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More than 60 stray cats at China Southern Airlines now have "electronic student IDs".

后浪研究所2026-01-21 17:26
An action to rescue stray cats with AI.

01. The Good Dream of the Cat Association at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

On January 21st, the "Post - 90s and Post - 00s Institute" came across a video titled "One - day Good Dream Tour". As a blogger specialized in helping people fulfill their wishes, Youzi received a wish that originated from an unexpected scene this time.

In the video, when Youzi first met two "wish - makers", they were rummaging around a street - side trash can. Thinking they were doing part - time jobs to earn money for their studies, Youzi stepped forward and learned that they were students from the Cat Association at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. They were looking for some insulation materials to take back to school to make warm cat beds for the cats.

Learning that there were more than 60 cats on the campus of NUAA, Youzi decided to go to the school with the students.

On the way, when the topic of kittens came up, the two students opened up immediately. "Dahei, the top - star cat on campus", "This is Jiaozi, Dahei's son", "Songguo, Dahei's ex - girlfriend"... They introduced the relationship network of the campus cats effortlessly, as if they were chatting about a group of old friends.

The students introduced the campus cats to Youzi

As the "senior veterans" on campus, some of these cats have been on campus longer than the students. They usually accompany the students during their daily commutes between classes, meals, and dormitories. On nice days, when the cats soak up the sun at the entrance of the teaching buildings, they become a unique sight on campus.

In order to take good care of these kittens, the students spontaneously organized and joined the "NUAA Cat Association". They daily care about the cats' well - being, such as food, shelter, and health, and handle all kinds of cat - related matters. They regularly update the cats' status on social media, post sterilization notices, vaccination plans, and adoption information. They even write heartfelt obituaries for the deceased cats.

However, behind this warmth, there is actually a lot of pressure. Vaccinations, sterilization, and medical treatment all cost money. Daily patrols, feeding, and monitoring of the cats' conditions also take a great deal of time. The volunteers often have to initiate fundraising on the official account to gradually raise living expenses for the cats.

After hearing this, Youzi decided to do something for these volunteers who are "driven by love" and help them vaccinate the campus cats.

Before this, Youzi had fulfilled many wishes related to stray cats and dogs. She accompanied a fan who had worked overtime all day to celebrate a stray dog's birthday and helped a fan adopt a puppy... But vaccinating more than 60 cats at once is quite a challenge.

Considering the double challenges of transportation and capture, Youzi discussed with her team and decided to invite a doctor to come to the school to give the cats vaccinations. After making a series of calls, they finally found a doctor who was willing to come to the school and had experience in rescuing stray animals.

So Youzi and the doctor brought the vaccines to the school, planning to vaccinate the cats in the afternoon. However, she soon realized that she had underestimated the difficulty of vaccinating the cats.

Just trapping the cats was a long - term battle. Youzi and the volunteers shook the cat food bags to make noises and opened several cans at the same time, trying to attract the kittens with the sounds and smells. However, used to the free life on campus, the cats were very alert to "being caught and injected by strangers". "It may keep hiding from you, staying in your sight but not approaching you," Youzi said. Even one cat scratched a volunteer in the association due to stress.

The doctor came to the campus to vaccinate the cats

That day, Youzi and the volunteers spent four hours from 2 pm to 6 pm on campus trying to trap the cats, but only 9 cats were successfully vaccinated.

02. The "Electronic Student Records" of Stray Cats Made in Five Minutes

Although the process was full of challenges, Youzi noticed many heart - warming details on campus -

In the corners of the campus, there were colorful cat beds made from waste materials by students and small bowls for feeding the cats everywhere. To raise more funds for rescuing the cats, the volunteers would also make cat - related merchandise and sell it. "You can clearly feel that the campus atmosphere towards stray cats is very inclusive," Youzi said.

What impressed her most was that the volunteers knew every detail about the cats. Which cat often appeared in which area, who needed a vaccination, and what kind of personality and preferences each cat had... "They are really responsible. Almost every detail about each cat, like its appearance, age, and condition, is engraved in their minds."

However, this record based on memory and love also faces some challenges.

Currently, all the information about the campus cats is recorded in an Excel spreadsheet. Although it is classified, there are still problems such as asynchronous information updates and information chaos. All the information relies on manual sorting by volunteers. Once there are personnel changes in the association, it will take a lot of effort to transfer the information, and errors are likely to occur.

Youzi decided to help the volunteers create a webpage for cat information. In college, Youzi took courses related to web - page coding, and it used to take her a week to create a simple page. This time, she decided to try a more efficient way - asking Qianwen for help directly.

