Chapter 162: The Law of Accelerated Returns

Regarding the epoch-making new product he suddenly announced, Wang Xiao didn't expect that it would make so many bigwigs in the technology industry restless, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

Because of this product, it can be said that Wang Xiao has placed great expectations on it, and it is a product that carries the dream of obtaining a lot of scientific and technological power for Wang Xiao!

After taking the stage, Wang Xiao did not immediately announce what the new technology products he wanted to launch were, but first said: "We are standing on the verge of change, and this change will be as important as the meaning of human existence." ”

Quiet!

Deathly silence!

When Wang Xiao said this, whether it was the Chinese science and technology bigwig on the scene or the American science and technology bigwig on the other side of the ocean, the heart of the whole body shrank, and a layer of fine goosebumps involuntarily appeared on the surface of the body, and the scalp was even more faintly numb, and I only felt that my breath seemed to be burning!

Not for anything else, just because of this sentence!

The author of this phrase is Vernor Steffen Vinge, an American mathematician and science fiction writer.

Of course, for Americans, Vernovenci's popularity is limited to a writer, and for Chinese people has never heard of it.

In fact, the reason why many tech tycoons are so surprised is not because of the person Verovenci, but because of this sentence!

This sentence was uttered on May 11, 1997 when Fernovenci saw former world chess champion Garry Kasparov lose to IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue in a chess match.

And this sentence was turned out again after Google's "AlphaGo" (AlphaGo) defeated South Korean national player Lee Sedol with a score of 4:1 last year.

And now, Wang Xiao said this sentence again at the new product launch conference, what does it mean?

Artificial intelligence!

There is no doubt that Wang Xiao is going to release artificial intelligence products!

"This ...... Impossible, right? ”

Jingdong's old Liu's face stiffened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

Xiao Zhang, the young wife next to him, didn't get the G-spot of this sentence at all, and asked ignorantly: "Lao Liu, what's wrong with you, why is it like being shot?" ”

Lao Liu didn't seem to hear his wife's inquiry at all, just looked at Wang Xiao on the stage blankly.

Lao Liu's wife had no choice but to look at Lao Wang next door for help...... Wow, why is this sentence so strange.

And the old Wang next door is the big boss of Wanda Company, he is also looking at the stage with a stern face at the moment, waiting for Wang Xiao's next speech, and even the "national husband" Xiao Wang who followed him also put away his cynical attitude and sat with a precarious expression.

Not only their table, but even Ma Yun, Boss Ren, Ma Teng and Yan Hong of Baidu next to them all looked at the stage with stern expressions, waiting for Wang Xiao's next speech, they already had a faint premonition that the technology products that Wang Xiao was going to launch next would surprise the whole world!

And in Microsoft, which is far away across the ocean, everyone is even more sluggish.

No wonder they were so shocked, but the impression they had was "honest" from the previous Evangelism technology company!

Other companies, when promoting their own products, always try their best to exaggerate the function of their own products, obviously the table xiàn is only ten, but it is just blowing you into fifty points, if you really have fifty points, it is terrible, you must blow it into a full score!

This is also an unspoken rule of all companies in the world, and even consumers basically know that this is an advertising effect, and they know that they can't treat product advertising as a manual.

However, whether it is the launch of the game, or the launch of the Asgard console, or even the launch of the holographic mobile phone in cooperation with Hua Wei, and the sale of hard disks by Maxtor, no company has exaggerated the performance of the products of the company!

There are even many interesting and fresh skills that users themselves find out in the process of using them in the future, such as the gesture control zhì character function in the Asgard console, which was accidentally discovered by a player and then became popular all over the world, and now almost all Asgard console players are using this convenient and fast function - and this function, the official of Dao Technology has not explained!

It is precisely because the impression of Zhengdao Technology is so "honest" that everyone is so nervous and worried when Wang Xiao says this sentence that is almost equivalent to artificial intelligence, because they are really worried that Wang Xiao has invented artificial intelligence!

And Wang Xiao, who was standing on the stage at this moment, didn't know that he had made these bigwigs so uneasy with just one sentence, he didn't directly announce the new product as they thought, but first put forward a hypothesis-

"For example, there is a person now, let's call him Xiao Zhang, who lived on the earth three hundred years ago, that is, in 1717, and then we used a time machine to bring him from 1717 to the present society...... Let's think about it, what will Xiao Zhang's mood be? ”

Wang Xiao spread his arms and asked with a smile.

After asking, without waiting for everyone to answer, Wang Xiao said to himself: "I think Xiao Zhang's mood must be broken." ”

This sentence is not a new stalk, but being said by Wang Xiao, a giant in the technology industry, still makes people laugh involuntarily.

