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Chapter 176 Tesla Shares

After seeing this information, Guo Yuan lost interest in brain-computer interfaces.

The narrator didn't give him any hints either.

So Guo Yuan asked 01 after closing the data: "Has the modification of 01 and 02 been completed?"

"It has been modified according to your request. Now 02 is under my 100% control. I can control 02 as I like."

Guo Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and called Cheng Shuqing in.

"Shu Qing, help me call all the senior management of the company over, let's have a meeting."

"Good boss."

A few minutes later, the senior executives of Future Technology came to the office.

"Boss, did you call us?" CEO Wang Hui took the lead and asked.

"Well, I have debugged 02, and I will send it to you."

Except for Wang Hui, the high-level executives of Future Technology are all stunned.

02?what is that?
Guo Yuan didn't explain much to them, and asked them to bring their mobile phones, and then connect their mobile phones to the computer one by one, and asked 01 to replace the voice assistant in their mobile phones with 02.

"Okay, that's done, let Wang Hui tell you about the specific functions of 02!" After speaking, Guo Yuan returned the phone to the five people.

The high-level executives of Future Technology came in with a confused look, and went out with a confused look.

"Old Wang, what exactly is 02?" Tong Qifeng asked.

"Before, the boss and I had dinner with Mr. Lei and Mr. Lu of Dami. At that time, the boss brought out one."

After listening to Wang Hui's description, the first reaction of Zhao Liyi and Xun Haoran, who are engaged in technology, is nonsense, this is impossible!The artificial intelligence module at this stage can never reach this level.

Although Zhuge Chuang is not engaged in technology, he has a good understanding of Internet companies, because when his company was about to close down, he often sought sponsorship from these Internet companies.

Zhuge Chuang also felt that Wang Hui's words were a bit ridiculous.

Liu Xiaoyin and Tong Qifeng, who don't understand technology and don't know much about Internet companies, have already started to try it out.

"02, can you help me connect to the monitor in my daughter's class?" Liu Xiaoyin directly made a difficult request.

Two seconds later, 02's mechanical voice came from the receiver: "Connected."

Then Liu Xiaoyin's mobile phone screen showed the surveillance video of her daughter's classroom.

"Fuck! Everyone, I have something to do, so let's go first." Zhao Liyi, who witnessed this scene, ran away directly.

Xun Haoran and Zhuge Chuang looked at each other and then ran.

For the next two days, the senior executives of Future Technology were immersed in the powerful functions of 02.

In addition to the high-level executives of Future Technology, Guo Yuan also contacted Lin Yumo and lent her hand to give 02 to Su Yurou.

To be honest, in terms of personal feelings, Guo Yuan feels that Su Yurou is more credible than his company's senior executives.

And the final control of 02 is in his hands, so give it.

After Guo Yuan replaced the voice assistant in Su Yurou's phone with 02, Su Yurou didn't care much at first, but after trying it out for a while, Su Yurou also fell into it.

After experiencing the freshness period for the first few days, the senior executives of Future Technology and Su Yurou calmed down.

Through these few days of exploration, they have basically figured out the function of 02.

After the initial freshness, 02 has become a tool for assisting office work.

On the other side, Musk's assistant Fiona came out of the FDA headquarters with a disappointed expression.

Although there are so many disabled people putting pressure on the FDA, the FDA has not let go and has been dragging its time.

Musk's companies, such as Tesla making electric cars and SpaceX making rockets, have always used the ideas of engineers to solve problems.

It is not necessary to pursue breakthroughs in principle, but to carry out a series of technical improvements aimed at unavoidable technical problems, and accumulate qualitative changes from quantitative changes.

The same is true for the brain-computer interface. Since the craniotomy is too complicated, a dedicated surgical robot should be developed; the electrode life is limited due to rejection, and a flexible electrode with a smaller size and better biocompatibility should be developed.

The ultimate goal is to turn brain-computer interface devices into products that ordinary families can use at any time, rather than a treatment plan that requires experts to operate.

But it is this model that is doomed to the importance of human experiments to Neuralink.

If the human experiment fails, then Neuralink's implantable brain-computer interface technology will stagnate, not to mention the previous investment, and the subsequent costs will continue to increase.

This is one of the reasons why Musk is in such a hurry.

In addition to this reason, the level of development of other brain-computer interface companies in the United States is not low. Musk only has a little bit of technological leadership at this stage, and this technological leadership is likely to be surpassed soon.

Because to put it bluntly, Musk is fighting alone, and the development of implantable brain-computer interfaces is actually an interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary topic.

It requires the cooperation of experts in computer science, neurobiology, engineering technology, and surgery.

