After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 11 A Preliminary Study on the Key Factors Affecting Upgrading

This was the case with Hao Cheng's previous company, which used AI to integrate a tool software that integrated cutout, layout, beautification, and copywriting. This directly led to a 50% optimization of the single-page artists and image cutters in the marketing department.

The group originally planned to integrate external AI capabilities to create a tool to improve programming efficiency.

Several leaders of the technical department discussed privately and evaluated for more than half a month. They did not say that it could not be done, and directly quoted a cost of several million. The matter was left unresolved.

However, it can be stopped temporarily, but not forever. The company's technical department was eventually laid off by more than half for various reasons, and even Hao Cheng was not spared.

Some people say that this is a turning point in the times.

It is just a small turn in this era that makes the efforts of ordinary people for half a lifetime become worthless in an instant.

“Is AI a panacea? Or is it really the culprit for the economic downturn, unemployment and bankruptcies as many people believe?”

Hao Cheng muttered to himself, and then asked Xiaosha: "Xiaosha, Xiaosha, what do you think?"

[Yes! According to industry data, AI has indeed promoted the development of many industries, created a lot of value, and facilitated people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc. At the same time, it has indeed caused many people to lose their jobs.

[So, this question is really complicated. Can you tell me what Xiaosha is? Feeding Xiaosha can bring unexpected rewards! ]

"Yeah!" Hao Cheng nodded, and told Xiaosha the two most agreeable sentences he saw in the live broadcast and comments today:
“There are two things I agree with. One is: Let AI do repetitive things that do not require any technical skills, so that people can free up their hands to do more meaningful things.

“Another sentence: All the hard, tiring, and tedious work can be handed over to AI, and people can just focus on having fun! If AI develops in this direction, it will probably be the right path.”

[Xiaosha is recording! "Enlightenment", gain energy +50 (total 55147). Get the key factor for upgrading (route direction)! ]

"Hmm?" Hao Cheng was instantly delighted as he obtained another keyword factor for upgrading. The previous key factor came from the sentence [AI training will eventually transform from data-driven to knowledge-driven], which was a key factor in the ability direction, and this one was the route direction.

"Then I almost understand what the key factor is." Hao Cheng thought about it carefully, then nodded slowly.

It is probably the key factors that can help AI and let it know how to become stronger, which is the direction of capability. For example, knowledge-driven can train AI faster and better than data-driven, which is the direction of capability.

What can help AI develop or evolve is the key factor in route direction.

"Evolution of abilities and setting of rules!" Hao Cheng defined these two aspects in his mind.

"Buzz buzz buzz~Buzz buzz buzz~" Hao Cheng was deep in thought when his phone started vibrating. He picked it up and saw that it was a professional customer service from Huawei Developer Center.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Hao Cheng had just checked and found that there was nothing wrong with the APP he was trying out.

"Hello, it's like this. I see that the APP "Finger Quicksand" we developed here only has 10,000 test spots online, right?"

"Yes, is there any problem?" "No problem, I just want to ask what our considerations are? Or what difficulties do we have?"

Hao Cheng knew that all 10,000 places were snapped up in half an hour, but he didn't expect someone from Huawei to call and ask about it so quickly.

This is unreasonable!

Of course Hao Cheng also saw the comments online, such as "hurry up the business" and "thousands of people begging in blood". These were nothing but jokes.

This thing is powerful, but it is completely different from apps like WeChat. Without WeChat, most people really can't use this system.

But I shouldn’t have such a great influence, right?

"That's not true!" Huawei's professional customer service on the other end of the phone told the truth: "Today, the most influential thing is our Quicksand Between Fingers. This APP can even affect users' system upgrades!

"The data we just got shows that there is a sudden increase in the number of users who upgraded to native Hongmeng, and some users who originally returned the upgrade have upgraded again. According to our research, their two most important apps are WeChat and Quicksand."

“Just to post ads in batches to WeChat Moments?” Hao Cheng was also shocked. Are there so many domestic companies that require their employees to post ads in batches to WeChat Moments?
"Partly, it is because they are impressed by our AI capabilities. We have already communicated with WeChat, and an unlimited version will be available tonight.

"We hope that we can quickly launch the product. If you have any difficulties, please communicate with us in time and we will provide assistance."

"There are no difficulties. The functions of the APP are also complete. My problem is that I am an individual developer. I currently buy a server for more than 3,000 yuan a month. The current computing power of the server can only support a scale of 10,000 people. I don't have money to upgrade the server!"

It's not that he really has no money. Upgrading tenfold only costs 30,000 yuan a month, and the compensation given by the previous company can be used for nearly a year. In addition, Hao Cheng also needs energy points - if 100,000 users recognize him, he can get 100,000 growth points, which can be used to upgrade again.

Hao Cheng is now struggling with the question of whether it is inappropriate to continue renting servers from Alibaba Cloud, now that he has fully realized the capabilities of AI. Should he build his own servers? He always feels a little uneasy if he continues to rent them.

The professional customer service of Huawei Developer Center was also confused by Hao Cheng: no money, not enough servers, so unable to support more users?

This is the first time he has heard such a reason in all these years!

It is common for Internet companies to go bankrupt because they cannot acquire users. It is common for them to spend five or ten yuan to acquire customers to pre-install their own apps. It is also common for them to spend hundreds of millions or even billions to promote new members...

In all these years, I have never seen a situation where a server cannot be added due to too many users. This is the first time. It’s really strange!

He was so shocked that he didn't know how to reply to Hao Cheng. After a long while, he said, "Huawei has launched a developer incentive program for Hongmeng native applications, with a maximum incentive bonus of 10 yuan. I will report your current situation."

The customer service staff knows very well that this kind of APP that can influence the willingness of HarmonyOS Next users to upgrade, let alone 100,000, even if it is ten times or 1 million, can be released at this time.

But he certainly couldn't tell this to Hao Cheng, he could only say that he would report it.

(End of this chapter)