Hammer of Technology

"Don't look, I won't say that you will never think of it tonight." Chen Diancheng gave Zhu Xudong a blank look, and said the old god.

"President Chen, why don't you keep it up? Anyway, Cheng Xiaolu agreed, so it's not a violation if you tell us?"

"Hey, it's really not a violation, I just want to see how anxious you are... Actually, I think it's easy to guess, and you are not very careful. You have been here for a few hours, and you haven't found anything different ? For example, there is always a breeze, and there is not much difference in temperature between afternoon and night. You must know that we are really in the deep mountains! Besides, the Mir is an aircraft carrier, and you all understand what it means to be empty, right?"

"Ah?" Zhu Xudong raised his head and looked at the night sky, with the moon and stars, everything was so real.Although it seems that there are more stars than in the city, this is normal, after all, the research center is in the mountains...

When he lowered his head, Cheng Xiaolu just looked back.The two looked at each other, and they could see the unbelievable expressions on each other's faces.

"Haha, don't doubt it, the forests you saw when you came here are fake, and the starry sky above your head is also fake. Haven't you always wondered how the [-]D holographic display will work after it rains? In fact, there are The Mir is parked in the temporary dock above the cover. The elevator leading to the Mir is in the mountainside behind the administrative building. Xiao Cheng may have a chance to take a look tomorrow. As for Xiao Zhu, you have to wait for a while. time."

"But the sunlight during the day..."

"The stars can be simulated, but can't the sun be simulated? All kinds of weather can be simulated throughout the year, and the hail can be rectified for you. Even when it rains, you can only face the green belt. You walk normally You won’t even be able to get in the rain, and you’ll find out when you need to water the greenery. You can think of this as Truman’s world, or it can be understood as Director Ning’s evil taste.”

"In addition, the main large-scale laboratories are actually in the underground layer or in the mountain. Because the various equipment for the study of the short-scale space layer are very sensitive to various vibrations. But after you enter, you will find that even if you go down a little Layer, what you see when you look up is actually exactly the same as the sky you see when you look up now, and it’s as green as you look out of the window, in short, you don’t have to think about what’s real or fake when you stay here, just feel comfortable.”

"Okay! That's all for today. After staying for a long time, you will naturally know how amazing this research center is. This means that outsiders are usually not allowed to visit, and it has never been publicized. Otherwise, just take something out. It can make people scratch their heads. You read in the news that those smart cities, smart mansions, and metaverse experiences... are all younger brothers here. The technologies we play until we don’t want to play are still treasures. Let's go, let's go back and rest early!"

This time, after Chen Diancheng finished speaking, he stood up directly, patted his buttocks, and prepared to get out of the way.The task given by the instructor has been completed, and the newly bought game is still waiting for him in the dormitory.Even when Ning Ban was at his worst, he didn't lose his hobby of playing games. This time he came to the research center with Ning Wei with the cheek, and it happened to be a good game addiction.

……

After bidding farewell to Chen Diancheng, the two walked back to the dormitory.

From time to time, Zhu Xudong would look up at the sky, the stars were shining brightly and beautifully, so he couldn't help feeling: "So it's all fake, so who can explain it to me?"

"Yeah, it's all fake...but there is an aircraft carrier above us, it's true. Suddenly there is a special sense of security."

"Haha, that's indeed very safe. Which research center in the world can put an aircraft carrier on top? It's a pity that President Chen didn't say anything about the power composition of the Mir just now. I don't know what kind of power can make such a large ship. The aircraft carrier can fly directly to outer space. In fact, I don’t think these features of stealth are necessary. There are actually not many attack methods for outer space, and Mir’s ascent speed is enough for it to avoid most possible attacks.”

"Student Zhu, what are you talking about? Why do you guys always think about fighting and killing? The Mir is a civilian aerial platform that undertakes aerial transportation, launching, sightseeing and rescue. Who would attack a civilian platform with missiles if it's okay."

