The end of technology.

After all, once a scientific problem involves philosophy, there is often no way to continue.It also means that one of the parties does not intend to have a good chat.

"By the way, I called back this morning. I have already agreed with the school that this exchange will be extended for one year. Of course, if that Professor Zheng thinks that two years is too long, he can go there with another person next year." After finishing the materials Ning Zi gave him, Dominit said.

Ning Zi was slightly taken aback.

How should I put it, the fact that having an extra sister has a great impact on Ning Zi.

At least my heart has softened a bit.

It's as if seeing Dominit Duncan's relaxed appearance at this time is somewhat unbearable.

After all, this guy has been eaten to death by March, let alone two years, even after 20 years, he may not be able to go back.

The specific situation probably depends on when Huaxia will have the ability to design and manufacture nuclear fusion facilities under normal temperature controllability. At least there must be a few fusion power stations before he can go back, right?

But this is not only based on theoretical breakthroughs, but also requires room temperature superconducting materials to be developed and mass-produced, which requires several waves of industry upgrades.Of course, it may be a little bit faster, but this is not something he can control.

Because if we really want to start industrializing technology, the industrial chain involved is too huge, and there are too many problems to be solved.We can only hope that March will be able to strongly integrate the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain at that time.

With that in mind, Ning Zi still asked, "Dominite, are you still used to staying in China?"

Dominite shrugged and said, "It's not bad, but what surprised me is that there is no Tso's chicken in Huaxia's canteens and restaurants? I always thought it was a must-order dish for Huaxia people."

Ning Zi asked again: "Then do you have any friends you miss? Or family members?"

Dominite looked at Ning Zi suspiciously, shook his head slightly, and said, "Of course, occasionally I miss my parents. But you know, they are very open-minded, whether I go to Western Europe or the United States, including now When I came to China, they all supported me. Their idea is that children should pursue the life they want. Of course, it may also be me and my two older brothers. As for friends, I don’t have many friends at Harvard. I have very close relationships with many mathematicians. Yes, there have been academic collaborations, but they are not friends, and in fact I am not very good at making friends."

Ning Zi nodded and continued to ask, "So you don't have a girlfriend yet?"

Dominite shook his head and said: "Of course not. For me, love is a zero-sum game or even a negative-sum game. At least I don't want to waste my energy on such boring things until I'm 30 years old. And I don't plan to Have a child. Do you know how many genetic diseases there are in this world? There are more than 3000 kinds, and the probability of a newborn suffering from a genetic disease fluctuates between 3% and 10%. This probability makes me feel that having a child is like a gamble. And it's a gamble that no one can win. And I grew up thinking that if a gamble is impossible to win, then the best thing to do is not to play."

Ning Zi was noncommittal about this answer, but he felt the same about the randomness of children's attributes.After all, he still can't accept the fact that his own sister scored only 22 in the final math test of the first year of junior high school, and the fact that her tutors think she doesn't have any math talent.

After all, when March didn't show up, mathematics had always been his forte.Throughout high school, other subjects may occasionally stumble, including his math score in the college entrance examination has never been lower than 140 points, not once.Very consistent grade one.

"By the way, why are you paying attention to my private life today? You don't look like that kind of boring person." Dominit Duncan asked suspiciously.

Ning Zi touched the kitten's head, sighed in his heart: "No, I just suddenly felt that you might be a reliable partner. If you can be more stable, maybe we can make P=NP together? Problem solved."

Dominit's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What do you mean by being more stable?"

Ning Zi glanced at Dominit and said, "Interested?"

"Of course!"

Dominite shrugged and said: "Think about it, Euler, Lagrange and Fourier, the three masters and apprentices contributed almost half of the content of advanced mathematics. If the two of us can really solve this problem, And find that hidden polynomial, maybe we can expand advanced mathematics by at least one-half." Ning Zi replied: "Then you may have to stay in Huaxia for a longer time."

