Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 874 Man-Machine War
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Undoubtedly, this crisis has immediately become the top focus of Baodao, and the turmoil of trying to turn the richest man in Tang Dynasty into a bargaining chip has naturally become a muddle. .

However, some influences are inevitable after all.

Take Taiwan's high-tech industry as an example, it now has two proficient models - OEM, that is, the purchaser provides equipment and technology, the manufacturer provides manpower and space, and then is responsible for production, and then the purchaser is responsible for sales ; ODM, that is, the buyer entrusts the manufacturer, and the manufacturer takes care of everything from design to production. The final product is affixed with the buyer's trademark, and the buyer is responsible for sales.

Many companies in the United States are enjoying such high-quality and low-cost services - Oracle's NC using ARM microprocessors is one of them.Otherwise, it would not be able to achieve the $800 price tag.

As a result, the originally stable situation has now taken a turn for the worse.

NC, whose concept was hyped in full swing, suddenly had an extra variable out of thin air due to too many outsourced things.

It can be said that the meaning expressed by the richest man not long ago-the possibility of global computer price increases is not ruled out, which is largely true.

Under such circumstances, the American IT industry quickly had a chain reaction - this was much more serious than the collapse of the Baodao stock market.

Ever since, the richest man, who had been "leisurely" in a book for a while, returned to the United States on Silicon Valley One to stabilize the morale of his company.

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After Tang Huan entered the mansion in Chang'an City, his aunt Tang Yun directly commented on his previous experience of being "disturbed" with disgust, "These politicians are really unscrupulous in order to achieve their own goals, without any consideration for other people's situation."

Lin Fengjiao said apologetically, "It's my fault for not doing things well..."

"It's nothing, this is purely an accident intentionally made against Wuxin." Tang Huan waved his hands indifferently, "Don't say you were caught off guard, even I was shocked when I heard the news."

"Fortunately, this turmoil has come to an end for the time being - with me here, these ghost tricks can't cause any big waves."

"The current situation on Treasure Island..." Lin Fengjiao hesitated to speak.

Tang Huan immediately replied understandingly: "If you are worried, just immigrate your mother's family here."

Lin Fengjiao sighed, "Forget it, they are not accustomed to the environment here because they don't speak the language well, and they don't want to come here."

"In Baodao, social panic is inevitable, but it will not fall into a state of war." Tang Huan comforted: "Anyway, don't worry, I will try my best to arrange it thoughtfully."

Lin Fengjiao, who has always trusted her man, nodded, smiled, and said: "Your [-]th birthday is coming soon, how are you going to spend it? Many friends suggested that you should take care of it. "

Aunt Tang Yun also said: "Yes, many people who inquired about the news have found me for their relationship."

Tang Huan couldn't help laughing wryly when he heard it, "As for it - youth is easy to pass away, old age is easy to grow old, I'm actually quite afraid of celebrating birthdays. As a family, we should close the door, hold a family banquet, and celebrate by ourselves. "

Lin Fengjiao was so teased that she pursed her lips and laughed, "Anyway, I'm not afraid of trouble, but I'm afraid that everyone will not."

Aunt Tang Yun remembered something, so she reminded: "By the way, the children said that they collectively prepared a birthday present for you."

"The group prepared a birthday present for me?" Tang Huan shook his head slightly with a smile, "Aren't they lazy together?"

"If you say that, you're wronging the children." Aunt Tang Yun raised her finger, "Look at you, you've been back for so long. Before they show up, you know how serious you are."

Tang Huan's curiosity was immediately aroused, and he got up and said, "Then let me go and see what they are messing around with first."

Aunt Tang Yun nodded, "Go, they are all in the activity room."

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Tang Huan came to the place to have a look, isn't it? It's like a small army——Jinying, Jinjie, Jinjia, and Jinyan, who were persuaded by their father to "retire" from ICQ, are directing everyone to be busy.

Some are maintaining a remote connection to the client of the supercomputer of the Zheru Research and Development Center in Cupertino not far away, some are sorting out data cards, and some are deducing the chess game...

Tang Huan pushed the door open, coughed slightly and asked, "Is this what you are preparing for my birthday gift? Why didn't you see it?"

The room suddenly became lively. Tang Huan called each child's name with ease, and then urged, "Everyone is a busy person. If you haven't elected a representative yet, tell me what's going on."

Jinyinghui, the biggest one present, reported: "Dad, we participated in a very interesting supercomputer artificial intelligence project - challenging the world chess champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov, responsible for the content including mathematical algorithms, code Realization, chess game deduction - the official challenge will be held before your birthday."

Tang Huan touched the beard on his chin and said sincerely, "This is really a surprise and interesting birthday present."

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In Zheru R&D Center, computer parallel computing is a key research topic.

Below there is a chess artificial intelligence team composed of Xu Fengxiong, Tan Chongren and others. In the late 1980s, when RISC technology led the development of supercomputers to a stage of rapid advancement, they tried to challenge master-level chess players. The results were as follows As expected, the performance was poor; but now, it is clear that a sufficient level of breakthrough has been achieved to confidently challenge the current No. 1 chess player.

In fact, it is not only the sons of Tang who are joining in the fun, but also participants of varying degrees such as Fangyuan, Zheru, Zheru Software, EA, etc., all of them have taken a fancy to this achievement with great commercial hype value.

We do not have the problem of "one monk has water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink." The management committee directly responsible for Xiang Tang Huan coordinates and operates in a unified manner.

Now, the artificial intelligence code-named "Athena" challenged the Russian chess master Garry Kimovich Kasparov. The preparations have been completed and entered the public eye. Internet broadcast rights.

