think tank of the strongest country's strongest output of the strongest computing machine, the code set stacked up to have the following picture of the MIT Laboratory Miss so high:
The moon landing is a big step for mankind, but also a big step for artificial intelligence.
Without computers and artificial intelligence, it would have been impossible for humans to accurately reach the surface of the moon and return safely.
The U.S. Apollo program, aided by computer technology, gave mankind a glimpse of the future.
From "scientific necessity" to "commercial necessity"
In 1980, the "Expert System" (Expert System) was finally commercialized. Finally entered the commercialization stage, for the first use of commercial machines "expert system" XCON enterprise is the United States Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital Equipment Corporation, DEC), they purchased the system has 95-95% of the decision-making accuracy, the company can save $ 40 million in expenses each year. 40 million dollars in annual expenses.
The AI system, which has such significant economic benefits, has actually undergone 15 years of preconception and trial and error.
A mature "expert system" = a highly accurate "knowledge base" + a "reasoning machine" responsible for formulating conclusions + a "user interface" that makes it easy for users to communicate with the system. "user interface".
An "expert system" can dramatically improve the quality and speed of decision-making in a narrow field of specialization, cut down on expensive expert consulting fees, provide consistent answers to repetitive questions, and exempt you from having to take care of its moods.
Thanks to this, the "expert system", an artificial intelligence decision-making system, has been integrated into countless business practices, such as information management, performance evaluation, maintenance judgment, medical diagnosis, warehouse optimization, production monitoring, stock market trading, financial decision-making, loan analysis, and aviation timetable development.
The following are some of the more common expert systems:
MYCIN: Uses artificial intelligence to identify the bacteria that cause acute infections, and automatically recommends antibiotic types and dosages.
DENDRAL: Uses AI to perform chemical analysis for predicting molecular structure.
ExSys: an expert system development tool developed in the United States.
Siri: one of the most familiar, the artificial intelligence assistant software built into Apple's iOS.
From "business necessity" to "everyday necessity"
According to Gordon Moore's Moore's Law: "When prices are constant, the number of components that can be accommodated on an integrated circuit increases. The number of components that can fit on an integrated circuit doubles about every 18-24 months, and performance doubles."
In other words: computer performance (AI computing power) per dollar of purchasing power doubles every 18-24 months.
Artificial Intelligence's move from commercial to civilian use must be credited to a range of chip designers and manufacturers such as NVIDIA, Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, Huawei Hesse, TSMC, Apple, and others.
"Deep Blue" beat the human chess champion, microcomputers entered thousands of households, AlphaGo beat the human Go champion, smartphones are affordable for everyone, smart wearable devices are popular around the world, smart home appliances are spreading all over the market, and the real economy is gradually shifting to the virtual economy.... ...
Artificial intelligence has gone from a "business necessity" to an "everyday necessity".
Nowadays, it is extremely common and simple to ask Siri to help you check stock quotes or hum a song called "California Hospitality". In fact, the field of artificial intelligence has gone through more than 70 years of iterations to finally get to where it is today.
On top of this sacred oriental land of China, the wise men never lag behind.On May 3, 2018, the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the country's first cloud-based AI chip, with a theoretical peak speed of 128 trillion fixed-point operations per second, reaching the world's advanced level.
Country goods when self-improvement, we have gradually turned from followers to parallel walkers, in some areas is to become a leader, this is worth mentioning the field is smart cars.
Tesla AutoPilot, Google Waymo Autopilot, BMW Autopilot, Audi Autopilot, and other AI giants in the automotive field have taken over the fast lane in the overseas market, and as the world's largest automotive production and sales market, China has its own unique and correct development path - - Make the cockpit smart, make the cabin smart, make the car smart, make the car smart, make the car smart, make the car smart, make the car smart, make the car smart, and make the car smart. -Making the cockpit smart and driving easy.
Weimar, Azure, Xiaopeng, BYD, Baidu, Huawei for the first legion of Chinese smart cars, has already taken the lead in the field of intelligent cockpit and autonomous driving, smart car number one powerhouse is the strong launch of Weimar EX5-Z model, so that civilian cars can also listen to the gospel of artificial intelligence systems.
Weimar EX5-Z is officially positioned as a "zero-touch intelligent interaction pure electric SUV", where "Z" represents the pan-Z generation mentality of the crowd, and EX5-Z is a "smart hand". "The EX5-Z will bring a more comprehensive and intelligent driving experience to the "Pan-Z Generation".
At the same time, this "Z" also stands for "Zero Touch" (Zero Touch Intelligent Interaction), which is not an illusory concept, but a real practice of "Lazy Technology" product. Technology" product philosophy, so that users "can move the mouth never hands", easy to operate and drive the vehicle, to really help users realize the "second to understand you, 0 anxiety" car life.
Therefore, Weimar EX5-Z provides two series of "zero-contact" AI technology for its valued users - "Fun outside the car - zero-touch" & "Smart inside the car" & "Smart inside the car". amp; "In-vehicle Intelligent Sense - Zero Touch".