Dominet was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, if I speak, Principal Summers will probably go crazy."

"Oh, that's really a pity." Ning Zi sighed without much emotion.

Dominite immediately retorted: "But I don't understand, Ning, why do I have to be in Huaxia? Communication is very developed now. If there is any problem, we can contact by email. Or video or phone, yes, I Acknowledge the jet lag, but we have at least four to five hours a day to discuss things."

Ning Zi shook her head slightly and said, "No, Dominette, I'm not used to that kind of communication. I prefer face-to-face communication like this."

Dominit couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Ning Zi looked at Dominit and asked, "Do I need to say this?"

The opposite is a smart man, and Ning Zi very much believes that Dominit can help him find a suitable reason.

Sure enough, facing Ning Zi's clear gaze, Dominit quickly reacted, slapped his thigh fiercely and said: "Damn the Prism Project! Well, Ning, I probably understand. You don't trust the Internet and the phone These modern methods of communication, because of the fear that what we discussed will leak out. I can understand, this is really sad."

Ning Zi didn't say a word, but this was obviously the tacit attitude in Dominit Duncan's view.

So the atmosphere became low.Yes, Dominit suddenly felt very worried, and suddenly thought of the promise to Summers, and tentatively asked: "But maybe we can go to Harvard to do research on this subject together? Think about it, maybe a change of environment can give you a lot of benefits." Are you more inspired?"

Ning Zi shook his head slightly, this time he had his own reasons, stroked the kitten, and said softly: "No, Dominique, I don't want to go to those well-known universities. Otherwise, I would have chosen Yanbei University Or Huaqing University. Harvard is too famous for me.”

Dominique was at a loss for words again.He also watched Ning Zi's speech, and he probably knew what this guy was thinking.

When watching those videos, he also had a moment of emotional excitement. He even felt that Ning Zi was the same kind of person as him, and he was so proud. No, it should be said that Ning Zi was more proud than him.After all, Ning Zi is not even willing to use the school's fame to achieve success.

Dominique felt that he did not have this ability.

If he had gone to an American community college back then, he really didn't dare to think that he could bring the community college to the position of a well-known university by himself.

Seeing Dominit's tangled expression, Ning Zi felt that his goal had been achieved temporarily, so he said, "Okay, let's call it a day. I hope my thoughts can help you. I also hope that you can get rid of it as soon as possible." Those thoughts sorted out."

"Of course. Goodbye then."

"See you."

……

Shencheng, the headquarters of Youwei Group.

While Ning Zi was discussing with Dominite about the future, Ge Dongshu, who rushed back to Youwei Group with the agreement, was organizing an internal meeting.

The main problem is to resolve disputes among various departments about the use of Ningzi's intelligent voice system in new products.

Everything else is fine.

Including hiring people to record various voices, making the feedback voice of the mobile phone more plentiful, these are all problems that can be solved by working overtime.

However, some non-technical issues have brought about a lot of controversy. For example, the most controversial is whether the dangerous scene recognition and alarm function of this voice assistant should be used directly.

"Everyone, of course I know that dangerous scene recognition is a very useful function, and it can even be said to be a life-saving function. But I still have reservations. Because everyone has tested it, if this function is at this stage Integration into products may bring legal and moral risks.”

"First of all, we all know that many customers are early adopters. After purchasing the product, there is a great possibility to test this technology. This will undoubtedly put great pressure on the local alarm system. Especially in the promotion and legislation When all aspects are not in place, rushing to launch this technology will cause a lot of trouble for the company.”

"Although after testing, the false alarm rate of this technology is indeed very low. However, if the product is actively misled by customers, the number of misjudgments and alarms will increase significantly. At this time, the problem will come. Should the company be held responsible for losing precious resources to the police and first aid? Especially when such a situation occurs and serious consequences are caused, the company will be caught in very troublesome legal disputes.”

