Link didn't know how to respond to Carrick's words.

Maybe the genius's thinking is different, or maybe the genius's cerebral glossus is different from that of ordinary people. I really can't understand Carrick's thoughts.

He took a sip of his wine before saying, "Carrick, it's good to be charitable. But we have to do what we can. I don't think you'll object to this!"

"You're right. But I'm clearly better than they are capable of solving this!" Carrick nodded. "You can't imagine that they have nothing and yet have to endure the suffering we have created. ”

"Not us. We didn't do anything!" Link had a hard time imagining why he thought that. "You're just traveling, you're not doing anything! You have to understand, and you have to understand. You've done what you ought to do, and you've done what you shouldn't. ”

He had been in contact with Carrick for a few years and was well aware of him as a person. He could tell that Carrick wasn't going to let go yet. This time he had an accident at MGM, and if it was at another casino, he might not have had a chance to save him.

"Carrick, no one is a savior. You're not! We're not! They're not your responsibility. They have their government in charge. No matter what they endured, no one could save them but themselves. You have to understand that. He stared into Carrick's eyes and said seriously. "You have to understand that we are just ordinary people. I know you're smart, I don't know how you use your skills for a thousand techniques, you said, I'm a fool. There must be a lot of people in this world who are smarter than me. But this time your skills can be seen through by me, so next time you will be seen through by others. This time I just so knew, and Tommy was willing to give me that face. Those casinos have a myriad of ways to make people die quietly. I don't want to hear from you one day when I am told by the police to go to the morgue to identify the body. ”

Carrick waited quietly for him to finish, then suddenly smiled and said, "No one else will fall twice in the same place except for the stupid." Because smart people don't do the same thing twice. He said, pulling out his computer. "My solemn apologies: you are not stupid. Whoever can see through me will definitely not be stupid!"

He turned on the computer as he spoke, saying, "That Tommy really gave you face, and the computer was returned to me as it was." I'll show you something. ”

As he spoke, he entered a password of dozens of digits. This is a combination lock program that he compiled himself. He unlocked the computer and reversed it so Link could see clearly.

Link sees a delicate 3D animation. The picture shows a strange ship sailing on the sea.

"What is this? Cartoon you made?"

Carrick almost vomited blood when he heard this. This is all his hard work in the past few years, and the first person other than him to see it actually thinks this is a low-level thing like a cartoon!

He took a deep breath and said, "This is a demonstration of an unmanned shipping system. ”

"Unmanned shipping?

Artificial intelligence is in demand right now. Carrick has that ability. But smart ships were proposed a decade ago.

"That's right, it's an AI. With this system, both ships and terminals can be operated unmanned. The ship's controller can issue the ship from any location on land. In the control center, the operator can transmit the destination port of the cargo carried by the ship to the ship's control system via satellite. The control system on the ship will automatically form the best route and then go directly to the target port. After propagating to the shore, the networked quay crane will automatically unload the goods that need to be unloaded and load the goods that need to be loaded onto the ship. The system will prioritize the perfect stacking of goods to maximize efficiency. ”

Link looked at the computer's presentation and listened attentively to his explanation. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "I have to say that your idea is very ...... Well, very constructive. But how can your system ensure the safety of shipping? You know, a lot of ports have very narrow shipping lanes, and if no one is in charge, how can the control center control the ships from a long distance?"

"Why do you want to do subtle operations in the control center?" Karrick seemed to be quite disdainful of his "backward thinking". "I know of people in Norway and the United States who have come up with similar ideas. Their vision really doesn't solve this problem. But their only thing is that they can only be regarded as a giant model ship at an ultra-long distance, and the only thing advanced is that it can be operated remotely by satellite. Do you think I'm going to make a gadget like that?"

Link laughed and said, "Okay. I apologize, I shouldn't have underestimated your wisdom. But how does the system you designed solve this problem?"

"Didn't you just say that? It's AI! Every ship is an advanced AI. They can analyze like humans. There is no need to input sea conditions or even charts, as long as some necessary rules are entered, real-time information in the vicinity is collected through the ship's sensing system, and AI makes its own judgment according to the rules, and makes targeted solutions. Carrick double-clicked on the computer and brought up an image of a ship navigating a narrow waterway.

