The last thing on the mind Geru Drolma has always been a celebrity on the Internet. All they wanted was to make the rent. But the steamed buns every morning at 5:00 Drolma rose in their village to make in the western Chinese province of Sichuan just were not selling fast enough. So, with bills piling up, sat Drolma mushroom hunting hoped from them in the sales market, according to the same mountain trails azalea-covered carved by generations of their country’s ethnic Tibetan in front of her. Find the best varieties of mushrooms as sought after matsutake or pine mushroom, it is not easy. The finest specimens grow only the roots of pine trees from August to September, at an altitude above 13,000 feet. But Drolma has grown cold on the Tibetan foraging and was well trained by his father, how to recognize the detector bulge of the earth, loosened the soil, which reveals a mature mushroom fattened for the collection. “Matsutakes can only be found by experts,” Drolma, 22, says in time, with a laugh, adding, “My husband dug for example, has not so far away!” Matsutakes is one of the most valuable mushrooms in the world. Can farm commercially, can command up to $1,000 per kilo in the tony delis from Tokyo or Shanghai. Not that the people of the remote Drolma Tibetan plateau village had an idea. That was until Drolma a video phone for live streaming app Kuaishou wrote their journey for mushroom picking. The post has received 600,000 views; comme Drolma inundated with positive feedback and requests for matsutake mushroom and Cordyceps, another mushroom comes from the region that grows on the bodies of caterpillars and is used in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be a huge Get $20 per gram. After a short period of time Drolma had sold the family’s small shop and devoted himself full-time live streaming. While his reputation, the demand for mushrooms, which leads Drolma has grown to create a collective with villagers and local farmers. Last year, the group revenue during the five-month season harvest produced a huge windfall for $500,000, which is historically one of the poorest regions of China. Unlike foraging, show their contribution to other aspects of traditional Tibetan life, like cooking meat on fire, dance live in traditional clothes and blacks pigs herd over the snowy landscape. A little over two years since he published these initial viral clip, Drolma now has 1.9 million followers. “My family strongly opposed our decision to focus on stream at the beginning,” he recalls with a smile. “They did not understand online money you can not see or touch, and said that I acted like a beggar video during private periods like taking meals. But I never thought of giving up.” It ‘a success story showing how people in remote communities of poverty be raised by technology especially artificial intelligence, or AI. Since China embraced economic reforms in the late 1970s and started a boom in exports, people from rural areas have tried their luck in coastal manufacturing centers, often decimated communities left behind. But now, modern delivery services and AI-driven online marketing will allow people how to develop Drolma improve thriving business, the shop windows and the traditional way of life, without leaving home. The elimination of poverty by 2020 is a Chinese strongman important political priority President Xi Jinping. For a time, it was natural charm Drolma, clicked busily rediscovering with harried urbanites forgotten cultures of China. facial expressions that the function, everyone: to connect, but the major content providers and consumers have been used by direct Kuaishou algorithms streaming app that used the 200 million daily active users since its launch analyzed collected loaded All contents in 2011. forensic objects they contain or action takes place, set the background music is playing, and the dance style of the protagonist. Any words pronounce automatically transcribed are degraded by integrated software for voice recognition and keyword tags. Users Here are classified depending on their location, whether they connect to Wi-Fi or 4G, and their behavior on the platform, such as how often they click, comment, and share videos. Kuaishou not only show you content that is directly related to their interests, but also looking at broader issues that look each, what works with the types of similar profile. The company says the improved user experience. The company recorded close to $78 million gross revenue in the second quarter of 2019 for the analysis of the company Torre sensor data, up to one year by 57% on an annual basis. “We want to give as many people as possible the opportunity to be seen by the whole world,” says Zheng Wen, head of AI for Kuaishou. While most of social media is dominated by a small number of celebrities and viral videos, which Kuaishou out, according to the company, the “democratization” is 15 million videos are uploaded each day from its 700 million registered users. The application helps to lay no professional photography style video clips training, including in Hollywood-style special effects with just one click of a button and ensures that these clips can be viewed from a wide range of manufactured people. Kuaishou archive is filled with 13 billion video with surprise star of crazy hobbyists, rural students are to scale the cliffs above rickety ladders to reach class that specializes order cooks in huge seafood. A gift shop and the online application allows easy monetization. “China is so big and dynamic,” says Maggie along, until recently senior official time of public relations for Kuaishou. “Your life could be very common in itself, but it can be really interesting for other people.” Drolma can confirm that, although it is careful not to lose touch, which led in the first place for their fame. Thanks to the income flows of an AI-powered apps available, it is hoped that its traditional prosperous life for their two small children, can live preserving Tibetan culture. “I grew mushrooms and dig the feeling that my life in this way makes sense,” says Drolma. “I love it so much.” -With reporting and video from Zhang Chi / Daocheng, Sichuan
As AI (and mushrooms) in China help to remote villages to fight poverty