Weimar EX5-Z is equipped with a hidden electric induction door handle, as long as the user carries the smart key near the door, the vehicle immediately senses that the owner is about to arrive at the door, the hidden electric induction door handle will be automatically unlocked and automatically popped open, realizing the door open "zero contact".
When the smart key approaches the door, the vehicle immediately senses that the owner is about to arrive at the door and the hidden electric door handle will automatically unlock and pop open, realizing "zero contact" in opening the door.
When the user leaves the vehicle with the smart key beyond the 2.5 meter range, the vehicle will automatically sense that the owner is no longer using the vehicle and automatically control the security system to lock the vehicle, the front of the luminous logo by flashing gradient color to lock the vehicle to remind (unlocking the same), no longer need to run all the way back to the parking lot to check the locking situation, the use of intelligent science and technology to cure everything! "The newest addition to the lineup is the newest addition to the lineup, the newest addition to the lineup, the newest addition to the lineup.
Weimar EX5-Z is also equipped with a Bluetooth key function, the user only needs to use a smartphone to download the Xiaowei cell phone APP, the smartphone turns into a smart Bluetooth car key in seconds, realizing the unlocking of the zero-touch.
The industry's first intelligent interaction dynamic Living logo + voice interaction function outside the car, the front of the car luminous logo can realize the blinking welcome function, charging progress prompt function, unlocking and locking the car reminder function, but also can use the voice and the car system for real-time interaction, both stylish and respect.
Weimar EX5-Z is equipped with a Hands free electric tailgate as standard, if the user is inconvenient to open the tailgate with both hands, when the intelligent key is close to the vehicle within a range of 1.5 meters, the user only needs to kick the tailgate sensing area with the foot to carry out normal kicking action, the system will automatically open the tailgate, so that it can realize an all-round "zero-contact" intelligent interaction experience outside of the vehicle.
Inside the car, the sense of wisdom and enjoyment - zero-touch
Talking about the "zero-touch" artificial intelligence technology inside the car, how can we do without the "AI Xiaowei voice interaction system". On the way, AI Xiaowei voice butler will automatically complete the car function operation according to the user's voice instructions, so that the driver can focus on driving, to protect the safety of all traffic participants. What's more, this system also has AI Xiaowei voice butler service, which is online 24/7 7 x 24 hours, so that you never drop out in the network era.
In terms of car audio-video entertainment, Wilma EX5-Z is equipped with a 12.8-inch floating intelligent rotating screen that surpasses its peers, and carries a huge amount of free resource car entertainment and audio-video systems, including LoveQiYi, QQ Music, Himalaya, etc. Not only does it have free traffic for life, but it also supports synchronization of the historical playback information and preferences of different terminals, which brings the same experience as a cell phone, and brings a real home theater-like video and audio system to the users. The system also supports synchronization of historical playback information and preferences across different terminals, providing users with the same experience as their mobile phones and bringing them a true home theater-like audiovisual experience.
Weimar EX5-Z also boasts an artificial intelligence feature, the "Car Home Connect" function, which is interconnected with the Mijia smart hardware ecosystem. Through the "Vehicle Connection" function of the Xiaowei Mobile App, users can bind the Mijia account and realize intelligent inquiry and remote control through voice or Mijia service, with which smart home products have reached 8 categories and 30 types.
During this special period, WEMA EX5-Z has built the "CleanPro First Class" with the first five-fold protection to guard the health of all the occupants, including the newly upgraded CN95 micron air filtration system, the first vehicle-grade UVC induction purification system, the AQS outside air quality detection, negative ion air purification and the AQS outside air quality control system, as well as the AQS outside air quality control system. These include the newly upgraded CN95 micron air filtration system, the first car-grade UVC sensor cabin system, AQS outside air quality detection, negative ion air purification and PM2.5 active monitoring.
When it comes to artificial intelligence, how can you do without an autonomous driving module? The WEMA EX5-Z is equipped with the L2-level Living Pilot system, which can maintain a normal driving path in complex driving conditions, difficult parking environments, unexpected bad weather, and "distracted driving" situations, making driving easy and safe.
In addition, the WEMA EX5-Z is equipped with the APA automatic parking function, which automatically recognizes parking spaces through parking radar, and uses artificial intelligence (similar to an expert system) to evaluate potential obstacles in the environment, calculate the parking track and automatically park the car in the parking space, making parking truly worry-free.
Since when did AI become a daily necessity for us?
Artificial intelligence has been an everyday necessity since the price of AI tech fell into the consumer-grade product range.
The first general-purpose computer, the ENIAC, weighed 31 tons, but its computing power was nowhere near as good as our Little Busters learning machines, and back in the day it was a money-burning monster that only the U.S. Army could afford.
Today, a Zero-Touch Intelligent Interactive Pure Electric SUV loaded with the latest in artificial intelligence costs just 149,800 yuan.
Weimar's "Lazy Technology" product philosophy has allowed us to live a "second to understand you, 0 anxiety" car life, and it all started in the 1930s in Bletchley, 70 kilometers northwest of London. In the midst of the manor house, there lies a secret of wisdom that will lead mankind to the light.
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