Although the term "the first year of artificial intelligence" has been popular for many years, it has been raised year by year and kept the promise. The technology is not mature enough, the industrial chain is not yet ready, the market is just starting, and many other reasons limit AI to research institutions. On the morning of October 1, Beijing time, Tesla 2022 AI Day will be held soon. With the arrival of humanoid robots, this time, the "first year of artificial intelligence" may indeed come.

Accelerated development of science and technology ushers in the first year of artificial intelligence

In about 3 million years, ape man has become a real capable person who can use tools; In about 300000 years, capable people have evolved into homo sapiens who use language and know art; In about 5000 years, history went from slave society to feudal society; In modern times, the number of years between the four industrial revolutions is only a few decades.

From stoneware to pottery to ironware, to steam engines, generators, computers, tools make human society develop rapidly. In today's fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence is the "most dazzling light" in science and technology.

With the development of materials science, sensors, chips and other related industries, humanoid robots have moved from concept to reality. Following the fields of Go, translation, dubbing, automobile, painting CG, AI has welcomed the most suitable carrier - humanoid robot.

With Tesla, Boston and Amazon entering the market one after another, the successive actions of the leading companies also ignited the market enthusiasm. We have reason to believe that the formation and landing of humanoid robots will lead human society into the "first year of artificial intelligence".

Subversion of life - the value and mission of humanoid robots

Different from ordinary robots on the market at present, humanoid robots are not only more humanoid in appearance, but also closer to humans in sense and way of thinking with the help of artificial intelligence technology.

Taking Tesla as an example, on AI Day last year, a humanoid robot Tesla Bot, "1.72m high and 56.6kg heavy", welcomed the debut of concept videos and pictures. At that time, this humanoid robot, which can display information on the screen on the face, has human level hands and powerful feedback induction to achieve balanced and agile action, became the synonym of "AI development direction" in Musk's mind.

Musk said that Tesla Bot will use the training mechanism of Dojo supercomputer to improve its functions. It is reported that a single training module of the Dojo supercomputer is composed of 25 D1 chips. With Tesla's self-developed connector with high bandwidth and low delay, the computing power is up to 9PFLOPs (90 billion times) and I/O bandwidth is up to 36TB/s in a volume of less than 1 cubic foot.

With the help of powerful computing power, Dojo supercomputer can process huge fleet data for Tesla at high speed, train fully automatic driving ability (FSD), and let vehicles simulate human vision by using visual algorithms and neural networks to accurately perceive the surrounding environment and submit it to system analysis, so as to make the most appropriate feedback and improve driving safety.

Tesla said that while using the Dojo supercomputer, Tesla Bot will also use the same AI technology as cars. "We have done a lot of training for the four models of Model S/Y/3/X, and the technology accumulated in identifying the real world can be directly applied to humanoid robots." Musk said in an interview.

With the appearance, feeling and thinking similar to human beings, humanoid robots will surely bring about earth shaking changes in our lives. The primary task of humanoid robot is to perform some dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks. "There will be no shortage of labor in the future, but manual labor will only be an option."

In Musk's vision, humanoid robots will replace humans to do repetitive work such as washing dishes, and dangerous work such as high-altitude cleaning; After more "emotional" training, humanoid robots will become human life partners, just like pets such as cats and dogs, to bring comfort when humans are lonely; In the process of economic development, humanoid robot, as a new industry, will certainly drive the establishment and improvement of relevant industrial chains and release strong industrial, technological and economic vitality.

Humanoid robots create "Tesla speed" to accelerate the improvement of human social efficiency

Humanoid robots should be intelligent enough to interact with the environment in a more intelligent way. To achieve all this, we need both real world AI and very good at manufacturing. This is exactly Tesla's unique advantage. Musk said: "I think we have the best expertise in developing advanced motor, electronic and electrical architecture, which can be used for humanoid robot applications."

Tesla revealed that Tesla Bot robot prototype will be unveiled at the 2022 AI Day event to be held on the morning of October 1, Beijing time. From the first concept release to the prototype landing, only the past year has created the "Tesla speed" that the manufacturing industry was amazed by again.

From the production of Shanghai Super Factory to the "phenomenal" records in the history of the world automotive industry; From the integrated die casting technology of continuously simplifying the production and manufacturing process to promoting the mass production of humanoid robots; From insisting on changing the direct marketing mode of production and operation of the entire automobile industry to physically promoting the subversive change of society and accelerating the improvement of human social efficiency.

Tesla, which is very good at manufacturing, is making use of continuously upgraded AI capabilities to highlight the far-reaching significance behind technological innovation. For a long time, Tesla, as a company and social organization structure, has been effectively influencing the operation of the industry and the world.

In the past, AI has been used in search engines, voice, automatic driving, medical health, e-commerce, finance, education and other fields, but their carriers are either a screen, a microphone, or a car, a mechanical arm. The scene of interaction with human beings is also relatively simple, which makes it impossible to contact with human beings in the real world, let alone bring emotional comfort.

The combination of humanoid robot and artificial intelligence will break through this situation. Humans will face a partner who, like Tesla Bot, has a similar way of thinking and can understand themselves. The appearance of Tesla Bot means that artificial intelligence will be perfectly applied to humanoid robots, which will overturn human life and create a new blue ocean.

The landing of Tesla Bot indicates that the first year of AI may have come.