Singhua X Daimler Art&Tech Night Talk
On the evening of November 1, 2019, an "ART&TECH Night Talk" event jointly organized by Tsinghua University's Art and Technology Innovation Base and Daimler's IT department was successfully concluded at the Mercedes Benz Me Cafe in Wangjing, Beijing. In the trend of modern technology increasingly developing towards the integration of technology and industry, this "ART&TECH Night Talk" event is undoubtedly a valuable opportunity for friends from all walks of life to think and collide creatively across boundaries. Especially during the night talk event, the sharing and concise and powerful Q&A provided by the four experts in the field of technology and art from different perspectives are like an audiovisual feast, worthy of our repeated reflection!
Mr. Henry, who first appeared on stage, started with the history of technology: from the ancient times of the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age to the ancient times with written records, and extended to the three technological revolutions in human history using the water wheel as an example. He praised the technological inventions and the growth rate of the technological curve during this period. Through explaining the impact of science and technology on human beings and cars, it shows the impact of transportation tools such as aircraft and cars on travel, and the impact of AI on modern human life in the Internet era. At the end, he shared some of his thoughts on the combination of art and technology.
As the second representative to speak, Dr. Zeng Qiang introduced the cross-border robot project "Mojia" jointly designed by the Future Laboratory of Tsinghua University and the faculty and students of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts. He specially prepared a video for everyone to share the robot band composed of three unique robot musicians. They are the bamboo flute robot "Yuheng", the konghou robot "Yaoguang", and the drumming robot "Kaiyang". And explain the name of the "Mojia" robot band, which is taken from the Mohist school of various schools of thought, originating from Mohist school, which was an important school of ancient engineering technology, and so on. Let everyone understand that the band not only meticulously studies ancient and modern styles of clothing in terms of robot styling, but also breaks through numerous difficulties in performance techniques. People have to marvel at Mo Jia's innovation in the integration of technology and art.
AI expert Song Jian delivered his speech on the theme of "Creativity is the New Productivity". He began to analyze the essence of AI technology and divided AI systems into three parts: "perception", "thinking", and "action". Ultimately, the essence of AI is attributed to the ability to acquire knowledge, use knowledge, and achieve goals. He expressed his belief that humans will use technology to achieve the next biological evolution under the guidance of faith. Next, he analyzes the significant impact of technology on the automotive industry and future human life from three aspects: business models, automotive products, and future challenges. His contemplation on the direction of future human development even sparked enthusiastic interaction among the audience, and the scene was very lively.
Teacher Hao Jie started sharing some small aspects of life. Through her own experiences and ideas, she leads to the idea of what kind of new interaction can create a better user experience. Subsequently, many experiments and surveys, such as collaboration with Oxford University, QR code scanning, and headphone research, were conducted to analyze the issue of human-computer interaction. She keenly proposed that only by connecting the information flow of enterprises can we solve the problem of interaction between bad people and robots, which once again fills people with infinite aspirations for the future.
This time, the sharing and questioning exchange of the entire event were very successful, and everyone is looking forward to the next NIGHT TALK between Daimler and Tsinghua Art Base!
