Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2505 The Urgency of the Times

“A long time ago, I told everyone that the invention of the Apple smartphone by Steve Jobs was not his own creation, but the result of Apple's engineering team. At the time, some people said that I was forced to become a ‘god’ to avoid attention. But now, everyone should understand my thoughts. Disruptive technologies are often born outside the mainstream vision, but they are definitely not the result of one person.”

Our Kyushu Technology's "TitanStar Department" specializes in researching cutting-edge technologies that may disrupt existing technologies. Even if 90% of these studies fail, and even if hundreds of millions of investments go down the drain, I have never given up on any potential project.

Of course, in the process, we also discovered some projects that were trying to fill the gaps and fraudulently obtain funding. In dealing with these project teams, our [Tiangong] AI and [Xiezhi] AI have become more closely integrated, making AI decision-making an important part of our Kyushu Technology ecosystem.

But in reality, making long-term investments in this kind of research on uncertainty is essentially turning 'unpredictability' into nutrients for an innovation ecosystem..."

After recounting the events of the former Titan Star division, Gu Qing did not ignore AI, but instead faced the AI ​​project head-on.

"As for AI, under the constraints of technological ethics, and based on our years of research, I believe that the achievements of artificial intelligence technology will eventually prove that it has a good side. Of course, as a tool, if it falls into the hands of bad people, it will certainly also unleash its evil side."

Just like nuclear energy, which can be a weapon or the cleanest energy source to meet our human development needs, the success or failure of a technology, from an application perspective, directly depends on human choices.

Therefore, all the AI ​​tools we develop internally have a clear development logic in their core framework. All algorithms must retain the veto power of human users, and affective computing must not be used to manipulate consciousness.

You may have heard that our company had an 'AI girlfriend' and similar AI robot companion projects a long time ago. However, even though these projects were fully commercially viable and had passed official testing, I always stopped them because they couldn't fully adhere to this development logic.

Humans are not purely rational beings. Even if an AI system adheres to the guidelines of its development logic and emotional computing is not used to manipulate consciousness, its exceptional capabilities can still evoke various special feelings in humans, making it an important part of the user's long life.

This is both a blessing and a curse.

Therefore, in the coming period, the company will add more experimental projects on this topic..."

Kyushu Tech invests over 100 billion yen annually to support mathematicians, theoretical physicists, and engineers in their free exploration, even allowing projects to proceed without output or commercial value.

However, this does not mean that the project team members did not have the idea of ​​"making a profit".

After all, Kyushu Technology's profit-sharing system for project results has created a large number of billionaires.

Companion robots are a massive project worth hundreds of trillions of yuan. There are many scientists and engineers within Kyushu Technology who want to make a fortune in this huge market and leave their mark on history.

Now, Gu Qing's words are practically an open declaration to everyone that the application of intelligent robots in the field of human companionship has reached a new level, and further research will only require supporting results...

Zhang Gouxun, a junior high school classmate of Chu Ci, a core engineer at Kyushu Technology, once published a research report on the company's internal platform titled "Special Alloy Equipment Replacing Biological Internal Organs, Affecting Endocrine Hormones, etc." At the time, Li Song, an engineer who worked with Chu Ci, was also researching a report titled "Virtual Girlfriends, Artificial Intelligence Technology Stimulating Biological Reproduction." Years later, the two have collaborated on developing over a dozen intelligent robots related to human companions.

From using semi-solid-state batteries to using the latest solid-state batteries, and now, their team is researching intelligent robots that use nuclear energy as an energy storage source.

At this moment, the engineers and scientists in the two individuals' teams were undoubtedly impressed.

Gu Qing's speech at the meeting did not end there.

"In today's intelligent society, computing power is like water for residents, and AI systems are like computers in the past; together they form a new public service ecosystem."

Our collaboration with dozens of hospitals to distribute our bionic mechanical prosthesis technology allows more patients to avoid traveling to nearby hospitals. They can simply have a physical examination at their nearest hospital, and then our engineers can bring the equipment and work with local doctors to install and maintain the bionic mechanical prosthesis. This also forces local cloud servers and local servers to upgrade.

Smart city projects have pushed this upgrade to the point where they've been criticized by outside experts as "wasting resources and manpower." However, these experts fail to see how we, through massive computing power, are enabling fruit farmers in remote areas to more easily cultivate more fruit trees, transforming impoverished and barren landscapes into lush and green spaces.

At the end of the meeting, Gu Qing put forward a view that shocked everyone.

"In recent years, I hope that everyone can learn technology or an art project as much as possible, because in my opinion, when artificial intelligence (AI) and companion robots enter every household, this may be the last technological revolution for humankind. If we have to wait for the next technological revolution, we may have to pray to the heavens that Mars can bring us some miracles."

Due to deliberate official blocking and information protection, as well as the internal technical confidentiality regulations of Kyushu Technology, many senior executives and core engineers of Kyushu Technology were unaware that the nuclear fusion project had been successful. In fact, some of the electricity in the Daxia power grid now comes from the nuclear fusion power plant.

Therefore, Gu Qing's statement was not unfounded.

He was genuinely considering the future development direction for others.

Otherwise, when robots and AI are no longer limited by energy, the future society will inevitably become a "new civilization form in which humans and machines coexist." The farming and weaving of the agricultural era will be destroyed by steam engines and electrical equipment, and many industries of the electrical era will be ruthlessly annihilated by the intelligent era.

In Gu Qing's view, the future of humanity will ultimately be one of greater introspection and emphasis on the spiritual realm after material needs are met.

That's why we're issuing this reminder.

Zhang Tianhao, Yu Hongbin, and others, who were at the lunar base and participating in the plenary meeting through Lingjing Ecosystem, also had thoughtful expressions on their faces.