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Chapter 175 Brain-computer interface
"Boss, what happened to the voice assistant on your tablet just now?" Wang Hui and Guo Yuan couldn't help asking when they returned to the car.

Not only Mr. Lei and Mr. Lu, but Wang Hui was also stunned.

Isn't that artificial intelligence a bit too intelligent?
Wang Hui even wondered if someone was dubbing with him. In fact, Lei was always on the phone with that person.

But Wang Hui quickly denied this guess, because Mr. Lei is not a fool, and it is impossible to be fooled by such a clumsy trick.

That is to say, the artificial intelligence in the tablet is real!

What kind of artificial intelligence can have such a fluent conversation with humans?
In Wang Hui's mind, the last AI that was so powerful was Jarvis of Iron Man.

Guo Yuan smiled slightly when he heard the words and said: "02 is an intelligent voice assistant written by myself, and its intelligence is indeed very high, even higher than the built-in AI of listening to everything.

However, it is still in the testing stage. When it is stable, I plan to send 02 to the company's senior management.

At that time, with the help of 02, the work efficiency of the company's top management will be greatly improved.

Of course, this kind of thing must be very important. I can’t give it to you unsuspecting. I will leave a back door on 02. If the company’s executives leave, I only need an order, and 02 will be locked directly. . "

"Boss, what can it do?" Wang Hui asked after a moment of silence.

"You can try." After speaking, Guo Yuan threw the tablet to Wang Hui, and then changed seats with Wang Hui. He came to drive, and Wang Hui sat in the co-pilot.

Wang Hui has just seen that 02 can communicate with people fluently, so he didn't start with communication, but directly asked 02 what he could do.

Then start the experiment according to your own function options given by 02.

The more he experimented, the more Wang Hui felt that it was outrageous, especially after 02 easily opened the video of the driving recorder of this Audi A8, Wang Hui's hands began to shake.

"Old boss, isn't this really Jarvis from Iron Man?"

"It's far worse, 02 can only hack into the driving recorder, and the monitors installed by individuals in the surrounding shopping malls with no technical content, and the other 02s have no way to seize it.

And 02 doesn't know how to deal with problems by himself, he can only create and complete tasks according to your orders. "

Hearing what Guo Yuan said, Wang Hui continued to test 02.

Sure enough, as Guo Yuan said, 02 does not have any self-judgment ability, and only acts according to orders.

This made Wang Hui heave a sigh of relief.

The next day, Mr. Lei and Mr. Lu, who returned to Rice headquarters, held a shareholder meeting.

Unsurprisingly, Guo Yuan wanted 15% of the shares of Rice Manufacturing, and the shareholders directly chose to refuse.

Let alone 15%, no one will agree to 5%.

From the perspective of shareholders, even if Guo Yuan can help solve the bottleneck problem of autonomous driving technology, it is not worth exchanging for shares.

"Sure enough, Mr. Lei's shareholders rejected us." After the meeting, Mr. Lu came to Mr. Lei's office and said.

"Isn't this expected!" Mr. Lei said indifferently.

"Since you know the shareholders will reject it, why did you mention it, Mr. Lei?"

"I just told the shareholders about Guo Yuan's conditions and his accomplishments in the field of artificial intelligence. As for how they want to choose, it's their business."

Mr. Lu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then understood Mr. Lei's meaning: "Mr. Lei, you don't want to reach this cooperation either?"

"No, Mr. Lu, you are wrong. From my point of view, it doesn't matter whether the cooperation can be achieved or not. It is beneficial for us to cooperate with Guo Yuan, and it is also beneficial for us not to cooperate. I just leave the choice to the shareholders."

Mr. Lu curled his lips and thought: "Why hand over the option to the shareholders, isn't it obvious that the shareholders will not agree?"

Before I knew it, it was already a week ago that I had dinner with Mr. Lei and Mr. Lu of Dami.

Guo Yuan has not waited for Mr. Lei and Mr. Lu's reply. Guo Yuan estimates that this cooperation will most likely not succeed.

Guo Yuan didn't feel too disappointed, mainly because he had no real interest in making things happen.

If Dami is willing to take a 15% stake in Dami's car manufacturing, Guo Yuan doesn't mind getting involved. Now that Dami is obviously unwilling, then there is nothing to talk about.

Guo Yuan's English class is over these days, but he feels that his oral English is not yet able to communicate with foreigners without barriers.

It just so happened that his secretary, Cheng Shuqing, graduated from an English major.

So Guo Yuan asked Cheng Shuqing to talk to him in English as much as possible during this time.

I want to improve my oral English through ordinary conversation exercises.

This afternoon, Cheng Shuqing, who had always been steady, ran in in a hurry.

"Boss, I just received a message here."

"what news?"

"Musk is recruiting disabled people on a large scale, and it seems that human experiments are about to begin." Cheng Shuqing said.

