Chapter 300: Athena AI Joint Laboratory

Compared to the multi-legged mobile platform, the fire output module on it is much simpler.

Build a rotating platform, then weld two heavy machine guns with redundant structure, and all that's left is to stuff magazines and remote fire control modules into it.

This kind of design and transformation is like a pediatric for the production efficiency of Kangchi and Pangu bases, and it was completed in more than two days.

The next step is to install the external armor.

Kangchi protects it tightly with armor, it looks like a steel cap, and the thick alloy shell itself is the best electromagnetic shielding layer, and it is not afraid of electromagnetic interference with the internal electronic components.

The only thing that is exposed in the entire fire module is the two barrels.

So it's just a small mobile bunker.

The mobile platform is also equipped with an armored shell, and the six legs appear thicker.

This will definitely affect its flexibility and battery life somewhat.

But the positioning of this combat robot is to run out as a target, assume the role of fire suppression, pursue the role of agility of the assault, and then there will be a special light robot.

And when Kangchi upgrades it with the system, these defects will definitely be alleviated, and the strengths will be further strengthened.

So it's not a big problem.

After Kangchi officially merged the two modules, it became a bit like a spider without a head and then moved forward with a round belly to the middle.

But for now, it's just a shell, and you need to install a control program to actually move.

Because Kangchi did not choose the artificial intelligence route, but chose the remote control route, the difficulty of this remote control program is relatively low.

As for why the AI route was not chosen, it is due to multiple perspectives.

First of all, the most important thing is that Kangchi has always been vigilant against strong artificial intelligence.

Creating a digital life with the ability to think on its own is too risky in Kangchi's view.

And is it really necessary?

What was the purpose of creating this species?

Liberate manpower?

The most important thing in Huaguo is people, and what good can it do to eliminate people by coming up with this thing?

A digital life with self-thinking, really willing to be a cow and a horse for human beings, and work hard to support human beings?

Even if we do not consider the question of the mechanical revolution, we must consider the question of the vitality and development potential of civilization.

Unmanned equipment, in fact, it is already possible to feed the soldiers of the army 'waste', but if you refer to the e-sports industry, no matter how this 'waste' is, it is still a bit of a spectrum.

As long as the training mode and method are appropriate, the bloodiness of the soldiers can be maintained to a large extent.

But strong artificial intelligence, the lethality is a bit greater.

It is very likely that it will not only directly feed the army, but also the entire human race.

Moreover, although artificial intelligence is blowing all the rage, never underestimate the computing power and reaction speed of the human brain, and it is no joke that there are more than 10 billion neurons.

Although the human brain is crushed by the computer in complex computing problems, the human brain can crush the computer in terms of processing ability, thinking ability, and reaction speed of logical problems, and the two are not of the same order of magnitude at all.

Although looking to the future, with the development of artificial intelligence, this gap may be gradually narrowed, but the technical difficulty and cost are problems that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, it is best to learn from each other's strengths, and hand over complex calculations and tracking to the computer, and leave the specific instruction operations, tactical arrangements, etc. to people.

This is the best solution that Kangchi believes is currently the safest solution.

Just as Kangchi was busy typing the code, the phone suddenly rang.

The caller was Cai Yaobin.

"What's wrong?"

"I just sent you an email, you can take a look at the video on the link first, and then call me back when you're done."

After Cai Yaobin finished speaking briefly, he hung up the phone.

It can be seen that this matter makes him quite anxious.

Curious, Kang Chi immediately opened his mailbox and clicked on a link sent to him by Cai Yaobin.

The link jumps to a video from the Southern Net.

The title of the video is "A number of science and technology companies in country M jointly press conference to build an Athena AI joint laboratory".

As soon as the video opened, it was Nvidia's Lao Huang who walked on stage, and then a row of humanoid robots rose up from under the stage at the same time.

The gorgeous appearance method and visual shock made the atmosphere of this joint press conference immediately reach a climax.

"It's the soul of Nvidia, the intersection of computer graphics, physics, artificial intelligence, all of which have changed at this very moment."

"After years of hard work, NVIDIA has provided a strong boost to the technological development of artificial intelligence with its success in image algorithms and hardware, and I think it's time for everyone to know about our research and development progress."

After Lao Huang finished speaking, two garbage disposal robots 'WALL-E' that resembled "Robot Story" swayed out.

However, the Wall-E in the movie is crawler, and now the one who walks out of the stage is two-legged, walking and swaying, a bit like a duck.

The cute shape and cute movements immediately caused an exclamation at the scene.

Next, Huang introduced NVIDIA's Jetson, an embedded system designed for a new generation of autonomous machines, and the Blackwell processor platform.

"In order for intelligent robots to really enter our lives faster and benefit all mankind, it is obviously not enough to rely on NVIDIA alone, we need more diverse machine models, functions, and manufacturing companies to join the field of artificial intelligence."

At this point, this so-called joint press conference can be regarded as an official opening.

Lao Huang directly announced the names of nearly ten companies, including Brother Gu, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, OpenAI, StabilityAI, and Boston Dynamics, and officially announced that they will build an AI joint laboratory called 'Athena' to accelerate the development of the field of artificial intelligence.

Let Lao Huang announce this blockbuster news, obviously everyone recognizes NVIDIA's dominant position and GPU, which has a lot of floating point computing power, and the core role and status in the field of artificial intelligence.

Then, one by one, companies came to the stage to present their research results in the field of AI, as well as the subdivisions that they will be responsible for in the future as members of Athena Labs.

This part of Kangchi fast-forwarded directly, dragging the progress bar and going through it briefly, until Boston Dynamics, he couldn't help but pause.

Speaking of this company that makes mechanical dogs, it's actually quite interesting.

This technology company, which was founded on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an extremely subjective R&D enterprise, and they engage in R&D without considering the market and reality.

From its establishment in 1992 to 2005, it took 13 years for them to come up with their first product, Bigdog.

With this KPI, if you change companies, it is estimated that it will have closed down and dissolved a long time ago......

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