Chapter 259 Technology VS Metaphysics (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Jiangning, Tianba Studio.

Chen Ba, who has always been unconventional, rarely wore formal clothes. He even spent fifty yuan to carefully groom his messy hair.

Today is not a holiday, nor is it a blind date.

The reason why he dressed up, even wearing a suit and tie, was mainly because Chen Ba, as an invited guest, would attend the 7th Artificial Intelligence Summit held in Jiangning.

Moreover, he had a speech! It was normal to prepare a little beforehand for this kind of top technology summit that attracted domestic and foreign journalists, industry leaders, and global practitioners and passersby.

"no……"

Seeing Brother Ba dressed up like a gentleman, Huang Qing hesitated and asked, "Artificial Intelligence Summit?"

"right!"

"Invite you?"

"right!"

While tying his tie, Chen Ba turned his head to look at Huang Qing and asked with curiosity on his face, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

"Is there something wrong with the organizers? Why would they invite a game producer like you to an AI summit?"

What Huang Qing didn't say was spoken first by Xiao Lu who was standing beside him.

Chen Ba frowned.

"What's wrong with inviting me? Why can't you invite me?"

Being looked down upon by his own employees, Chen Ba was very unhappy and defended himself: "Yes, ordinary game producers are indeed not worthy of attending such a summit, and they have nothing in common with the industry leaders, but can I be an ordinary game producer?"

joke!

Although not well-known, in the circle of artificial intelligence, the name of Chen Ba or Tianba Studio is well-known both at home and abroad.

Ultimately, it was the chain reaction caused by the game "Shennonglu".

Although everyone believes that the industry most impacted by the game "Divine Land" should be the traditional animation production industry.

This is indeed the case. Those animation companies are almost being pushed into a corner by "Divine Grace Continent".

But few people know that the AI ​​industry has also been badly affected by the game “Shennonglu”!

Luo Ji, who appeared out of nowhere, nodded and said, "I have a friend who works in AI. He told me that he has been madly researching "God's Grace Continent" for a while."

The main thing is that I just can’t figure it out!

The AI ​​intelligence of Shen'en Continent is actually not very high, at least many companies can produce this level of AI.

But the problem is...

How much effort and resources do these companies need to invest to develop AI intelligent programs of this level?

Why can Tianba Studio make a game with AI of this level?

And in this game, the most shocking thing is not how smart the NPCs are, but that such smart NPCs can generate thousands or even tens of thousands at a time! No, that would make us look stupid!

For a tech company with a market value of hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars, it would be amazing if it could come up with an AI like this. But you tell me that an AI like this is only fit to be an NPC that sells potions in "Shennong Continent"?

Can’t even become the village chief of the Novice Village?

“Is it that amazing?”

Huang Qing and Xiao Lu were greatly shocked by Lao Luo's narration. They did not expect that in the eyes of professionals, "Divine Grace Continent" released by Tianba Studio was so powerful.

“It’s just that amazing!”

Chen Ba nodded and said, "In fact, I was invited to the summit in the past two years, but I thought the venue was too far away, so I didn't go. This year..."

The organizer of this summit is also interesting. After being rejected many times by Chen Ba on the grounds that it is "too far away and there is no time", this time they simply decided to hold the event in Jiangning.

The most frustrating thing is that the venue is only 500 meters away from Tianba Studio. You don’t even need to drive, you can just walk a few steps to get there.

I can't refuse this, right? As it turned out, the organizer's trick really worked. With the summit so close, Chen Ba had no reason to refuse to attend.

Just go.

The companies that attend the summit are all wealthy, with market capitalizations starting at hundreds of billions. If they know any rich guy, they will be sure to have a lot of connections.

The only difficult thing is that if someone wants Chen Ba to share technical points, Chen Ba doesn’t know how to introduce them to them.

Fortunately, it has been so long since the first release of "Shennonglu", and industry insiders have already conducted relatively in-depth research and understanding of this game.

And Chen Ba was not idle either.

Although he always said that the codes written by Tiehanhan system were too advanced and he couldn't understand them at all, he did learn a little bit after all these years.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if we stop making games now and Tianba Studio closes down, we will not be able to survive in the game industry...