"For example, the ship sails in the port of Amsterdam, which is a container ship with a draft of 20 meters. We don't need to set the circumstances under which it can pass, it can judge whether it can enter the port according to its own situation and sonar perception, and after receiving port-specific instructions, it can analyze the safest navigation avoidance plan according to the overall situation of the waterway, and immediately notify other nearby ships. The advantage of this system is that the ship reacts quickly enough and can respond to any situation. If you encounter a problem that you can't judge, you need to consult the control center. It is safer to sail or dock than to operate humans. ”

"You've already solved it?"

"Is it difficult? There are only a few maritime rules, sailing on the sea, as long as the radar detects that there are ships, the evasion action is very simple. Each port has its own management system when entering and leaving the port. Once that's all in the way, it's pretty much it. Then install a more accurate sensing system. The only difficulty is that the AI logic system needs to communicate and cooperate accurately with the navigator of the port country, recognize their instructions and respond accurately. That requires the AI to have a considerable ability to think logically autonomously. As long as this is done, the system can be safely docked without the need for human fine-tuning. However, the flaw of this system is that it cannot be used on container ships. ”

His AI does not rely solely on human-input information to make judgments, but also uses the "learned knowledge" to make quick thinking judgments based on real-time situations through perception. Only then can the AI become a real "captain". In other words, the AI that controls the ship, in addition to having no biological body, is actually a super professional captain. Of course, this step has not yet been fully completed.

"AI with the ability to think logically?" Link thought that this was a dangerous direction of study, but he didn't say anything. "Isn't the ship you're demonstrating a container ship?"

"That's just the goal. The loading and unloading of container ships is special and must be fixed in order to be able to sail at sea. Moreover, when the navigation encounters complex sea conditions, it is also necessary to check the stability of the container. I can't think of a suitable AI terminal to solve this problem for the time being, and it still requires a lot of manpower to complete. ”

Although container ships encounter storms, they usually do not have an accident. But as long as an accident happens on one ship, it's a big deal.

"Although container ships are the most important mode of shipping in modern times. Bulk carriers are also very important. If you can really do what you say about this system, I think there will be a lot of people who want it. ”

"Do you want that?"

"Me?" Link said, pointing to himself and shaking his head. "Do you think I'm coming?"

Such a thing is only possible if it is accepted by the whole world. And the cost is too high. The current nautical industry is not very optimistic, and we don't see much improvement in the future. In order to use such a system, the ports in the route need to be technologically transformed. How much does that cost? Maybe companies will do that to save a little bit of labor costs.

"Looks like you've got it, too. Carrick said with a laugh. "Something like this, it's enough to make me proud. It's just that it's not destined to be useful. And having the ability to learn intelligence, it is indeed dangerous. Another risk is that some ships or giant vessels carrying dangerous goods. If someone sneaks on to the ship, launch an attack in the harbor...... In addition, if all ships are not able to use this system, the port will be able to use two different operating systems. That will only cost more. ”

"Why don't you separate some of these subsystems. For example, the unmanned operating system of port cranes, if this system can speed up the efficiency of loading and unloading, should be very popular. "Now the big ports are basically running at full capacity, and the scale of world trade is increasing. Improving efficiency is the core competitiveness of major ports.

If Carrick's system can do this, this subsystem alone will be worth a lot of money.

Carrick was silent, as if considering Link's words. It took a few minutes before he said: "That still requires a main system, with quay cranes, flatbed trucks and gantry cranes as terminals." Radio communication can be used inside the port. Each port only needs to enter the owner and name of the container to be transported into the system, and the system can automatically arrange the front yard position of the container. The unloaded container can be stacked in the backyard according to the information of the container owner. ”

He seems to be saying to himself, "If you want to be more efficient, you need to learn about co-ordination." Applying co-ordination to AI is a good challenge. ”

He was silent for a while, and then suddenly said to Link, "Do you want this system? If you want it, sell it to you for 34 million dollars!"

Link laughed and said, "Okay, I want it." "He knew this guy didn't want to owe him money. But he didn't think about asking him to pay back the money. If he puts his energy into what he is good at, it is safer than his going to risk it for the sake of those "poor people".

Carrick laughed and said, "That's good. I'll think about how to design this system. If you want to be more efficient, it's not a big problem. Now the quay crane crane in the port is the key to affecting the efficiency of the port. The parameters of quay cranes are getting bigger and bigger. In particular, some super large ships have appeared, which have great requirements for lifting height. The quay crane operating room is getting taller and taller, and the impact on manual operation is also increasing. Computers, on the other hand, can make parameter corrections much faster than human reactions. ”