If he hadn't known about the gossip before, Pete would probably have wondered why the company suddenly made such a fuss.

But at this time, Pete probably understood what the situation was, and this assessment was probably to compare people with software.

The so-called future of the company is probably to choose to rely on software to do most of the work, or let programmers pay for their labor as it does now.

There is no doubt that software that can be programmed autonomously, if it is really as strong as Robin said, is definitely more cost-effective than hiring so many programmers, so what they can do now is try to beat AI on this track.

In fact, this competition is very unfair.

Because Pete has no news of this intelligent software at all, he believes that ordinary programmers like himself also do not have this news, they do not know what kind of conditions the software needs to give it, what kind of language it can read, and what kind of database it is composed of......

So all we can do now is to do our best to do it well.

While everyone else was relaxing, Pete had turned on his computer and had set up all the tools he might need.

This made him feel like he was going through the college entrance examination again.

At that time, he was also the best in the school, but when he sat in the examination room, he could still feel a little nervous.

Ten minutes went by in a flash.

When everyone was ready, the specific requirements for this assessment were also given on the big screen in the conference room.

It is necessary for everyone to work together to develop an embedded applet immediately, so that Google Chrome can browse multiple file formats with more convenient facts.

The topic is not very difficult, and it is certainly not very simple.

It seems that everyone is aware of the seriousness of the problem and quickly enters the state.

Pete was tasked with working with a colleague to produce an interface document and a data simulation document.

This is actually a very important job, and this assessment did not say that the complexity of the actual scene data should be considered, so it is relatively not very difficult.

It seemed that everyone realized the seriousness of today's occasion, no one was fishing, and soon everyone was engaged in the rhythm of work.

Seeing this scene, Pete was inexplicably full of confidence in his colleagues and himself, after all, they were the best in the crowd, otherwise they would not have defeated hundreds of people and been recruited by a company like Google. If even they can't figure out this AI programming tool, the world will probably be attacked by artificial intelligence, right?

Well, that's probably not possible.

AI can't be that strong.

Really, Pete, who has entered the working state, only feels that today's thinking is particularly active, and he doesn't even need to switch out to various forums to query the code of his predecessors as often as usual, and his brain's thinking is unprecedentedly active, and he even forgot the time for a while, at most he communicated a few words with the people in the same group, and then everyone immediately put into work again, until a piercing mobile phone ringtone.

Pete raised his head a little dissatisfied, just now the head of the department had asked that this assessment is very important, so that everyone can adjust their mobile phones to mute.

He couldn't understand why anyone could ignore this request at this time.

But when he looked up, he was stunned.

Because the phone belongs to the supervisor himself.

He watched as the director picked up his phone and glanced at it, then his expression became solemn, and then the phone ringtone was turned off, and he walked out of the busy conference room.

This gave Pete a sudden bad feeling, but he shook his head, and then put his attention on his computer, and his work was almost done, and the next thing was to hand it over to the same time to debug, and if there were no problems, he could help his colleagues in the other groups to share some other tasks.

However, just when he was still a few lines away, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the supervisor who had just gone out walked in again, then clapped his hands and said with a dejected expression, "Okay, everyone, you can stop your work, the assessment is over."

"Why? We're going to do it

It's over."

"Yes, it will be done soon, how can the assessment be over?"

"It's not fair! At the very least, we should wait until we get the job done first."

……

Many people began to clamor, and it was clear that Pete was not alone in knowing some information in advance and understanding the importance of today's assessment. It seems that everyone understands what it means for them to end the assessment early.

"Alright, everyone, there's no point. I know that many of you have known some information in advance, and I can only say that the information you have received is probably true. In the future world, we will not only have to compete with people, but even with software. Yes, Huaxia people have developed a software that can be programmed independently, and you are indeed comparing efficiency with it just now.

But sadly, you're not the only group. In fact, Google has transferred a total of 20 of the same assessment teams around the world, with a total of 537 people, and when you just started to do it, the assessment was started at the same time. And the twenty assessment groups are randomly assigned tasks, which means that the tasks you get are not the same.

The result now is that the AI software has completed all 20 tasks and has completed simple testing, but none of the 20 assessment groups have been able to complete even one task. I know you may not believe it, but that's what I just got.

The testing of the AI self-produced software is a test done by X Lab in a pre-set environment. Moreover, the engineers involved in the test were blinded, and they received the program they needed to test an hour after the assessment began, and they did not know if the software sent to them was automatically generated by AI.

