Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2953 Big Project

Zhou Buqi said unhappily, "Stop keeping me in suspense. I've been so confused this morning. Why are you still coming?"

Shen Xiangyang laughed, then his face straightened and he said solemnly: "It's what you said, the universal generative large model, the comprehensive upgrade of Rokid Assistant."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi suddenly became serious.

This is indeed a big project.

It may even be a sign of the beginning of the AI ​​era in the next few years.

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Is the technology mature now?"

"Mature?" Shen Xiangyang was a little speechless. "It's too early to wait for maturity! However, the basic direction of the new era of AI has basically been established, deep learning of neural networks. This is already a general consensus in the industry. With such a consensus, there will be further exploration. All inventions and innovations are actually continuous trial and error and correction."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "It's true!"

Shen Xiangyang said: "The universal generative large model is indeed a super large project and a huge challenge. However, if you don't try, it will always be a challenge. The first step of all technological progress is to start the project. Only when the project is started, will talents, funds and even ideas follow."

"Start now?"

“We are preparing to launch it. We will start after the IPO and when we have money.”

"Yeah, that's right."

Zhou Buqi was really worried that he was too impatient and rushed to launch such a large AI project. That would be too hasty. The capital market might not recognize such a big risk, which might affect the issuance of stocks.

Now, the most important thing for Ziweixing International is the IPO.

Everything else has to give way.

Shen Xiangyang smiled and asked, "So, my plan is okay? Let's prepare it now and officially launch it in half a year."

"Sure!" Zhou Buqi agreed with this idea. "The general generative large model is my most important plan in the field of artificial intelligence in recent years. The ultimate goal of developing the chess software Rokid-go is to accumulate technology to do this. One thing is that the cooperation between Yahoo and Microsoft will expire next year. At that time, whether Yahoo search will continue to be outsourced to Microsoft or Yahoo will do it itself will inevitably cause some controversy."

Shen Xiangyang immediately said, "Of course we have to do it ourselves! Search is the core business of the Internet, how can we outsource it? We have no shortage of technology or talent. It would be a shame to outsource the search business."

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if we do it ourselves, we can't make a name for ourselves. There is no way around the huge mountain of Google. This is different from doing Weidian in China to compete with Baidu. Google is almost impeccable. On the contrary, if we outsource to Microsoft, not only will we save energy, but Yahoo can also get more than 1 million US dollars in revenue from Microsoft every year."

Shen Xiangyang didn't believe that he would outsource such an important business.

Given the boss's personality, he would either not do it or do it himself.

Outsourcing to Microsoft just for more than 1 million in advertising revenue a year is not shameful enough.

Shen Xiangyang smiled and said, "You still have to do it yourself."

Zhou Buqi nodded and sighed, "We can do it ourselves, but it's unlikely to make any progress in the short term. Not to mention comparing with Google, even Microsoft's Bing can't compare."

Shen Xiangyang said: "I have calculated that in the search market, as long as we can have a 2% share, it will be enough to maintain the daily expenses of a 150-person search team. Advertising costs in the United States are very high, and search ads have always been very popular."

"But we can't just watch Yahoo Search remain on the fringes of the industry!"

"Hmm?" "If we want to compete with Google in the search field, we must use some new means! We need some hard-core technology, and the universal generative AI model is the opportunity. Ziweixing International must complete this major project before Google!"

Zhou Buqi put forward his own request.

Shen Xiangyang felt the pressure. "This is too difficult. Judging from the number of artificial intelligence scientists, Google has more than us."

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "That must be done."

Shen Xiangyang smiled and said: "However, there is also good news now."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What good news?"

Shen Xiangyang said: "In the artificial intelligence industry, general generative large models are not generally recognized. If you are specifically making a product such as chess software, AI photo editing, AI voice recognition, etc., it is relatively easy. However, if you want to make a large model for information in all fields, you need to train with ultra-large-scale data and a super-large-scale computing power platform. Everyone thinks that this is not a goal that can be achieved in the short term."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "That's great. The industry thinks it's impossible, so this is our opportunity. In a market economy, the harder things are, the easier they are to accomplish, and the easier things are, the harder they are to accomplish."

"Uh..." Shen Xiangyang cleared his throat, "I'm talking about the entire industry. The entire industry does not approve of this direction."

"Ok?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Shen Xiangyang said helplessly: "Not only do Google's AI scientists not approve of this direction, our Ziweixing scientists are also not optimistic about this direction. After I proposed this plan, everyone opposed it."

"No one recognized it?"

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly.

Shen Xiangyang said: "This is what I told you about scientists shirking their responsibilities. This is a huge project, and billions of dollars may not be enough. The investment is so huge, and the foreseeable hope is slim. Once it fails, no one can take such a risk."

Zhou Buqi found it hard to understand. "What kind of reason is this? How can innovation be risk-free?"

Shen Xiangyang said: "Innovation does have risks, but this is related to expected achievements and personal achievements."

"Personal achievements?"

"If a company wants to participate in such a large project, it will have to invest billions or tens of billions of dollars, and scientists will have to devote many years to it. The prime years of scientific talent are only seven or eight years, and if they spend all of that on such a large project... and this large project is full of variables, the probability of success is extremely low, and there is also the huge pressure of losing billions or tens of billions of dollars in investment. It is difficult for anyone to afford it. Even for individuals, no one wants to achieve nothing in their profession. For individuals, the meaning of innovation is to leave a mark, but such a large project can easily make a person drown out the mark."

"It really is."

Zhou Buqi felt the same way.

I have great respect for the scientists who have participated in some of the biggest projects over the past hundred years, such as the atomic bomb project and the aerospace project. Not to mention that if they fail, all their life's learning may be wasted. Even if they succeed, many people will remain unknown for their entire lives.

Its own achievements were submerged in the mega-project.

Innovation in the IT industry is all about innovation in small projects. Making a small product or developing a small patent will make it easier to achieve results and highlight one's personal achievements. However, large projects can easily bury many excellent people. Not to mention failure, even if they succeed, it is difficult for them to stand out.

Shen Xiangyang said: "Now we need to find someone who has charisma, appeal and can take on great responsibilities to lead this project."

"You can not?"

"I can not!"