AI is a colleague!It is better to learn how to associate without hating hair Murakami / Linkt -in Japan National Team

Murakami Murakami Linkt -in Japan National Team

　As the infection of the new colon virus continues, the need for artificial intelligence (AI) technology is increasing.It is necessary to analyze data, quickly automatically process, and to make up for the labor shortage.We asked Mr. Murakami Murakami, the representative of Japanese Linkt -in, which develops business SNS (exchange sites), about the way of working in the AI era.

Is the world common language a programming language?

　"Let's talk with Java." This is like a US Silicon Valley joke, but I have had such a conversation when I worked with an American engineer. As with me, there are times when Japanese people are not good at English and cannot communicate as they want. However, for engineers, there is a common programming language born in Silicon Valley. Even if you don't speak English, you can talk with American engineers with Jaba as a first run gauge. Rakuten Group's chairman Hiroshi Mikitani and President and President. Many people may say, "No, I'm a liberal arts person and I can't write a program language very much." I don't think it's necessary for people other than engineers to learn or write complex code. However, it is necessary to understand programming thinking, such as the basic mechanism of the computer and what kind of order procedure is running. I think most companies are forced to respond to digital transformations (DX), but they cannot change their business by leaving engineers. In 2011, when I quit Yahoo, I had a programming school by many managers saying, "I don't know how to associate with engineers." More than 100 people, including investors Kotaro Chiba and entrepreneurs, gathered for the basic concept of programming.

The basic knowledge of AI is indispensable

It also requires basic knowledge of statistics

　The mainstream programming language is Jaba, Jabaskrpt, and AI Python. You don't have to learn the language itself, but you can't talk to engineers without understanding the basic mechanisms of AI -related tools. I think it is indispensable to acquire the basic knowledge of AI, such as executives, sales, and marketing. Now, there are tools that can easily develop AI systems with "no code" or "low code" even if you can not write code. The era of sales staff will be said to be "develop an AI system". There is another learning that is indispensable in the AI ​​era. It is basic knowledge of statistics. I do not recommend that people who are not good at mathematics should study statistics. It is necessary to understand how to catch the data, how many digits can be trusted, the decimal point is meaningless, and how to see the numbers and implications. For example, the average household income in Japan is in the 5.52 million yen range. However, this amount is drawn by some high -priced households and expensive. The most common volume zone is 2.4 million to 4.56 million yen. If you do not know the data properly, you will not be able to make accurate business strategies or plans. It is necessary to eliminate bias (bias) and develop the power to read data so as not to misunderstand numbers. Understanding programming thinking and acquiring basic knowledge of statistics will be indispensable for business people in the AI ​​era. In the AI ​​field, companies in the United States and Chinese have preceded. However, in Japan, Professor Yutaka Matsuo of the University of Tokyo Graduate School has been drawn, and AI -related companies are being born one after another. According to the "Top Startup 2021 Edition" compiled by Linkt -in in September 2001, six out of the top 10 startups that users want to work were AI -related companies. The first place is UBIE, a medical AI company. We provide consultation consultation services using AI. If you answer questions such as symptoms on your smartphone, you will be presented with the name of the disease and the department of medical treatment that AI seems to be related. I think that many people have become more difficult to go to medical institutions due to Corona, but it was a company that personally focused on very useful services. Rapyuta Robotics, the second place, is a company that uses AI to promote the DX of logistics warehouses, and is a stock -saving brand. The 6th place Cogent Labs is an interesting company. We provide services to convert handwritten characters with AI. It supports digitalization of paper documents and plays a role in connecting analog and digital. AI is an indispensable tool as the labor shortage is getting serious. I don't hate hair, I think it's your colleague, so it's definitely better to get along well. The basic knowledge of programming thinking and statistics is essential, and it is important to learn again. While studying at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, he established a venture company "Cyang Corps" with his colleagues. He joined Yahoo in 2000 as his venture company and Yahoo merged. He returned to work after quitting once, and has been assigned to the executive officer and the highest marketing manager (CMO) since 2012, and is in charge of planning a mobile business. He has been incumbent since November 2017. (Tatsuya Daikei)