"The model training effect is still not ideal. There is still a big gap between us and overseas artificial intelligence laboratories. If there is no breakthrough progress at this time, I am afraid that the laboratory will be canceled by the company."
January 6, 2020, Jingzhou City, Longhu Science and Technology Park Deep Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Yan Kaiming, who was appointed as the head of the laboratory, was standing in front of the data analysis equipment and listening to the report.
You can see the worry on the brows of the researcher sitting next to him in front of the screen.
Apparently things weren't going well for them.
Deepin Technology is undoubtedly one of the most popular technology companies in China that is at the forefront of technology. Countless researchers are proud to join Deepin Technology, because this is the stage where they are most likely to realize their dreams, and it is completely different from other commercial companies.
Previously, Deepin Technology invested huge amounts of money and took huge risks to build three new laboratories.
It undoubtedly caused an earthquake in the industry.
Let everyone once again see Deepin Technology’s determination to research technology.
Yan Kaiming once served as a professor at a well-known overseas university, engaged in fields such as computer vision and artificial intelligence. After returning to China, he worked for a leading Internet company and founded an artificial intelligence research institute.
Unfortunately, compared with artificial intelligence models developed overseas, there are still many shortcomings in China.
Just when he was about to retire as dean, he suddenly received an invitation from the Deepin Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
He admires Xu Yun very much, especially the intelligent image restoration algorithm and intelligent auxiliary diagnosis system developed by Xu Yun. It can be seen that Xu Yun has extremely high talent in the field of artificial intelligence.
Therefore, he decided to join the Deepin Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory without thinking too much.
Serve as project leader.
Another important reason for making this choice was that he could see that Xu Yun was not too pursuing wealth.
In recent years, leading domestic Internet companies have begun to develop their own artificial intelligence models.
But most of them set up research teams mainly to capture the market in advance and bring greater benefits to the company.
To put it simply, it is to make money.
This has caused many projects to be put into the market to make money and operate before they are completed.
Some laboratories are even responsible for their own profits and losses, which eventually leads to the break of the funding chain and the interruption of research.
However, Deepin Technology was able to spend a large amount of money to establish a new laboratory during the company's rapid development stage, which is enough to prove that Xu Yun did not pursue much money and only wanted to develop new technologies.
Facts have proved that the decision he made was not wrong.
Not long after several laboratories were put into operation, the solid-state battery laboratory took the lead in announcing technical breakthroughs.
Continuously promoting the revolution in the battery industry and solving the financial problem once again proved Xu Yun's talent.
Yan Kaiming believed more than once that with Xu Yun, they would be able to develop a world-leading artificial intelligence model sooner or later.
As a result, after Xu Yun solved the solid-state battery technology, he directly took charge of national key projects, leaving them to do their own research and exploration. In addition, the artificial intelligence laboratory was built after the solid-state battery, so it is normal for the project to progress somewhat slowly.
But recently, he and other researchers in the laboratory have been feeling more and more pressure.
In addition to the company's labs, they and the biological research laboratory next door have yet to produce results. There are also many people on the Internet who are constantly urging them to witness the powerful results of the artificial intelligence laboratory.
Under this circumstance, it is conceivable that if the artificial intelligence model finally developed does not meet expectations, it will definitely disappoint everyone outside.
The key is also the impact on the company's reputation.
"You can rest assured that the company will never cancel our artificial intelligence laboratory."
“Mr. Xu’s original intention in establishing these laboratories was not to make profits.”
At this time, Yan Kaiming reached out and patted the researcher on the shoulder. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he comforted: "But we still have to work harder and hand in a satisfactory answer as soon as possible." After saying this, his whole expression changed. He immediately became serious again.
Naturally, everyone knows what Xu Yun is like, and the worry about canceling the laboratory is nothing more than a casual remark.
What I want to see most is that the laboratory can develop a sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence model as soon as possible.
As Yan Kaiming finished speaking, the girl wearing glasses sitting in another seat suddenly spoke and brought the topic to the right track.
"Professor Yan."
"We received a notice that Mr. Xu will come over today. Our current artificial intelligence model is not perfect enough."
There was clear concern in his tone.
As members of Deepin Technology, they were attracted more by Xu Yun's strong personality.
After almost half a year, Xu Yun came to the laboratory to inspect and must achieve some results.
Otherwise, it would appear that their abilities are limited.
"Dr. Zhong does not need to belittle himself. Although our current artificial intelligence model is not as good as overseas for the time being, it is not worse than the artificial intelligence of major domestic Internet companies."
“Shouldn’t our goal be global?”
"Dr. Ren."
Zhong Lingling glanced at the boy next to Yan Kaiming and asked.
After finishing speaking, he started talking again without waiting for the other party to respond.
“Whether it is Google’s artificial intelligence tools or the GPT-3 version of the chatbot launched by OpenAI Lab, they have very good advantages in language models and logical reasoning.”
"We must face up to the gap with them. Only in this way can we grow quickly."
After listening to all Zhong Lingling's words, Ren Xudong suddenly shrank like an eggplant beaten by frost.
His mouth opened slightly, but in the end he swallowed the words back into his stomach and couldn't open his mouth.
