Chen Nian and Li Xiang met Wang Jiancheng in the apartment they had arranged in advance. After more than a year, the latter seemed to have matured a little. He began to wear clothes more seriously and his hair was not as messy as before.
As soon as he saw Chen Nian, Wang Jiancheng immediately came up to him excitedly. He didn't bother to exchange a few words and began to change the topic to the serious matters related to Baize AI.
This familiar reaction made Chen Nian smile bitterly - it turned out that he had only matured on the outside, but actually he had not changed at all on the inside.
"So I thought about it. If we only make a purely functional AI, there is actually no need to think too much about image recognition and speech recognition. Our core is to make it smart. This smartness does not necessarily mean On 'humanity'."
"Look, the way machines interact with each other is inherently different from the way humans interact. Why do we need to force anthropomorphism?"
"Of course, anthropomorphism is also an important development direction in the later period, but that is the icing on the cake."
Wang Jiancheng's words reveal an extreme pragmatism tendency, which is very consistent with Chen Nian's philosophy.
In fact, he has always felt that the real future of AI lies in complex task processing, rather than so-called simulation.
Just think about it, do you need a personal assistant that can really help you complete most of your work, or do you need a high-end doll that looks just like a real person, can talk, can bring spiritual companionship, and is even as soft as a real person?
Hmm. It seems that the second type is indeed more marketable.
However, from the perspective of productivity development, the former is undoubtedly more significant.
The reason why the former is not as developed as the latter is that the key problem lies in the training materials.
Relying on the Internet, you can find countless pictures, videos, and texts to train the AI's processing capabilities, and quickly make breakthroughs and progress visible to the naked eye.
But it is difficult for you to design a working environment that meets training requirements, and it is also difficult to use automated means to randomly generate it.
This is why most complex task processing AI training is based on relatively simple activities such as games and chess competitions.
The clear rules are not the main reason, but more importantly, their repeatability.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian said:
"Your idea is right - for now, it is consistent with our project expectations."
“So what exactly is our project going to do?”
Wang Jiancheng asked immediately.
Chen Nian and Li Xiang looked at each other and then replied:
"You have to sign the confidentiality agreement first before I can tell you the specific project details."
"Official project? Battlefield command system? It must be! Come on, come on, where can I sign it? Let's hurry up!"
Wang Jiancheng's reaction was somewhat beyond Chen Nian's expectations, not because he guessed the content of the project, but because of his positive attitude.
He thought that the other party would hesitate for at least a while.
After all, the method of cooperation this time is completely different from his previous cooperation. He is no longer developing independently or joining the project team as an outsourcing consultant, but is truly entering "within the system."
But he actually doesn’t seem to care?
However, this saved Li Xiang a lot of trouble - after confirming Wang Jiancheng's wishes, he immediately notified his superiors to prepare for assessment and confidentiality training, and officially started the process.
Due to his relatively special status and previous cooperation records, Wang Jiancheng's process went very quickly. By the time the three of them came back from dinner, the application had been officially approved, which was surprisingly efficient.
Wang Jiancheng was very excited about this. He could hardly wait to see what this project was all about. Even when he was drinking tea in the evening and talking about old times and gossiping about life, he couldn't help but mention it. AI goes up.
"So, have I officially joined the organization? Is this the real core of military industry? Is it a Chengdu Aircraft project?"
"I remember there is no official artificial intelligence research institute in China, right? Who are we working for?"
Wang Jiancheng's words reminded Chen Nian. He remembered that the artificial intelligence researchers in Sichuan will not be officially established until 2019. Although it cannot be said to be too slow, it is indeed far behind the internationally advanced research institutions. distance.
You should know that although the United States Joint Artificial Intelligence Research Center was also established in 2018, the technical support they received came from multiple artificial intelligence laboratories such as CSAIL, SAIL, and ISI. The earliest history can even be traced back to 1850s.
In contrast, before the 21st century, China's exploration of the field of artificial intelligence was basically blank.
Even now, it has only just completed the "icebreaking" of this technology, and the icebreaker used to break the ice is the neural network algorithm provided by Chen Nian himself.
Maybe it’s time for us to establish a professional research institution to comprehensively deal with various matters related to AI.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and replied:
"It's not Chengdu's project - again, we'll talk about the specific project details after you pass the review and join the project team."
"What about you? Are you also a member of the project team? Brother Xiang too?"
Li Xiang on the side shook his head, secretly feeling a little funny.
Am I still a member of the research team? I still know how many pounds I have.
Chen Nian, although he is the technical source of the project, in fact, he will not directly participate in the project.
So in the strict sense, Li Xiang is the only one who joins the Zhanlu project.
I don’t know if he will be disappointed or excited after knowing the truth.
After all, he doesn't know yet that he is likely to become the de facto leader of this project.
Seeing that neither Chen Nian nor Li Xiang wanted to tell the truth, Wang Jiancheng had no choice but to give up.
During the next three days of review, he was almost always looking forward to the results being released as soon as possible, fearing that he would be kicked off if he did not perform well.
After all, not being able to get into the establishment is a trivial matter. If you miss such a project, you will never get another chance in the future.
This torturous time lasted for three full days. After passing the final review, Wang Jiancheng finally successfully joined the Zhanlu project team.
But after getting the project documents, he had some doubts.
This project actually does not belong to Chengfei?
In the project affiliation description, he could only see the lonely words "Zhanlu Command System Project Team", which was completely different from the Yujing project he had participated in before.
