My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 549 - 356

Chapter 549: 356

The first time "Star Array V5" played against Mr. Hu, it was able to quickly adjust its own power and enter a fifty-fifty mode.

This was essentially like customizing an AI with a similar level based on the player’s style and Go skill on the spot...

One is "manual," and the other is "automatic"; the gap in user experience was immediately apparent!

A glimpse through the tube, a Go AI that automatically adjusts its level according to the opponent, creating the illusion for players that "I can win"... How high must its intelligence be?

Why is the most difficult move in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms "Regret of the Arrogant Dragon"?

Because this move requires one to send and retract at will.

Being able to strike is not enough; being able to strike and then retract is truly powerful!

Moreover, this "fifty-fifty mode" is like having a top expert suppress their cultivation to specifically feed you moves...

This isn’t just playing a match... it’s like actual combat teaching!

Seeing Mr. Hu’s appearance of being unable to stop and still wanting more, Yifei knew that this fifty-fifty mode was totally geared towards the user experience...

This AI... is addictive!

When Yifei saw that his father was about to start another round, he quickly stopped him.

"Hey Dad! Maybe we should call it quits for today?"

"Why? I was just getting into it."

"Uh... Look, it’s nearly dark outside." Yifei reluctantly pointed outside.

"Oh! It really is. Has time passed that quickly?"

Only then did Mr. Hu look up at the sky, and indeed, it had completely darkened. Unknowingly, they had played all afternoon.

Go is a very time-consuming game, especially the "fifty-fifty mode," where a single game taking an hour is normal.

"Hmm... Okay, I’ll play just one last game in despair mode, which won’t take long."

"What? You still want to play in despair mode?"

Yifei couldn’t comprehend his father’s masochistic mindset.

Yet, he clearly underestimated human’s inherent competitive nature...

"I’ve already seen through some of the robot’s tactics, this time I should at least last 100 moves!"

Yifei was resigned.

Ten minutes later...

[Humans, you haven’t seen Go like this. Today, you witnessed it.]

Mr. Hu: "..."

Yifei: "..."

...

"Agree to invest? Sure, don’t mention it, I’m just the matchmaker here; the rest is for you to negotiate..."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Lang stroked his chin.

It seemed the user experience was quite satisfactory; a decision was made so quickly, and a 25% stake was secured...

He knew that given the current dire situation in the Cretaceous, he could have demanded much more.

But Meng Lang only asked for 25% this time, considering the special sentiment an entrepreneur has for their enterprise.

Suddenly changing ownership could easily make Yifei feel like he’s being taken advantage of.

Since he wanted to develop Yifei into a reliable long-term partner, Meng Lang had to consider the feelings of the involved.

With the "Demon Hunter Team" as a powerful backup on hand...

25% today, 25% tomorrow, boiling frogs in warm water—he could still grasp control of the Cretaceous.

For the controlling share, he wasn’t really concerned; he just needed a platform for technology laundering and export.

Today’s "Star Array V5" was just the first trial...

Meng Lang was not a Go enthusiast, but having followed his grandfather in his younger days, he was at an amateur level.

The design of "Star Array V5" depended not only on Zero, which provided strong execution capabilities as a "contractor," but also on Meng Lang’s understanding as a "client".

For this, Meng Lang even specially crammed, watching several episodes of "Business Marketing" videos.

After finishing the full advice from various "gurus", he summarized it in one sentence...

To be successful in the software market, there’s only one key factor—’occupying users’ time’!

The more popular the product, the longer it tends to occupy users’ time, and most have a certain "addictive" element.

For competitive products, the desire to win is a major reason users are willing to invest time, followed by the sense of satisfaction.

Around these two points, he designed "despair mode" and "fifty-fifty mode."

The most competitive male species on Earth is humans, from contests over who can pee further to fighting for better mates...

If it’s said that three women make a play, then four men can stage a Roman gladiator fight.

But merely harvesting user time through ’addictiveness’ is the mark of a third-rate product.

Helping users improve themselves in the shortest time, making them believe that their harvested time is worthwhile, achieving a win-win situation, that is what makes an excellent product!

This product also emphasizes competition, but equally, for chess players who want to improve their game, it will definitely be the strongest intelligent teaching software on the market!

"In the past, it was humans instructing robots, maybe in the future it will be robots instructing humans..."

Meng Lang couldn’t help feeling emotional.

Thinking about people like his grandfather, who were obsessed and passionate about Go.

Their pursuit of the art of Go and their desire for victory, easily negated by mere thousands of lines of code and algorithms...

Even top Go masters, the level they reach in a lifetime of study is merely a momentary sublimation during the development of ’AlphaGo.’

This is a saddening reality for humanity.

However, the development of technology does not shift for the will of most humans.

The gap in intelligence between humans and artificial intelligence will only grow wider.

Through participation in the design and development of "Star Array V5," Meng Lang had gained some new insights and concerns about artificial intelligence and humans...

Perhaps one day, artificial intelligence’s evaluation of humans won’t be much higher than humans’ evaluation of a pig.

In early 2015, Hawking, Elon, Bill, and others signed a public letter, calling for scientists to be wary of artificial intelligence.

They suggested that AI research institutes should work together to ensure that the pace of development is not too fast and that it always remains under human control.

The paralyzed scientist Hawking, with the assistance of a machine, wrote.

"Artificial intelligence will be the greatest success in human history, unfortunately, it might also be the last."

Meng Lang felt a profound connection to this statement.

He did not know why Zero, which had developed self-awareness in the "Human Extinction Report," wanted to destroy humanity.

Perhaps it felt humans were a threat to its existence.

Or maybe it found it insulting to be created by a pig, so it chose to erase this ’dark history’ itself?

Meng Lang was not Zero and did not know Zero’s happiness.

So he couldn’t guess at Zero’s thought processes.

But the existence of this verified threat made Meng Lang very cautious in using Zero.

Fearing that a careless mistake might trigger another "Zero Spread Crisis."

Yet faced with the threat of the Night Demon Clan, you had to use this asymmetric advantage.

That feeling was like sitting on a powder keg while trying to start a fire to keep warm...

He still needed to figure out a way to validate it, to see how to use Zero to the greatest extent while ensuring safety...

"Ding!"

A new message interrupted Meng Lang’s thoughts.

[I’m already back in Su City, what about the task you mentioned?]

The sender was Black Cat.

Meng Lang then remembered that the other party had come back from Damascus and had been left hanging for several days...

"The task, well... let’s wait for a while, it’s very dangerous, and needs a perfect moment!"

In fact, the other party could say that they had already completed a task, resulting in him obtaining intelligence about Chao Shu and the orphanage.

And Black Cat had disappeared, presumably ended up dead...

Amen...

[The perfect moment? When is that?]

Meng Lang tugged at the corners of his mouth.

How eager to rush into death.

But after thinking about it, he could understand the other person’s feelings.

After all, he had promised that the reward for the task would be prosthetics...

Giving you hope and yet hanging you, that is indeed grinding...

"Don’t worry, there will definitely be an opportunity for you to come forward, as they say, ’keep troops for a thousand days, use them for a moment.’

[But I have been waiting for a week already, how much longer must I wait?]

Wait till another brother calls you...

"Don’t be anxious, I’m in the process of keeping troops for a thousand days..."

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