Wu Qian looked at the proud old boy Bloomberg, a little annoyed and depressed in his heart, don't look at the other party is an old man in his seventies, his thinking speed is not slow at all, and it can be said that he is extremely keen, worthy of being a person who wants to be president.

However, when Wu Qian saw Mastin's slightly embarrassed expression in a blink of an eye, the flame of hope ignited in his heart again, and things had taken a turn for the better!

At the same time as Masdin took the contract from Bloomberg, Wu Qian turned around and whispered a few words to David and Ball, only to see David and Ball nod, and then designated two members of the spade force to stay, while the rest scattered and walked towards the various booths in the convention and exhibition center.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bloomberg, though you've signed it, but we're ...... I...... Not signed yet. ”

Masdin shook the contract in his hand, and looked at Bloomberg in embarrassment and embarrassment, they had indeed negotiated with Bloomberg before, otherwise they would not have even drawn up a contract.

"Mr. Bloomberg, I think it is my duty to tell this Mr. Wu a detailed account of the situation in our laboratory, please wait a moment. ”

Since it is a sponsorship and investment, of course, it is necessary to choose the best, as long as it is not signed for a moment, the contract will not take effect, and Masdin will decide to wait and wait before making a decision.

Mastin, one of the main technicians and leaders of the Stanford University AI Lab, is also a professor at Stanford University and has high authority in the lab.

This time it was Bloomberg's turn to be dumbfounded, he politely reached out to Mastin, asked for the contract, flipped through a few pages, and sure enough...... Only he signed, and the position of the other party's signature was empty, but he was anxious just now and didn't find it.

Then again, even if you find out, it's useless, you can't force Masdin to sign it immediately.

"Falk ......," Bloomberg cursed in his heart.

If he was facing someone whose wealth and status were far inferior to his own, Bloomberg would treat him with a downward gaze and would not be angry at all, precisely because Wu Qian was a real threat to him, which made him angry.

There is no evidence of whether Wu Qian is really secretly helping Cama Harrison, but Wu Qian did tear down the campaign advertisements of him and several other candidates, there is no doubt about this, there is already a contradiction between the two, and this will compete with him for the same high-tech laboratory, I have to say that it is really a narrow road.

"Oh, in that case, Professor Mastin, you can ask this gentleman about his intentions first, I am sure you have understood my sincerity, and I am looking forward to working with your laboratory. ”

Bloomberg handed the contract back to Mastin, with a fatherly smile on his face, no matter what he thought in his heart, the superficial work still had to be in place, not to mention that it was now in public, and as a presidential candidate, he must not lose his temper.

Masdin smiled apologetically at Bloomberg, then turned to look at Wu Qian, and said, "Mr. Wu, I guess you must have taken a keen interest in these three sisters, so do you know how they are made......?"

Soon, Mastin's transformation from an incompetent businessman to a professor began to explain to Wu Qian some basic information about the three Lucia sisters and the development and production process.

Mastins led Wu Qian into the booth and came to a glass display case in which a milky white gelatinous substance looked like cream on the edge of melting.

"In the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the three Lucia sisters are called Flawless Androids, the third generation of Bionic people we have researched and developed, and the material used to make this Flawless Bionic is the milky white fiber you see, which is a protein fiber we have developed. ”

As he spoke, Mastins led Wu Qian to another area.

"Our lab uses this 3D printing equipment jointly developed with several technology companies to heat protein fibers at low pressure, and then print them precisely according to the program. ”

As he spoke, Masdin turned on the 3D printer that was more than one person high, and entered a model of a finger knuckle on the console, only to see the printer start running quietly, the unique printhead sprayed out the protein fibers, and after repeated preparation, a milky white knuckle appeared in the printer.

"The process of making the whole robot is not complicated, it is roughly repeated thousands ......of times, but the requirements for precision are very high, but even if there is a mistake, the material can be recycled and reused, and the protein fiber is very expensive."

Mastin's introduction was serious, but he did not explain the core technology, such as information transmission.

After seeing the basic manufacturing process of the robot, Masdin took Wu Qian back to Lucia, he took out a device similar to an air conditioner remote control from his clothes pocket and clicked it a few times, the three Lucia sisters who were originally alive suddenly lost their vitality, their arms and heads were lowered, as if they were asleep standing up.

He pointed to various parts of Lucia's body and said, "The bones, muscles, ligaments, hair, skin and other tissues of the Immaculate Bionic are all made of the kind of protein fibers you saw just now, corresponding to the different hardness and flexibility needs of the body parts, as long as the density of the protein fibers is adjusted, it can exert different effects." ”

"At this stage, the body composed of this fiber is very close to the real human body in terms of function, but there is still a certain gap in terms of touch, you can feel it carefully. ”

With that, Mastins raised Lucia's arm, rolled up his sleeves, and motioned for Wu Qian to touch it.

It seems to others to be a very funny scene, but it is actually an experience of future technology, Wu Qian carefully touched Lucia's arm, and the touch of pinching her (its) face just now is back, a very strange and strange feeling, indescribable.

Until this moment, Wu Qian still couldn't believe that the Lucia with her head bowed and her arms in front of him was a robot, and he felt as if he had traveled to the TV series "West World".

After feeling it carefully, Wu Qian let go of his hand and gently put Lucia's arm back in place, and he said to Mastin: "I have watched a TV series called "West World", in my opinion, the three Lucia sisters seem to be not inferior to those robots in the TV series, which surprised me too much. ”

Mastin's expression made a strange expression after hearing Wu Qian's words, and said: "Mr. Wu, you praised it falsely, I didn't expect you to be a fan of "West World", there is still a big gap between our product and the perfect android in "West World", don't think I'm being modest." ”

"Indeed, we are proud of the fact that our research products perform exceptionally well in terms of vision, language system and mobility, and the most powerful proof of this is that you come to see ......"

