"What is there to worry about? The academic circle is far away from business, and from the business circle to the general public, it is another Mariana Trench! What EI, at least a year and a half, will become popular in China, let's do what we have to do, no! I think we should even increase our efforts to continue to drag the concept of consumers on our side! ”

"There's such a process, but we continue to pounce on it, and when the environment changes, we won't be able to turn around. We should start building a team from now on and think about the EI thing. ”

"I also think we have to start researching it right away, but the direction must be to study its problems and loopholes, advertising revenue accounts for eighty percent of us, how to turn this?"

"That's the most important thing, if EI is popularized to individuals, our business model on search engines will be overturned! It's a matter of life and death for search engines! I think the most important thing is to study Google and see how it goes, and we follow it! ”

In the conference room of the Chihiro headquarters building, Li Zhi listened silently to the arguments of the high-level and did not speak.

Before he could recover from the blow just now, Deputy Director Liang told him that the draft was over, and the above spoke directly, and the policies and regulations of artificial intelligence were handed over to the central team. This means that Chihiro has just poked her head in the direction of artificial intelligence and has been cut off.

In fact, even if the draft is passed and becomes a formal regulation, it will be of little use.

The neuronal chip plus programming intelligence that Xia Ming took out is open and transparent, and anyone can make products on it. This is just like Samsung and other wafer manufacturers holding silicon wafer manufacturing technology, while occupying the initial point of the technology ecology, they can also extend upwards and make their own chips, but no one accuses Samsung of monopoly, because this is an open system.

The draft is an offensive strategy. There is nothing to lose if you fail. The scary thing is that Xia Ming's set of things is subverting the business model of search engines.

Now Prometheus PC can rely on simple interactive intelligence to cut off the connection between search engines and individuals. What happens when EI spreads to individuals?

Consumers no longer rely on a single search engine, their EI is inherently a search engine. EI can integrate the results of all search engines and can use crawlers to build its own search library. All the advertising business that relies on search engines is all over!

Li Zhi feels that with Xia Ming's relationship with Google, Google must know how to turn search engines and online advertising, but the transition is a huge risk and extremely painful. Google has artificial intelligence application research in various fields, and Android has these are the capital of the turn. What does he Chihiro have!?

Of the hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every year, more than 80% of the revenue from search advertising is realized! Over the years, from top to bottom, from search to online communities to games, all aspects of business have been deeply rooted in the business model of search advertising. Whoever gives more money will push whoever to the most conspicuous position, and there is no money? Then let the user find it slowly.

The search business has reached the point of life and death, and it is the time of life and death for Chihiro!

"It's a must to study EI, and we can do our own AI on it. Google's side must also be watched. Analyze any changes immediately and report them to me as soon as possible! Search engine aspect. If you have any ideas, you can email me directly. ”

The views of his subordinates were mixed and opposed, which made Li Zhi more and more irritable, and gave a comprehensive instruction, so he signaled to dismiss the meeting.

"Employees are discussing EI in private. I feel that the company is ...... The strategy is not clear enough, do you send an email to boost everyone's morale? ”

The deputy's reminder made Li Zhi awe-inspiring, and then he thought about it, this was not an opportunity, and he sent a public email. It's definitely going to get around......

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zhi's email quickly spread through Weibo, WeChat, Zhili and various media.

In this email, Li Zhi enthusiastically praised Xia Ming's team for winning the award for the glory of the Chinese science and technology community, and praised EI as a major conceptual change in the field of artificial intelligence.

He made no secret of the fact that EI will change the way humans use information, and Chihiro's business model is also facing huge challenges. To this end, he will lead Chihiro to face difficulties and adapt to the new era.

When explaining why EI will subvert the search engine business model, he also mentioned that EI will also change the mobile phone hardware and mobile application industry, and even some alarmist said that mobile phone hardware will become peripherals like keyboard and mouse, and various mobile applications will also become vassals of EI, or even completely replaced by EI.

Li Zhi's dignified email set off a wave of "EI terror" in the industry, and the bigwigs in the mobile phone and mobile app circles met all night, not knowing what kind of response was brewing.

In San Francisco, companies have taken the opposite of EI on the Chinese side.

Xia Ming spent the whole day in the hotel's tavern, and as soon as he saw off the bosses of IBM and Intel, a team of Alphabet was killed.

The lineup of comers is luxurious, Larry Page, Chopping Wood, Hassabis, from the perspective of status, Hassabis is just an additive, but he and Xia Ming had a conversation that shook the world, and bringing him with him is considered a favor.

When they met, they said: "We have found out who put the bugging, but we are not ready to pursue it, after all, it is a good thing for everyone." ”

Xia Ming already knew who it was, and for the sake of the good result, he didn't care about it, but just warned Li Diluo and Wu Sihao that they should stay away from the media in the future.

"Xia, you've cornered Google," Paige complained to Xia.

"Mr. Page has been looking forward to this day for a long time", Google's parent company Alphabet has a market capitalization of more than $700 billion, ranking first in the world, and its big boss complains that the pressure is really extraordinary.

The two were just joking, the Terminator neuron chip had been sent to Google a month ago, IBM and Intel were also involved, and related technical cooperation had been discussed in depth.

