Becoming the Richest by Farming
Chapter 333 - 0333 The loneliness of a genius_1

Chapter 333: 0333 The loneliness of a genius_1

Ellen Young received a message from someone whose post she had looked at on the forum while browsing the web yesterday.

It seemed that the person hadn’t expected anyone to seriously engage with his theory and was pleasantly surprised and flattered when he replied to Ellen.

He provided his own insights on the points Ellen had mentioned as infeasible.

Since Ellen was online, she started chatting with him.

Back and forth, their replies in the thread increased, occasionally bumping the post to the top of the forum.

When someone clicked and came in, seeing the topic they were discussing, they started to mock it.

[Still talking about self-learning? Just the smart module architecture alone makes it impossible to achieve, let alone the prerequisite of having a sufficient repository for an AI to learn. Where can you find a server big enough for an AI to learn?]

[The post creator and this WAN person have quite an interesting chat going on. Fundamentally, AI self-learning is impossible. How many tech giants are unable to achieve it now, and yet you two chat so fervently. Have any big companies noticed you?]

[Self-learning in essence might be possible actually, most likely through creating a main AI that serves multiple people at the same time. But the data involved with AI terminals is too vast, and even if it were possible, no server can handle such a huge volume of data. If you can’t fundamentally solve the server problem, it will be very difficult.]

[Hahahaha, I saw this post creator a few days ago, didn’t expect someone would actually respond to him.]

This post creator, using the ID DJIS1, became somewhat defiant upon seeing others mock the thread and replied.

DJIS1: [Scientific progress starts with discussion, then planning and conceptualization, and finally practical simulation. This applies to all science and technology, including AI. Even if it’s fictitious or false, any scientific advancement fundamentally begins with assumption and fiction. Did Edison think of the light bulb at birth?]

Of course, this was met with more mockery.

However, Ellen found this person quite interesting. After all, during the discussion, he mentioned that all current AIs operate based on underlying data computed from artificial computer data. The true capability for AI to self-learn hasn’t appeared yet, but with a premise it’s not impossible.

She replied a few more times, and as the website discussion was likely to draw people’s attention, she asked for his personal number.

He decisively provided his cellphone number and even suggested adding each other on WhatsApp to chat.

Clearly, he was very interested in discussing with Ellen.

Ellen’s WhatsApp name was simply "Young," with a very ordinary profile picture—a small blade of grass.

She had no interest in using her own photo as a profile picture.

After adding him, Ellen saw his WhatsApp age showed 14 years old.

Ellen: "..."

She didn’t discriminate against children, but was surprised to find a child so mature in conversation was only 14.

She had seen young geniuses before, but even by today’s standards, his chosen name was a bit shameless.

[The Loneliness of a Genius]

Ellen chuckled softly.

After adding her, The Loneliness of a Genius was the first to send Ellen a message.

The Loneliness of a Genius: [Hello, you’re WAN, right? Your name is the same as on the forum. Are you majoring in computer science?]

Ellen: [Sort of.]

The Loneliness of a Genius: [Sort of? Did you graduate from university? I’m 14 this year, doing my Ph.D. at Kongsberg, majoring in computer science. Those losers on the forum, how could they understand my grand dreams? I didn’t expect you to have quite an eye for talent, picking me out from the crowd, a firework unlike any other.]

Ellen: "..."