After nine years at the helm, the founding CEO of Allen Institute retired with honor! He predicted that Chinese AI would lead the world

After nine years at the helm , Allen Institute of artificial intelligence （AI2） The beginning of CEO——Oren Etzioni Leaving office .

AI2 By the late co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen On 2014 year 1 Created in , Previously, it has been led by outstanding artificial intelligence researchers Oren Etzioni Doctoral leader .

 

AI2 The purpose of the establishment is to serve the public welfare , Carry out AI research and engineering with high influence .

 

Let's take a look at this institute first ~~

 

 

Living in a glass room AI2

 

Since its establishment ,AI2 Has always been an active AI Technology self research platform .

 

such as , During the epidemic ,AI2 The semantic researchers at www. zidir. Com collaborate with leading research groups , Provides an inclusion of 128000 Novel coronavirus literature database of papers , It has made great contributions to the research of novel coronavirus for researchers all over the world .

 

Artificial intelligence is the focus of current global research .

 

2019 year 3 month ,AI2 Of researchers through their own academic search engine , After measuring the number of the most influential research papers in the field of artificial intelligence , A conclusion has been reached ：

「 China is expected to be in 2030 Years ago , Become a global leader in artificial intelligence research .」

 

actually , from AI2 According to the statistics reported by myself , With high quality （ Like before 10%）AI The number of papers is the index ,2030 This time point of year should be much earlier .

 

 

Look back from the present , It is a moment to verify history ： Stanford University 《2021 year AI Index report 》, It reveals the current situation and development of artificial intelligence industry .

 

There is such a statement 「 China has been cited more frequently than the United States in artificial intelligence journals for the first time . In the number of papers , As early as 2004 year , China briefly surpassed the United States in the total number of papers in artificial intelligence journals , And in 2017 Regained its leading position in .」

 

 

To some extent , This Stanford report proves that AI2 Historical prediction of .

 

This is not just for China AI Industry affirmation , It has also greatly inspired the hard-working China AI people ！

 

Let's take a look at this CEO.

 

Oren Etzioni： Paul · Alan's close friend , Depending on the AI2 by 「 A lifetime of glory 」

Oren Etzioni Graduated from Harvard University , Received a doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University ,AI2 Of CEO.

  

Etzioni He is an honorary professor at the University of Washington , He was a professor in the Department of computer science and engineering of the University for 20 many years . At the same time, he served as Seattle investment agency Madrona Venture Group Partners exceed 22 Year of .

 

Such an outstanding talent , Many awards have long been in his pocket , This is the kind of people who win prizes and get soft hands ！

 

For example, the Young Scholar Award of the natural science foundation of the United States （1993 year ）、 Robert · The engelmore Memorial Award （2007 year ）、IJCAI Outstanding Thesis Award （2005 year ）、 Seattle geek of the year （2013 year ）, And in 2003 Elected in AAAI Scholar .

 

In meta search 、 Online comparison shopping 、 Machine reading and open information extraction , He can be called a pioneer .

 

He has participated in the establishment of many companies , Include Farecast（2008 Acquired by Microsoft in ） and Decide（2013 By the eBay Acquisition ）, Also for 《 The New York times 》、《 attachment 》 And many other media have written review articles in the direction of artificial intelligence .

 

 

6 month 15 Japan ,Etzioni In a press release ：「 As the founder of the company CEO, Can help build and lead such a legendary organization , This is the glory of my life .」

 

「 I want to thank you Paul Allen, Gave me this opportunity to play this role , I would also like to thank you AI2 The team , Let me stand side by side with so many outstanding researchers , Serve the world , They complete my life .」

 

Etzioni Will continue to serve as CEO until 9 month 30 Japan , He will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors and a consultant . He will also serve as AI2 The technical director of the incubator .

 

stay Etzioni Under the leadership of ,AI2 Gradually develop to 200 More than employees , It includes many artificial intelligence fields , To serve humanity 「 Common interests 」 Outstanding researchers and engineers . in the meantime , The researchers published nearly 700 Papers .

 

AI2 Incubator is a business incubator , utilize AI2 Technical expertise and industry relations , Help entrepreneurs build 「 AI priority 」 The company .

 

In the past six years , It has been broken up 19 companies , The total valuation is 7.67 Billion dollars , To obtain the 1.64 $100 million venture capital , Created 500 Jobs , For the scholars and talents of the world , It provides an opportunity to make great achievements ！

 

Etzioni I've been accepting GeekWire In an interview ：

 

「 I think incubators are on a huge growth path .」

 

AI2 Board members 、 President of the University of Washington Ana Mari Cauce Praise Etzioni take AI2 Made into a 「 research center 」.

 

She said ,「Etzioni Our heritage includes a commitment to foster an inclusive 、 A culture of cooperation , Attract and train talented scientists , And let them thrive .」

 

stay Etzioni Leader AI2 period , Led researchers to create meta search 、 Online comparison shopping 、 Machine reading and open information extraction .

 

As a well-known author , His professional knowledge covers a wide range , It mainly includes the basic research of artificial intelligence 、 Governance and regulation of artificial intelligence 、 The impact of artificial intelligence on the labor force .

 

AI2 Board members 、 Vice president of Microsoft Peter Lee Express ：

 

「AI2 yes Oren Etzioni A perfect portrayal of , This visionary researcher , With rich 『common sense』, And with great empathy , With the support of Technology , Help people all over the world unconditionally .」

 

Oren Etzioni And 「 common sense 」

Imagine a scenario like this ： In case of fire , People will sound the alarm , Run to the gate .

let me put it another way , Human beings have basic knowledge about the world （ Fire burns things ）, At the same time, there is the ability of reasoning ( You should try to stay away from the runaway fire ). 

 

In order to make artificial intelligence really think like human beings , People need to teach it what everyone knows , Like physics ( A ball thrown into the air will fall ) Or something of relative size （ Elephants can't be put into bathtubs ）. Before AI had these basic concepts ,Etzioni Think artificial intelligence can't reason .

 

With Paul Allen Invested a lot of money ,Etzioni And his team are working hard to develop a 「 Common sense reasoning layer 」, To adapt to the existing neural network .

 

The first problem they face , That's the answer ： What is common sense 「common sense」？

 

Etzioni Describe it as something we take for granted , But little is said about the world .

 

He and his colleagues created a series of benchmark questions , For example, a truly rational AI Should be able to answer ：「 If I put my socks in a drawer , Will they still be there tomorrow ？ If I step on someone's toes , Will they be angry ？」

 

A way to acquire this knowledge —— Learn from human beings .

 

And then , The research team uses various machine learning techniques , With the help of statistical analysis , With the help of neural network . If the machine is right , that Etzioni Believe that machines can create reusable computer reasoning 「 Building blocks 」, In other words , Is to learn to learn .

 

It will be a way to learn to understand words , Learn to master all kinds of knowledge 「 Building blocks 」.

 

All right. , That's all for today's story ~~~

 

It was also revealed that ,AI2 The board of directors is convening a selection committee to find the next CEO.

 

Reference material ：

https://www.geekwire.com/2022/oren-etzioni-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-allen-institute-for-ai-after-nine-years-at-research-hub/