Chapter 357: Was the house robbed? (4113)
"Now that you haven't told me what that lost civilization is, I don't know what kind of changes you've undergone."
Fang Daqiang's face showed a rare look of worry.
"Son, I have never rejected your ideas because of my age or experience."
"But you must consider carefully whether the dangers of super artificial intelligence are something humans can currently handle."
Fang Yu comforted his father: "Don't worry, Dad, even if ASI is born, it will not destroy humanity."
"Of course, I'm talking about the ASI I created. In that 'lost civilization,' there's a way to fully control the security of the ASI."
Fang Daqiang shook his head. "No, I'm not just talking about the danger posed by the Terminator. Even if you can completely guarantee the safety of ASI, can you control the collapse of human society caused by the impact of AI?"
“That’s actually what I’m really worried about.”
"The current social structure of human society is a relatively stable social structure formed through continuous evolution over thousands of years."
“Every technological advancement and leap in human history has caused great upheaval in the social structure.”
"More than two hundred years ago, Watt invented the steam engine, ushering in the First Industrial Revolution. The entire process lasted for a hundred years, and in the following thirty years, more than 80 percent of the world's political regimes changed."
"Over a hundred years ago, during the Second Industrial Revolution, electricity began to enter industrial production on a large scale. The S2 season, which began a few decades later, nearly destroyed human civilization."
"In the internet age, which has been called the third industrial revolution in recent years, the world's social structure has once again become precarious."
"You can see that the speed of technology adoption is getting faster and faster, and the turmoil it causes is also getting greater and greater."
"This is because the first industrial revolution took at least a hundred years to adjust social structures, the second took 40 to 50 years, and the third, it seems, took less than 20 years."
"In this context, AI was born."
"AI poses a far greater threat to the fabric of society than any other technological revolution. It is the first tool created by humans that truly has the ability to reach or even surpass human capabilities. It is a tool that can completely replace humans, rather than simply assisting them in their work."
"The current capabilities of the Orange model alone are enough to replace 70 percent of the current middle class. It's just that it hasn't yet truly become widespread and deeply integrated into all walks of life."
"But as I think you know, ASI could replace 90 percent of human jobs in just a few years."
"Do you think human society is really ready for this?"
"The world's working population exceeds 4.5 billion. By then, more than 4 billion people could be unemployed. What will we do then? Use ASI to kill them all?"
"Have you considered all these issues? Son, this is no ordinary responsibility. I don't want you to live with regret for the rest of your life."
Fang Yu had never seen Fang Daqiang look so serious and earnest when talking to him.
From childhood to adulthood, Fang Daqiang had actually only beaten him a few times. The worst time was when he and Wang Mingxuan skipped school in elementary school to go to Shuiyue Creek to catch mullet.
Even that time, Fang Daqiang's expression was not so serious.
Fang Yu and Musk had similar conversations before, but Musk and Fang Daqiang had different focuses.
Musk is not concerned about whether ordinary people will lose their jobs or whether the human social structure will collapse. He is only concerned about whether ASI will evolve autonomous consciousness and whether it will completely eliminate humans in order to evolve itself.
Fang Daqiang is concerned about whether the human social structure can continue to exist in this unprecedented great change, and whether it will cause "tragedy for the majority."
This is actually a question of two categories.
Fang Daqiang was serious, so Fang Yu also became serious, restrained his smile, and straightened his body.
"Dad, I understand what you mean. I have come up with some solutions to reduce the impact of AI on human society, and even to make AI a better place for the human world. I've also used the 'Lost Civilization' tool to verify the effectiveness of these solutions."
"But I still need to clarify with you, Dad. Even if I don't have these plans, I won't blame myself too much for the impact of AI on human social institutions, thinking that it's entirely my responsibility."
Fang Yu's answer once again surprised Fang Daqiang.
"Just like you said, Dad, the birth of AI will have a huge impact on the entire social structure of the human world. If we can stop it, of course, stopping is the safest option."