"Um... yes, yes, yes, I am really superficial. This thing is a civilian platform. By the way, Cheng Xiaolu, I will send you the technical information that Mir can make public, don't forget to talk to me about this big guy What is the motivation."

"Well, no problem. President Chen also said that these things are not classified internally. Besides, it will be announced to the outside world next week. What are you in a hurry for?"

"It must be urgent. It is no exaggeration to say that the day this thing is released will drive all military fans crazy."

"It's said that it's a civilian platform, so what's the matter with military fans?"

"alright, you win!"

"Here we are, goodbye."

"Well, see you tomorrow!"

……

At the same time, above the sky of the R&D center, Ning Wei and Luo Zhiqiang were walking on the broad deck of the Mir.The natural mountain wind blows here, and you can see the real bright starry sky when you look up, but in fact the starry sky you see here is no different from what you see in the research center.

In fact, the most advanced simulation is nothing more than moving the real picture over simultaneously. As long as they are willing to spend money, it is not a big problem for the research center.Construction of the entire canopy installation took a full year, using defective materials from the first batch.

The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains is huge, and it can be ten degrees lower on the deck than in the research center, so both of them are wearing coats.

Ning Wei took out his vibrating phone, glanced at it, then smiled and said to Luo Zhiqiang beside him, "Professor Luo, your student agreed."

"Well, that's good. I'll explain to her what needs to be paid attention to tomorrow, and then bring her up to have a look."

"Haha, it's still very exciting to think about it. You must have never thought that our Mir would be online so soon, right?"

"How could it be possible? At that time, the problem of bonding between materials made a group of people busy like headless chickens for a whole month. I still remember that when the laboratory suddenly discovered that these materials only needed to be cultivated together, When it was able to merge naturally, I was so scared that my whole jaw almost dropped."

"Well, the characteristics of the new material are not just explored a little bit. Although the Mir is designed based on activities in the interior of the earth, the next generation of long-distance ships is made of a fully enclosed cabin. This characteristic is amazing. Next, the middle layer It is up to you to work hard on what materials to use.”

"Don't worry, Academician Ning, with the experience of the Mir, our next-generation aerospace ship will definitely be able to serve within five years. The capital will speed up the formulation of the lunar transformation plan, and then don't hold us back."

"Haha, I'll take your words to them later, and I won't help you when you are scolded. Just wait for the phone to blow up."

"Blow up my phone? Later, I will drive Mir to them to show off my power and see who has something to say."

"Well, this is domineering, and it's time to put some pressure on other research and development. But the pre-publicity work will start tomorrow. The main venue for the Mir launch on Saturday is still in the capital, and I have to go back tomorrow. Central Media Your team is already on their way here, and you are not good at dealing with the media, so I plan to keep Chen Diancheng here, and you can arrange for him to do anything."

"Then do you want Xiaocheng to go to the capital with you?"

"That's not necessary. In fact, the main venue is just to brag to everyone. The specifics depend on your performance. Then ask for her opinion. If the little girl is brave enough, you can still have the central media The reporters boarded the ship together and stayed in the command center."

After finishing speaking, Ning Wei sighed, and said in a muffled voice: "It's a pity, if I didn't have to go back to the capital to deal with the media, I would be able to stay on the Mir on the day of the maiden voyage. It's so cool to go around in the sky."

"If not, let's make an emergency report tonight in the name of needing an urgent test. After the approval is approved, we will go to the main control room to collect the anchor, and ask March to take us up for a walk? Well, just right It’s time to test Mir’s gravity device, let’s go to a low orbit around [-] kilometers?”

Ning Wei looked at Luo Zhiqiang, obviously showing emotion.

In theory, it’s not a big deal to go around the sky on the Mir, and it’s really cool for two people to go around the sky.Ning Wei is really eager to try.Ten years ago, Lao Luo dared to come up with this idea, and he probably asked March to apply through the emergency channel without even thinking about it.

But thinking that if you apply through the emergency channel, you will have to alert at least three or five supervisory units who are staring at this side all the time, and at night, you will have to alert several big bosses to make a decision, just to go around the sky and cause such a big commotion, When he returns to the capital, he will most likely be scolded by others overtly and secretly...

