Chapter Seventy-Seven: Press Conference
To be honest, the suit is really uncomfortable to wear.
Jiang Chen remembered that he only wore it once during the graduation defense, and two or three times during the job interview.
However, on the other hand, Xia Shiyu wore a beige black professional outfit with a bit of taste. The jet-black hair was coiled behind his head, the black-rimmed glasses were still on the bridge of his nose, and his face was painted with a little bit of light makeup. To be honest, in fact, he thinks she looks better in a ponytail, but this also has a mature and professional temperament.
"Are you ready?" Xia Shiyu looked at his relaxed face with some concern.
Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Don't worry." ”
It's not quite reassuring
Although Xia Shiyu wanted to complain like this, seeing Jiang Chen's relaxed appearance always made people feel more secure than nervousness.
Thinking so, she breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded.
"Come on. ”
"Certainly. Jiang Chen said with a smile.
Just kidding, what's so scary about being pointed at by the camera, sir, I don't know how many guns I've been pointed at, although it doesn't seem to be something to show off.
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The public meeting room on the first floor of Guanglu Building was crowded.
In the semi-arc stepped venue, reporters from the major invited media outlets were seated in advance, and the cameras were placed in the last row as usual. Because the seat is taken by number, the press conference venue seems to be quite orderly.
But the media's enthusiasm for Future Man 1.0 obviously exceeded Jiang Chen's expectations. The 100-square-meter conference room is still a little crowded.
The curtain opened, and the flash light clicked in.
Jiang Chen waved his hand with a kind smile, looking at the symbols of CTV, Renren Daily, and even overseas BBC and CNN, but his heart was secretly drumming.
I went, and the feeling of being pointed at by the camera was really unusual, and even my master and I began to get nervous.
After calming down a little, Jiang Chen read out the opening remarks under the expectant gaze of the media.
"First of all, I would like to thank all the media for taking time out of their busy schedules to attend our press conference at Future. I believe that you already have a certain understanding of Future Man 1.0. In order not to delay everyone's time, I will not repeat its functions here. The nature of today's conference is mainly to clarify some rumors and misunderstandings about future technology companies in the market. In the most efficient way, I have chosen to devote all my time to the media. You are requested to take the floor one at a time in the order in which you are seated, and in order to give every media an opportunity to speak, you are invited to limit your statements to one question at a time. ”
Xia Shiyu, who was standing in the background, almost stumbled, and looked at Jiang Chen's direction in a daze, completely dumbfounded.
How can you leave the problem to the media without saying anything?
Without a simple and comprehensive explanation in advance, if someone asks an extremely tricky question, will you be able to deal with it?
The media were also stunned, Jiang Chen did not play his cards according to common sense, and directly entered the media question session, which made them feel caught off guard. I've seen that there is no question and answer session for the media, but they really haven't seen the most important explanation section omitted.
And speaking according to the order of seats, on the contrary, they who are used to preemptive questions are a little unaccustomed to it.
However, Jiang Chen doesn't care about so many rules and regulations, how to be the most efficient and tidy. And it's easy to offend people if you don't think about it well when you roll call, so I'll answer if you line up to speak.
Not to mention, those local media reporters who are often "taking a lesson" and not being named once are still very grateful for Jiang Chen's approach. It doesn't matter if you are at the back, you will not be short of opportunities to speak.
On the other hand, Jiang Chen looked calm, and there was a certain degree of consideration as to why he did this.
Anyway, what you're asking is nothing more than security, rights, and the like. Even if I clarify, you will take advantage of my language and give a good or bad review if you like.
Okay, sir, I'll let you ask first, and I'll answer. A media only has one chance to ask questions, I won't speak first, I'll talk about what you say.
Jiang Chen asked himself if he played his cards according to common sense, he would definitely not be able to play these old fritters, no matter how capable Xia Shiyu was, the manuscript he wrote would definitely be picked out for his weaknesses.
However, those media reporters are also worthy of being battle-hardened, although they are very surprised by Jiang Chen's approach, they have already done their homework in advance, and they still prepare a lot of questions. The media reporter in the number one position stood up and asked the questions written in the notebook step by step.
"I'm a reporter for CTV. The security of artificial intelligence has always been a controversial issue. For Xiaobai's safety, it is also the main focus of public opinion. So may I ask Mr. Jiang Chen, will it really become a time bomb buried in the user's mobile phone as people fear, threatening the user's information security?" asked the younger-looking man quickly.
"That's a good question, but first I need to quote our company's recent commitment that we will compensate you in full if you suffer financial losses due to a procedural error. Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders teasingly, and then continued, "In addition, from the designer's point of view, I can say very responsibly that as long as it is a program, it will follow the settings of the code. So you don't have to worry about Xiaobai doing anything to be sorry for the user, because I don't allow it. ”
There was a lot of chatter and notes in the room, and immediately a second person stood up again.
