Remarkable statements at the first AI event in Vietnam

Experts returning from Sillicon valley think that Vietnamese engineers can fully do about artificial intelligence and confirm the era of AI has begun in Vietnam.

Telling the story of making chatbots communicate with Vietnamese people in the most natural way, speaker Pham Kim Cuong gave many interesting evidence to make a chatbot from “silly” become smarter and more emotional.

Inspired by the words of Google CEO – “Technology is the great equalizer” (Technology that helps the undeveloped mass to become more equal to the developed minority), Mr. Pham Kim Cuong, founder of chongiadung.com , saying that AI is Vietnam’s opportunity in the 4.0 revolution.

The author of Unikey and Labankey showed many guests the difficulty of processing Vietnamese language by AI.

Dr. Bui Duy Bach – co-founder of Arimo (a famous company in Silicon Valley in the field of AI) – cited the story of Quoc Le, a Vietnamese at Google who has credited bringing Deep Learning to reality, restoring The wave of AI research and application has been standing still for years.

This AI expert also “warns” those who are sanctifying the concept of Deep Learning and dream of having this technology in their hands. According to Bach, businesses need to have a deep understanding of Machine Learning and their business models to bring them together. And “Deep Learning (deep learning) like a sharp knife to help cooks cook faster, but the chef himself (here is a startup) must understand the new recipe to make good food,” co-founder. Arimo for example.

The speakers at Zalo AI Summit all encourage Vietnamese programmers and developers to read and learn a lot because the knowledge about AI is widely shared by the community. However, a lot of learning also comes with understanding the problem, the nature and whether it applies to the business problem that is facing or not.

Facing the question of whether AI development threatens traditional occupations, the speakers said that AI replacement will still take place but depending on the field, especially the work related to emotions and feelings. receive, create … such as journalism, art people.

Mr. Vuong Quang Khai revealed that Zalo has set up a research center named Zalo AI to continue the Vietnamese engineers’ dream of catching up with the global wave of technology. According to Mr. Khai, Zalo Brain and Zalo Assistant are the first 2 products of this center. “This is a revolutionary opportunity for Vietnam, and our aspiration is to be part of that revolution,” Khai said.

Source : Techtalk