An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 383 Interview with Yunmeng Technology

Wednesday morning.

A van stopped at the gate of Yunmeng Technology.

Yang Yuan, who came all the way from Shanghai with a photographer and interview equipment, jumped out of the car. Looking at the research institute located in the corner of the high-tech park, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

When most people mention Yunmeng Group, most of them think of the Yunmeng Building located by the river. Few people will remember this Internet company and such a low-key and mysterious research institute hidden in the east of Jiangcheng. The corner of the high-tech park.

Is this the research institute of Yunmeng Technology?

After getting out of the car behind him, Wang Hongsheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Yes, and I heard that the research is still on the popular brain-computer interface technology.

Yang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, picked up the camera hanging around his neck, and took a picture of the distant view of the gate and main building of the research institute, intending to keep it back as a material.

And at this moment, he suddenly noticed a familiar face standing at the entrance of the institute.

Recognizing the person's identity at a glance, Yang Yuan showed a smile on his face, put down the camera in his hand, stretched out his right hand from a long distance, and walked towards the person.

Hello! I am Yang Yuan, editor-in-chief of People's Union Information Industry News! Thank you Mr. Hao for taking time out of his busy schedule to accept our interview.

Shaking the editor-in-chief Yang's hand, Hao Yun said with a friendly smile.

Editor Yang is the one who came all the way from Shanghai. It must have been a hard journey.

Yang Yuan said with a hearty smile.

Where is the matter, we are in this business, and we have long been accustomed to this rhythm of life.

Some pleasantries.

A group of people from the newspaper office followed behind Hao Yun, walked into the mysterious brain-computer interface research institute, and came to a computer room located deep in the corridor on the first floor.

Is this the server room of World of Warcraft? Looking at the rows of blade-shaped chassis displayed on the server rack, Yang Yuan had a surprised expression on his face.

Yes. Hao Yun nodded, turned his gaze to the server in front of him, smiled and continued, The world of Azeroth is here, and there are currently 60,000 players playing games on the server.

It's unbelievable that 60,000 players need so many servers. Yang Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

These servers are of course not just for these 60,000 players, but for the artificial intelligence system running on the servers.

Artificial intelligence system?

That's right. Looking at Yang Yuan's face full of surprise, Hao Yun nodded and continued,

I seem to have forgotten to explain before that the world of Azeroth that players see now is not completely designed by the staff of our World of Warcraft project team. Compared with designing the content of the game itself, our staff The biggest role played is actually in designing the framework of the entire game.”

The expression on Yang Yuan's face was slightly moved.

You mean... World of Warcraft is completed by AI and artificial cooperation? And those tasks and NPCs are the masterpieces of AI?

Hao Yun nodded.

Yes.

And not only that, so far all interactions between NPCs and players in the game, and even the operation of the game world itself, are maintained by artificial intelligence systems running on these servers.

There was silence in the computer room for a while, only the humming of the chassis could be heard.

It took a while for Yang Yuan to recover from the surprise, but the disbelieving expression on his face remained unchanged.

His Adam's apple moved, and he managed to force a word out of his throat.

How can this be.

Games designed and run by AI?

How can this be!

Although technically speaking, this is not impossible, but it is beyond his imagination that this kind of thing happened in an explosive game.

It's like AI writing.

If you want to say that you can write, of course you can write, and you can also achieve basic fluent logic and sentences. However, it is basically impossible to write a masterpiece or bestseller.

The reason is simple. AI is AI after all. Although it can imitate human behavior, it cannot have human emotions. And the core logic of the reason why a best-selling work is best-selling is to resonate with readers spiritually.

No matter which area of ​​the spirit this resonance occurs in...

But at least it has to exist!

To put it bluntly, how can an AI without emotion understand the spiritual world of human beings.

Yang Yuan can't believe it anyway, this is something that the current artificial intelligence technology can do.

Hao Yun didn't know how to explain this matter to him. He couldn't say that he drew a card from the system and stuffed it into the server case, and it became what it is now, right?

Although it is true that it is true...

After coughing lightly, Hao Yun spoke.

I know it's hard for you to accept, but this is indeed the truth. Of course, I'm afraid you won't believe it just by saying that. So on this point, I still suggest you download the World of Warcraft client after you go back, log in Experience the game for yourself.

I'll feel it. Yang Yuan nodded, looked at the servers in front of him, and said with a soft sigh, But to be honest, if the AI ​​technology you designed is really so amazing, I kind of understand it. Why are you going to build that supercomputing center even though you have already set up so many servers?

The more intelligent the program, the more it needs huge computing power as support.

Yang Yuan couldn't figure out what kind of intelligent system this is, but thinking about the computing power that this system needs to consume, I am afraid that only super-computing-level hardware can satisfy its appetite.

only……

He really couldn't imagine why it was necessary to do so.

Before coming here, he had learned about the company Yunmeng Group in detail. From pig farming to shared bicycles to hotels to games, even movies and toys, this enterprise has almost done all the profitable businesses.

If it's just for making money, is it really necessary to do this to this extent?

From the perspective of return on assets alone, this game is far from being compared with Clash of Clans, Love and Producer, even if it is compared with its ancestor Warcraft.

As if seeing through the doubt on his face, Hao Yun paused for a moment, then continued.

Your guess is correct. In fact, even with super-computing-level hardware, we are not absolutely confident that we can always satisfy its growing appetite. With the operation of the game, its intelligence will become more and more theoretically. High, until in the end players can no longer tell who is a player and who is an NPC in the game—if we don’t specify it.”

It sounds fun...but is it really necessary to do this for a game?

On the surface, it's a bit of a big deal, but in fact about this artificial intelligence system...we're not really designed for World of Warcraft.

...What is that for?

Looking at Yang Yuan with a surprised face, Hao Yun continued.

This involves a key project in our Brain-Computer Interface Research Institute.

Yang Yuan hurriedly asked.

Is it convenient to disclose?

It's not inconvenient, it's all public things, Hao Yun smiled lightly, and continued, To fully connect the spirit with the Internet, it's not something that can be done with a simple plug. In addition to the computer interface itself, we are also investigating how to directly connect our consciousness with the digital world.

Yang Yuan opened his mouth and said.

...It sounds like a sci-fi movie.

Hao Yun said jokingly.

Isn't everything about us now, for us fifty years ago, just a picture that only appeared in science fiction movies? Someone has to take this step, otherwise what is the use of me earning so much money?

In fact, this is not Hao Yun's Versailles, but the truest thought deep in his heart at the moment.

If it's just for money, he has already earned money that he can't spend all his life. As for fame, he is not very interested in it. On the contrary, he is too famous now, which makes him feel very uncomfortable who is used to making a fortune in silence.

It's just a random answer, but it can't answer all the doubts in Yang Yuan's heart.

So... what does that neuromorphic network have to do with the intelligent systems running on World of Warcraft servers?

Of course it does.

Looking at Yang Yuan whose face was still full of confusion, Hao Yunyan said concisely.

The intelligent system running on the World of Warcraft server and the core system of the neuromorphic network we are researching are actually the same thing.

Or--

The former is the embryonic form of the latter!