And if it is discovered, it will not be reprimanded, but may also be reprimanded.

After all, he is already 35 years old, and he can't bear to be punished for this matter.

So when he opened his mouth, he was not very polite: "Comrade Luo, you have a lot of bad thoughts now. After playing around like this, you have become famous, and I have to bear the first place. Forget it, anyway, I If you want to get on the boat, there are plenty of opportunities. Let’s go, I won’t chat with you anymore, you people are always thinking about digging a hole for me to step on, and talking a little longer is dangerous.”

"Haha, let's go, let's go..."

……

The two big men got off the boat and walked into the elevator in the belly of the mountain.

At this moment, the propaganda team of IBM, a high-tech company in the west that has been silent for many years, wrote on the official website with excitement that its Watson intelligent system has ushered in a major breakthrough, and has confirmed that it has elementary awareness and can communicate with Huaxia March The artificial intelligence system, which is superior to the intelligent system, has begun to take shape. The news has been released, and it has been noticed by countless western media, and it has begun to be reproduced frantically...

On the other side, a lazy kitten in Ningwei's office looked at this serious news with small eyes, and on the other side, a Weibo was also instantly arranged by it: "Good news, Qingshan Research Center under Huaxia Physics Fundamental Laboratory After five years of hard work, under the leadership of Professor Luo Zhiqiang, the director of the research center, China's first large-scale space mobile operation platform will be officially tested this weekend, and will launch an air relay rescue exercise on the same day. The whole process of the test will be broadcast live, and there will be simultaneous capital reporters Academician Ning Wei will answer all your questions at the reception, so stay tuned!"

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507 Trouble with happiness

Even in 2035, if there is a sudden collective movement in the western media, it will still attract the attention of many Chinese media and reprint it, even though these movements can no longer attract the attention of too many Chinese people, especially in the high-tech field.

The reason is actually very simple.

In the past, our electronic products were mainly Western technology.Whether it's cpu, or graphics card, or system and mobile phone, Intel, Qualcomm, ibm, Apple and other leading technology companies can directly affect the market, and even directly affect the potential aesthetics of many consumers.

But now it is different after all.

Since the turbulence algorithm equipment began to sweep the world, in the past ten years, both the brand and the specific technology have labeled China's local manufacturing as high-end.Especially in recent years, the technology center has shifted from the west to the east. Now the location of a basic research center in the suburbs of Huaxia's capital city has begun to be called China's super Silicon Valley by the outside world, which is enough to explain everything.

Not to mention that young people in China now use Ningxin with a three-dimensional silicon structure. At present, most of the manufacturers who have fully mastered this chip manufacturing technology are manufacturers in China. The main production layout is currently also in China. However, the main research and development bases of the technology are all within the territory.

As for the popular [-]D display in the world, although production bases are being built all over the world, it will take some time from construction to production.And the advanced R&D team is also in Huaxia.

In addition, the most advanced artificial intelligence technology is also in China.

The excellent software providers represented by Ningfeng Software have already promoted Huaxia's various intelligent software to the world.Including but not limited to all kinds of intelligent npc algorithms used in the game, as well as various social software that can replace the owner of the machine to chat and make friends, as well as intelligent software that urges young people to make friends offline through self-matching, as well as various types of work All kinds of closely related intelligent software basically come from Chinese software suppliers...

This also directly leads to the fact that few Chinese young people still care about the news of foreign technology companies.

But as a big country with a population of more than [-] billion, there are still some wonderful things that still feel that the Western world is better than China.Especially when this group becomes smaller and smaller, these people are more and more united.In addition, for these spiritual Westerners, there has been less and less good news recently, so whenever the Western media reveals some good news, it always makes them collectively happy for a long time.

So when the news that ibm's artificial intelligence system has produced elementary consciousness reached China, it was enough to make these people rejoice for a long time. It is no exaggeration to describe the mood of these people at this time with joy.Of course, this news is equally exciting for Westerners.