"I am a reporter from Renren Daily, please ask Mr. Jiang Chen. In terms of artificial intelligence, China's legislation is still in a blank stage. So for the "Artificial Intelligence Management Act" that may be in the pipeline, what does the future technology company think about it?" a middle-aged man stood up, looked at Jiang Chen and said.
This is a bit troublesome, and Jiang Chen's thoughts are turning quickly.
As an official media, it is the mouthpiece of ZF, and it may not be so simple to ask the meaning of this sentence. Are you tempting me? or are you hinting at me?
"Of course, Futureman Technology adheres to the principle of strictly abiding by laws and regulations, and unconditionally abides by and supports all the laws issued by ZF. According to the specific content of the "Artificial Intelligence Management Act" issued at that time, Futureman Technology will cooperate with ZF to adjust its artificial intelligence business in China. ”
Jiang Chen's answer was very cautious, showing support and cooperation, but he did not say a word about the proposal. He vaguely speculated that this might be a matter of dictation from the legislature, because the way in which such thing as artificial intelligence should be regulated is almost blank in the law of any country in the world. After all, at present, the world's research on artificial intelligence is still in the exploration stage. At least none of them have reached "primary artificial intelligence" in the true sense of the word.
After hearing Jiang Chen's answer, the middle-aged man sat down thoughtfully.
Then another blonde beauty stood up.
"I'm a BBC reporter, please ask Mr. Jiang Chen. As we all know, artificial intelligence needs powerful hardware devices to match it. IBM's Watson, for example, is powered by 90 IBM servers and 360 computer chips. However, the Future Man 1.0 developed by your company can run on the mobile phone, how is this done?"
The BBC questioned it from a technical point of view. Judging from the reaction at the scene, it seems that many reporters have also expressed concern about this.
"I'm sorry for this design trade secret. What I can tell, though, is that the issues involved are mainly in the database. The core of the 'software-based artificial intelligence' developed by our team is not hardware, the demand for computing is not high, the key is only the database. Accept external information and output the contents of the database. As long as the compression of the huge database is handled, the future human 1.0 can be fully run on the mobile terminal. Obviously, we've done it. ”
Jiang Chen confidently took the ** theory to him and was full of nonsense, anyway, he didn't have to worry about what an expert could debunk. Because at this moment, the world has "made" such a creative breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence, or his team, which is similar to the Windows 1.0 launched by Bill Gates.
Database?
The eyes of all media reporters lit up and they remembered it.
"I am a reporter from the Sankei Shimbun, and I would like to ask Mr. Jiang Chen, the scientific community is in a difficult stage of exploration for artificial intelligence. I wonder if Mr. Jiang Chen has the same bearing as Andy, who developed Android back then, and opened this magical 'artificial intelligence database' to the world?" a short-headed, leather-clad man got up and bowed first, and then asked unhurriedly.
The corners of Jiang Chen's mouth were slightly imperceptible with a hint of mockery.
This is also too shameless, for the sake of the scientific community?
Wouldn't it make more sense to expose your entire country's technology, according to you?
However, for this kind of shameless and accustomed Japanese right-wing media, it seems expected that they can ask such a brainless question?
"I think it's realistic, after all, for the sake of humanity. So, in order to show your sincerity, perhaps you can first persuade your country to give up all its armaments? This will be a historic step in promoting the peace process of mankind, and I look forward to your bearing. ”
There were bursts of laughter at the scene, and many Chinese reporters ridiculed this devil for being shameless. The short man glanced at Jiang Chen hatefully, and then sat back with an aggrieved and embarrassed face.
Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders, and then motioned for the next reporter to speak. He doesn't have much to say about shameless people.
"I'm a reporter from CNN, and I would like to ask Mr. Jiang Chen, about whether your company's Future Man 1.0 is really as confidential to users as you said? After all, for the encryption of this software, your company has made it as unnegligent as an egg, and no one can verify its security from the perspective of the program. If 'novices' were able to send the information they got from the user to your office computer, of course this is just an analogy, but can you prove that it won't happen?"
This is a very acute question, and it is estimated that many people are worried about it.
For a cold program, even if its backdoor is wide open, you probably won't think to question its security unless the problem is completely exposed.
But you might be skeptical of a living program, even if the developers have repeatedly stated that it's safe, because it's so similar to a human.
"I'm not the FBI, what's the use of the user's **," Jiang Chen smiled and spread out his hand, "Then I'll make an analogy." According to the Washington Post, the CIA and FBI have direct access to the central servers of nine network giants, including Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, to track users' emails, phone calls, documents, videos and other information in real time. What do you think about that?"
