From the initial donation platform to the ever-widening public welfare boundary, from the "voice package accompanying the elderly" that cares for empty nesters to the "iDOLPHIN" project that protects rare white dolphins, and then to the "children's tree hole" that cares for the physical and mental health of minors. "Science and technology for good" is making public welfare move from result to process.
The second Tencent Light Public Welfare Innovation Challenge was officially launched.
2002110 The second Tencent Light Public Welfare Innovation Challenge was officially launched, which was directed by the Propaganda Department of the All-China Women's Federation, hosted by Tencent Company and China Children's Center, and undertaken by Penguin, Tencent East China Headquarters, Tencent SSV Innovation School Laboratory, Penguin Love the Earth, Tencent Youtu Laboratory, Tencent Cloud AI and Tencent Cloud Micro. Tang Daosheng, senior executive vice president of Tencent and CEO of Cloud and Smart Industry Group, said in his speech: "Serving people is the greatest value of artificial intelligence, and using AI to help a better world. This kind of exploration exists in the laboratory, in the industry, and is also moving towards a wider social application. "
Participants can create innovative applications in the form of applets, H5 or PC websites through Tencent Cloud Microcode, Tencent Youtu Lab and AI technology provided by Tencent Cloud to help solve the three major competitions of child safety protection/education, literacy education and biodiversity protection/education.
Why use AI technology? And why are these three competition questions?
On the basis of safety and security, quality education has become a topic of great concern, especially after the proposal of "Opinions on Further Reducing Students' Homework Burden and Off-campus Training Burden in Compulsory Education" in July this year, the relatively monotonous traditional teaching materials and teaching methods have been unable to meet the needs of quality education. How to develop a brand-new teaching mode through the integration of science and technology, make up for the shortage of educational resources and enhance students' learning enthusiasm is an urgent problem to be solved at present.
The future of children is related to the future of mankind, and the future of the environment is related to the future of the earth. Children's safety protection/education and literacy education represent human's vision of their own sustainable development, while biodiversity protection/education represents human's pursuit of natural sustainable development.
"iDOLPHIN" Project for Protecting Rare White Dolphins Based on Tencent Cloud AI Incubation
In the first Tencent Lightweight Innovation Challenge last year, wildlife protection was one of the topics. Zheng Ruiqiang, Ph.D. in Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, based on Tencent Cloud AI, successfully hatched the "iDOLPHIN" project-a tool for individual identification and citizen science of Chinese white dolphins. With the help of Tencent Cloud AI technology, this project greatly improves the calculation speed of individual identification of Chinese white dolphins. At the same time, through the influence of WeChat applet and Tencent platform, the concept of species protection is publicized and the purpose of marine biodiversity education is realized. Not long ago, the project was selected as the "Global Biodiversity 100+ Case" of the COP 15 NGO Forum.
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) formally adopted the Kunming Declaration on 20021.1.00, promising to ensure the formulation, adoption and implementation of an effective "Global Biodiversity Framework after 2020" to reverse the current loss of biodiversity.
Although we have made remarkable achievements in biodiversity protection in recent years, the public's awareness of wildlife and ecological protection is not high. It is still necessary to cultivate minors' awareness of biodiversity protection through scientific and technological means and promote the whole society to participate in ecological protection.
The combination of science and technology and public welfare can undoubtedly further release the productivity of each individual and exert greater social value. Just like Zheng Ruiqiang who walked alone in the "no man's land" of China White Dolphin Reserve in1/year, because of science and technology, from a person and a dolphin photo to a group of people and a group of white dolphins.
As Wu Yunsheng, vice president of Tencent Cloud and general manager of Tencent Youtu Lab, said, "Artificial intelligence not only contributes to the digital upgrading of the industry, but also explores sustainable social values."
In order to support and support the sustainable development of the whole society, it is necessary to build innovative and sustainable scientific and technological public welfare based on long-term development considerations, and all walks of life can participate in it and participate in public welfare in their own good ways. As an Internet technology company, Tencent launched an innovation challenge to open AI technology to people with lofty ideals, which can encourage more people who want to do it but can't, and turn the pursuit of goodness in science and technology into a more lasting process.
Two years ago, Tencent put forward the mission vision of "science and technology is good", and this year it wrote "promoting sustainable social value innovation" into the company strategy. Tang Daosheng said: "Science and technology are the light of human wisdom, and public welfare is the light of human soul. I believe that the combination of technology and public welfare will also light up a better life for us. "
The essence of "good science and technology" is people-oriented, and through the help of science and technology to public welfare, we can realize continuous concern for human development and human living environment. The name of Tencent Light Public Welfare Innovation Challenge just fits this value and significance. "light" is a beam of light that shines into every corner of public welfare, and technology is just that beam of light; "Lamp" is a public welfare lighthouse, and each participant is a lamplighter; "Light" is bright. Let the light of science and technology illuminate every heart of public welfare, and human beings can move towards a bright future.
On the road of science and technology, this time, Tencent is ahead.