"Let me give a simple and extreme example. For example, there was an emergency accident in a county this day, and the 120 ambulance was already extremely busy. At this moment, only one ambulance was on standby. At this time, our mobile phones were The client had some behaviors and called 120 for emergency services. After 120 was dispatched, another patient who was in real danger of life fell into a situation without a car after his family called 120. In the end, the disease that could have been rescued, because of the 10-minute Who do you think should be responsible for delaying the occurrence of illness and death?"

"Of course, this situation is extreme, but if we encounter such a case, how to deal with it? Not to mention, if a customer wants to test our technology and causes a surge of false police calls such as 110 and 119 in certain areas, who should be responsible for it?" Take responsibility?"

The first speaker at the meeting was the representative of the company's global legal department - legal counsel Guo Xun.

Obviously, after the evaluation of the new technology by the legal department, it is not very optimistic.

Technology is certainly innocent in the eyes of the Ministry of Technology.But this is clearly not the case in the eyes of global legal officers.

"Secondly, the self-service calling function of smart assistants may be illegal in many states in the United States. Many states have regulations that use robots or artificial intelligence to call and record calls without the other party's knowledge. Of course , according to the technical department, this can be avoided by turning on the positioning device. Because this technology can adapt to local laws. But everyone, you need to know that not every one of our users is willing to share their location all the time For the phone."

"You can't require all customers to be perfect users. Instead, you have to help them think about everything clearly in advance. So I think for the sake of insurance, all products sold in Europe and the United States must actively castrate these functions. Otherwise, it is very likely Get in trouble for the company, a lot of trouble. Even a class action. Yes, the technology is advanced, and I personally like it, but sometimes advanced is really not the best. The above is the opinion of our legal department .”

The opinion given by the legal officer made the conference room fall into silence.

It is naturally extremely unwilling for the technical department.

The most advanced technology is limited to active castration by so-called legal troubles, which is obviously not good news.

But I have to admit that what Guo Xun said makes sense.

This is also a problem that every enterprise has to face. There is no way to require users to be perfect, especially for smartphones. When a function is launched, it is obviously very good, practical and even life-saving. It may be caused by some people whose brains are full of wonderful imaginations, causing troubles to the whole society.

Who can I turn to for reasoning?

After the engineers in the technical department became silent, they began to discuss in a low voice. Soon, one of the engineers began to speak: "So, can we adopt a compromise solution? For example, we can increase the alarm threshold, or When asking the assistant to explain the situation directly? That is to say, first of all, when judging whether the user is in danger, there will be stricter judgment standards. When calling the police, tell the other party that this is an automatic alarm from the mobile phone smart system, and then leave it to the other party to judge whether to call the police. "

Guo Xun sneered, and said: "This idea seems to be very good. But I think the after-sales department will be the first to jump out and scold people. First, if users are informed of this danger alarm technology during publicity, but the actual During the use, because the standard was raised, the police failed to report the situation that should have been reported to the police, and finally there was a casualty accident. I don’t need to say that you should have thought of what you would be scolded by customers, right?”

"As for the second idea, of course it's okay, it's about transferring the contradiction. But everyone, think about it, this is a technology that needs the cooperation of others to achieve the maximum benefit. You leave the problem to 110, 120 and 119, you guys Guess if they will boycott this technology? When something really happens, I am afraid that more people will ask to directly ban this function, so everyone can save trouble?"

The engineer who couldn't compete with the legal staff couldn't help it, and said angrily: "So this function that can save people can only be castrated? Is this unfair to those who really need this function? This technology is real. It can save lives!"

Guo Xun spread his hands and said: "Don't get angry with me. Of course I know the significance of this technology, but my job is to consider the worst situation and inform you. I don't mean to give up this function permanently. The opinion of the legal department is that we should wait for this technology to be more mature, or you can find a perfect solution to deal with these questions I raised, and then open this function to users.”

