CES 2019: LG Delivers Promise of AI For an Even Better Life

LG president and CTO I.P. Park outlined the company’s vision for the future in his CES 2019 keynote, titled AI for an Even Better Life. He has outlined how the three key pillars of artificial intelligence, Evolve, Connect and Open, could deliver a robust AI ecosystem with diverse solutions for the real world.

As one of the leading proponents of consumer-focused AI technology, LG has continued to take a leadership role in advocating the beneficial role of AI in consumers’ lives. The keynote featured AI technologies implemented in daily-life scenarios to give the audience of more than 3,000 industry figures, influencers and journalists a better understanding of how the company is working on transforming tomorrow. The CLOi GuideBot shared the spotlight with Park during the address, becoming the first ever robot to help deliver a CES keynote in the process.

“Is technology making your life better? Over the past 100 years, household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines and vacuum cleaners have reduced time spent on housework by around 75 percent, but the amount of cognitive labor involved has significantly increased,“ Park explained. “The answer lies in AI, but only if we can achieve true intelligence. Our ambition is to go way beyond LG’s current role as a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics and to become a lifestyle innovator that serves a truly intelligent way of living.“

Proclaiming LG’s vision for the age of artificial intelligence, Park explained how the three key ideas, Evolve, Connect and Open, will empower AI technology to transform every aspect of daily life. ThinQ products will evolve over time by learning about the user, connect seamlessly with customers’ lives and open up an eco-system of innovation made stronger by partnerships and cooperation, ultimately offering “a new and daring definition of better life.“

LG is also extending its consumer insight from home to the road with offerings for a new in-car experience. In the advent of an autonomous driving revolution, Korean company has set out to change and expand the very definition of vehicles from a means of transport to mobile space. AI-enabled cabin solution will help users make the fullest use of their time saved from not driving, turning their vehicles into a conference room, movie theater or even personal shopping boutique.

Park presented ambition to unlock the potential of AI technology on a larger scale by connecting hitherto individual units into intelligent systems. LG’s Robot Service Delivery Platform (RSDP) will systematically coordinate what multiple robots see, hear and learn to transform how we manage our work and our environment. AI-based smart grid will allow us to radically improve the efficiency of our energy ecosystem, from production and storage to consumption. Intelligent signage will turn the physical elements of space such as walls, signboards and even floors, into an active, intelligent part of environment.