Chen Nian and Li Xiang met Wang Jiancheng in the apartment arranged in advance, and after more than a year, the latter seemed to have matured, his clothes began to be worn properly, and his hair was not as messy as before.

As soon as he saw Chen Nian, Wang Jiancheng immediately greeted him excitedly, and without bothering about a few words of greeting, he began to shift the topic to the business of Bai Ze AI.

This familiar reaction made Chen Nian smile a little bitterly-—— it turned out that he was only mature on the outside, but in fact, he hadn't changed at all on the inside.

So I thought about it, if we only make a purely functional AI, in fact, there is no need to think too much about image recognition, voice recognition, our core is to make it smart, this kind of intelligence is not necessarily reflected in 'human nature'."

"You see, the way machines interact with each other is inherently different from the way humans interact with each other, so why force anthropomorphism?"

"Of course, anthropomorphism is also an important development direction in the later period, but that is the icing on the cake."

Wang Jiancheng's words reveal an extreme pragmatist tendency, which is very consistent with Chen Nian's philosophy.

In fact, he has always felt that the real future of AI lies in complex task processing, rather than so-called simulacrum.

Think about it, do you need a personal assistant who can really help you do most of the work, or do you need a high-end doll that looks like a real person, can talk to a person, brings spiritual companionship, and is even as soft as a real person?

Well. It seems that the second type is indeed more marketable.

However, from the perspective of the development of productive forces, the significance of the former is undoubtedly more significant.

The reason why the former is not as well developed as the latter is that the key problem lies in the training materials.

Relying on the Internet, you can find countless pictures, videos, and texts to train the processing power of AI, and quickly get breakthroughs and progress visible to the naked eye.

But it's hard to design a work environment that meets the training requirements, and it's hard to use automation to generate randomly.

That's why the vast majority of AI training for complex tasks is based on relatively simple activities such as games and board games.

The clarity of the rules is not the main reason, but the more important thing is its repeatability.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:

"You're right-—— it's in line with our project's expectations."

"So what exactly is our project going to do?"

Wang Jiancheng immediately asked.

Chen Nian and Li Xiang glanced at each other, and then replied:

"You have to sign the non-disclosure agreement before I can tell you the details of the project."

"Official project? Battlefield command system? Definitely! Hurry up, where can I sign it? Let's hurry! ”

Wang Jiancheng's reaction was somewhat unexpected by Chen Nian, not because he guessed the content of the project, but because of his positive attitude.

He thought that the other party would hesitate at least for a while.

After all, this cooperation method is completely different from his previous cooperation, no longer he develops it independently or joins the project team as an outsourced consultant, but really enters the "system".

But he doesn't seem to care?

However, this saved Li Xiang a lot of things - after confirming Wang Jiancheng's wishes, he immediately notified his superiors to prepare for assessment and confidentiality training, and officially started the process.

Due to his relatively special identity and previous cooperation records, Wang Jiancheng's process went very fast, and when the three of them came back from dinner, the application had been officially approved, and the efficiency was amazing.

Wang Jiancheng is very excited about this, he can almost say that he can't wait to see what this project is all about, even when he drinks tea at night and chats about idle things in life, he can't help but talk about AI.

"So I'm officially joining the organization? Is this the real core of the military industry? Is it Cheng Fei's project? ”

"I remember that there is no official artificial intelligence research institute in China now, right? Who do we work for? ”

Wang Jiancheng's words reminded Chen Nian, and he remembered that the artificial intelligence researchers in Sichuan will not be officially established until 2019, although it cannot be said to be slow, but it is indeed far behind the advanced research institutions in the world.

You must know that although the United States Joint Artificial Intelligence Research Center was also established in 2018, the technical support they received came from CSAIL, SAIL, ISI and other artificial intelligence laboratories, and the earliest history can even be traced back to the 50s of the 19th century.

In contrast, before the 21st century, Huaxia's exploration of the field of artificial intelligence was basically a blank slate.

Even now, it has only just completed the "icebreaking" of this technology, and the icebreaker used to break the ice is still the ground neural network algorithm provided by Chen Nian himself.

Perhaps it's time to set up a professional research institute to deal with all aspects of AI in a comprehensive manner.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and replied:

"It's not Cheng Fei's project - it's still the same sentence, the specific project details, let's talk about it after you pass the review and join the project team."

"What about you? Are you also part of the project team? Do you want to be a brother too? ”

Li Xiang on the side shook his head, secretly feeling a little funny.

I'm still a member of the research group? I have a few pounds and a few taels, and I still have a number in my heart.

Chen Nianma, although he is the technical source of the project, in fact, he will not directly participate in the project.

So in the strict sense, Li Xiang is actually the only one who joins the Zhanlu project.

I don't know if he will be disappointed or excited after knowing the truth.

After all, he didn't know it yet, and there was a good chance that he would become the de facto leader of the project.

Seeing that Chen Nian and Li Xiang didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, Wang Jiancheng had no choice but to give up.

In the next three days of review, he was looking forward to the results being released as soon as possible almost all the time, for fear that he would behave badly and be brushed down.

After all, it's a trivial matter not to be able to get into the establishment, and if you miss such a project, you won't have another chance in the future.

After the final review, Wang Jiancheng finally joined the Zhanlu project team.

But after getting the project documents, he was a little confused.

Didn't this project belong to Cheng Fei?

In the description of the project affiliation, he could only see the lonely words "Zhanlu Command System Project Team", which was completely different from the Yujing project he had participated in before.