"Maybe this generation of products won't work, but when the next generation of products is released, maybe you will solve these problems? We are only responsible for raising problems, and your task is to solve these problems, which is a responsible attitude towards all users. Some technologies and functions are too advanced for this era, which is not a good thing.”

"Everyone, you have to think about it, how many units of M10 do you want to sell? If you only plan to sell a million units, these problems are not a problem. According to the false alarm rate you give of [-]/[-], a million units The scale is scattered all over the world, and the negative impact is almost negligible. But what if there are tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of units?"

Ge Dongshu, who had been silently listening to the debate between the two sides, raised his hand, so the two sides finally stopped arguing.

From Ge Dongshu's point of view, of course, I hope that the latest M10 can be equipped with this function, and even more than M10, some promising wearable smart products should be equipped with the functions of this smart assistant.

However, the professional advice provided by the legal department does need to be resolved.

Fortunately, for Youwei Group, this product and the related technologies involved are originally reserved as a strategic technology reserve, so there is really no need to rush.

"Okay, it's meaningless for us to continue arguing about this internally. My idea is that the launch of the M10 can be postponed for half a month. The technical department will first complete the tuning of the voice function, including recording a suitable voice package."

Speaking of this, Ge Dongshu pondered for a moment, and continued: "As for the opinions put forward by the legal department, the technical department considers how to reduce false positives as much as possible from the technical level. Professionals working on the front line of the emergency call will give us some guidance. Maybe they can give us more effective advice. Let’s stop here for today’s meeting. The meeting is adjourned.”

……

"Mr. Ge, if we really want to follow what the legal department said, our voice assistant function on the M10 can only retain the daily conversation function with users. In such a short period of time, even if we work hard, it is impossible for the phone's The ability to distinguish has been qualitatively improved. In fact, it is difficult to solve this problem of discrimination with mobile phones alone. If it is to be as perfect as the legal department said, it is no longer the level that software can achieve. More hardware is needed.”

After the meeting, Liao Zhengqiang, the chief engineer of Youwei Group's development line, stayed until the end, and took the initiative to talk to Ge Dongshu about this issue.

"Oh, Mr. Liao, do you have any ideas?"

"Well, I do have some ideas. The concern of the legal department is justified, although under the current circumstances, we cannot identify whether the user is really in danger in a complex situation, and activate this danger warning function, such as sudden Disease, or being held hostage, etc. But in some simpler environments, I think this technology can still play a big role. For example, car accident warning. By giving software more permissions, including sensing, noise collection, Motion status analysis, etc., can help car owners call emergency contacts and call the police for assistance in the event of a car accident."

Ge Dongshu's eyes lit up. Although Ning Zi's software product cannot be fully functional, it is still a great bright spot after such changes.After all, there are no related functions in any of the products of friends.

And how should I put it, if the intelligent voice assistant really has an extra recognition semantics that is more accurate, it can even allow users to chat a few words.In the industry, it may also shock many people in the industry who specialize in semantic recognition, but at the user level, it seems to be somewhat weak in function.

Such a change skill can not only temporarily avoid legal risks, but also pave the way for the future upgrade of the danger warning function. It is indeed a good choice at the moment.So he immediately nodded in agreement and said: "Mr. Liao, I think this idea is feasible. The first generation of products can be made according to the idea you said. Your technical department should hurry up and make this function."

However, Liao Zhengqiang showed a look of embarrassment, and struggled for two seconds before saying: "I really want to, but Mr. Ge, it doesn't mean that we can change this thing now that we have applied for a patent. It's just simple. It is easy to block certain functions, but if you want to change it, this time is not enough. Even if the press conference is postponed for half a month, there is only one and a half months left to modify the code and test... …It’s not enough to fight for 24 hours without rest.”

Ge Dongshu looked at Liao Zhengqiang and asked, "Mr. Liao, if you have something to say, what do you mean?"

