FB first revealed AI field planning route

local time in Wednesday, Facebook held a conference call for earnings analysts, during which Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of the company, disclosed for the first time the company's long-term planning route in the field of artificial intelligence.

Mr Zuckerberg said the company wanted artificial intelligence technology to help it understand the meaning of every message that users share, to automatically understand the user's current mood through state updates, and even to Photoshop unwanted items such as the Cola jar in the picture.

In fact, there were media reports late last year that Facebook was building the world's largest artificial intelligence research room, using the technology to analyze personal preferences, such as whether a user likes to drink beer or a favorite holiday spot, by more accurate analysis of uploaded photos, check-in content and status. To eventually make their ads more appealing.

Last December, Facebook hired a prestigious professor in "Deep learning" (Deep learning) to take charge of his own AI program. The so-called "deep learning" refers to a new field in machine learning research, whose motivation is to build and simulate the neural network of human brain analysis and learning, and to enable computers to imitate the human brain mechanism to interpret data.

So what benefits can Facebook get from "deep learning"?

According to Zuckerberg's own disclosure, the company could use the technology to more accurately analyze the meaning and current state of what Facebook users share.

"Our goal is simply to try to understand how everything on Facebook is connected by what people have written, shared photos and video content." The real value of this work is that if we can understand the intrinsic meaning of everything that people share, we will be able to provide users with a more intimate experience anytime and anywhere. Mr. Zuckerberg said in answer to an analyst question.

On the whole, we can look at the Facebook platform with the "deep learning" ability as a "love to you ex-lover" because it always tracks your every move and analyzes what you share. For example, if you upload a photo on Facebook, Facebook may immediately be able to analyze the photo taken by you and your ex-lover at a certain beach. After a few days, you update your status and Facebook realizes that you are very lonely and frustrated. As a result, you may soon see online dating sites and funny movie ads appearing before your eyes.

In addition, Zuckerberg revealed that future AI technologies could be used to transcribe text from voice messages sent by Messenger applications, thus helping people to receive this information more easily. These are major issues that Facebook's AI team is currently working on, but we may not be able to see the right solution in the next few years, Zuckerberg admits.

"Over the next three years, Facebook will focus on creating a new experience for users to share content." And in five years, we will hopefully see Facebook's artificial intelligence technology reshape our entire digital experience. Zuckerberg said at last.