Li Feifei delivered his acceptance speech.
Hu Yihu: Hello, I'm Hu Yihu. How are you? Every time I come to Tsinghua, I feel particularly nervous, because I know that in front of me, there are either talents, wizards, wizards, geniuses or ghosts. Right? In this case, I am afraid to say the wrong thing in the elite place, because it will defile this academic hall. I am bold today, because I have been here four times. I want to test you. Answer me loudly. Excuse me, there is an annual scientific and technological word that is very popular in recent years, which is composed of two English letters. This thing may kill me, or it may affect your career. The most important thing is that it is not human. What is this? AI. Speak up and applaud yourself. That's AI, artificial intelligence.
You all know that AI has influenced you, me and the world, but you may not have thought about the next question: So who will influence AI? Next, the winner of the award that affects Chinese people around the world is the AI goddess. She was born in Beijing, and her name is Fei, which doomed her to soar at the forefront of world science and technology. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Li Feifei. I don't know how many people here have read Li Feifei's resume. I was shocked and admired. Why do you admire her? She is a tenured professor at Stanford University and the head of Google AI China Research Center. Is it awesome? Not only that, she was also selected as one of the top thinkers in the world 100. Where can I read her thoughts? Go and read her paper. Her papers have been published in top international journals, with at least 100 articles. Up to now, I have just checked the number of citations as high as 44,000. Is it awesome? Such a great person, frankly speaking, to tell the truth, she chose a good name, which doomed her career.
But many people are like this. They saw the success of others, only her success, but forgot her struggle. Her father died at 16 years old. Do you know what she did? She used to be a cleaner. She works as a cashier in a Chinese restaurant. She not only works as a cashier in a Chinese restaurant, but also earns a living with her friends. She also worked as a laundryman in a dry cleaner. Today, this washerwoman has become the global goddess of AI. She has always believed in a belief that if you dare to think, the whole world will make way for you!
What kind of road has she opened for us? She gave artificial intelligence an eye that can speak and distinguish things. After graduating from her Ph.D., she entered the field of AI, and many people chose hot fields. She chose an unpopular route, which is computer vision system. At that time, the computer could identify about 4-20 species, and she suddenly wanted to get a dictionary. She asked her teacher, who said it was impossible. He asked his colleagues, this is impossible. She asked his friend to stop dreaming. She is persistent. She set up a super picture database. How big is it? This data picture database contains more than 654.38+04 million pictures. So far. Give her applause. How persistent is this? I always wondered why she persisted. I have always been curious about what motivates her to stick to it when others say it is impossible. I later learned that she said such a sentence in public. Every time she is doing research in this field, she always asks herself, can my research redefine the future of this field? What moved me most was that she said, all young friends, when you are doing research and writing papers, don't forget to do one thing, close your eyes and then open your eyes to look forward. If the frontier of your research field is hot, don't touch it. If the front is empty, move forward boldly, because only by moving forward can you define your life and change the world. Next, please welcome Ms. Wang Xiaohui, editor-in-chief of China News Agency.
Hello, Editor-in-Chief Wang, you are an excellent female editor-in-chief. What do you think of this famous female scientist? What is the most shining part of her body?
Wang Xiaohui: My feeling for Feifei is that although she has super powers, she still has a normal heart.
Hu Yihu: An ordinary person in haunters, but this ordinary person has written an extraordinary career.
Wang Xiaohui: So I am honored to present this award to Li Feifei. The name Li Feifei is a household name in the field of artificial intelligence, but this famous China female scientist still keeps the initial heart of a scholar. She once said that the benefits that artificial intelligence will bring to mankind have no national boundaries. Indeed, we can see from her that technology and knowledge have no national boundaries. Nowadays, the rapid development of science is encouraging young people who are ambitious, love science and have research to detonate their wisdom and creativity in new knowledge fields. Li Feifei is a prominent example in this respect, expecting more young people, facing the future, challenging the unknown and benefiting mankind. At the same time, we can maintain a humble and gentle normal heart.
Hu Yihu: Thank you, thank you.
Wang Xiaohui: Thank you, Tiger.
Hu Yihu: Next, we will get to know Li Feifei better through the big screen.
Please welcome Li Feifei, winner of the 20 17-20 18 Influential World Chinese Award. She flew from Paris to Beijing to receive the prize and applauded her again. Please welcome Mr. Wang to present the award to the lady. Congratulations to Ms. Li Feifei. Please give your acceptance speech.
Li Feifei: I'm really surprised. Just got off the plane, maybe a little incoherent. I feel guilty about winning this award, especially sitting next to leading scientists and predecessors. As Academician Hou said, science is a collective project. If the history of human science is compared to a long river, as a scientist, I am just a drop of water in this long river. The source of our long river of science is mankind's endless and unremitting pursuit of truth and innovation. Then the direction of this river is another world we don't know. Being such a drop of water in this river is actually very lucky, because there are many predecessors leading us forward in front of me, and there are also lovely colleagues and collaborators around me. The most important thing is that I have a group of particularly lovely and outstanding students who have inherited these technologies. If scientists are water drops in the river, then our relatives and friends are on both sides of the river, always supporting us, caring for us and constantly exploring.
I was lucky to enter the field of artificial intelligence. Humans have never invented a science, and a technology is so close to us. Artificial intelligence is actually very young. It is only about 60 years old. Looking ahead, I sincerely feel that no matter how smart science, technology and machines are, they all reflect and represent our own values. Therefore, I hope that so many students in Tsinghua and young people in front of the TV will participate in this very new field that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of mankind, bring the people-oriented spirit into the future technology, let artificial intelligence radiate its warmth, and bring a better future to human life. Thank you.
Hu Yihu: Thank you. Congratulations to Ms. Li Feifei. Thank you again, Mr. Wang.