Page's complaint is also genuine, Xia Ming's EI is a lore for the search engine's advertising business, although Page and Pichai have shifted Google's business focus to search-based "intelligent assistants" and artificial intelligence in the previous two years, but the fact that advertising is Google's core profit has not been reversed.

Xia Ming's response was not perfunctory, and the days of living on advertisements made Page always restless. The development of EI has given a very powerful impetus to Google's transformation.

In the end, Xia Ming shook hands with Hassabis, and the two had a tacit understanding, they both smiled and didn't say anything.

Page came out and talked about cooperation at the strategic level, of course. I bargained with Xia Ming for a while, and the weight was still the impact of EI on the search engine advertising business.

"If Google changes its thinking, in terms of personal EI, the search advertising business will not necessarily have a fatal impact, and it will even be further developed because it has seized the opportunity."

Xia Ming explained that in the era of EI, Internet search has changed from a one-way "people looking for information" or "information looking for people" in the past to a two-way screening of EI and information. For online advertising, it needs more precise delivery and a more friendly experience. and less malicious, in all three areas, Google has an advantage.

Xia Ming thinks that in the future, people will basically receive network information through EI filtering, and if Google can achieve good interaction with EI search, it will get more weight from EI screening. At the same time, some new network interactions, such as the AP (of course, it should be renamed EP now) model in China, are also worthy of Google's careful study, which is an extension of people's online activities. The business opportunities are limitless.

Looking at Page's expression that was not too surprised, you knew that their think tank must have done the research. This is also the inevitable direction.

Page said: "Originally, the board of directors only gave a 1-for-3 ratio, and it was only in consideration of this direction that I proposed to increase it to 1-for-2, which includes a certain amount of super equity." ”

Xia Ming shook his head: "Mr. Page, my bottom limit is 1 for 1, and we don't need super equity." ”

"1 for 1!?" Paige's voice doubled up: "Natsu." Do you think this newly formed private company will be valued at the same level as Alphabet? ”

"Alphabet is not necessary for us, but we are necessary for Alphabet. As for valuation, we won't be listing. Just a rough calculation of next year's technology licensing fees will give us tens of billions of dollars. If we compare profits, up to two years, we will surpass Alphabet. ”

Xia Ming said seriously: "Mr. Page, you should know that our share exchange cooperation is more of a political significance. If it were not for the fact that the cooperation between the two parties can alleviate the concerns of the government and industry and promote the popularization of EI as soon as possible, we would not have accepted foreign investment. If we go it alone, it will be nothing more than a slower time, but at that time, it will be a global war with two sets of standards between the East and the West, and no one will benefit. ”

Page and Xia Ming talked about the share exchange between the two parties, Xia Ming built a new company based on the EI software and hardware technology system, and exchanged shares with Alphabet.

This cooperation was proposed by Page, and Xia Ming's EI architecture is simply the strategic engine of Alphabet, with the help of this foundation, Alphabet can be fully rolled out in various businesses. Of course, Xia Ming's company has mastered the technical source of EI, and the business prospects are also very impressive.

After Xia Ming weighed it again, he felt that this matter was beneficial.

This set of silicon-based neuronal chip technology is only a transitional plan in the long-term planning, and it will lay a good foundation for the next generation of technology by rolling it out as soon as possible and occupying the market. To do this, you need a strong ally, and this ally must focus on applications, IBM and Intel are excluded, and Alphabet, which leads Google and cutting-edge technology applications in many fields, is the best choice.

There is another benefit to hooking up with Alphabet, which is the "political significance" mentioned by Xia Ming. Together, the two sides can avoid being too constrained by the domestic policies of China and the United States in terms of EI. Whether it is China or the United States, it is difficult to deal with EI purely as a domestic affair.

Both sides are willing, but the price has not yet been negotiated.

Seeing that Page was deep in thought, Xia Ming added another weight: "In addition, I also hope to acquire DeepMind." ”

Paige, Chopping Chaigahasabis were stunned, you kid is ambitious!

"Danny, your decision", both Page and Wood looked at Hassabis.

Xia Ming said sincerely: "At IJCAI, I proposed the three laws of EI, in which the technical difficulty lies in ensuring the integrity and consistency of the will mapping, we do not have much experience in this area, and we very much hope that Mr. Hassabis can join us to solve this problem." ”

Hassabis smiled bitterly, he still couldn't escape the clutches of this young man, but ...... Why is it so itchy?

He looked at Page with some hesitation, and the latter shrugged: "If you are moved by Xia Shuo, we at Alphabet have no reason to deny cooperation with him." ”

Think about the reason why I sold DeepMind to Google because I wanted to focus more on research, and now if I join a new company, I will not only have a better academic atmosphere, but also a more far-reaching research topic.

So what are you waiting for?

Hassabis stretched out his hand to Xia Ming: "Call me Danny......"

Seeing Hassabis make his choice so quickly, Page sighed that he had finally retreated to the bottom line.

He also stretched out his hand to Xia Ming: "Welcome to Alphabet!" ”

Xia Ming shook hands with him tightly: "Welcome to IEI!" (To be continued.) )