Because Zhong Lingling is right.
He is also very clear about OpenAI Labs, which is a non-profit artificial intelligence laboratory headquartered in San Francisco.
The GPT chatbot launched by the other party was updated to version 3.0 in a short period of time.
If the current trend continues, I believe that a new version will be launched soon that will lead the world. The key is that every time they update the version, their functions will undergo earth-shaking changes.
According to industry analysis and information released by other laboratories, the next version will be able to lead in the field of artificial intelligence.
Yan Kaiming listened to the discussion of the two researchers and showed no worries except a faint smile on his face.
After all, he is also an old man in this field and knows that young people are often energetic and motivated.
This is what keeps the passion for work alive.
However, there are some things that cannot be rushed, otherwise the results may be unsatisfactory.
"You two should say less. We do have a gap, which requires everyone to work hard to catch up. Our laboratory has only been established for a relatively short period of time, but I believe he will stand on top of the world."
Yan Kaiming took the initiative to speak in a concluding tone, causing Zhong Lingling and Ren Xudong to fall into silence.
On the other hand, the other researchers next to him seemed to have been given a beating and cheered everyone up.
"Professor Yan is right. The solid-state battery laboratory next door can lead the world in technology and promote the revolution in the battery industry. The laboratory of our same company can certainly do the same."
"It would be great if Mr. Xu could stay in the laboratory and guide us. With Mr. Xu's talent, the progress will definitely be much faster."
When the artificial intelligence laboratory was first established, because there were still many problems with personnel, Xu Yun, in addition to being responsible for the research of solid-state batteries, would occasionally come here to provide guidance.
It's a pity that after Mr. Xu successfully conquered solid-state battery technology, he went to study his own outstanding youth project.
Although I came back for inspection this time, it seemed to everyone that I took the time to come here.
I don't think I'll be here for long before I leave.
The main reason is that some of them have received outstanding youth awards, and they know that the duration of this project is four years.
At this point in the exchange, everyone continued to work on optimizing the existing artificial intelligence model to ensure that Xu Yun would not become mentally retarded during the inspection.
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At around nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Yun, escorted by driver Wang Pengfei, rushed from Dihao Park to Longhu Science and Technology Park.
After handling the materials and equipment in the project factory these days, he returned to his home to spend time with his mother and Chen Shihe.
It is also worth mentioning that Chen Shihe is quite fond of Benben, the robot dog he brought back.
Just like an electronic pet.
He couldn't laugh or cry about this, thinking that it was an excellent robot dog that could play an important role in military detection and transportation, but now it was just being used as a cute companion as a pet.
Unexpectedly, it actually became a gadget in his mouth.
Xu Yun had not been to the artificial intelligence laboratory for a long time, and as soon as he walked in, he noticed many strange figures.
The next second they all stopped their movements and stood up to say hello.
"Hello, Mr. Xu."
His eyes moved on everyone's face to remember them all, and Xu Yun responded with a smile and waved his hand.
"Everyone, sit down and do whatever you have to do without being formal."
After saying this, after everyone sat down again, he turned his attention to Yan Kaiming next to him.
Take the initiative to care.
"I wonder if Professor Yan is still adaptable here. Is there anything inappropriate about him?"
When the three laboratories were first established, the most urgent need was for outstanding talents in related fields.
Yan Kaiming was recommended by Meng Songyan's wife Zhang Hongqin, and he was considered the most suitable candidate at the time.
Yan Kaiming is naturally much older than Xu Yun, but he keeps his attitude very low, as if he respects Xu Yun absolutely as a top authoritative talent in the industry.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your concern. I am very happy to work here."
"This is not in the company, just use the academic title from now on." Xu Yun quickly answered and corrected Yan Kaiming's title.
Yan Kaiming didn't refute this, he just kept saying something.
"Professor Xu."
After simply greeting everyone in the laboratory and expressing condolences, it was natural to proceed to the work progress reporting process.
Yan Kaiming handed over this task to Zhong Lingling.
"The artificial intelligence model we developed is currently mainly a language model that can answer communication questions. Subsequent version updates will be optimized into a multi-modal model."
"Mr. Xu, you can try it yourself."
After hearing what Zhong Lingling said, Xu Yun looked at the screen next to him. He was no stranger to this female postdoctoral fellow.
As one of the first researchers to join the laboratory, the other party is very outstanding in terms of ability and character.
In particular, the person who studies artificial intelligence still maintains thick black hair, which makes many boys with hair loss in the laboratory envious.
During this time, he trained Benben and fed him a lot of language data.
Compared with the beginning, it has become much better now. Normal communication can be achieved in the dialogue window, and there are fewer and fewer cases of mental retardation.
This situation made Xu Yun even more convinced that the junior artificial intelligence he received from random rewards could indeed grow through learning.
So as soon as he finished solving the door frame robot armor matter, he couldn't wait to come to the laboratory.
We plan to let Benben access the laboratory and rely on the data center here to provide massive information to enable him to learn and grow quickly.
Thinking that it would be a good time to compare Benben and other artificial intelligence models, Xu Yun did not refuse Zhong Lingling's invitation.