Wang Xiao made a surprised expression on the stage and said, "Oh, Confucius is above!" What's this iron box running down the road? And what is that big bird flying in the sky? And this! ”

Wang Xiao took out his mobile phone and made a shocked expression: "This thing can actually let me see friends thousands of miles away?" Could it be that Wang Bo, who wrote 'The End of the World is next to each other', is actually also a traverser? Oh, and what's even more amazing is that he can even make my skin whiter......"

As he spoke, Wang Xiao pursed his lips and made a 45-degree selfie expression.

"Haha......"

Seeing Wang Xiao's unreserved performance, everyone in the audience laughed.

Wang Xiao also laughed when he saw this: "Yes, of course, maybe I acted a little exaggerated, in fact, Xiao Zhang may have fainted directly when he saw a war thousands of miles away in the holographic video." ”

Everyone in the audience laughed again when they heard this.

Wang Xiao clapped his hands: "That's it, it's still Xiao Zhang's reaction on the premise that he has never seen a ballistic missile or an atomic bomb, if he knows that there is a certain weapon in the world that can directly destroy a city, I think Xiao Zhang will be directly scared." ”

"After talking about Xiao Zhang, let's talk about Lao Zhang."

Wang Xiao once again gave an example: "Lao Zhang lived three hundred years ago from Xiao Zhang's era, that is, in 1417, similarly, we let Lao Zhang travel through three hundred years of time and go to the earth in 1717, what will Lao Zhang's reaction be?" ”

Hearing Wang Xiao's question, the people in the audience were slightly stunned, and they probably knew what Wang Xiao was going to say.

"Yes, we must all guess that Lao Zhang will also be surprised when he sees the era in which Xiao Zhang lives, but he is probably surprised by 'Oh, it turns out that the dynasty I live in will also perish', one thing is certain, Lao Zhang will definitely not be scared like Xiao Zhang who returned to modern times."

Wang Xiao looked around with a calm but oppressive look in his eyes, and asked, "Why, why is Lao Zhang and Xiao Zhang also traveling through three hundred years of time, and their reactions are so different?" ”

The thoughts of everyone in the audience have completely turned with Wang Xiao's question at this moment, and they can't help but ask themselves in their minds at the same time, yes, why is there such a big gap?

Jingdong Lao Liu's wife Xiao Zhang saw Wang Xiao scolding Fang Xiao on stage, and couldn't help but have a touch of fascination in her eyes, and subconsciously, he glanced at Lao Liu beside him: fat, fast-talking, and frizzy......

"Hey......"

She sighed softly, and a resentment rose in her heart: "I hate to meet when I am not married." (PS, this paragraph is purely a spoof)

"In fact, Ray Kurzweil, the author of "The Singularity is Near", has long studied this phenomenon, and he called this exponential curve of human society the 'law of accelerated returns', and even believed that humanity would achieve immortality in 2045, because at that time, humanity would be capable of anything."

Wang Xiao said the answer: "Of course, most of Mr. Ray Kurzweil's assumptions are accurate, but some aspects are wrong, such as the development of genetic engineering, the development of materials science technology, etc. ”

"But ......"

Wang Xiao's voice suddenly changed: "I very much agree with Mr. Ray Kurzweil's point of view, that is, artificial intelligence will develop by leaps and bounds!" ”

"Three hundred years ago, what knowledge did we need to know if we wanted to live well?"

"We don't need to know how to use a computer, we don't need to know how to read a map, we don't need to know what howareyou means, we just need to know when to sow and when to harvest!"

"But now, with the development of science and technology, it is true that our material life has been greatly satisfied, and the residents of the Arctic Circle can eat the seasonal fruits of the southern hemisphere for the first time, and can leap from the eastern hemisphere to the western hemisphere in a few hours......"

"But at the same time, there is more and more knowledge that needs to be mastered!"

"I don't know if you've ever felt that way,"

Wang Xiao said frankly: "Anyway, I often feel this way myself, that is, 'Oh my God, why do I still have so many things I don't know'......"

After hearing Wang Xiao's words, many people nodded with concern.

Indeed, in modern society, there is so much knowledge that everyone needs to master.

If you want to keep your money worth, you need to know the minimum investment knowledge; To go to the hospital, you need some medical knowledge; If you want to travel, you need to know about travel; If you want to chat with people online, you need to learn the freshest and hottest words on the Internet; If you want to expand your horizons, you need to learn a foreign language......

"I've seen a lot of people nodding their heads, and it seems that everyone feels the same way as me."

Wang Xiao nodded and continued to ask, "What about ...... With this feeling, how do you overcome this difficulty? (To be continued.) )