Although the children of the Tang family still need to hone their sophistication, their IQs are "outstanding". Especially at this age, they are simple-minded and have an astonishing fighting power. Then they came into contact with the chess artificial intelligence project. Later, they gained corresponding respect - and these little guys first used their right to speak and named the artificial intelligence after their only sister.

The main hardware of "Athena" is a Fangyuan supercomputer in the Philosophy Park of Cupertino, with a computing power of 65GFLOPS.

One point to be pointed out is that this level is not the strongest in the world now, but roughly equivalent to the strongest in the world in the early 1990s—the most powerful computer now is a Fangyuan supercomputer under construction, with a computing power of Will exceed 500GFLOPS.

The reason why the most powerful hardware platform was not used is also very simple: supercomputer resources are not only expensive, but also scarce - the business of the insurance company, which one is not carefully calculated?Tang Huan's financial model is inseparable from powerful computing power.And that's just the tip of the iceberg of what supercomputers can do.

It can be said that Zheru Park has been able to spare a Fangyuan supercomputer with such computing power for chess artificial intelligence, which has been taken care of.

Furthermore, the hardware is only the material basis of this project, and the software is more important, otherwise, it will be useless and unable to use it.

In addition to such a general-purpose Fangyuan supercomputer, the hardware of "Athena" is also equipped with 640 chips specially designed and manufactured for chess operation logic. The purpose is naturally to further improve the performance of this special application field. .

In terms of software, as always, the Vientiane operating system designed by Zheru for high-end application fields is used, while the chess artificial intelligence program uses the C language that has both execution efficiency and development convenience.

The hardware and software system structure of "Athena" is basically like this, its computing power in chess.It can reach 8 million moves per second.

Finally, amidst much anticipation, the time came to Saturday, August 8th—the start time of the man-machine battle between world chess champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov and "Athena".According to the plan, the event will last about a week.

The media gathered in the Philosophy and Confucianism Park, the reporter blocked Tang Huan and asked: "Tang, do you think 'Athena' can defeat Kasparov?"

Tang Huan smiled and pointed to Tan Chongren, the person in charge of the Chess AI project, and replied, "You should ask him to answer this question—the specific work is done by his team."

Perseveringly, the reporter asked, "So, Don, do you personally want AI to win, or humans to win?"

This question is a bit of a "pit", and the richest man said: "There is no doubt that the computing power of computers is improving rapidly, and it should not be surprising that they perform better than humans in a certain field. After all, human beings on the chessboard In the process, errors may occur, but computers do not."

Reporters are always good at inciting conflicts and making gimmicks, and soon someone asked sharply, "Some people say that this man-machine war is just a gimmick driven by commercial interests, the purpose is to increase the stock price, and the excitement of the event is not worth it. expect."

Tang Huanyun smiled calmly, "I only know that this man-machine war is a very interesting event. So many friends from the media have worked hard to pay attention, which is the best proof. Next, the two sides will definitely fight for honor."

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Before the official start of the game, there was a segment where both warring parties appeared.

Gary Kimovich Kasparov, the world chess champion who was invited by generous rewards, said a few words in a regular manner, but it was nothing, and the performance of the artificial intelligence "Athena" was impressive. profound.

She coquettishly said in the crisp voice of a little girl: "Please cheer me on, if the performance satisfies the boss, I will be rewarded with a museum and be my forever home."

The crowd burst into laughter at this cute act, and America Online, which was broadcasting the live broadcast of the Internet radio station, received thousands of cheering comments at the same time.

The host laughed and said, "According to the only few records of computers challenging professional chess players, the prospect of 'Athena' is not optimistic."

You know, Garry Kimovich Kasparov started playing chess at the age of 6, won the Soviet Union Youth Championship at the age of 13, became an international master at the age of 15, won the No. Grandmaster, became the youngest chess champion in the world at the age of 16."

"Gary Kimovich Kasparov has successfully defended his world chess title since defeating the then world chess champion Anatoly Evgenevich Karpov in 1985 The number one throne until now."

"Even Gary Kimovich Kasparov was so powerful that he fell out with the World Chess Federation in 1993, announced his withdrawal from the organization, and established the World Professional Chess Federation through his own influence, Organize the World Chess Championship alone, and fight against the World Chess Federation."

"Gary Kimovich Kasparov is undoubtedly No. 1 in the current chess world, and he is invincible. The cuteness of 'Athena' seems a little timid."

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Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Garry Kimovich Kasparov can be so famous all over the world, in addition to his talent, it is also related to the support of a strong team behind him.

Accepting the challenge of "Athena", which is known as the world's most advanced chess artificial intelligence, must have been carefully considered, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has a winning heart.

In contrast, most people are not optimistic about the level of artificial intelligence "Athena" can achieve.

Don't look at the many literary works and Hollywood movies that advocate the end of various technologies out of control, but human beings are quite confident in their own intelligence.

Perhaps, in the first confrontation, "Athena" could catch Gary Kimovich Kasparov by surprise, but human beings are the best at summarizing, and they will immediately counterattack.

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The direction of the game, as expected.

August 8th, Set 5 - White: 'Athena'; Black: Garry Kimovich Kasparov; Result: White wins.

Hearing the cheerful laughter of the little girl from "Athena", Garry Kimovich Kasparov looked relaxed, and even had the mood to joke together.

August 8, second set - White: Garry Kimovich Kasparov; Black: 'Athena'; Result: White wins.

Hearing the little girl's annoyed sigh from "Athena", Garry Kimovich Kasparov smiled slightly, not hiding his expression of winning.

The next day, August 8th, the third set.

"Athena" stated in the pre-match speech session, "Today is the boss's birthday, and I must go all out to perform well, so as not to be dismantled into scrap iron after the game."

Everyone who pays attention to this human-machine war cannot help but be amused by this "anthropomorphism".

(End of this chapter)