Xueba's computing system

Chapter 242 A Difficult Decision 2
That night after answering the question from the Songhu Cyberspace Administration, Lin Yuan, contrary to his usual practice, did not work overtime. Instead, he waited at his residence early for Zhang Yan to get off work.

After Zhang Yan entered the room, he took off his sunglasses and mask and put his bag on the shoe cabinet at the door.

Her relationship with Lin Yuan is not public, and Lin Yuan is now a public figure, so they have both gotten used to wearing masks and sunglasses when going out.

Seeing that Lin Yuan rarely worked overtime, Zhang Yan understood that Lin Yuan must be waiting to discuss the day's events with him. There was always enough tacit understanding between the two of them.

"Have you had dinner? I have already eaten at work."

"I just ate a multi-grain pancake." Lin Yuan answered casually. "Why did you lead me to say that during the day?"

"What about the intellectual property part?" Zhang Yan said as she changed her clothes. She took off her coat and changed into loose pajamas. She didn't avoid Lin Yuan at all during the whole process, because they were already familiar with each other.

“Yes, why don’t you let me admit that the intellectual property rights of the AI Admin algorithm are still undetermined at the legal level.”

"My good senior brother. You, on the other hand, always have a silly energy. I mean when facing major problems. You are usually very smart and always say that I am too reckless. But when it comes to the critical moment, you are really not as good as me." Zhang Yan sat on Lin Yuan's legs while speaking, and hooked his arms around the other's neck.

“The upgrading of the manufacturing industry is a national policy. AI is a means to promote the upgrading of manufacturing towards intelligent manufacturing, and your algorithm is the carrier. If you admit that the intellectual property rights of the algorithm have not been determined, there is still room for operation in the gray area.

Is it all up to you to choose?
Do you still want to use your so-called 'gentleman's agreement' as an excuse?

As long as those words are written down in public and enter our internal organizational procedures, no one can change them, not even my old man.

Brother, every country has its own ZZZQ. You can't go against the will of a country.

There is no "gentleman's agreement" in front of the collective will, only the collective interests. Even my father will never publicly stand up for you.

What should we do then?

You have no choice but to break your promise to Musk. You can't just stand against the national policy."

Lin Yuan quickly understood, "I understand. We need to be decisive on key matters."

Zhang Yan continued, "In fact, I think you don't need to keep your promise to Musk. I've read some of his information, and he's not a good person. The promise you made to him was too broad, and you could even say it was a joke.

One cannot be bound by past jokes."

"I don't know if he took it as a joke or not. But I asked myself, at that moment, I gave him the intellectual property rights of the algorithm. I can't deceive myself."

"Idiot!" Zhang Yan cursed with an angry smile. "You are always like this. Because you have a promise to Xia Ye, you must marry her, even though she is no longer in the same world as you. The same goes for Musk.

Brother, it’s easy for others to target you if you do this.

A gentleman can be deceived by tricks, isn't that what it means to be like you?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Then what do you want me to do? Always take the current and future interests as the criterion, and selectively acknowledge what happened and promised in the past. Then what will I become? I will become an AI.

Only the program will always seek the optimal solution according to the settings.

The beauty of human beings is that 'dogs always eat shit'."

"Okay, okay, I didn't intend to convince you." In fact, if Lin Yuan was really too flexible, Zhang Yan would find him boring. Because most people in this world are like this, Zhang Yan obviously thinks Lin Yuan is a special case.

"So what are your plans next? Do you really want to give the algorithm to Musk? With that madman's methods, who knows how big a mess he will cause."

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. I've been thinking about this on the way back from your place. I will definitely give Musk the intellectual property rights of the AI Admin algorithm, but intellectual property rights don't mean anything. At best, it means that I have enjoyed the economic benefits of the algorithm in today's international division of labor. When I hand the algorithm over to him, I will make it clear to him that if the application of the algorithm brings problems to our country, I have the right to intervene. This is like an insurance policy.

This not only preserves my promise to him, but also prevents him from feeling unscrupulous.

Fortunately, the subsequent iterations of the algorithm are completely in my hands. Intellectual property rights can only constrain the distribution of economic benefits, not my thoughts. If I don’t cooperate, Musk can’t do anything.

And then I thought about a deeper question.”

Seeing Lin Yuan's deep eyes, Zhang Yan was a little fascinated, "What?"

"If I hand over the algorithm to our country, it would be a good thing. But, you and I both know that in this way, the algorithm is out of my control.

I am not saying that I cannot influence the algorithm. In fact, as long as I do not cooperate, the iterative upgrade of the algorithm cannot be carried out.

But my parents, Xiaoxia and you all live here.

I simply can't stand the hassle.

In front of the iron fist of power, I am nothing more than an ant. I will actually lose control of the algorithm. "

Zhang Yan agreed with Lin Yuan’s words.

The loss of control over the algorithm he talked about was not a loss of control on a technical level, but on a secular level, because he and his family are here, he will have to be controlled by the hand of power.

"But it's different with Musk. He's a lunatic, but a negotiable lunatic. I'm not so weak against him that I can't resist. He can't send people here to arrest me.

What's more, the relationship between Musk and I is actually further than the relationship between me and our country.

I know Musk a little bit. He is a madman who treats civilians as grass. He just wants to do what he likes. In his words, only humans like me and him are worthy of controlling the future of mankind.

At least I can still negotiate and communicate with Musk.

But here, I'm just a small shrimp with no choice.

I just want to be myself.

I want to change the world in my own way, and I don’t want to be in the hands of anyone.”

Zhang Yan thought for a while, and finally touched the back of Lin Yuan's head and said, "Every capable person will eventually grow a rebellious bone here. Now I even feel that our country should thank me. At least I am watching you and won't let you do anything crazy."

Lin Yuan thought about it and felt that what the other party said was quite apt.

"Actually, I have a selfish motive. I really want to see what will happen if AI technology is not restricted and is widely used in ordinary people's lives. You know what? Although I know this is likely to cause a disaster, I just can't suppress my curiosity.

But I can't really use civilians as experimental subjects like Musk did.

So, give the algorithm to Musk and let him experiment in other parts of the world. I am very interested to see the results of the experiment.

Anyway, the final control of the algorithm is always in my hands, and I can influence the progress of the algorithm experiment at any time."

(End of this chapter)