Secondary equipotential contradiction

I thought the conversation would just fall flat, but the operations director took over the question very smoothly:

"That's what my superiors think. I have no right to interfere."

It seemed as if she had been listening attentively, without any distraction.

"Hey! That's not what I meant—" Mr. Zhao Qun, the chairman's assistant who came to the meeting on behalf of Yan Heng and also Yan Heng's most trusted deputy and housekeeper, spoke.

"This meeting of all departments is to gather opinions from all sides. The chairman has always said that although Mr. Mu is young, he is ambitious and can always find new ways to go about things. Mr. Mu, why don't you share your thoughts?"

Mu Qingyan thought for a moment and nodded to Zhao Qun:

"I wouldn't accept that. To be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with expanding overseas."

As soon as these words were spoken, the senior executives who had just agreed with her straightened their backs almost at the same time.

But only Yan Chi knew that this was just a prelude to her raising objections.

"but--"

Mu Qingyan changed the subject.

"Perhaps we can change the starting point. If we really open it in Country M, everyone should understand that there is a roadblock there..."

As she spoke, the robot assistant beside her immediately projected Infinity's detailed information.

Zhao Qun personally took over the topic:

"Other departments may not be very familiar with this, but Infinity has been established for five years now. According to foreign media reports, its market capitalization has exceeded 200 billion. Almost all of the advanced autonomous robots registered and used in the United States come from this company..."

Everyone was listening below and didn't dare to speak for a moment.

Yan's has been established for nearly a hundred years, but its current market value is less than half of Infinity's, which is indeed not to be underestimated.

Zhao Qun tapped the screen and a photo of a young man appeared on it.

"Who is this child?"

The audience began to whisper.

The departments that deal with this information all year round can only smile contemptuously at them.

Child? I'm afraid this child will beat you up and make you cry for your parents...

"You're looking at Infinity's current CEO and principal founder, Dustin Chu. I hope you'll remember him. This young man founded Infinity's initial program on campus at the age of 17 and secured $50 million in angel funding that same year. Three years later, the company went public, and at just 20, Mr. Dustin became the youngest billionaire in history..."

"God!" Gasps echoed. "17 years old... Founded 5 years ago... So this CEO is only 22 now..."

The sounds of praise came one after another, and Yan Chi couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

Therefore, Mu Qingyan's sneer seemed particularly abrupt.

As the heir of the Yan family, Yan Chi has come into contact with countless talented people since he was a child, and there are definitely many young and promising people among them.

But even he had to admire Dustin's case of founding the Infinity business empire.

The young man in the photo was just sitting casually on the sofa, and the hooded sweatshirt he was wearing made him look like a well-behaved high school student.

But if you look up again, the cold and sharp eyes will make you realize how ruthless and decisive this person is.

After all, everyone in the industry knows that Infinity actually has two founders, and in order to maintain his absolute authority, Mr. Dustin used conspiracy and trickery to kick the other one out of the company and made him completely disappear from the AI ​​and robot design industry.

Afterwards, under his leadership, Infinity naturally and rapidly acquired other small companies with tremendous momentum, completing the monopoly of M country's high-tech industries.

Yan Chi had to admit that he couldn't be so cruel.

So he really didn't understand why Mu Qingyan gave such a sarcastic smile to this stranger.

"Mr. Mu seems quite disapproving of this Silicon Valley leader? I wonder if there's anyone else who might catch your eye?"

Everyone didn't notice Yan Chi's sarcasm, but still wanted to continue listening to Mu Qingyan express her thoughts.

"As Mr. Zhao said, due to the existence of Infinity, I don't think the Yan family's current technological level is sufficient to resist..."

“…”

Yan Chi was stumped. He didn't expect Mu Qingyan to ignore his question in public.

"Mr. Mu, as the operator, you might not be aware that under the leadership of Mr. Yan, Yan's positron-stimulating brain research and development has improved by 200 percentage points. With all due respect to your conclusion, aren't you just following the crowd?"

Mu Qingyan looked over when she heard the voice. It turned out to be a person in charge of the R&D department. It was said that he had a keen eye and that he had hired the department's deputy with a large sum of money. The deputy had won the gold medal in the FRC robot competition.

But, how should I put it, he really hasn't seen the world? He really doesn't seem to understand where his family's technology is lacking.

Mu Qingyan didn't want to express any opinions on Yan's mechanical research and development, but since she was about to leave, she didn't mind giving them a reminder.

"Since you're so confident, I'll get straight to the point. I'd like to know how quickly Yan's robot reacts when it encounters a 'secondary equipotential conflict'?"