Liao Zhengqiang sighed and said: "So I still need help from others. After all, this software was not written by us. It takes time to understand it. But the software developer is different, right? If you can directly invite the developer Come to preside over this work, if we and our colleagues in the hardware design department assist, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. One and a half months, I think it must be enough."

Ge Dongshu touched his chin, Ning Zi's unsmiling and handsome face appeared in his mind, and he felt a little headache.

Although Ning Zi had begged him, in Ge Dongshu's opinion, this young genius is not so easy to deal with. Of course, it is normal for a genius to have a bad personality. Come to guide, he thinks it is impossible.

The main reason is that the Youwei Group seems to be unable to come up with anything that can make Ning Zi's heart move.

For example, giving money directly will definitely not work.

We must know that if Ning Zi is willing, he can at least get hundreds of millions just by selling this technology directly to Youwei Group.But they didn't ask for money, but asked Youwei Group to help build a secondary college for the University.

So after hesitating for a moment, Ge Dongshu asked: "Then what if it's remote guidance? It should be okay, right?"

This is at least a relatively feasible solution.Ge Dongshu felt that, based on the friendship between the two, Ning Zi should not refuse this favor.

However, Liao Zhengqiang said with a wry smile: "Mr. Ge, remote guidance is also very good, but you have to be online all the time. And technical problems may arise at any time, so you can't bother others in the middle of the night, right? At that time, we will be in a hurry If you die, you can't find anyone there, so it's a waste of time."

Ge Dongshu was dumb.

There is no way, he knows that the development side is busy.

Especially in such a situation, when he needed to rush to work, he really didn't have the confidence to ask Ning Zi to be on call.

"Okay, let me ask him first, but I don't dare to guarantee it. You should do your own thing well first. If you really can't do it, just follow the legal advice. Hey..." After tangling, Ge Dong Tree said with a long sigh.

Liao Zhengqiang nodded. He knew about Ning Zi's situation. After all, it was not a secret that the Youwei Group helped build the School of Computer Science for the University. There can be no good way.

"That's fine. Anyway, try to see if you can invite him. If it's really not possible, you can also guide him remotely. Even if you can fix one to two hours a day, at least you can improve your efficiency. Maybe you will catch up Woolen cloth?"

Ge Dongshu raised his hand and patted Liao Zhengqiang's shoulder and said, "Okay, I understand, thank you, Mr. Liao. I have idle talk tomorrow, let's have dinner together."

"I'm not free tomorrow, but I'll make a note. After the release of M10, please invite our department to dinner and save me the celebration dinner."

"Haha, good!" Ge Dongshu responded happily.

……

Back in the office, Ge Dongshu looked at the time. It was already seven o'clock in the evening. He sat on the chair to calm himself down, and after thinking about how to make the request without being obtrusive, he took out the phone and called Ning Zi.

Fortunately, the other person answered the call with dignity.

Ge Dongshu exchanged a word of greetings, and explained the opinions put forward by the company's legal department at the meeting with Liao Zhengqiang's opinions as concisely as possible, and then warmly sent an invitation to Ning Zi: "Ning Zi, look Is it possible to waste some of your time, come to be a guest of the group, and guide our front-line software development engineers by the way?"

"It's definitely not possible to go to Shencheng, but any solution to the problem remotely is possible. In this way, I will send you a software, and you can use this software to send me any problems you encounter 24 hours a day. You give advice."

"Then...that's okay. Well, in this case, I will give your contact information to our chief engineer Liao, and let him directly connect with you. Do you think it is okay?"

"Okay, let him email me, but please note his name and identity, so that you won't miss it."

"Okay, no problem! Thank you so much, Ning Zi!"

"It's okay, just pay attention to the construction of the School of Computer Science!"

"Don't worry about this, we have already started to prepare for the construction of the large computing center, and we are conducting internal bidding."

"Oh, don't worry, it's not a big problem to realize the function you requested within a month."

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Chapter 100