Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2966 Iconic Products

Many people lose their fighting spirit after experiencing a huge failure or a huge success.

Sam Altman's business was said to be a failure, but this was only a failure compared to the great goal in his mind. In fact, he sold the company for 4300 million US dollars, and this business brought him 1000 million US dollars in personal income. He suddenly turned from a college dropout into a wealthy man.

Then he accepted the invitation from the well-known investment fund YC and became a big president!

This life is so successful.

Many young people with little experience can easily get lost in the halo of success.

At this time, we need some people with industry status, influence and personal charm to provide certain guidance, so as to rekindle fighting spirit and start a new journey.

In the previous life, this "mentor" was Elon Musk.

Musk is really good at fooling people.

Musk co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman. Musk has a lot of shares, but Altman, as the founder, chairman and CEO of the company, does not even own a single share. He participated in it entirely out of passion, love, feelings, faith, ambition to achieve great things and the will to change the world. He truly did it for love.

Because he had no shares and lacked actual control, he was almost fired by the board of directors.

This time, Zhou Buqi will be the mentor and provide Sam Ultraman with such an opportunity.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "We have a product called Rokid-go, a small app for playing Go. Do you know it?"

Sam Altman said respectfully: "Of course, it is shocking. Although I don't know much about the artificial intelligence industry, I know that this product has guided the complex artificial intelligence industry in the right technical direction. I don't know how to play Go, but I have read some papers and related technical analysis. I think the transformation of artificial intelligence computing power from CPU to GPU is a great initiative, and it will even change the development process of human history!"

This is the effect Zhou Buqi wanted.

Rokid-go has spent a lot of money in recent years.

But there is no commercial benefit.

The greatest value is the brand value, which has earned Ziweixing International a huge reputation and credibility in the technology industry and has won the support and welcome of technology professionals around the world. The concept of artificial intelligence has been around for sixty or seventy years, starting with Turing, the father of computers, but for decades, there has been no representative product.

Until the emergence of Rokid-go, it can be said that it changed the industry landscape in one fell swoop!

It provides enlightenment not only at the application level but also at the technical level for the entire industry.

This effect must, of course, continue.

Zhou Buqi doesn't have any technical knowledge, but he knows a lot about products and marketing. He said: "The previous Rokid-go was just the first version. In March or April next year, we will organize the second man-machine battle, and then the second version of Rokid-go will be unveiled. Compared with the first version, the technology of Rokid-go3 has made great progress. Rokid-go4 has played more than 2.0 million games with Rokid-go2.0 and has maintained a perfect record."

Sam Altman was deeply touched. “I believe that only a big entrepreneur like you can do such a thing.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "But this is only one aspect. In April next year, we may cooperate with the German Philharmonic Orchestra to start a global tour of concerts in 4 cities including Berlin, Munich, London, Paris, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai."

"what?"

Sam Altman was slightly startled.

He had heard that Mr. Zhou's thoughts jumped quickly, and he had to pay full attention when communicating with him, otherwise it would be difficult to follow his thoughts. This sudden shift from Rokid-go to the concert made him short-circuited.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "This is actually another product called Rokid-Music."

“AI music?”

Sam Altman suddenly realized.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, it is AI music. This concept has been around for years, but it was done so poorly that there is no musicality at all. The Rokid-Music we developed will completely overturn people's past understanding of AI music. We can ensure that even the most professional people cannot tell whether it is human music or AI music. In the past few months, Rokid-Music has been training and learning the music of a large number of musicians such as Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Mahler, Schubert, etc. Through learning, it will create a purely AI-generated symphony, which will be performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra."

Sam Altman took a deep breath and said, "That's really exciting!"

Zhou Buqi said: "The original plan of the product team was to create pop music, but I rejected this plan. Pop music is too commercialized and involves too many interests. If we launch such a product, it is likely to be widely resisted. Moreover, the structure of pop music is simple, which is actually not conducive to the performance of AI. AI is better at doing complex and large-scale things, and large-scale symphonies are actually the best entry point for AI music." "Yes, yes, this is shocking."