The second of the "Three Laws" is obedience, but when a robot encounters two instructions of roughly equal strength but completely opposite content at the same time, it will be unable to respond correctly and its positrons will be damaged. This is the so-called "second-level equipotential contradiction", or what experts often call the "robot dilemma" problem.

For example, one person orders "leave the meeting room", but another person says "don't listen to him, stay". Humans can quickly judge the importance of the order through the environment, tone, etc. Most advanced robots can do it too, it's just a matter of speed.

Mu Qing observed the evasive look of the person in charge and could almost guess the answer, which made him laugh even more.

"Infinity began promoting the use of advanced autonomous AI on university campuses around the world two years ago, expanding across the country and even the entire continent. And as for Yan's, don't tell me they'll just stand there and tremble when they encounter 'machine difficulties'."

Everyone knows what this means. The more people there are, the more confusing the instructions will be. The constantly accumulating conflicts are bound to cause serious damage to the machine.

However, it now seems that the entire R&D department has not figured out what the problems are with the robots that Yan's company re-builds every quarter.

The chairman's assistant cast a disapproving look, and several people in the R&D department blushed and were speechless when asked.

Yan Chi, who had not spoken for a long time, stared at his fiancée for a long time. There was no trace of embarrassment in not exposing her weakness. Instead, he looked as if he had caught her "little braid", with a half-smile on his face.

"Mr. Mu..." Yan Chi raised his eyebrows and said, "Since Mr. Mu is so professional, why don't you please make it clear so that the R&D department can solve it as soon as possible."

Mu Qingyan's gaze swept over lightly without lingering for a moment, and likewise, she ignored his question.

…

"Stop right there!"

Yan Chi hurried over and finally stopped Mu Qingyan at the door of her office. "Didn't Zhou Hang convey my message? Doesn't he want this job anymore?"

Being ignored for such a long time, he was naturally very unhappy.

"Boss Yan misunderstood. This time the responsibility lies entirely with me, because—"

Mu Qingyan had a fake smile on his face.

“The person who doesn’t want to work here is actually me.”

Yan Chi suddenly had an ominous premonition:

"Mu Qingyan, do you know what you are talking about!"

"Of course I know. But Mr. Yan, are you a forgetful person? Didn't you say that if I didn't come to see you, I wouldn't have to come? Oh, right, you also said yesterday that Miss Ye was back and hoped that I could leave as soon as possible!"

"Work and life are two different things, how can they be confused?" His tone was very righteous.

Mu Qingyan was speechless——

She really didn't understand why this guy was sometimes silly and sometimes overbearing. From whom did he inherit this emotional instability?

"For me, whether work and life are mixed up or not is none of your business, Yan Chi."

"What did you say?" Yan Chi couldn't help but take a step forward. "Have you forgotten your current identity? You are the unmarried daughter-in-law of the Yan family, my fiancée, Yan Chi. Your words and actions——"

"It doesn't matter."

Mu Qingyan stood by the window, looking at the busy traffic downstairs, ignoring Yan Chi's slightly surprised expression, and spoke coldly,

"The Yan family, you, or your fiancée's identity, these are not important at all. Because, I don't care at all."

The calm tone of voice once again inflamed Yan Chi's heart. He went over and grabbed the girl's hand, tugging it hard and pulling her in front of him.

"Mu Qingyan, what on earth has possessed you? Or is this just one of your hard-to-get tactics?"

Mu Qingyan frowned when she heard this, and she looked up at the man:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Am I talking nonsense?"

Yan Chi put his other arm around the girl's shoulders and pressed her against the floor-to-ceiling window.

As the distance between them shortened, their breathing suddenly seemed to blend together. Mu Qingyan turned her head away uncomfortably.

She closed her eyes and endured it again and again, then she said patiently:

"Yan Chi, you'd better let me go now, otherwise, you don't want to know the consequences."

A hint of coldness flashed across those light-colored eyes, leaving Yan Chi stunned for a second.

But he has always been a person who is soft-hearted and will not tolerate toughness, and he will not care about anything when he gets angry.

The hand holding the man's chin increased its strength and he said in a hoarse voice:

"Why don't you let me see for myself whether I can afford it or not?"

Mu Qingyan couldn't help but struggle, but the face getting closer and closer still made her a little flustered.

But after a moment, the taut string finally broke.

Their lips touched, and several frames of images that were so old that they were almost faded suddenly appeared in my mind——

White curtains, heavy rain outside the window, young girl's trembling eyelashes...

And those eyes that appear over and over again...

My heart suddenly exploded with severe pain.

As if to escape from that memory, Mu Qingyan clenched his teeth tightly.

"hiss--"