At present, most influential implantable brain-computer interface teams in the world have backgrounds in prestigious universities and hospitals.

Take Blackstone Neurotechnology, which has completed 36 of the 32 human brain-computer interface implants in the world.

The company is backed by Brown University, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Providence Veterans Medical Center.

Blackstone's exclusive secret is the "BrainGate" technology. Electrodes are implanted in the patient's brain and arms, and communication is realized with the computer through a signal conversion system, allowing patients with spinal cord injuries to regain control of their limbs, or the disabled. Control mechanical prosthetics and even restore the sense of touch.

In addition to Blackstone, Stanford University also has a brain-computer interface team funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Center.

There is also a neural synchronization company, the founder of the company completed the invention at the University of Melbourne in Australia, and then received official funding from the United States.

In addition, Hodak, who originally founded Neuralink with Musk, started his own business and cooperated with MIT to develop a brain-computer interface for the visual nerve center.

In contrast, Musk's Neuralink company is an alternative, unwilling to have too close a relationship with universities or hospitals.

At this stage, the implanted electrode device developed by Neuralink is only the size of a coin, and integrates chips, which can complete a lot of signal data processing work on the front end.

Compared with the general brain-computer interface of several other teams, Neuralink's products seem to be closer to large-scale clinical applications.

But under the premise that so many universities and hospitals cooperate with each other, Neuralink's technological leadership is actually easy to be overtaken.

"Boss, the FDA has not let go." Fiona reported to Musk after returning to the company.

Musk was not surprised by this. To be honest, Musk felt from the beginning that the pressure method Fiona chose was not very useful.

The reason is simple. Compared with the appeals of those with disabilities, FDA values ​​benefits more.

"Fiona, let's put Neuralink aside!" Musk said blankly, leaning on the chair.

"Leave it alone? But the boss"

"We can still afford these losses for the time being. I have thought about it for the past few days. Our best choice is not to die but to find another way." Musk interrupted Fiona's words.

"Another way?"

"That's right, remember the self-driving technology I mentioned earlier?"

"Boss Ni means that you want to expand Tesla's influence first?"

"That's right, after Tesla's influence is further expanded, we can influence more people, more departments, and let them put pressure with us, so much pressure that the FDA has to draw a line with those who influence them, we This is the best way to win the FDA,” Musk said.

After a moment of silence, Fiona retorted: "But boss, it is impossible for us to make breakthroughs in our automatic driving technology in a short period of time."

"So I plan to have a good chat with Future Technology, and I want to know whether they have the technical strength to break through the L3 autonomous driving.

If Future Technology can break through this technical bottleneck, the board of directors has agreed and will give 1000 million shares to Future Technology. "

"1000 million shares!" Fiona couldn't help but startled and said, "Boss, are you serious?"

Musk nodded, at this moment, his expression looked extremely serious.

Now the entire Tesla stock is almost 20 billion shares, and 1000 million shares are almost equal to 0.5% of Tesla's shares.

You must know that Tesla's market value is trillions of dollars.

0.5% of the stock also has 50 billion yuan.

Is it really worthwhile to exchange 50 billion yuan for an L3 autopilot technology?

Musk seemed to see Fiona's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Fiona, these 1000 million shares are not only for L3's self-driving technology, but also for future technology to advance and retreat with us.

If they can really help us break through the technology of autonomous driving L3, then they may help us break through L4 or even L5 in the future.

If you think so, let alone 1000 million shares, even 2000 million shares are worth it! "

"Boss, it's impossible for the board of directors to agree to 2000 million shares, right?" Fiona said weakly.

Musk smiled. Indeed, it is impossible for the board of directors to pass 2000 million shares to Future Technology, because holding 1% of Tesla’s shares, according to the current composition of Tesla’s shares, is already eligible to participate in Tesla’s board of directors Well, isn't this the same as giving away the rights in your hands?

"Then boss, how do you confirm whether Future Technology has such technical means?" Fiona asked.

"Then it's natural to go to Huaxia, but I don't want to make this known to everyone, Fiona, you should know how to deal with it?"

"I understand, boss, don't worry, I will take care of everything."

Musk nodded with satisfaction.

For this assistant, Musk really likes it very much. He is smart, has strong work ability, and is impeccable in terms of sophistication.

The only fly in the ointment is that the understanding of the rules of the game in this world is not clear enough.

Just like this time, choosing to use the childish means of sympathy for the disabled to put pressure on the FDA is a manifestation of not having a clear understanding of the rules of the game.

But fortunately she is still young, she is not even 30 years old this year, so she has plenty of time to grow up.

(End of this chapter)