"But driven by capital and competition, the speed of popularization and development of new technologies will not stop because of human concerns and fears. Instead, it will accelerate."
"Compared to a technological revolution, AI is actually more like a nuclear weapon. Seventy years ago, the United Kingdom developed its first atomic bomb four years after the United Kingdom, followed by the United Kingdom seven years later, and Gaul fifteen years later. Even under such difficult circumstances, the Great Zhou successfully detonated its first atomic bomb just over a decade later."
"In this 'if you don't have it, you die' arms race, it's impossible for anyone to agree to be left behind."
"All each side can do is have more weapons and more powerful weapons than the others."
"And this time, the competition isn't just about the state itself, it's also about a multitude of companies."
"This arms race will not stop until one side has a complete and overwhelming advantage."
“Only after we have defeated all our competitors will it become meaningful to discuss how to address the impact of AI on the fabric of human society.”
"I'm not shirking responsibility, but based on the progress of Google and other companies in AI research, even without EOS, an AI model with AGI potential would have emerged within five years."
"The AI that emerged at that time did not have safety measures like the Orange model, and posed a greater threat to human society."
"Furthermore, do you think human society will be ready by then? No, it won't be. Judging from the future development of the international situation, the preparations may be even worse than they are now."
"I am a human being and will bear the responsibilities that a human being should bear, but if it is not my responsibility, I will never force myself to bear it."
Hearing this, Fang Daqiang couldn't help but look a little surprised.
He never expected that the little kid who followed him around with a grin a few years ago would now have such an understanding of things.
This doesn't mean that he doesn't understand Fang Yu, but it is a natural reaction of parents when faced with a certain "maturity" that their child has rarely shown before.
He was not surprised by Fang Yu's analysis and judgment of AI, but was surprised by Fang Yu's understanding of "responsibility".
Being brave enough to take responsibility is not true maturity. Being able to distinguish what you should take responsibility for and what you should not take responsibility for is true maturity.
My son has really grown up.
Fang Yu remained oblivious and continued, "Of course, there are no ifs in reality. Since I've ushered in the AI era, I do have a responsibility to come up with a feasible plan to make the world a better place."
"Dad, you just asked me why I wanted to clash with BlackRock. Actually, this is exactly the answer to your question."
"If we want to minimize the impact of AI on the fabric of human society, we must first eliminate BlackRock! This is a prerequisite for the entire solution!"
Fang Daqiang was stunned for a moment. He had to get rid of BlackRock first?
What's the reason for this?
Fang Daqiang unconsciously lit a cigarette: "Why do you say that?"
Compared to AI, a new thing that he has only been exposed to for a few months, he has been dealing with BlackRock for six years.
At that time, BlackRock was not as big as it is now. It was taking advantage of the financial crisis to greedily swallow up Wall Street assets, and at the same time it was very adept at manipulating the Da Zhou market. At that time, Wanfang was seeking to be listed on the H-share market, and it was necessary to contact institutional investors like BlackRock.
Although he didn't have a good impression of BlackRock, he didn't have any bad feelings towards it either. He didn't quite understand why Fang Yu was so against BlackRock.
"BlackRock currently manages $5 trillion in assets and continues to grow."
Fang Yu paused to organize his thoughts and continued:
"I used the Orange model to simulate it and estimated that within five years, their assets under management will exceed 10 trillion yuan."
"If Yuzu Technology hadn't emerged, it's highly likely that Google or Facebook would have dominated the AI development in the future. Even if it wasn't them, they would have had a deep relationship with them."
"And it is the financial groups led by BlackRock that have been providing them with 'military rations' for a long time."
"Currently, BlackRock holds over 6% of Google's shares through ETFs and other funds, and over 5% of Facebook's shares, making it one of the two largest shareholders."
“And the number of institutions that use the BlackRock Aladdin system to invest using a follow-up strategy is several times greater than BlackRock’s holdings.”
“BlackRock is a bellwether for a large number of institutions.”