Sam Altman was deeply touched.

Seeing the young man sitting opposite me, I actually felt a little self-pitying.

The two are about the same age.

But the gap is too big!

He is already the richest man in the world and a leader in the global technology industry. However, he has never been discouraged or compromised. He is still making progress and striving hard, and is still making great strides to change the world!

  But what about yourself?

After achieving a little success, he became discouraged and turned to investment... This kind of behavior is like a deserter on the battlefield!

  So shameful!

How can this be?

At this moment, the extinguished flame of fighting spirit in Sam Ultraman's heart seemed to be rekindled.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "In fact, there are many such projects. Some of them are commercial secrets and cannot be disclosed. However, some small products can be used. For example, we have Rokid-Draw, an AI drawing product, and Rokid-Prink, an AI makeup product. We intend to do online education next, and there will definitely be AI problem-solving software to provide better learning products for students around the world."

Sam Altman was very curious, "AI makeup, what's the idea behind this?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This is a suggestion from my assistant, who is a very good girl. Many people lack judgment on their makeup and hairstyle, and even lack a decent image in many important occasions. If you use this product and upload a selfie, Rokid-Prink can generate many plans based on your image characteristics through AI for users to choose from."

"This is so convenient. The advancement of technology should create more convenience for humans. This is the meaning of modernization."

Sam Ultraman's heart was beating more and more.

Zhou Buqi said: "I guess you have also discovered that all these products are developed around a brand 'Rokid'. In fact, in my plan, Rokid is not only a brand, but also a product, the most core product of Ziweixing International in the field of artificial intelligence."

Sam Altman was a little curious, "Rokid Assistant?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, it is Rokid Assistant. However, Rokid is still too immature and its ability to answer questions is too weak. It is more like a game than a tool."

At this point, Zhou Buqi became serious. "We are planning to launch a big project internally, which is centered around Rokid. If it succeeds, Rokid will be very powerful. It can make music, paint, write scripts, write papers, program, and answer many tricky and highly professional questions. This is the real Rokid assistant. If we want to achieve this goal, we need a super-large general generative model."

"If that's the case, the amount of data required for training would be staggering."

Sam Altman is not an expert in artificial intelligence, but he has been a technology expert since he was a child and understands some basic principles.

Zhou Buqi said: "Indeed, it requires an astonishing amount of data. Fortunately, what Ziweixing International lacks the least is data. To be honest, the main reason I want to acquire Reddit this time is not for commercial operations, but for strategic needs. I think the real conversations between anonymous users on Reddit will be of great help in training Rokid. And I have dozens of similar data sources and databases here."

Sam Altman opened his eyes wide, unable to hide his shock.

Zhou Buqi said conceitedly: "General-purpose generative AI products are considered a forbidden zone in the artificial intelligence industry. This is considered an impossible task. However, what our generation of young people have to do is to subvert all past perceptions! If there is a company in the world that can accomplish this, it must be Ziweixing!"

Sam Altman felt sweat on his chest and back. "We have acquired Yahoo, Snapchat, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, Reddit and Quora, as well as the online education industry you mentioned. These are actually early stages of planning for this truly huge technological project that can revolutionize the world's industry!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said in a resounding voice: "The success of Rokid-go is just the beginning. But it is not enough. The real era of artificial intelligence has not yet arrived. Rokid will be the iconic product to welcome the era of artificial intelligence!"

Sam Altman's eyes were a little red.

In addition to admiration, there is also a bit of jealousy and resentment in my heart.

  Who says there are no big opportunities in the market?

There may indeed be no major opportunities in the mobile Internet market, as the industry structure has basically been determined.

It's a bit late to enter the market now, and it's difficult to accomplish anything big.

But look at Boss Zhou!

  They are aiming at the next era!

If the era of artificial intelligence really begins, it will be an era that is far more magnificent and will have a greater impact on the world than the mobile Internet era!

And acquiring an iconic product like Rokid means standing at the top of the great era!

It’s too shocking!

  So magnificent!

It is really full of longing and infinite beautiful imagination.