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Chapter 517 The Artificial Intelligence Conference, a reminder to Ma Yun

August 29th, Shanghai, World Expo Center.

The Second World Artificial Intelligence Conference is being held here today.

AI has been a hotly debated topic, and its importance has never diminished across all industries, with the internet sector being particularly active in this regard.

As one of the highlights of this conference, intelligent city services, represented by Alibaba Cloud, fully demonstrated functions related to specific aspects of life, such as intelligent garbage classification and subway voice ticketing.

Another example is the highly anticipated autonomous driving technology, which many companies are betting on developing. Chen Xiu looked around and saw booths of companies like Baidu and Tesla, which are both internet companies and new energy vehicle manufacturers.

Every company claims to have its own independent technology. The head of Baidu's intelligent driving division is still talking about how great their Apollo system is.

Then, Musk, standing next to Chen Xiu, would refute her point by point, saying that Tesla's Autopilot is the best.

"...A fully visual autonomous learning intelligent driving model, we only need to import the video into the car's system and let it analyze and recognize it on its own. I believe this is the future of intelligent driving."

"you're right."

Chen Xiu smiled to show her respect.

He was actually a little confused. The phone call he received before playing cards all night the day before yesterday was from Musk. After learning that he would also be attending the artificial intelligence conference, Musk suggested that they meet and chat in the self-driving exhibition hall.

As a result, when the two met, Musk began to criticize Baidu's intelligent driving technology for being in the wrong direction, while also boasting about how amazing Tesla's technology is.

He never talks about serious matters.

Seeing that Musk seemed to have more to say, Chen Xiu had no choice but to reiterate the topic: "Elon, why don't we talk? What did you want to talk to me about?"

"OK!"

Musk paused for about two seconds, nodding slightly to gather his thoughts.

"Before coming here, I inspected the construction work at Tesla's Gigafactory. To be honest, I was very surprised by the speed of China's operations, and Zhu's work ability is also very strong..."

Who is Zhu?

"Um... Tom Zhu, Tesla's Global Vice President and President of Tesla China, is mainly responsible for the construction and operation of Tesla's Gigafactory."

"please continue."

Chen Xiu raised her hand, indicating that she would not interrupt again.

Musk looked relaxed and continued, "According to Zhu's report to me, the Tesla Gigafactory will be able to officially start production in the fourth quarter of this year, and will be able to officially deliver in the first quarter of next year."

"In order to control costs, Zhu helped me contact Zeng, the person in charge of CATL, and wanted them to help Tesla develop a new battery. Do you know him?"

Chen Xiu raised an eyebrow in surprise, not understanding why the topic had suddenly shifted to her.

"We've never had any contact."

"OK!"

Musk stroked his chin and pondered for a moment.

"I heard from Zhu that you have a nickname in your circle, which means you are very good at negotiating, right?"

"This is an idiom, not a nickname, but the meaning is correct."

Chen Xiu's lips twitched slightly, vaguely guessing what Musk meant.

Things turned out exactly as he had predicted.

"After this is over, I'm heading to see Zeng. I'm a little unsure if I can communicate with him properly. Would you mind coming over and helping me out?"

Chen Xiu remained silent for a moment, then his tone became ambiguous.

“I am not familiar with Mr. Zeng, so I am afraid I can’t be of any help.”

"I just want a middleman, like a broker. You have a great reputation here, and many people know you..."

“You’re here to talk business, Tesla’s reputation is already good enough.”

“I don’t want to waste time negotiating with Zeng. I hope to succeed on the first try, so having a middleman will make communication easier. Please, you are a Tesla shareholder. I did something similar for you at Open AI last time.”

Hearing Musk bring up old grievances, Chen Xiu raised an eyebrow, feeling that making this trip was not a big deal.

"OK! When should we meet?"

"2 p.m."

"So urgent?"

"Okay, the last thing I'm scheduled for this morning is to talk to Jack Ma about AI. I hope it won't be too boring. That's all for now, see you later."

After saying that, Musk turned and disappeared into the crowd, leaving Chen Xiu standing there with a strange expression.

Ma Yun's level of expertise is more than enough to communicate with ordinary people, or even with internet professionals.

However, Musk truly understands technology, and Ma Yun might not be able to fool him...

In terms of vision, regardless of Musk's true thoughts, he has always talked about the grand goal of exploring space and developing Mars, and he is seriously moving in that direction.

Ma Yun was probably thinking about how Ali Baba would conquer the world. The topic of the stars and the sea was too far away for him, and the gravity of reality made it impossible for him to think about that.

If these two were to chat together, it would probably be a memorable scene.

Chen Xiu shook her head, not optimistic about the upcoming conversation.

Just as he was about to leave the autonomous driving exhibition hall and go back to the Douyin booth, Ma Yun, whom he had just been thinking about, appeared in the autonomous driving hall with a large entourage.