With the superficial knowledge he has already mastered, Chen Ba can still thrive if he changes his field, such as generative AI.

This is also the reason why he has the confidence to give a speech in front of so many technology giants and introduce AI technology represented by "Divine Grace Continent".

Otherwise, he would not go and embarrass himself! He only knows the basics. That is the code produced by the black technology product of the Iron Hanhan system. Even if he knows the basics, it is very impressive.

“Good fellow!”

After listening to Brother Ba's boasting, Xiao Lu raised his eyebrows and said, "Then can our Tianba Studio also get the title of a high-tech enterprise? And declare to the outside world that we are a technology company?"

"sure."

"We are a high-tech enterprise, a high-tech company, but many people are blinded by this and mistakenly think that we are just a gaming company."

When Chen Ba said this, his expression was quite regretful.

People have too much prejudice against him and Tianba Studio! They always think that he can only produce game bugs and Tianba Studio can only cook shit games.

It's ridiculous! Apart from other things, how many domestic game companies can come up with the Tianba Engine technology? With Tianba Engine alone, Tianba Studio is worthy of the name of a high-tech enterprise.

Little-known fact: A certain scientific research institute once sent someone to look for Chen Ba, with the goal of obtaining the "ultra-realistic physics engine" in the game "Need for Speed".

Not many people knew about this. Even within Tianba Studio, apart from Brother Dong and Huang Qing, even Xiao Lu didn't know about it.

There is no way. After all, the other party is a research institute with a very high level of confidentiality. What they are researching is probably at the level of a major power, so we cannot publicize it and must keep a low profile.

"Let's get some patents later! Otherwise, people will always say that our Tianba Studio has no technical strength..."

Huang Qing said speechlessly: "Whether it's a gaming company or a technology company, we should be high-profile when we need to be high-profile. We can't let people look down on us all the time."

"That makes sense!"

Chen Ba nodded.

The most embarrassing thing about Tianba Studio is that its games are very famous, and some of them are even famous all over the world.

but……

As the developer of these games, Tianba Studio itself is still very well-known, far less than its competitors such as Zhuchang and Mihoyo.

It's so embarrassing.

Logically speaking, apart from the giant Penguin Games which is worthy of Tianba Studio's attention, which other game companies can compare with Tianba?

This is also the reason why Chen Ba has been active in front of major mainstream media in recent years, attending various large and small events and making his presence felt.

It’s not good to be too low-key. Tianba Community has tens of millions of active users, so you can imagine how many fans it has.

But with so many fans, the official account of Tianba Studio only has a few hundred thousand fans. Isn't this embarrassing? "Okay, I'm leaving first."

Chen Ba waved his hand, signaling everyone to go about their own business. If there was anything, they could wait until he finished attending the summit and come back later.

"But……"

Xiao Lu originally wanted to talk about "Past Events in a Mountain Village", but Brother Ba walked too fast and got on the elevator in a blink of an eye.

"What's wrong?"

Huang Qing asked curiously, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me. You don't have to ask Brother Ba to solve everything."

"You? You can't solve this!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"What are you saying? I'm the CEO. Is there anything I can't solve that I have to mobilize the boss to solve?"

"Oh well……"

Seeing that Huang Qing was determined to get to the bottom of the matter, Xiao Lu reported: "The fortune-telling function of "Mountain Village Past" has become popular. Did you know about this?"

“I know!”

"That's the problem. Because it's so popular, all kinds of monsters and demons have emerged..."

Perhaps feeling that he couldn't explain himself clearly, Xiao Lu simply took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened a short video app, and played a video for Huang Qing.

Huang Qing looked at his phone seriously.

On the screen, a young man in fashionable clothes was seen walking slowly towards a fortune teller who was known for his accurate predictions under a distant overpass.

"Family, today I'm going to give you a tough job! Technology VS metaphysics, let's see which one is better, technology or metaphysics!"

What is this, technology VS metaphysics?

Huang Qing was confused and didn't understand the meaning of Xiao Lu showing him this video.

"Keep reading, you'll know soon!"