After that, Masdin took Wu Qian to a large screen, which showed Elizabeth driving a car in a closed place to perform various operations, as can be seen from the video, Elizabeth is like an old driver, starting, stopping, reversing, etc.

"We have tested the performance of these three robots in many aspects, both in strength and accuracy, they can reach a very high level, even if it is an ophthalmic brain surgery with high precision requirements, they can be competent, of course, it is not a practical operation, but it can be ...... theoretically."

After Wu Qian watched the video, he didn't understand what Mastin was trying to express, in his opinion, this is already a very perfect robot, and the perception of sound, space, color, etc. is impeccable, where is the gap?

"Professor Mastin, I don't understand exactly where the gap is that you're talking about. ”

Wu Qian's question intrigued Bloomberg, and he leaned closer to the two of them to whisper.

Masdin pushed his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, if you use the standard of robots, then the three Lucia sisters are indeed very good, but we are talking about androids now, and the gap is very big." ”

"I'll just say one thing about the difference in body structure and you can understand it, the perfect android in "West World" can eat, and then needs to go to the toilet. ”

Wu Qian was stunned suddenly, he remembered that there was indeed this plot, but he didn't take it seriously when he watched the TV series, the right was the need of the plot, so that the robot was closer to the life of real people to create a sense of reality, but he didn't expect this to be an insider's doorway, and a layman to watch the excitement.

According to Mastin, eating, drinking, and excretion seem to be just simple life behaviors, but what is really amazing is the changes that occur in the body of food in the bionic human, which is the same as humans, which has a digestive and absorption system, ingests organic matter, and converts it into energy.

This kind of technology is simply a cross-generational whimsy, and there is no difference between such a robot and a real person......

In fact, there are still differences, and Mastin's next sentence let Wu Qian know where the biggest difference is.

"In fact, even in terms of the digestion and absorption system, we have found theoretical support from some plant bodies, at least we can see the direction of research and development, but there is one thing that we can't even find the direction, that is, thinking ability......

The human brain's thinking abilities are too complex and elusive to rely on simple programs that simply cannot be achieved in androids, a problem that we have not been able to overcome for many years. ”

According to Mastin's meaning, such as driving, making pizza, chatting with people, even doing something difficult to describe, are very simple execution procedures, not worth mentioning at all, even if the operation is extremely complex high-precision instruments, it is still the repeated use of simple procedures, and does not break through the level of "execution".

And the androids they hope for are able to have the ability to "learn", no longer just to perform task orders, but also to know how to learn and think simply.

Masteen gave an example.

"The programmers have written a very complete set of pizza-making programs and loaded them into the robot's chip, and Lucia has the ability to make pizza, but if I replace these ingredients now, such as replacing flour with salt, they will still resolutely follow the pizza-making program and will not find a problem. ”

After listening to this, Wu Qian said: "Then you only need the programmer to add a 'recognition' related command to the robot, can't you let them know how to screen?"

Masdin snapped his fingers and said, "Mr. Wu, you are right, the problem is here, why do programmers have to add this program, why can't Lucia discover this problem by themselves through extremely simple observation and thinking?"

"This is the problem we want to break through now!"

Wu Qian was stunned after listening to Mastin's words, he fully understood what Mastin's meant, this is to let the robot, or android, have the basic thinking ability, which is much more advanced than having any kind of digestion and absorption system.

This is a powerful magic weapon for human beings to survive comfortably on the earth!

"If it really gets to that point, I'm afraid ...... These androids aren't easy to control, are they?"

Wu Qian asked worriedly, although the scene of artificial intelligence retaliating against mankind in "West World" is only a science fiction plot, who knows which day in the future it will not become a reality?

Mastins waved his finger very confidently and said, "Mr. Wu, the command level is an insurmountable barrier, we have seriously discussed the situation of the android riot in "Western World", in fact, there is no basis for that kind of mutation to occur, if there is, I really want to see it......"

There is only a veil between a genius and a madman, and Mastin, who is obsessed with the development of androids, has a crazy color in his eyes, he is not lying, he really wants to meet the kind of androids who can think for themselves, but unfortunately today's technology can't do it.

Wu Qian felt that the problem that Masdin was thinking about was too far away, and he was already very satisfied with the three Lucia sisters.

"Professor Mastin, let's leave the future to the future, let's talk about the current issue first, I wonder how much it will cost to make a android like this. ”

Wu Qian asked a very practical question.

Masdin looked around, except for Wu Qian and his party, who were already aware of the situation, Bloomberg and others, he did not hide it, and said: "According to the current production level, not counting the research and development costs, it cost a total of 80 million US dollars to build these three. ”

The average cost of each android is more than $26 million, which is a lot of money, and the price of a conventional satellite is at this point......

In fact, there are still a lot of things that the three Lucia sisters can do, as long as there are corresponding procedures, many high-risk jobs and difficult to complete quickly jobs can be competent, such as bomb disposal and fighter pilots, they only need to write complex programs, and they may be more reliable than real people.

It's a pity that the price has become the biggest obstacle, what Masdin is talking about is the cost of construction, if anyone wants to buy, it is not more than 26 million, but 50 million dollars, providing follow-up upgrades and all after-sales.

The high price makes this product very frivolous, and in the eyes of many capitalists, when performing high-risk tasks, the cost of a real person is much cheaper than such a bionic person.

This has also led to the dilemma that the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is now facing a financial constraint, because in the eyes of countless wealthy people, the price of this product breaking through the sky was completely out of essence and flashy before.