He asked Chen Nian his question, and the answer Chen Nian gave was completely unexpected.

"The Zhanlu project is not part of any of the existing institutes – to be precise, it is a direct project."

"As for the question of its subordination. It won't be long before you'll have the answer. ”

On the other side, the corner tower.

Bob quietly looked at the latest incoming information, without a trace of concern on his face.

Yes, the side lost a large number of intelligence personnel at one time, and the vast majority of them are still core.

It can be said that more than half of the entire intelligence network in China has been destroyed, and such a price, no matter what era it is, can be regarded as painful.

But so what?

The loss is May's, and the credit is theirs.

Through Hua Xia's strong reaction, he was already 100% sure that that mysterious organization must exist, and that he had touched the relatively core secret.

And the most important results of this operation have been passed on to him before the interruption.

That is, a list of all the people who have a connection to that organization.

The list of these personnel covers almost all sectors of the military industry, from aircraft, to missiles, to radar, to ships, to electromagnetics

Every person corresponds to a huge breakthrough in one aspect of Huaxia.

All the problems have been confirmed, and all the things that have not been understood by the side have been explained.

Bob also understood at this time that the May Meeting was not useless.

On the contrary, as experts in the field of intelligence, they were aware of the problem as early as 2004 and launched a tentative attack in Chengdu.

It's just that this kind of attack, or investigation, didn't last.

The intensifying military conflict between the two sides has attracted a lot of attention, and the successive setbacks in May, with successive changes in the principals, have led to major problems in strategic continuity, which have finally led to problems that should have been resolved more than six years ago, and finally dragged on to the present.

Thinking of this, he silently drew a cross for Paine in his heart.

I'm afraid that this guy won't know until he dies that he has done so many things and made so many fatal "mistakes", but in fact, he also once held the most critical weapon of victory in his hands.

However, he didn't know the weight of the weapon.

Probably he thought that what he was holding was just an ordinary iron rod, but in fact, it was the holy sword of physics

Putting down the document in his hand, Bob let out a long sigh of relief, and then said to the assistant next to him:

"The situation is basically very clear, the Chinese side should have established a centralized organization, and adopted extreme strategies to focus on tackling key problems in military technology."

"It's a rare gambler's trick, but their luck is so good that they all won."

The assistant nodded slightly and replied:

"Yes, compared to them, our luck is simply poor."

In fact, this is also what he really thinks in his heart.

Based on available information, Huaxia experienced major economic hardship between at least 2003 and 2005, when it suspended a large number of key projects, and even canceled some of those that had been included in the five-year plan.

No one knew what they were doing, and it wasn't until J-22 and J-20 appeared, and the intelligence organizations that were watching the changes in the Chinese budget understood the flow of the funds that had been siphoned off.

Isn't that a gamble?

If the effect of the new equipment does not meet expectations, if the capital chain is broken

No wonder they were so ferocious in opening up the arms sales market at that time, and even did not hesitate to take risks in the THAAD incident in the island country.

Of course, relying on arms sales alone, the other side's predicament cannot be alleviated, but the problem is that at their most difficult moment, a major economic crisis has occurred on their own.

In this crisis, the other side not only plundered a huge amount of interests, but also seized a large market.

It is precisely these stolen markets that have slowly grown up in the following years and become the bargaining chips that support them to continue their radical adventures.

That's a lot of luck

Or is it not luck, but that they expected everything a long time ago?

The assistant quickly shook his head and dispelled this unrealistic idea.

Looking at Bob opposite, he continued to speak:

"Judging from the information we have about this organization now, its organizational framework is basically clear."

"To be precise, it should be an organization similar to the State Military Industrial Bureau, but more extreme."

"This organization is not only co-ordinated with funds, resources, and manpower, but even the technology itself."

"This can be seen from the order of several of their major projects-—— it is not so much a 'military industrial bureau' as a huge 'planning bureau'."

"A planning bureau with executive capacity."

"It's actually terrifying, it has supreme power, it has supreme status, no wonder they can make such amazing progress in a short period of time."

Hearing his words, Bob hummed, and then said:

"But such development is not sustainable."

"Yes, it's not sustainable – but so what? If their luck continues to improve, in another 5 years, we will have no chance at all. ”

"At that time, even if they tear down the system and start all over again, grit their teeth and swallow all the backlash, they will no longer shake their foundation."

"That's true."

Bob nodded solemnly and continued:

"So, we have to force them to admit that this organization exists now."

"Moreover, we will also expose the true situation of this organization at all costs-—— so that their people know who has swallowed up the interests that should belong to them."

"Only by doing this will we be able to regain that little bit of advantage"

"We're already arranged."

The assistant replied immediately.

In the days that followed, the US public opinion offensive against China reached an unprecedented intensity.

Elaborate messages kept being thrown, investigation reports were "leaked" one after another, and gradually, the problem began to expand.

Over the course of several years, the Spark had taken up a huge amount of resources, but unlike other classified projects, its budget was spread across different departments, and the financial statements of these departments were severely affected and their readability dropped dramatically.

This has also become the main means of attack of the United States.

For a time, the voices of "opacity", "structural corruption", "corruption at the top" and so on were overwhelming, and even the most experienced experts in the public opinion department felt that they were a little overwhelmed.

However, at such times, a completely unfamiliar face, and indeed not undertaking any important work, came forward.

In his capacity as a spokesman, he released a message to the world on public channels that was enough to shut everyone up:

"Yes, we have set up a new comprehensive research institute."

"It's called, Starfire."

(End of chapter)