[Musk’s human experiment is to test Neuralink’s brain-computer interface. 】

"Brain-computer interface?"

"Yes, boss, you already know?" Cheng Shuqing asked.

"Ah? Hmm! That's right! Shu Qing, go out first! I have something to deal with here."

"Good boss."

After Cheng Shuqing left, Guo Yuan turned on the computer to wake up 01, and asked 01 to help find the information of Neuralink under Musk's name.

Soon 01 found the information and sent it to Guo Yuan.

Guo Yuan glanced through it quickly, frowning. Last month, the eyes of the whole world were on Musk's heavy-duty rocket test flight, but at the same time, Musk's company is still promoting the research and development of another important technology, the brain-computer interface test. .

On December 12 last year, Musk’s Neuralink neural connection company held a press conference, stating that Neuralink has been working hard to start human trials, and Musk’s company has submitted all the required documents to the FDA.

The ability of implantable brain-computer interface technology to provide additional mobility and communication skills to people with disabilities has been proven for many years.

Now Neuralink is in contact with the largest neurosurgery center in the United States to find suitable cases and prepare to treat paralyzed patients.

And once the human experiment begins, Musk will also implant a brain-computer interface device in his brain.

"Musk recruits people with disabilities with such a big fanfare, which means that Neuralink has passed the FDA's approval?" Guo Yuan murmured.

[No, this is just a pressure method adopted by Musk's assistant Fiona, who wants to use the compassion of the disabled to put pressure on the FDA and let the FDA approve it. 】

"Musk's assistant really has something!" Guo Yuan muttered to himself.

After speaking, Guo Yuan continued to look at the information below.

Although implantable brain-computer interfaces have the function of providing disabled patients with additional mobility and communication skills, so far, only 36 people in the world have been implanted with related devices, and implantable brain-computer interfaces are still at the laboratory level.

"Experimental stage? In other words, has Musk's technology made a breakthrough?"

[Yes, Neuralink's technology has indeed made breakthroughs, but it has not reached the point of large-scale experiments. Musk's human experiments this time are not intended to treat patients, but to focus on experiments. 】

"Hiss~ This is a real human experiment! Is Musk such a dog? Why do implantable brain-computer interfaces only stay in the experimental stage?"

[There are two main reasons: one is that the installation of an implantable brain-computer interface device requires a craniotomy, and human beings have very, very limited research on the brain, so the risk of a craniotomy is very high, and those who are capable of doing this kind of surgery Not many people.

At present, there are more than 500 million paralyzed patients in the United States, while there are only more than 150 neurosurgeons in the United States who are qualified for craniotomy, and the proportion in other countries is even more exaggerated.

The second is that under the current technical level, it is difficult to guarantee the effect of implanting the brain-computer interface after surgery.

Electrodes inserted into the brain can reject them, turning the brain tissue near the electrodes into scar tissue that covers the electrodes and blocks them from working.

The lifespan of the Utah array electrodes commonly used at present is only 2-5 years. If the implanter does not want to return to the disabled state, he has to undergo brain surgery again. 】

"It turns out that this is the case. The risk of this guy Musk doing human experiments is not small. I don't know what he is trying to do. Logically speaking, he should not be short of money. There is no need to take such a risky move."

[From a practical point of view, the progress of science and medicine is inseparable from adventure, but from a humanitarian point of view, Musk’s behavior lacks humanitarianism. 】

Guo Yuan smiled when he heard this, how much is humanitarianism worth in the eyes of capitalists?

"01, what level has our domestic implantable brain-computer interface developed?"

"The search is completed during the search! There are almost no implantable brain-computer interfaces in China.

At this stage, the domestic brain-computer interface technology is still at the level of around 2015 in foreign countries.

Because implantable brain-computer interface is very difficult, most companies in the domestic brain-computer interface industry are engaged in the field of non-invasive brain-computer interface, mainly brainwave headband products, or products such as VR equipment. Influence the brain through the human eyes, forcing the brain to send out the desired signal. "

"Hip stretching like this? But didn't I hear that there is a company called Brain Tiger Technology that has implantable brain-computer interface technology?" Guo Yuanchao 01 asked.

"After the search, Brain Tiger Technology does have an implantable brain-computer interface company, but its investment focus is on the Chen Research Center established at the California Institute of Technology. There is no related company in China, so it cannot be counted as a domestic company."

"Uh, that's what it is."

"Yes, domestic applications of brain-computer interfaces basically stay at the entertainment level.

For example, the mind-reading headphones launched by Neurosky can automatically adjust the volume according to the state of the brain wave.

There are also smaller companies working toward controlling games directly with brainwaves, as in the anime Sword Art Online.

However, although these companies have used brain-controlled manipulation, the accuracy and sensitivity are poor.

At most, you can play "Tetris" smoothly, and now you can't even play "Angry Birds" games on smartphones. The gap between large-scale applications is very, very far. "

(End of this chapter)