As a result, all the tasks of the 20 assessment groups were submitted to the AI-generated results, and the final test group gave all the best. I think you should understand what it means to be a winner. What is the concept of completing twenty tasks in an hour's time?

So guys, there's no point in that. Even if I give you another five hours, let you finish the task, and then send it for debugging, it doesn't make any sense. If you want to listen to my advice, it's to improve yourself. Whether it is doing AI debugging or general programming work, it will be replaced by software in the future.

As far as I know, if you still want to have a job in this industry, you need to be proficient in the low-level computer logic, such as writing the low-level driver for the hardware, which AI doesn't seem to be able to do. Of course this may not be the same as the skills you currently have, but this is the way this world is. Please understand that no matter what decisions the company makes next. Now you can go back to work."

With that, the director turned to leave, leaving a group of people looking blankly at each other.

The words of the director just now are indeed desperate.

Especially for Pete, he has worked hard enough, and it can even be said that today is the most motivated and efficient day since he joined Google, he feels that everyone has shown their best, but in such a short period of time, the AI has directly defeated twenty assessment groups, and the blind test results are all excellent.

Obviously, this is no longer a problem that can be solved by individual efforts, this is a dimensionality reduction blow from scientific and technological progress. Any struggle is futile.

Pete is well aware that the time he has been at Google can be measured in hours. If he were the decision-maker of the company, it would not be possible to continue to raise so many programmers to do the work that can be replaced by software. Compared to the huge number of programmers, the cost of using software is probably zero.

As the supervisor just said, in the future, only high-end programmers will be valued and retained by the company, and maybe the salary will skyrocket. Artificial intelligence programs are not only programmable, but also become the distinguishers that best reflect human values.

Any position that it cannot replace is the real value, and I believe that all companies do not mind spending a lot of money to hire such a big guy to work. And those positions that can be replaced, there is no need for people to do these things anymore.

So that person in Huaxia shot out of thin air and directly ruined an industry.

Pete was a little distracted for a while, so he really couldn't spend the rest of his life peacefully?

……

At this time, it is not only the panic that is felt

Peter.

Google is not the only company in Silicon Valley doing the same thing.

When Cisco got the software franchise, the first thing it was natural to promote it in large companies in Silicon Valley.

Although there is also a paid personal version of this software, the first thing to do is to get a large customer who can cooperate with Cisco for a long time and can give Cisco a stable cash flow.

These high-tech companies in Silicon Valley are clearly Cisco's first big customers.

Whether it is Google, Microsoft, Apple, or Facebook, Twitter, and other software companies, they all have a common characteristic, more programmers and more money.

This software can help these companies save a lot of labor costs, each company only needs to save one-tenth of the labor cost to Cisco, Cisco can make a lot of money, plus the promotion of the personal version, enough to make Cisco blood reborn.

You can imagine how aggressively Cisco was promoting at this time.

After all, not only do they have to pay all the agreed compensation to Ning Xiao within ten years, but they also have to pay the expensive turbulence algorithm activation code. At the same time, the licensing of this smart software is not cheap.

At present, Cisco is still getting the most basic version, and according to the contract, the Institute of Planning and Science of the University of Sports will also decide whether the subsequent software upgrade version will continue to be handed over to them for operation based on their agency performance. According to the information they found, the software lab presided over by Ning Xiao is still further testing and adding software functions.

In addition to programming, this software will also add AI animation production, AI video, and more.

Even Ning Xiao's software lab plans to build a more advanced dedicated digital engine for the software, with future plans to have AI automatically generate and produce CG animations that rival those made by the most well-known teams on the market today.

That's another big deal of revenue for Cisco.

With the efficiency of artificial intelligence currently showing production software, it is conceivable that in the future, when producing various special effects animations, it will definitely be a good hand. It is impossible to say that the Hollywood of the future will have a place for Cisco.

Again, the personal version of this software is just as powerful.

Although individual users do not have the ability to use supercomputers or advanced servers to maximize the effects of software like enterprise users, it is difficult to design large-scale software. However, after market research, Cisco's management believes that there is also a market for software.

Especially for those users who are curious or yearning for computers and programming, they can easily use software and home computers to design some personalized customized applets, such as TXT readers, or desktop management software, or even develop their own games......

And the personal version can also be developed to be more interesting, for example, in the form of a game.

In fact, Cisco has begun to prepare to build the world's largest AI intelligent software exchange community, which is specially prepared for those individual users, and at this time, Cisco's newly established software sales department is gearing up and preparing to do a big job.

