After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 93: Slowly guide this society into what you want and like

I have to say that He Zhen is someone who can set the pace.

The meeting was very lively, and after a few words, the two of them seemed like friends who had known each other for many years.

After a conversation, He Zhen even asked Hao Cheng a question like this: "Our experts told me that your AI is the best in the world and unique.

"If the commercial logic is well designed, it won't be a problem to become the world's richest man in a few minutes. However, looking at the operations of Baiju Technology, it is not heading in this direction at all. What's wrong? Don't you like money?"

"I don't like money?" Hao Cheng pointed at his nose:
"I love money so much! When I was short of money in the past, I wanted to dream about the lottery numbers and win the first prize, so that I could solve all my problems such as buying a house, raising children, and supporting my parents.

"It's a pity that after buying so many times, I only won 200 at most."

Hao Cheng paused, then continued, "It was only later that my brain suddenly opened up, and I trained Xiaosha, which led to where we are today.

"It's not that I don't like making money, it's just that time is still short and the commercial logic of the design has not yet been closed."

"Oh?" He Zhen showed a curious expression: "What commercial logic? Does it involve commercial secrets?"

"There is no such thing as confidential or not confidential," Hao Cheng smiled. "I think most people have guessed what I want to do, which is to make a fuss about 'information'.

“In modern society, everyone knows the importance of information. However, there are two aspects of this that have been troubling almost everyone.

"For us, we only need to deal with these two problems, and everything else will be solved!
“The first one is how to quickly and accurately obtain what you need from the extremely large amount of information that is even difficult to distinguish true from false, so as to provide reference and basis for your decision-making.

“Or to put it more simply, without so much utilitarianism, just for fun, I also want to find exactly what suits my taste or what I like.

"This is Xiaosha's business logic for the first phase, and it is also the most important thing Xiaosha is doing now."

"Yes, it is, and it was very successful." He Zhen nodded in agreement, and then asked: "What about the second stage?"

“The second stage, or the second issue, is the security of information, including the security of the dissemination process, personal privacy, and the confidentiality of corporate and even national information.

"As for that person's privacy, many people said, what privacy do I have? If it's leaked, it's leaked. It doesn't matter! But does it really not matter?

“Let me put it this way. No one likes their personal information to be exposed naked on the Internet. However, they have the will but not the power. They have no way to control it. They have to use many things and finally choose to compromise.

"Especially for some business people, for the sake of business confidentiality, shouldn't they pay more attention to these things? Xiaosha is very powerful, right? Many people use it happily, but there must be many commercial companies or special institutions that have high confidentiality requirements and will not use it, right?

"You must be worried that Baiju Technology will steal their secrets and then resell them, right?" Hao Cheng said with a smile: "The design of Information DNA is actually based on this consideration. Now the open source part is only the part that obtains information through the public network. I actually have another part here, which is traceable without a trace."

"Traceable without a trace?" He Zhen repeated.

"Yes, this algorithm..." Hao Cheng paused: "Let me give you a simple example. Your last name is He, and you go to a fitness center to get a membership card. You suddenly have an idea and write down your mobile phone number and Mr. Zhang.

"Then, the next day, you received a harassing phone call. As soon as you answered the phone, the other end said, 'Hello, Mr. Zhang, do you need a home visit?' When you heard this, you realized that the information must have been leaked by the fitness center yesterday.

"There's no need to worry about the channel or how many hands it went through. The source is very clear: that fitness institution.

"The algorithm probably works on a similar principle, that is, every piece of information that goes out will have specificity, and anyone who does something bad will be exposed just by looking at the results."

He Zhen didn't understand what Hao Cheng was talking about, including the specificity factor, but the example he gave made it easy to understand: "What kind of algorithm is this? Will it be open source in the future?"

"Not only will the algorithm be open source, but the verification algorithm will also be open source." Hao Cheng nodded: "This is the basis of trust. We will not do anything, abuse or spread any private information. This is a promise, but promises alone are useless.

"It must be verifiable and supervised by everyone, only then can it be truly credible. Not only that, in the future, all our algorithms involving personal information, privacy secrets, information traceability, etc. will be open source. Establishing such a mechanism is equivalent to public disclosure."

"You mean, in this case, Baiju Technology can't do anything with the information?" He Zhen didn't quite understand, but he found it a little unbelievable.

"It's not that we can't do it," Hao Cheng explained, "but it requires a price to do it. If we do it, anyone can find out.