Xiao Lu was not in a hurry, he just dragged the progress bar, signaling Huang Qing not to worry, the best part was yet to come! The young man walked up to the immortal master and asked with a look of admiration: "Master, I've been in a bit of trouble recently, can you please help me with a fortune-telling?"

Snap!

The master did not say anything, but tapped the Zhifubao payment code on his desk with his right index finger.

The young man understood it immediately and quickly scanned the code to pay 200 yuan.

When the voice message "XXX received 200 yuan" sounded, the master relaxed his expression and asked, "What's your name? What trouble did you encounter?"

"Master, my last name is Wang!"

"Here's what happened..."

Seeing that the master was willing to speak, the young man told him his troubles.

It turned out that he fell in love with a girl and wanted to pursue her. This girl liked playing with her phone, was a computer genius, and had a very cold personality. She seemed to be indifferent to everyone...

The young man gave a "precise" description, and then said with a distressed look: "I have spent 648 yuan to pursue her, but she still hasn't said a word to me."

"Master, if I continue to spend 648 to pursue her, will she agree to be my girlfriend?"

648?

Why are there zeros and integers?

The master thought this number was very strange. Who would spend money to pursue a girl and calculate the exact amount? Wouldn't it usually be a vague description like "hundreds or thousands"? And if this girl was really as good as he described, then let alone 648, adding a zero, or even two zeros, would still be a huge profit!

Young people are still too immature.

The bride price is so expensive these days. It is wishful thinking to want to marry a beautiful woman with only 648. What kind of girl is so simple-minded that she would marry you with 648? So, the master used his life experience to give a simple analysis to the young people.

Then he pretended to ask about the young man's birth date and the girl's name to predict the compatibility of their marriage.

"Silver Wolf?"

When the master heard the name, he subconsciously became suspicious and said, "No, you are not wrong, are you? There is a surname called Yin?"

"Oh, she's a foreigner!"

The young man sighed and said, "She is all alone and has no home, so I want to give her a home."

Foreigners, that makes sense.

The master calculated for a while and was not sure whether foreigners had the custom of bride price, and what the standard of bride price was.

After a while, the master finally said, "Don't be impatient, young man. In my opinion, if you pursue her again with all your heart, your marriage will almost be a success."

"Really?"

"Master, what you mean is that if I spend another 648 on her, I can make her my girlfriend?" The young man was very excited.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you straight away..."

At this point in the video, even though Huang Qing didn't play games very often, he guessed that the girl the young man was talking about was probably a game character.

The poor master was played around by the young man and had no idea what the problem was.

Sure enough, when the master learned that the girl was a game character, the way he looked at the young man changed.

However, the young man did not intend to let him go. Instead, he took out his laptop and used the divination of "The Past in the Mountain Village" to ask the master, "Who of you is right? 200 yuan is not easy to earn!" Even though he knew that the young man was here to mess things up, the master still had to bite the bullet and confront the divination system head-on.

As expected, the master's metaphysical business was limited to the real world and had not yet developed to the virtual network, so this PK was destined to end in failure.

The young man was content.

The master earned two hundred yuan, although he was slapped in the face by a program, but making money is a good thing, so he didn't feel like he lost out.

Netizens had fun watching the show, but from another perspective, it verified that the divination system of "Mountain Village Past" is the "true metaphysics".

Didn't you see that the fortune-telling masters all felt ashamed and quietly put away the signboard of "iron mouth and straight prediction"? If you don't believe it, then why don't you come and battle with this fortune-telling system? "So?"

Huang Qing asked: "This video is interesting, but what does it have to do with the trouble you are talking about?"

"Of course it does matter. The reason is that this video went viral and people quickly copied it!"

Xiao Lu explained: "If someone imitates us, then innocent fortune tellers will suffer. So it's normal for us to be reported and accused of promoting feudal superstition, right?"

"Normal... Wait a minute!"

When Huang Qing first heard the charge of promoting feudal superstition, he thought it was okay, but then he thought, was this reported by a fortune teller? No...

It would be reasonable for anyone to report it, but why did a group of fortune tellers report it? Who is promoting feudal superstition? Don’t they know what’s going on? (End of this chapter)