Zhou Buqi exchanged ideas on Pinyin input method with Zhang Yiming.

"Under the free model of the Internet, commercial advertising has become one of the few monetization channels. In a limited market, if you want higher advertising revenue, you need to be more precise and efficient in the advertising process. And to do

At this point, it is necessary to profile users. The more accurate the user portrait is, the greater the advantage of advertising will be."

"Xiao Nei Network, Friends Network, as well as recruitment business, group buying business, Micro Point Security Guard, Micro Point Antivirus, etc. These products can obtain a large amount of user data and behavior, and then summarize and summarize it through big data sorting.

Complete the user portrait.”

"Among them, the input method actually knows the user better than any software or platform. As long as it sets up an exclusive vocabulary package for each user, it means knowing everything about the user. Compared with other application layer services, the input method

It is the underlying service of the Internet and the foundation of everything."

"Even if users use products from other companies such as Baidu, Taobao, QQ, etc., we cannot control their behavior. But the input method can. This is the underlying manifestation of all user behavior. Through future artificial intelligence and machine learning, we can understand the user's behavior.

"Copy" the corresponding behavioral machine one-to-one, and then use the machine to complete the simulation of user behavior."

These words shocked Zhang Yiming.

There is a sense of déjà vu from The Matrix.

Technology can really treat the common people as ants.

No wonder Mr. Zhou, a technical layman, is so interested in big data processing.

Big data is the foundation of future technology!

Only with big data can we profile users;

Only with big data can we develop artificial intelligence;

With big data, we can rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning...

There is a common argument in the technology circle that is the end of artificial intelligence. What exactly is it?

Are humans controlling machines?

Or do machines control humans?

Zhang Yiming had not thought deeply about this grand proposition. But after hearing what Boss Zhou just said, he suddenly realized that the future world...all living beings are really controllable.

The smartest technicians have become the gods of this world through artificial intelligence!

Seeing his horrified expression, Zhou Buqi shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no need to worry unfoundedly. Biotechnology has already made a leap, and human cloning can be achieved. The reason why it cannot be done is because of the consensus of all mankind that ethical laws must be abided by. This

It is the bottom line of human beings. The development of artificial intelligence is still in its infancy. When it really develops, the corresponding ethical bottom line will appear."

Zhang Yiming was deeply shocked.

Not because of artificial intelligence... but because I was shocked by Boss Zhou's style.

Everything about Penguin revolves around traffic communication, everything about Alibaba revolves around e-commerce sales. Baidu is relatively better and invests more in high technology, but it also focuses on search advertising...

Boss Zhou is obviously different.

His positioning does not seem to be in the commercial market at all, but in line with Google. It is not a five-year or ten-year business perspective, but a twenty- or thirty-year technology outlook.

Others are busy wooing users to make money, but what he wants to do is to woo users and then create portraits of them...

Zhang Yiming's heart was beating and trembling, infected and excited by the unpredictable future.

It's hard to control myself.

Joining such an entrepreneurial team is the right move.

What Boss Zhou has is no longer ideal.

It's just like Elon Musk, the madman who builds cars and rockets in the United States, threatens to immigrate to Mars.

I don’t know if this is their slogan to attract top talents, or if they really think so.

In any case, this idea successfully inspired Zhang Yiming's passion for life, and seemed to capture the meaning of life.

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "No one can tell what will happen in the future. But now we are making these products, which has great practical significance. First launch a series of well-known application software, cultivate user habits, and form a '

Weidian's brand is then monetized through browsers and other products that can push advertisements."

"Microdot?" Zhang Yiming was slightly startled and opened his eyes wide, "The input method to be developed is called microdot input method?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Of course, Weidian will be the pillar brand of Ziweixing's software business."

Zhang Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How about going to Dongfang Micro Point?"

"No, the operation situation there is still relatively complicated. In the near future, we will still focus on Micropoint Security Guard and Micropoint Antivirus. Moreover, the input method involves more technical problems, including associative input, smart input, fuzzy input, and related input methods.