"For the trust system that has been established with great difficulty, this price is equivalent to the collapse. Therefore, most people trust us, even "hostile" companies and special agencies that have commercial competition. "They can also use Xiaosha with confidence." Hao Cheng finally went back to the original topic: "So, doing these is to consider the business closed loop. Now we are not making money without restraint, but to make more money in the future."

He Zhen smiled and said, "Although what you said is right and it sounds reasonable, I don't believe you at all. You are not sincere to your brother at all."

……

"He Zhen didn't believe it? Is there something wrong with what I said?" After sending He Zhen away, Hao Cheng didn't understand at all. How did he see that? I was obviously sincere!
This includes buying lottery tickets in the hope that winning will solve all your problems, that is all true.

But now, his first concern is definitely not to make money.

In the past, when we were poor, money could solve all problems, so we had to focus on making money. Money is a tool and means to solve many problems.

But now, if you are still focused on making more money, what's the point? Constantly use energy points to upgrade various abilities, and then charge 16 yuan per month for each one?

Or just raise the price. This thing is unique anyway. Wen Xiaoyan still charges 49 yuan a month. Xiaosha is so strong, what's wrong with raising the price?
Then I watch the numbers in my bank card increase day by day. What does it mean?

Wouldn't you then become a slave to AI, a slave to money, being led by the nose by something that should be a tool?
Hao Cheng still likes his current pace. Everything is done according to his own thoughts and ideas. He slowly guides this society into what he hopes and likes.

As for what has been done or is being done now -

There will be no more exploitation by platform giants, no more being deceived due to information gaps and lack of knowledge, kind people can reap what they sow, the public opinion environment will get better day by day, and you can control your own privacy and security...

What a wonderful society! Whether it is money or AI, they are the means and tools to achieve all this.

Isn’t it more fulfilling to slowly watch the changes in society than to just look at a string of cold numbers?
Can money make you immortal or fly? If it can't do either, then isn't it good enough to have enough for your daily use?
If it is possible, it is the result of using money to develop technology, and money is still a tool.

This is Hao Cheng’s simple value!

……

“Will all algorithms involving information tracing, personal information, and privacy be open source, and will a public disclosure mechanism be established? So that everyone can verify and supervise?”

Originally, He Zhen was just curious about Hao Cheng, but at this time, he was somewhat impressed by him.

Just considering it from a credibility perspective, is it a closed loop of business logic?
That’s true, but it’s definitely just one example.

He Zhen is not as foolish as he seems. He knows very well that Baiju Technology's plan is definitely a nightmare for other companies:
You should comply with its disclosure mechanism, but how do you deal with your business model? Many Internet companies make money by relying on information asymmetry and targeted advertising!
If you don't comply, the industry benchmark has already been set, and Xiaosha's information integration and distribution capabilities are so strong that you will definitely be abandoned by users.

There is another more crucial point. He Zhen doesn't know whether Hao Cheng has such considerations. If so, it would be even more powerful:
This time, the Nanyue Daily made a fool of itself, which seems ridiculous. But in fact, it cannot be said that there is no truth at all. It is too powerful.

Although I stand on this side, many people are still afraid of me!
They are not afraid that Xiaosha will do bad things, but they are afraid that Xiaosha will expose the bad things they have done!
Some of these people are very powerful, which is why he got mad in the office at the beginning - he was really worried that these people would unite and unreasonably punish Xiaosha.

And now, Baiju Technology has objectively opened the door to supervision - as long as there is any manipulation, anyone can find out, including the regulatory authorities!

"We are under control and will not cause any trouble. This is a promise and guarantee!"

If that's all, then this idea is definitely very naive. If they want to deal with you, who would care about this? They can easily accuse you of something without any pretext, and they won't even look at what you say.

However, if there are people who support you here, and if you add this thing, it will be completely different. Those who support you can use this promise and guarantee as a weapon.

Are there people who support Xiao Sha? Of course there are! If nothing else, He Zhen is one of them!
If anyone dares to say something again, he will not only be able to yell "groundless", but also have facts and explanations, with evidence and reasoning to prove that "it really didn't happen"! This is still very important!

"Maybe I really am thinking too much!"

He Zhen shook his head. Hao Cheng understood. He was just an ordinary worker before and should not have this kind of so-called "struggle" experience. He Zhen himself also suffered a lot before he understood it: "He should not understand!"

(End of this chapter)