"The Jude Group in Miami is already like a frightened bird. If we can get rid of BlackRock at this point, the Jude Financial Group's intimidation of all industries in Miami will be significantly reduced. More people will no longer publicly express their opinions about them for fear of retaliation, causing social trends to become increasingly unfavorable to them."
"At this point, they will inevitably flee from Miami in a panic. Companies like Google and Facebook will be completely drained of their resources and unable to conduct similar research."
Fang Daqiang interrupted Fang Yu: "What you said doesn't really explain why getting rid of BlackRock is the only way to protect human society from the impact of AI."
"Even if Google and Facebook collapse because of BlackRock, the door to artificial intelligence has been opened. The emergence of ASI will also cause the structural collapse of human society."
"The only difference is whether this evil consequence is caused by you or by them."
Fang Yu shook his head: "That's not the case, Dad. My subsequent plan requires at least three prerequisites to be met:"
"First, in the short to medium term, no ASI will emerge that can rival Yuzu Technology's ASI."
"From what we can see now, this should have been achieved. Even if an extremely brilliant new neural network architecture emerges, the Orange model can quickly adjust and integrate it into its own network. I am not very worried about this."
"And it would be even safer if we could eliminate BlackRock and prevent them from providing these companies with 'military supplies' for a short period of time."
"The second point is a relatively stable domestic and international business environment."
"Only a stable domestic and international business environment can allow Youzi Technology's ASI to quickly capture the global market and avoid unpredictable administrative interference."
"In my subsequent plan, the faster Yuzu Technology's ASI captures the global market, the less impact the social structure will have, and the less impact the lives of most people will have."
“BlackRock’s lobbying power is a huge obstacle to this.”
"The third point is wealth, a lot of material wealth."
“Material wealth does not appear out of thin air, nor does it disappear out of thin air.”
"Only after the collapse of financial capital groups led by BlackRock can the assets they manage provide sufficient liquidity to the market, allowing Youzi Technology to obtain sufficient wealth to complete subsequent plans."
Fang Yu smiled at this and said, "Of course, apart from these three points, you know, I'm not a big fan of BlackRock's ESG."
"The documents I obtained from BlackRock earlier also proved that they had no good intentions in promoting this thing."
"Frankly speaking, I was the one who got rid of Cao Wei, the ESG consultant at Wanfang, a few days ago."
That’s right, Wanfang was also working on ESG a few months ago.
There is no way. In the automatic stock selection strategies of some investment institutions, ESG reports and DEI scores are one of the built-in weights.
If you don't do this, institutional investors are unlikely to choose your stocks. Without institutional investors, the stock price will not be effectively supported. Under this chain reaction, these listed companies can only build ESG.
To this end, two months ago, Wanfang specially poached an ESG executive from Siemens to serve as Wanfang's vice president to specifically build Wanfang's ESG system.
When Fang Yu learned about this a few days ago, he was completely stunned. He was even blabbering about BlackRock. Then, he turned around and was like, WTF? His house was robbed?
But it’s not Fang Daqiang’s fault. It’s true that almost all large companies are now doing or preparing to do ESG.
Although there were negative information about ESG in the documents leaked from the BlackRock Newport office incident, these negative information did not arouse sufficient vigilance among the public due to BlackRock's powerful public relations.
After all, I haven't suffered any loss yet.
But if the current public opinion continues, a split is inevitable.
Fang Yu was also bored by chance, so he took a look at Wanfang's first quarter investor report. When he saw the ESG report and DEI score, he realized that his family had been robbed.
This is intolerable, what else can’t be tolerated?
So, Fang Yu didn't look for Fang Daqiang, but directly used some tricks to get rid of Cao Wei, who was engaged in ESG construction.
Anyway, Wanfang’s performance is very good now, and it doesn’t need any bullshit ESG rating at all. There is still no shortage of investors in the secondary market.
Fang Daqiang nodded, finally understanding why Fang Yu was so against BlackRock.
"I understand all this. What is the follow-up plan you just mentioned?"
(End of this chapter)
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