"Does this have anything to do with today's question?" said the CNN reporter's face was slightly embarrassed.
"Of course there is, and I want to make it clear that whether or not there is an infringement of ** has nothing to do with the procedure itself. Because even if it is an artificial intelligence, it does not have any concept of stakes, even if you want to uninstall it that has been with you for many days, it will smile and wave goodbye to you. The only person who will try to spy on others** can only be another human. As long as I am still the chairman of the board of directors, I will not do this!"
Jiang Chen looked directly into the reporter's eyes and said in a sonorous voice.
The venue burst into applause.
Raising his hand to signal quiet, Jiang Chen handed over the time to the next reporter.
Jiang Chen also answered the next question fluently, in short, he said what he could say, he talked about what he couldn't say, and he went around the trade secrets if he couldn't talk about it. Only in terms of acting, Jiang Chen has always been quite confident in himself.
Later, the media also asked a lot of questions such as "When will the overseas version be launched?", "Will people consider introducing venture capital in the future?", and even "Does Jiang Dong have a girlfriend?", which is completely idle.
However, these questions are all okay, and Jiang Chen also made a series of answers such as "the specific time is being studied", "no", and "not yet".
One of the more interesting questions is, "Does the name Future Man have any meaning?"
Jiang Chen also replied in a half-joking tone: "Because my team and I are as far-sighted as people in the future." ”
In addition, there is a more sensitive question, "whether artificial intelligence will be used in the military field"
In this regard, Jiang Chen's answer is also relatively clear, "Social artificial intelligence only has social functions, and it can't calculate the trajectory of the cannonball for you, so it has to rely on high-performance computers and experts in related fields." Unless you're worried that your soldier is too bored in the trenches and want to find him a companion to talk to. ”
It is precisely because of his unabashed attitude that he has won the favor of most media reporters.
Of course, there are media outlets with the opposite attitude. For example, the short man in the Sankei News was there, thinking about crooked ideas with a grim gaze, and he had thought about how to discredit Jiang Chen.
But who cares? At least Jiang Chen doesn't care.
Or who cares what a media outlet that only distorts the facts says?
In the final closing speech and applause, the first press conference of Futureman Technology was successfully concluded.
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"I didn't expect your on-the-spot performance ability to be quite strong?" Xia Shiyu looked at Jiang Chen who was walking towards him and nodded with satisfaction.
"Haha," Jiang Chen looked up and smiled very narcissistically, then raised an eyebrow at her proudly and said, "Did you just find out? ”
"Can you be civilized, you are a public figure anyway. Xia Shiyu sighed lightly.
Public?
Jiang Chen, who realized this problem, immediately showed a wry smile on his face.
me, don't I have to be careful about what I do in the future?
"I said I shouldn't go out and be pointed at by the camera, right?" Jiang Chen scratched his head with a smile and asked.
Xia Shiyu stared at Jiang Chen wordlessly for a while, then sighed and said, "The public figure here refers to the fact that your words and deeds represent the image of the company. If you behave uncivilly in public, it will directly affect the public's impression of our company, and if it is photographed and posted on the Internet, it may further ferment Why are you looking at me like this?"
"I just think you're more concerned about the future of technology than I am, and I'm very gratified. Jiang Chen looked at Xia Shiyu with a smile.
Xia Shiyu fell into a speechlessness again.
Only that cold appearance hasn't changed.
Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders boringly, and then prepared to change out of this awkward suit.
"That's right. When Jiang Chen was about to leave the backstage, Xia Shiyu suddenly stopped him.
"Huh?" Jiang Chen turned his head and looked at Xia Shiyu in confusion.
"Well, that, out of consideration for the company's reputation. Of course, it's not that you want to interfere in your private life, but you really don't have a girlfriend?" Xia Shiyu didn't look in Jiang Chen's direction, but stared straight at the open space on the side, the index finger of his right hand unconsciously wrapped around his sideburns, and asked in a flat tone.
Jiang Chen was stunned, his expression was indescribably strange.
"What if there is?" he poked her tentatively.
“!”
Your sideburns are going to be torn off by you, hey!
"But no, actually. Jiang Chen hurriedly added.
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Is this the corner of the mouth raised?
At this moment, even Jiang Chen understands no matter how stupid he is
"Ahem, if that's the case, then I'm relieved. However, for your private life, you should pay proper attention, because if the news of your singleness is reported as something serious, there may be some ill-intentioned intentions, in short, just pay attention. ”
Jiang Chen looked at Xia Shiyu's rare appearance of talking a lot in a daze, and his expression was indescribably strange.
"Do you like me?"
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(Well, the vacation is over, and I have to take the train back again.) 5,000 words of the big chapter dedication!There is only one update today, and I have to go to catch the car after uploading this paragraph, T.T)