"Didn't your dad just give you 500 million? You're not short of money."
"Ahem, although, I need to save some money for a party."
"Alright, it has to be you again. Let's stick to the old rules, each of us votes for half."
"Okay, let me go and investigate, and then I'll just buy a club."
When it comes to running an esports club, Wang Sicong is quite reliable. After all, he brought back China's first League of Legends S-series world championship from Incheon while eating a hot dog.
A week later, Lin Chen and Kai-Fu Lee met in Shanghai.
"Mr. Lin, hello, I am Kai-Fu Lee."
"Oh, Mr. Li, it's an honor to meet you."
The two chatted while eating, and as they were about to finish their meal, they still hadn't gotten down to business. Since Lin Chen had asked for a favor first, he took the initiative to ask.
"Mr. Li, I wonder what you wanted to talk to me about today?"
Upon hearing this, Kai-Fu Lee put down his chopsticks, smiled, and said, "Mr. Lin, after graduating with a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, I have been working with computers ever since. Do you know why I went on to serve as an executive at both Microsoft and Google?"
"Um, why?"
"Because I think that in the later stages of computer development, it will definitely move towards artificial intelligence. At first, I went to Microsoft, but I was very disappointed. Microsoft is really just an ordinary IT company that just happened to catch the trend of the times, so it was able to grow and thrive."
"Then I went to Google, which is a really creative company. I started my research on artificial intelligence at Google, but due to different research directions, I eventually chose to leave Google and return to China to develop my own career."
"Artificial intelligence..." Lin Chen pondered these words.
"That's right. Google's research on artificial intelligence is about learning from and surpassing humans, while my research is about assisting and helping humans."
"Mr. Li, artificial intelligence is too advanced; our company hasn't even gotten involved yet."
"No, Mr. Lin, I think your Huasuan.com's intelligent recommendation algorithm already has a certain rudimentary form of artificial intelligence. It can push relevant information according to each person's interests and can continuously learn on its own."
"Hey? Now that you mention it, it actually makes sense."
"Haha, Mr. Lin is too modest. Actually, the main reason I invited you here today is to talk about the algorithm of Huasuan.com. I heard from Huang Zheng that Huasuan.com was developed independently by you. I wonder if you could tell me about your experience in developing it."
Lin Chen was stunned. You want me to talk about my development experience? I don't know either. The system gave it to me directly. I can only tell you about the joy of getting it for free.
But we still need Kai-Fu Lee's help to acquire shares in League of Legends; we have to do some persuasion, right?
Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "Actually, when I was developing it, I didn't think about artificial intelligence. I just thought that everyone who visits Huasuan.com should have their own personalized homepage, and information should be recommended according to their own interests and hobbies in order to retain users. If the information recommended by this website is not of interest to me, I probably won't come back a second time."
"Haha, Mr. Lin's idea of a personalized homepage is great. Artificial intelligence is the same; it needs personalization. When you ask an AI a question, it can answer based on your personalized needs, and that's true artificial intelligence."
For example, if I ask an AI robot what the weather will be like tomorrow, the typical answer might be "It will rain tomorrow, and the temperature will be 18 degrees Celsius." But if it's AI, it might know I need to travel for work tomorrow, so it would tell me it will rain, remind me to bring an umbrella, and based on past traffic patterns, it would remind me to leave half an hour earlier if there's traffic congestion at the airport on rainy days.
"It sounds more like a smart butler."
"Yes, that's right. The direction of my research in artificial intelligence is to act as a butler for humans, assisting and helping them."
"Mr. Li, I think you're right. Artificial intelligence should be researched in this direction. If the research ultimately threatens humanity, then what's the point of developing it?"
"Yes, that's why I left Google."
"Actually, Mr. Li, I have an idea, I don't know what you think?"
"What are your thoughts? Tell me."
"AI robots are too far-fetched and difficult to popularize. We can start with something simple, such as making an AI voice assistant for your phone. It can help you make calls, reply to text messages, set alarms, check the weather, and even control home appliances through voice commands."
Kai-Fu Lee's eyes lit up: "This is a great idea. It's highly feasible and easy to popularize. Everyone has a mobile phone. If a mobile phone becomes your personal assistant, it will be really convenient. Hahaha, Mr. Lin, I've heard of your nickname for a long time. But if this is the idea, five million is really not expensive at all."
Lin Chen's lips twitched: "Ahem, these are all rumors. Someone must be slandering me."
"Haha, Mr. Lin, I heard you are the chief designer of Xiaomi phones. Could I collaborate with you on this AI voice assistant project for Xiaomi phones?"
"That's exactly what I was thinking too."
"Haha, so what should we name our AI voice assistant?"
"How about we call her Xiao Ai Tongxue?"
"Xiao Ai Tongxue? That's interesting. Let's call it that then."
And so, a new project of Xiaomi Technology was established – Xiao Ai, the intelligent voice assistant.
Although Xiao Ai in its previous life had a bit of an artificial intelligence problem, Lin Chen has now decided to train Xiao Ai into a true artificial intelligence, which will become the core technology of Xiaomi Technology.
"Mr. Li, is there any news about what Huang Zheng told you last time?"
"About the acquisition of shares in the game company? It shouldn't be a big problem. I've looked into it, and this game company isn't exactly a big company. Although it has growth potential, it's an investment bank. Why gamble when you can make a direct profit?"
"Haha, then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Li."
After finishing his meal, Lin Chen went directly to Lei Jun's office on the 27th floor of the Deji Building.
"Brother Jun, I just had dinner with Kai-Fu Lee. We're planning to start a new project together called Xiao Ai, an AI voice assistant, which will be built into Xiaomi phones."
"Hehehe, so high-end? Even our Xiaomi phones have artificial intelligence in them."
"How's the development of our next Xiaomi phone going?"
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