"OK."
He responded with a smile on his lips, and then sat down to experience it for himself.
He asked a few questions in the dialog box on the screen, which were basically the same as the questions he asked Benben.
It’s just that the answers given by the artificial intelligence model are very different.
The most obvious feeling is that the language style of the laboratory's artificial intelligence model is fixed, but Benben is operable, that is, a clear role or scene is defined for the artificial intelligence through detailed description in advance, and Benben can be based on this role and Scenario to answer.
From this point of view alone, Benben now has the potential to lead the world's artificial intelligence models.
If you continue to feed it various data such as pictures and videos, it will grow to new heights after learning.
At this time, Zhong Lingling, Ren Xudong, Yan Kaiming and others standing next to Xu Yun, although they didn't know what Xu Yun was thinking, felt a little relieved, thinking that the model was not mentally retarded after all.
Unfortunately, this kind of relaxation did not last for half a minute, and several people were shocked by Xu Yun's next words.
Xu Yun stopped his movements, raised his gaze and suddenly said: "Cancel the current artificial intelligence model project for the time being." There was a firm and unquestionable meaning in his words.
But when this sentence reached the ears of the researchers present, it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
After all, for researchers, it is self-evident what it means for their unfinished projects to be stopped midway. There was little hesitation in asking for opportunities, hoping to keep the project going.
"Mr. Xu."
"Our model is being gradually optimized. If we cancel the previous work at this time, it will be in vain."
"Yes, Mr. Xu."
"Given us some time, we will definitely be able to develop a world-leading artificial intelligence model."
"We can't cancel the project at this time."
Yan Kaiming also comforted Ren Xudong in the morning, saying that the company's artificial intelligence laboratory is non-profit and will never cancel the laboratory.
As a result, it turned out like this in just one hour.
The laboratory has indeed not been cancelled, but stopping the project would mean that all the previous work was in vain.
Listening to what Zhong Lingling, Ren Xudong and others said, he had no choice but to persuade.
"I think the current artificial intelligence model still has great potential and should continue to be studied. In addition, I would like to know Professor Xu, what is the reason for your decision to stop this project?"
After listening to everyone's words word for word, Xu Yun immediately understood that they had misunderstood what he meant.
So he quickly explained.
"You misunderstood. I have seen everyone's efforts and contributions to the laboratory. Of course, the decision to stop the current project this time is not because you are not doing well enough. It is mainly because I have developed a complete artificial intelligence Model, then you need to use laboratory resources to feed massive data to train the model and make it grow."
Xu Yun finished these words quickly, and then fell into a brief silence, leaving others time to digest the information.
You can see that everyone who was originally nervous and surprised suddenly had a confused expression on their faces after hearing these words.
Even Yan Kaiming, the head of the laboratory, could not avoid it.
"Independent development?"
"A complete artificial intelligence model?"
As the information in Xu Yun's words was slowly digested, Zhong Lingling whispered softly and repeated it, her eyes full of surprise and unimaginable disbelief that this could be done by one person.
Their entire laboratory team has been busy for such a long time and has only just begun to develop the artificial intelligence model.
But Xu Yun now says that he has developed an artificial intelligence model.
The key is that he has been working on an outstanding youth project recently, so where does he have the time to study artificial intelligence.
Yan Kaiming was the first to react and quickly asked Xu Yun about the matter.
"Is this true?"
"certainly."
Xu Yun gave a mysterious smile, then took out the laptop equipped with Benben under everyone's gaze, and started to connect to the laboratory's servers and data center.
After receiving Xu Yun's accurate answer, Yan Kaiming also fell into thinking.
He knew very well that it was impossible and unreasonable for Xu Yun to lie to them, which meant that Xu Yun had indeed developed an artificial intelligence model on his own.
He was not surprised at all that Xu Yun had this ability, but the efficiency was really amazing.
After all, the artificial intelligence model has a very large amount of source code, and it is impossible to finish it without enough time.
"It's just so puzzling."
…
"etc."
"Could it be that Professor Xu has been developing this artificial intelligence model for a long time?"
"That's for sure."
Just when Yan Kaiming was surprised by this, a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind and he thought of a possibility.
Xu Yun definitely did not start developing artificial intelligence models after the establishment of the artificial intelligence laboratory.
Perhaps when the intelligent image restoration tool first came out, artificial intelligence models were already being developed, and the establishment of an artificial intelligence laboratory was also a long-established plan.
If this is really the case, it means that Xu Yun's artificial intelligence model has been polished for several years.
Everyone knows that Xu Yun solved two world-wide mathematical problems and new material laser radar in a short period of time, and helped Deepin Technology grow into a well-known technology company now.
Given this long-standing example, how amazing will the artificial intelligence model that took the longest time to polish be?
The thoughts just stay here.
Yan Kaiming was already very excited in his heart, and his eyes were firmly watching Xu Yun's operation.
It's like waiting for the birth of an epic weapon.
Although Zhong Lingling, Ren Xudong and others next to them still did not understand the situation, they could also realize that this matter was not as simple as they thought, and the expressions on their faces became solemn.
(End of chapter)