Even many ordinary consumers in the West have been suffering from Huaxia products for a long time.

After all, according to the sales strategy of many Huaxia technology companies, the most advanced products are now sold in China, and the multi-language version will be developed later.It's not that it's not good to make money from abroad, but it's mainly the pot of technology monopoly.

Whether it is Ningshe, Ningxin, or [-]D display technology, they are all inextricably linked with Ningwei, which directly leads to the product development and sales process based on these technologies, which needs to meet the personal requirements of an academician. idea.Therefore, before the Chinese market is not satisfied, it is usually very troublesome to launch a foreign version.

In particular, Ningxin and [-]D displays are still out of stock in major western markets, which directly leads to the astonishingly high prices compared to China.Without the support of these hardware, it is difficult for those smart software products to get the best experience.

Of course, the high price gave birth to various black market services.Smuggling, cracking, localization... even gave birth to the profession of purchasing electronic products in China.These have virtually increased costs, and often lead to trouble in warranty.

So here comes the problem, when Western consumers may need to spend double or even more than Chinese consumers, and the products they buy not only cannot enjoy all the services of smart software, but often cannot be guaranteed after-sales, It is conceivable how much resentment there is.

When countless Westerners began to miss the fact that they could enjoy the most advanced technological products at a cheaper price more than ten years ago, the news released by IBM undoubtedly gave them hope of regaining their glory.

The Wall Street Journal even reprinted the news on IBM's official website directly on the front page. Everyone is looking forward to IBM's official start to show their Watson intelligent system.To know the development of Huaxia in recent years, March has contributed a lot.Now that they also have their own artificial intelligence technology, the opportunity to overtake on a curve has come.

So on this Chinese night, IBM's stock price showed a skyrocketing trend at the opening, and capital began to vent the depression accumulated over the past ten years in this way.

In this case, March's Weibo was suddenly released.

The rhythm card feels quite clever.

Just when ibm announced that its artificial intelligence system had made a breakthrough, and it was even confirmed that consciousness was born, in March, it was directly announced that something big will happen this weekend?

What is even more confusing is the content of the upcoming test product on Weibo in March.

What is a large space mobile operating platform?Doesn't this sound like a space station?But it is impossible for the space station to complete the air relay rescue exercise?

Really, even Huaxia's group of night owls who love cutting-edge technology were completely stunned when they saw this Weibo that was suddenly posted in March.I can't understand it.

According to the current historical stage of aerospace, the space station is probably the only one that can move and operate in space, and the maneuverability of the space station is limited, and the tasks that can be completed are even more limited.So what the hell did March say?

What's even more exasperating is that this cat doesn't even have a picture...

Soon, the Weibo comment area in March became popular.

Countless people began to ask in the comment area what to post.

March is also the same as before, very friendly and began to reply to every friendly comment, but basically it is two words: "Guess?" At most, there is a funny kitten face behind the question mark.

This is really frustrating, but for many media reporters, especially those in the technology circle, the collective excitement has begun.

Big news from both the eastern and western technology circles in one day, this is a rare situation in recent years.

Whether it's ibm's artificial intelligence or the large-scale space mobile operating platform that March said, there are too many things worth writing about.The only regret now is probably that IBM has not announced when it will display the Watson intelligent system to the outside world, but based on experience, it will definitely not take too long. After all, IBM’s stock price has skyrocketed against the trend based on this news. If there is not enough convincing in the near future If the result of strength comes, it will definitely not be able to maintain this situation.

So when to announce the specific breakthrough point of the Watson intelligent system is not even IBM's own business, it will become the collective will of all IBM shareholders.The only question now is probably how intelligent is Watson?

Any hope of going beyond March? !

……

John Blake is sitting in front of the computer, using the mouse to tease the little baby who is alive on the three-dimensional screen.The 37-year-old John Black joined IBM when he was 27 years old, and it has been ten years since today.

At that time, IBM's Watson intelligent system fell into a strange circle.

