"The results of this algorithm are very significant." Robin Li pondered with a serious expression, "First of all, its speed, real-time detection will be a qualitative change in various senses, not to mention anything else, just talking about real-time detection, it gives the direction of autonomous driving a technical foundation." ”

When planning AI technology within Baidu, autonomous driving has always been an area that Robin Li very much wants to get involved in.

In order for a car to drive autonomously, in addition to radar-type sensors, the machine's ability to process images is also indispensable.

And it has to be real-time, and it needs to be very fluid.

"At the current speed of detection algorithms, only one or two judgments can be made in a second or two. Let's assume that in an autonomous driving scenario, the vision algorithm first misjudges once or twice, and the resulting operation delay is likely to reach two or three seconds. Assuming the speed is 60 km/h, then..."

Robin Li wanted to name a difference in the distance traveled due to the delay, so he paused after giving an example.

"About 33 to 50 meters." Han Ci instinctively replied, such a simple calculation was as natural to her as breathing.

"That's right, the distance of about 30-50 meters, it's completely the distance between life and death."

Robin Li adjusted the external camera to aim it at himself, and then made some body movements relatively quickly.

Open arms, squat, jump, etc.

The detection algorithm's marquee is always firmly locked on him, silkily getting bigger and smaller as he moves.

"And it's not sacrificing in detection capabilities, it's a huge leap in performance. I was amazed and couldn't understand how you did it. ”

Li Yanhong sincerely admired that he had imagined a detection algorithm of this level, but he thought that it might take two or three years to explore.

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, deep learning has made many breakthroughs one after another, and all of them are from the hands of the young man in front of him.

Since he established the research institute related to whiteness AI, there has been no technology that has shocked it more than now.

This detection algorithm is lightweight, real-time and high-performance. The role in the two fields of autonomous driving and safety and security alone is enough to achieve a high technical status and make a lot of money.

"And I've noticed that the algorithm has very few flaws in the context of false detection." Wang Haifeng stared at the screen tightly and saw the present, which also made him feel incredible.

This is because the main and meaningful objects in the image are usually in the center, and the surrounding area is usually in the background.

When detecting, many algorithms are prone to misjudgment, suddenly generating a few marquees in a meaningless background, as if there really was something there.

This is understandable, because the algorithm will do many times to slide the window, and perform many detection behaviors on the image, which will inevitably make mistakes.

But Meng Fanqi's YOLO method not only greatly improves the speed, but also avoids this defect, which is very surprising.

"So it seems that Mr. Li is still very satisfied with this effect, when will it be more convenient for us to sign the agreement on cooperation?" Meng Fanqi came over this time, and everything was ready.

The contract has also been consulted with senior legal knowledge several times, and it should only be to confirm the final share ratio at the same time as the acceptance results.

He didn't really want to come back in a few days, specifically to sign some documents.

In a few days, when the visa is down, he will be ready to go to Australia to attend the conference. The conference was preceded by a negotiation with Google.

"The algorithm is great, the contract can be signed, sign it today!" After watching the demonstration of the algorithm, Robin Li no longer hesitated. "Let's talk about it separately and work out some of the details."

Yu Kai, who had doubts about the results before, although he did not see the paper and technical details, but in the face of this verification method of the actual shooting and measurement effect of the external camera, he really couldn't find a reason to say anything.

This kind of test method has been used many times in whiteness, and the detection effect is stuck like PPT. The speed and accuracy are a lot worse now, and their progress in this area is actually not slow, but the result from Meng Fanqi is simply that primitive people have seen the laser cannon.

Li Yanhong has actually discussed the relevant treatment and terms with the two responsible persons, and based on the premise that Meng Fanqi's results have no moisture, the two high-level executives also gave their own opinions.

Li Yanhong felt that Meng Fanqi still had some idealism in business negotiations, and had some flavor of repaying virtue with virtue and repaying grievances with grievances.

In the last conversation, he deliberately gave up fighting for the place where the judgment was more free, and left the initiative to himself.

At the time, he still didn't understand why the young man seemed so headstrong and naïve in such an important negotiation.

Now it seems that it is this transcendent breakthrough that gives him the confidence, and this far leading technology is much more powerful than all negotiation skills.

If the conditions and cooperation methods given by yourself are not sincere enough, the other party will have more choices at any time.

Li Yanhong actually understands this mentality very well, and collaborators like Meng Fanqi are not so demanding about the specific amount.

As long as the return you give is roughly not bad, the other party will not care too much. If you deliberately give a generous share, you can get the favor of the other party.

The other party doesn't like trouble more than a little money difference. In negotiations, such people still have naïve expectations for human nature, and value the so-called "righteousness" or "friendship".

I have to say that Robin Li is very old and spicy, although he fell into passivity in the last contact. But he soon completely grasped Meng Fanqi's communication style and ideas.

"Let's take a look at our current draft version first." After the rest of the people left the conference room, Li Yanhong and Meng Fanqi began a second separate conversation. "This has been sent to you before, so it's just a matter of finalizing a few specific shares."

Meng Fanqi is not unaware that the mall is ruthless, many things should be in business, and negotiations should be more rational and objective.

It's just that he has a choice, capricious!

"Mr. Meng, to tell you the truth, when we determined the specific share this time, we still had a lot of internal resistance. But personally, I think that the terms of this cooperation must be generous. ”

Li Yanhong's words are half-truthful.

"Thousands of dollars buy horse bones." Meng Fanqi replied with a smile, "When others look at it, you Mr. Li are willing to spend such a lot of money to buy horse bones, so is it really worth it?" ”

"Hahaha, it's a joke. The elders of several of our research institutes feel that the three biggest AI vision research results of this year are your DreamNet, generative adversarial and YOLO detection technology. ”

Li Yanhong's praise is not against his will, "You still want horse bones, where can you find a thousand horses?" Who would dare to say that they are Maxima? ”