Search engine interface docking. The technical team there may not be able to handle it."

"The business here is complicated enough."

"I'm sure you can handle it."

Zhou Buqi knew his abilities and had great confidence in him.

Zhang Yiming said with a grimace: "I read some management books and talked with some great people in the industry. They all said that Internet start-ups need to be focused and work hard."

Zhou Buqi said disapprovingly: "That's because those companies lack a profit model and have limited funds. All the money is not enough to do one direction, how to expand the boundaries? Now that JD.com has money, it will have to do logistics itself. Future Internet companies

, it must be diversified, super diversified, and expand without borders. You don’t need to worry at all.”

Zhang Yiming sighed, knowing that he couldn't escape, so he started to get serious, "Will Google open a port for us? Provide search data?"

"Almost."

"I think it's difficult, and there's no need to be too entangled."

"ah?"

"If you want to cooperate with a search engine, it is nothing more than to complete the improvement of the commonly used thesaurus and the supplement of the popular thesaurus through the user's search results. In fact, it is not necessary, we have better tools."

Zhang Yiming looked at him with a strange expression.

Zhou Buqi blinked and was stunned.

I didn't react for a while.

The reason why he wants to make an input method based on search engines is because the two most powerful input methods in the future are Sogou input method and Baidu input method.

It's all done with search engines.

But in fact, there are many excellent input methods on the market that are not based on search engine technology.

Zhang Yiming said: "With the development of artificial intelligence, the effect of Lenovo input will become more and more prominent, and the data support provided by search engines will become increasingly useless. Even now, we have better choices than search engines. We

There is a friend network! The latest Internet hot words are often

Generated through social platforms, such as Tianya, Maopu, etc., search engines only capture second-hand information. We rely on the friend network to grasp the latest hot words at the first time and update them in the input method vocabulary package.

The workload of users creating their own words will be reduced, which will increase efficiency."

Zhou Buqi was stunned, "So you mean we don't make an input method based on search engine technology, but... an input method based on social platforms?"

Zhang Yiming thought for a while and said: "In comparison, the former's word crawling is easier. But we don't have a search engine now. Even if we cooperate with Google, it is not safe. If there is a stalemate one day, we can do it ourselves

If you want to make an input method, what should you do if you close the port? For this kind of thing, it’s better to be self-reliant.”

"Can it be achieved?"

"I have some ideas. Let's have a meeting later to discuss them. I understand what you mean. It is an input method based on the Internet that can be updated in real time and has an optional vocabulary package. We are not making a data processing system now.

Well, simple data capture is not a big problem."

"hiss!"

Zhou Buqi took a breath of cold air.

I feel that in the face of technology, a perspective that transcends the times is useless.

Instead, it became a burden for rigid thinking.

Yes, Ziweixing doesn’t have its own search engine at all, so why do you want to make an input method based on a search engine? Isn’t the social input method bad?

An idea flashed in my mind, and I suddenly thought of something!

After the Sogou input method became popular, QQ followed suit and also launched an input method called QQ input method, which is a thesaurus package based on the words used by QQ users when chatting... As soon as it was launched, it became very popular.

Across the country, it once surpassed Sogou.

Later, Penguin wanted to develop its search business, so it invested heavily in Sogou and also sent Soso and QQ input method.

Sogou operates Sogou Input Method and QQ Input Method at the same time, so it must be more considerate of its own son. The QQ Input Method based on social interaction has gone downhill.

Even so, QQ input method is still the third input method in terms of market share after Sogou input method and Baidu input method.

Zhou Buqi couldn't help but sigh.

Yes, there are thousands of Internet technologies, why stick to just one?

If you have foresight, you cannot be induced by some successful cases in the past life and take a path that is not in line with your own business model.

You must develop a product line that suits you based on your company's positioning and product business.

The QQ input method can obtain common words and hot words based on users' QQ chat, and the micro-point input method can naturally also rely on the friends network to obtain common words and hot words.

Zhang Yiming is indeed a great man, his vision is very vicious!
To be continued...