Youzi opened Qianwen's task assistant. Without writing any code or referring to textbooks, she simply entered an instruction: "Help me create a webpage called 'Stray Cat Encyclopedia of a University Campus', which is a webpage for organizing information about stray cats on campus. The requirements are as follows: The homepage should have statistics on all the cats' information. Each cat should have an independent homepage, including its nickname, photo, sterilization status, vaccination records, frequently - visited areas, dietary preferences, feeding records registration and display, social relationships, etc. The cat information can be found in the attached spreadsheet. Please provide an HTML file." In less than five minutes, Qianwen's task assistant generated a complete "Stray Cat Encyclopedia of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics" page.

The page is clean, intuitive, and full of warmth, and its interactivity is no less than that of webpages made by professionals. It includes a statistical board for the cats, such as the number of cats, gender distribution, frequently - visited areas, and sterilization ratio, as well as a detailed list of the cat encyclopedia. Each cat has an independent homepage that displays its nickname, photo, vaccination records, dietary preferences, and even social relationships. More usefully, anyone can add feeding records on the webpage, allowing everyone to see the cats' meals and feeding times in a timely manner. "If all feeding points are recorded, there won't be a situation where two people might feed the cats at the same feeding point at the same time," Youzi said.

Compared with the manually - compiled Excel spreadsheet, the "Stray Cat Encyclopedia of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics" created by Qianwen makes the cat information flow. Data statistics are automatically completed, and the cats' status can be checked in real - time. Volunteers can be freed from the cumbersome information - sorting work and devote more energy to taking care of the cats themselves. Moreover, the webpage can be open to all students, and the data won't be easily tampered with. It saves time, effort, and money, and greatly improves the efficiency of stray - cat rescue.

Taking care of the cats is no longer the "exclusive task" of the association volunteers, but has become a "public affair" that every passer - by can easily participate in. With a simple click, you can add a feeding record for Dahei, the "top - star" on campus. With a casual scroll, its health status and activity track will be clearly visible.

03. Using AI to Fulfill Small and Kind Wishes

What Qianwen has done is not just generating a webpage.

In the past, when we talked about AI, we only thought of simple Q&A, information - searching, and entertainment - oriented chat companions.

However, in the stray - cat encyclopedia of NUAA, AI is no longer just a chat - companion or quick - response carrier. It can really help every user solve practical problems.

It has built a lightweight digital platform for the volunteers, saving the time for information sorting and analysis and improving work efficiency. It also gives each kitten its own "electronic ID", providing a new form of stray - cat rescue.

With Qianwen, the threshold for rescuing cats has been greatly reduced.

Professional technology products have become accessible to everyone. Whether it's a student on campus, a social volunteer, or an office worker, as long as they have an idea, they can ask Qianwen to build a webpage. There's no need for advanced skills, and there's no need to invest a lot of time and money. Even ordinary people who don't understand code can initiate a public - welfare project.

And this may just be the beginning.

As Qianwen continues to evolve, the function map of the "Stray Cat Encyclopedia of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics" will continue to iterate and expand.

Maybe in the future, it can automatically calculate the appropriate sterilization age and vaccination time based on the cats' ages and send out reminders, eliminating the need for manual calculation. Maybe in the future, every student who enters the webpage can become a "cloud cat - owner". By simply uploading a feeding photo, the background can automatically update the feeding record, analyze the rationality of the diet, and provide feeding suggestions for the cats. Maybe in the future, through photo recognition, the background can preliminarily judge the health status of the cats based on their appearance in the photos and remind people to take them to the doctor in time. Even when a cat hasn't been recorded for a long time, the system can detect it in time and send a "patrol reminder" to nearby volunteers...

The potential of Qianwen in the public - welfare field is not limited to the rescue of stray cats on campus.

For example, it can generate a "Stray Animal Safety Map" based on online information, marking high - risk poisoning areas, friendly feeding points, and 24 - hour animal hospitals in real - time to reduce the frequency of stray dogs being poisoned. Or it can create an adoption - information tracking platform to keep track of the subsequent lives of adopted animals, breaking the dead - end of losing contact after adoption. It can even create a public - welfare fundraising webpage, allowing everyone to contribute a little love...

In addition to being used in public - welfare activities, interactive teaching webpages for classrooms, product - display pages for brands, and even electronic invitations and lottery games, all those spur - of - the - moment ideas can be handed over to it to complete.

Qianwen can respond to needs quickly and efficiently with a very low usage threshold, saving time and improving efficiency. It can also transform scattered information into a systematic presentation. It doesn't replace professional development but enables "creating an application" to become an everyday ability that everyone can achieve. It's not about showing off skills or just doing superficial work. Instead, it makes scattered resources and needs visible, recordable, and transferable.

With AI and Qianwen, those specific and small ideas can shine a light on many previously overlooked corners during the implementation process. Everyone can be the initiator of a need, and every ordinary person has the ability to fulfill their small and kind wishes.

(Click the link to browse the "Stray Cat Encyclopedia of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics" mentioned in the article. Welcome everyone to get the same webpage and join the public - welfare action of rescuing stray animals!)