He asked Chen Nian his question, and the answer Chen Nian gave was completely beyond his expectation.
"The Zhanlu project is not affiliated with any existing institute - to be precise, it is a direct project."
"As for its subordinate question, it won't be long before you have the answer."
On the other side, the corner tower.
Bob looked at the latest information quietly without any worry on his face.
Yes, our side lost a large number of intelligence personnel at one time, and most of them were core personnel.
It can be said that more than half of the entire intelligence network in China was destroyed. Such a price, no matter in which era, can be regarded as painful.
But so what?
The loss is May Club’s, and the credit is his own.
Through Hua Xia's strong reaction, he was 100% sure that the mysterious organization must exist, and that he had touched upon the core secret.
And the most important results of this operation had been delivered to him before the interruption.
That is, a list of all the people associated with that organization.
The lists of these personnel cover almost all departments in the military industry, from aircraft, to missiles, to radars, to ships, to electromagnetic fields.
Each person corresponds to China's huge breakthrough in one aspect.
All questions have been confirmed, and all things that we could not understand before have been explained.
Bob also realized at this time that the May Meeting was not all bad.
On the contrary, as experts in the field of intelligence, they were aware of the existence of this problem as early as 2004 and launched a tentative attack in Chengdu.
However, this attack or investigation could not be sustained.
The intensifying military conflict between the two sides has attracted a lot of attention. Coupled with the May Conference's successive setbacks, continuous changes in people in charge, and major problems in strategic continuity, it finally led to problems that should have been solved more than 6 years ago. , and finally it was delayed until now.
Thinking of this, he silently crossed himself for Paine in his heart.
I'm afraid this man will not know until his death that he has done so many things and made so many fatal "mistakes", but in fact, he once held the most critical weapon for victory in his hands.
However, he did not know the weight of this weapon.
He probably thought that what he was holding was just an ordinary iron rod, but in fact, it was the Holy Sword of Physics.
Putting down the documents in his hand, Bob let out a long sigh of relief, and then said to the assistant beside him:
"The situation is basically clear. China should have established a centralized organization and adopted extreme strategies to focus on military technology."
"This is really a rare trick for gamblers, but they were so lucky that they actually won all their bets."
The assistant nodded slightly and replied:
"Yes, compared to them, our luck is simply pitiful."
In fact, this is also his true inner thought.
Based on existing intelligence, China was in major economic difficulties at least from 2003 to 2005. At that time, they suspended a large number of key projects and even canceled some projects that had been included in the five-year plan.
No one knew what they were doing. It wasn't until J-22 and J-20 appeared that the intelligence organizations paying attention to changes in China's budget realized the flow of the funds that had been diverted.
Isn’t this a huge gamble?
If the effect of the new equipment does not meet expectations, if the capital chain is broken,
No wonder they were so aggressive in exploring the arms sales market at that time, and even took desperate risks in the THAAD incident in the island nation.
Of course, relying solely on arms sales cannot alleviate the other party's predicament, but the problem is that at their most difficult moment, a major economic crisis occurred on their own side.
In this crisis, the other party not only plundered a huge amount of profits, but also seized a large market.
It was these robbed markets that slowly grew in the following years and became the bargaining chip that supported their continued aggressive adventures.
Such good luck
In other words, this is not luck, but they have expected everything?
The assistant quickly shook his head to dispel this unrealistic thought.
Looking at Bob opposite, he continued:
"Judging from the intelligence we have about this organization now, its organizational framework is basically clear."
"To be precise, it should be an organization similar to the State Military Industry Bureau, but more extreme."
"This organization not only coordinates funds, resources, and manpower, but also technology itself."
"This can be seen from the sequence of several of their major projects - rather than saying that it is a 'military industry bureau', it is better to say that it is a huge 'planning bureau'."
"A planning bureau with executive capabilities."
"Such a nature is actually extremely terrifying. It has supreme power and status. No wonder they can make such amazing progress in a short period of time."
After hearing his words, Bob hummed and then said:
"But such development is unsustainable."
"Yes, it is indeed unsustainable - but so what? If their luck continues, in just five years we will have no chance at all."
"Even if they tear down the entire system and start over again, gritting their teeth and swallowing all the backlash, their foundation will no longer be shaken."
"Indeed."
Bob nodded solemnly and then continued:
"So, we now have to force them to admit the existence of this organization."
"Moreover, we must expose the true situation of this organization at all costs - to let their people know who has swallowed up the interests that should belong to them."
“Only by doing this can we possibly regain that little bit of advantage.”
"We are already making arrangements."
The assistant answered immediately.
In the following days, the US public opinion offensive against China reached unprecedented intensity.
Carefully crafted messages were being thrown out one after another, and investigation reports were "leaked" one after another. Gradually, the problem began to expand.
In the past few years, Spark has occupied a huge amount of resources, but unlike other confidential projects, its budget has been spread among different departments, and the financial statements of these departments have been seriously affected as a result, which can be read Sexuality plummets.
This has also become the most important means of attack by the United States.
For a time, the voices of “opaqueness,” “structural corruption,” and “corruption at the top” were so overwhelming that even the most experienced experts in the public opinion department felt a little overwhelmed.
However, at this moment, a face that was completely unfamiliar and did not undertake any important work stood up.
As a spokesperson, he released a piece of news to the world through public channels that was enough to shut everyone up:
"Yes, we have established a new comprehensive research institution."
"Its name is Starfire."
(End of chapter)
