The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 563 The Evil Cultivator's True Fragrance
Ma Shan, that shameless fellow, also came over to ask for it. He had been very curious when Liu Hua talked about artificial intelligence before, and now that Liu Hua had created a simple consumer-grade artificial intelligence, he was naturally even more curious.

"Have you no shame? Have you no shame? You're in your fifties or sixties, and you're trying to steal from a bunch of college students." Liu Huachao said with a smile, "You've lived in Beijing for so many years, how come you haven't learned any of the old Beijing etiquette? Don't you know that doing this is beneath you?"

Ma Shan shook his head shamelessly: "What's the point of having any shame? Back when I was a soldier, there was only one dish of food on the table. It was all about who had the longest chopsticks and the fastest hands. Only what you got was meat. What would you do with that thing? It's a thankless task."

Ma Shan shamelessly snatched the two smart speakers from Liu Hua's table. Just as he said, his hand was fast enough that Liu Hua didn't even have time to react before they were under his armpit.

"Aren't you just making things worse? The reason I'm releasing these smart speakers isn't to make money. I'm trying to train artificial intelligence's thinking patterns using the mindset of college students. You're over fifty, what do you know about using the mindset of college students?"

"Why are you still discriminating based on age and occupation?" Ma Shan retorted, "If college students can use their thinking to train artificial intelligence, then I, as a soldier, can use my thinking to train artificial intelligence."

Liu Hua said disdainfully, "Your self-righteous manner is truly shameless."

Before leaving, Ma Shan asked very seriously, "Once your artificial intelligence is trained, will it be able to help pilots fly fighter jets?"

“What are you dreaming about? I already told you, this is consumer-grade artificial intelligence.” Liu Hua shook his head: “This thing is placed at home to add some fun to your boring life. If all your home appliances are smart, they can also be connected to each other and used to command and control this artificial intelligence. No matter how much this thing evolves, it can’t build a fighter jet.”

"Isn't this just a waste of time? What are you doing doing this?"

"Scientific research must proceed from the shallow to the deep?" Liu Hua retorted. "I don't even know what artificial intelligence looks like. Do you think I can develop AI-assisted piloting for fighter jets? Keep dreaming. I'm just a scientist, not a god."

"I'm so anxious," Ma Shan said in a low voice. "Recently, six of my best pilots went to training to fly the newest aircraft, and four of them failed. The requirements are just too high. If the requirements are this high, how will we be able to equip this fighter jet on a large scale in the future?"

"We can't rush it." Liu Hua shook his head: "You have to think positively. The higher the requirements, the more advanced our fighter jets are. Maybe one of our jets can be as good as four F-22s."

Ma Shan nodded: "Speaking of this, I remembered something. When we were lagging behind the big American, we once had a plan to exchange eight fighter jets for one enemy fighter jet."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "I know about this."

"We just conducted a simulation of our latest fighter jets. Our main fighter jet, the J-10, couldn't even take on 12 of them. And that was when our fighter jets' stealth performance wasn't very good. If we improve the stealth coating and make further breakthroughs, we could probably take on 62 of them at once."

"Haven't you achieved any results with your paint yet?"

Ma Shan shook his head: "This thing is extremely difficult. The pigment you mentioned has been a great help. Although it can't be used directly in the synthesis of raw materials, it is of great help in microscopic research. It is said that scientists are working hard in this direction and it is expected to succeed within the next two years. Most importantly, the price will not be too high, unlike the invisibility coatings in the United States, which are ridiculously expensive."

Liu Hua, do you remember that our invisible paint was discovered by chance on a car? We accidentally researched a car paint that could be used to measure speed, but the radar couldn't detect the car's presence at all.

However, this company seems to have only started producing car paint around 2015, and even now, with a comprehensive industrial survey, you still can't find this stuff.

Furthermore, Liu Hua did not own a chemical plant or a professional chemical research team. His only chemical team focused on explosives and fuels, which were quite different from the chemical industry. Therefore, he could not simply hand over the stealth coating without a clear justification; he needed to do things in a legitimate way.

"Do you need my help with the invisible coating?" Liu Hua pressed. "I can organize a chemical research team to join this tough battle."

"Forget it," Ma Shan waved his hand and said, "Everyone has their own expertise. Your strengths don't lie in chemical research, so don't waste your energy on it."

The refusal was very tactful and polite, but Liu Hua was anxious. Without advanced stealth coating, could a fifth-generation fighter jet still be called a fifth-generation fighter jet?

But he couldn't just casually say, "Actually, I have an invisible paint that's absolutely amazing, even better than Brain Beauty, and it's cheaper too."

That's too deliberate. Although Liu Hua is beyond question, this formula is too suspicious.

However, since this was something that was developed through extensive industrial research, it shows that there is much that can be accomplished by the people.

So Liu Hua casually suggested, "If all else fails, why not place an order with a private company, just like the Americans do? Place orders with capable and reliable private companies and see if they can figure it out."

Ma Shan waved his hand: "Stop joking. If so many research institutes in China can't figure it out, how could private enterprises have that capability?"

"You guys can't develop an arresting cable for aircraft carriers either?" Liu Hua said with a smile. "Hey, Juli will be able to develop one soon. Besides, private enterprises and your research institute are probably researching in completely different directions."

"What, two directions?"

Liu Hua chuckled and said, "Your research institutes are like prestigious sects, confining your research within a framework. Those private enterprises are like heretical practitioners; they'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals, and they might be able to produce results faster than the legitimate research institutes."

"Evil cultivator, that name doesn't sound good at all. Do you think I haven't read novels? Evil cultivators are all villains."

Liu Hua shook his head: "That's narrow-minded. Since you've read the novel, you should know that many schools are labeled as evil cultivators simply because their behavior is different from that of the orthodox sects. In fact, they are far more upright than those famous orthodox sects, such as Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic."

"You have a point, but it just doesn't feel right."

Liu Hua laughed and said, "You still don't believe in heretical cultivation? Here's what I'll do: I'll make you braised pork using heretical cultivation methods, and then you'll know if it tastes good or not."

That very day, right there in the lab, Ma Shan was eating braised pork from a heretical cultivator, and it tasted absolutely delicious.

(End of this chapter)