The earliest commercial application of this artificial intelligence system was originally to treat cancer.Since 2011, watson has been connected to mskcc, the world's top cancer treatment center, for training. There are more than 400 medical professional journals, hundreds of medical books, and more than 1900 million medical papers and related research data in the database. nTreatment guidelines provide treatment options directly to oncologists.

When it was born in March, the Watson intelligent system was in an embarrassing situation.IBM has invested tens of billions in this project, but the effect can only be said to be different.The initial idea of ​​the scientists was to enable this system to give treatment plans more efficiently than doctors, but in fact it can only be used as an auxiliary means.

After that, under the pressure brought by the intelligent platform in March, various high-tech companies began to focus on the new generation of artificial intelligence technology, and Watson became one of the main directions of IBM's attack.

It was in this context that John Black joined the research on the Watson system ten years ago.

If you push the time back a few years, when John Black was still studying artificial intelligence at Berkeley, he actually had an intersection with Ningwei before the STOC conference.

Even now John Blake still remembers that summer vacation, when he was on vacation in Hawaii with many friends, he suddenly received a call from his instructor telling him to rush back to school immediately, otherwise he might postpone his graduation.

When he gave up his vacation and returned to school, the professor threw him a full 206-page paper and told him that this paper was worth giving up all the vacations that year, his heart was broken.

But the real debacle starts with the research papers.

That year he even participated in the boring thing of giving Ning Wei an English name. Everyone was still discussing in the group that they would give Ning Wei a greeting gift on the day of the meeting. It would be best to put on a sack and use a baseball bat Warmly entertain this undergraduate student from Huaxia.

Of course, this matter was just lip service after all, and no one actually practiced it. Moreover, Ning Wei was a lot more modest at that meeting, and finally did not emphasize that he was an undergraduate student, but told everyone that he had started Now that he is a Ph.D. student, he feels much better.

More importantly, his mentor was right. As one of the first students who came into contact with Ningwei's paper, John Black did have new ideas for the construction of artificial intelligence.In this way, after all, he chose to change his thesis and postpone his graduation.

The world does have different rewards for hardworking people.

Although his graduation was postponed for one year, he got a letter of introduction from his boss.With this letter of introduction, he came to IBM directly after graduation and entered the Watson department.And has been entrusted with the important task, responsible for the development of related application software.And because of the recommendation letter from the boss, John Black got the contract from Bank7 as soon as he joined the company.

Then came a decade of redoubled efforts.

As the world has paid more and more attention to artificial intelligence in the past decade, his hard work has not been in vain.

From a software engineer to a senior technical expert, to an outstanding engineer, until last year he was awarded the ibm academician.Completed the transformation from researcher to research manager.When Professor Lost, the chief architect of Watson's intelligent system, left half a year ago, he finally became the person in charge of the entire project, and today Watson has passed IBM's internal Turing test.

For more than ten years, John Black finally defeated the nightmare he once had...

That's right, Ning Wei is his nightmare.

After two blows from computer conferences, a mathematics undergraduate taught him how to make a breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology, a doctoral student who specializes in artificial intelligence. This really hit everyone hard at the time.

If Ning Wei is a humble enough person and chooses to study artificial intelligence all his life, then John Black would never dare to think that one day he can surpass this man who once reduced dimensionality and beat him.

Fortunately, a genius like Ning Wei is definitely not willing to make achievements in only one direction for a lifetime.

When it was confirmed that Ningwei started to move to the field of basic physics and won the Nobel Prize, John Black knew that his opportunity had come.What is it called to learn other people's knowledge to arm yourself and achieve transcendence?

This is called learning from barbarians to control barbarians.

This Chinese idiom was pasted on the bedside of his bedroom.John will explain the meaning of this sentence to every woman he brings into the room: "Learn some knowledge from others, and then use this knowledge to defeat them!"

Yes, although the 37-year-old IBM executive is not yet married, he has had more than three-figure girlfriends during the decade.Of course, this is still a sacrifice. After all, treating a girlfriend doesn’t need to be as troublesome as treating a wife.