Of course, this is also understandable, before Cisco sent a delegation to Huaxia, Cisco was still hovering on the verge of bankruptcy, and the life and death of the company was no longer even in their hands, but in the thoughts of Huaxia people.

But now it's different.

The Cisco negotiating team secured the most favorable compensation contract for them, in addition to the representation of the world's most advanced artificial intelligence technology. It is no exaggeration to say that Nicholas Harold, the new CEO of Cisco and the head of the negotiation team to China, has become a hero in the hearts of Cisco shareholders, and he has secured his current position.

Of course, as Ning Xiao concluded, the happiness of this world is conserved.

Just like the happiness of Cisco shareholders, it is built on the sadness of countless people.

……

Pete received a dismissal email from the company at 2 p.m.

There's nothing to say, the dismissal is crisp, and there is no need to even do a work handover.

Pete felt that Google had done its job, and even let him eat a delicious lunch provided by the company for free on the last day, even though he didn't have much of an appetite today.

Of course this

It also meant that he had three hours to pack up his personal belongings and return the property that belonged to the company himself.

To say that it is not sudden, it is not sudden, with the foreshadowing of the previous assessment, it even gives him a very natural feeling.

The dismissal email also included a compensation notice that gave him two options: if he signed a letter of waiver, he would receive the equivalent of 16 weeks' salary, and if he refused to sign the agreement, he would only receive 8 weeks' compensation.

Pete thought about it for a moment and finally decided to sign the agreement.

What you get your hands on is the real thing.

Google knows the laws of California better than they do, and if he really wants to compete with the company, he knows very well that there is a high probability that he will not be able to take advantage of it.

In fact, when the veil of warmth is torn off, when capital really wants to attack ordinary people, most of the time they have no power to fight back. Especially at this time, Google is probably the least afraid of its people choosing to strike.

The money saved by firing them for these defective products allows Google to offer higher salaries and dividends, as well as more frantic benefits, to those who are willing to keep and are truly valuable. Not to mention that he has already learned from his supervisor that Google has spent money to hire Bain & Company to take care of all matters related to the layoffs.

In this way, the gap between people has widened.

The reason why Pete made this choice was not all because of his pessimism at this time, and the wailing of the circle of friends was also one of the important reasons. The Chinese who work hard in the Bay Area have their own circle, after all, they are engaged in similar jobs abroad, and they can communicate with each other if they have any news, and occasionally encounter difficulties, and maybe they can also meet enthusiastic people to help them.

Pete had never seen such a pessimistic message from his circle of friends.

He has seen a number of Google colleagues wailing in the circle of friends, especially some programmers who have just been hired this year, and some of them are still on H1b work visas, which means that if they can't find a job extension visa within 60 days after being laid off, they will have to buy a ticket back home.

But this is not the worst, there are people who have just changed their American citizenship, spent a lot of money to buy a million-dollar mansion in the Bay Area, and are also burdened with heavy loans, and losing their jobs at this time also means losing the mansion they just bought.

There are also husbands and wives who have been dismissed, and you can imagine the confused mood at this time.

Of course, it's not just Google......

Other companies may not be as aggressive as Google, but many have also received rumors that they are likely to be laid off en masse in a month or less.

Obviously, the wave of layoffs in Silicon Valley has started, and probably only the top tech bosses can keep their jobs in this round of layoffs.

In other words, for a long time to come, there will likely be dozens, if not millions, of Silicon Valley's coveted elite jobs replaced by AI software.

This also caused Pete to fall into a panic that he could not let go......

In the Bay Area of California, where every inch of land is at a premium, under such a huge wave of unemployment, he can't imagine how bad the employment situation will be next. Don't think about the recruitment market, no matter how hot the recruitment market was before, the coldest winter will come next.

What made Pete feel the most desperate was that just now, he saw a friend in the circle of friends who had worked in Google's artificial intelligence R&D department for many years also sent a message that his entire department had been laid off, and he originally thought that artificial intelligence would be the most important development direction set by Google in the future, but his fate turned out to be no different from him.

So this artificial intelligence software can even adjust parameters for artificial intelligence?

Finally, he finally saw someone in his circle of friends say something that he had been holding in his heart.

"That software was developed by Ning Xiao! I can't believe that anyone can develop such software, is he the devil? Don't those damn corporate executives know that if they rely on machines instead of people, there will be no future? Damn Ning, damn and short-sighted capitalists, they will soon find out that Silicon Valley is about to turn into hell."

Will Silicon Valley turn into hell?

Pete didn't know, he just felt

Maybe it's time to change the name back to Liu Xinfeng.