Chen Xiu looked at the scene of flowers in full bloom, laughter and compliments, and hadn't originally intended to go over and say hello.

Unexpectedly, Ma Yun turned around and walked towards him with a smile. The group of people surrounding Ma Yun dispersed to the side upon seeing this.

With Ali's stock price soaring this year, Ma Yun, feeling quite pleased with himself, patted Chen Xiu's hand with his other hand as he shook hands with her.

"Mr. Chen, I was just wondering why I hadn't seen you, and now I've run into you here."

Chen Xiu's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at Ma Yun's hand, but she didn't bother to dwell on such a trivial matter.

"I came over to talk to a friend about something. What brings you here, Mr. Ma?"

"There's a conversation coming up. The organizers want me to get there early to prepare. I remember you're a Tesla shareholder, right?"

"Ah."

Are you acquainted with Musk?

"I'm fairly familiar with Musk; we've chatted a few times."

What do you think of his skill level?

Ma Yun didn't take the conversation with Musk to heart; he just happened to run into Chen Xiu and, remembering that Musk was part of his network, casually asked him about it.

Chen Xiu was just thinking about Ma Yun's conversation with Musk, and he also anticipated that Ma Yun might be suppressed by Musk.

If he were to specifically bring this up with Ma Yun, it would involve a thankless process of explanation and persuasion, which Chen Xiu didn't want to waste his energy on.

Now that Ma Yun has asked in person, the situation is different. All the thankless and laborious process can be skipped, and all Chen Xiu needs to do is give a reminder.

Chen Xiu straightened up and reminded him, "Musk studied economics and physics in college. You could say his ideas are wildly imaginative, but his logic is meticulous and his reasoning is clear."

"The AI ​​topics you've covered are too broad, and much of what you've said is empty talk that's easy to spot. I suggest you prepare a little and try to be more serious about it."

Ma Yun's smile vanished, and she gave Chen Xiu a serious look.

"You mean he's a better conversationalist than you?"

"Ok??"

It's so strange, how come she can talk even more than me? What does this have to do with me?

Looking at the astonished Chen Xiu, Ma Yun realized that she had misspoke.

"I'm just giving you an example. You have a wide range of knowledge, including Buddhism, history, music, and the internet... Is Musk really better at talking than you?"

"If we're judging him by the breadth of his knowledge, I'm definitely no match for him. At least I know nothing about building rockets or cars."

"You mean you understand AI?"

"A little bit."

To be honest, Chen Xiu only mentioned this little bit because he learned about it from a work report regarding the development of Douyin's AI chat model.

Ma Yun pursed her lips, her raised eyebrows adding a meaningful touch.

"Mr. Chen."

"Ah."

"Given what you just said, would things be better if I let you speak with Musk?"

"Hehe, Mr. Ma, please don't joke around. Isn't this kind of thing arranged in advance?"

Chen Xiu shook her head slightly, completely ignoring Ma Yun's words.

Ma Yun also shook her head: "The guests for the dialogue were indeed arranged in advance, but it didn't say that they couldn't be changed midway..."

“Mr. Ma, this is just a simple conversation. Just handle it in your usual way. I prefer to be a listener.”

Chen Xiu's tone changed, and her refusal became very firm.

He just happened to be there and gave Ma Yun a heads-up; he never intended to help block it.

However, the more Chen Xiu tried to shirk responsibility, the more Ma Yun felt that things were getting serious.

He raised his hand and patted Chen Xiu's arm, saying, "President Chen, if I can handle it myself, that would be best. But if things go a little wrong, I'll make preparations so you can have a smooth start!"

"If this conversation were held privately, it wouldn't really matter whether I spoke well or not, but this conference is the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which has attracted a lot of attention."

"Musk is an entrepreneur, and we can only produce one entrepreneur here. I'm too busy to prepare properly. Since you already know about him, you should prepare in advance so you can handle things later."

How did it become my responsibility to prepare?
Chen Xiu stared at Ma Yun in astonishment, never expecting that this old fox could shift the blame so smoothly.

Just as he was about to say something, Ma Yun saw the time and quickly waved his hand, indicating that he needed to go in and prepare, and told Chen Xiu to also go and find a few more external consultants to assist him based on the topics to be discussed later.

Watching Ma Yun walk quickly towards the main venue, Chen Xiu's expression changed, and she could only step in to listen to the lecture, hoping that Ma Yun could hold her own.

After entering the venue, Chen Xiu found her seat in the front row, next to Pony Ma and Li Yanhong.

The three of them had barely met when, apart from Li Yanhong looking somewhat embarrassed, Chen Xiu and Pony Ma were already quite familiar with each other.

After sitting down, Chen Xiu glanced at Li Yanhong, then turned to Pony Ma and asked, "Mr. Ma, are you looking forward to the conversation at the meeting?"

"Absolutely not."

"why?"

"Ma Yun doesn't understand technology."

(End of this chapter)