Future Technology's bizarre official social media account once again shot to the top of the trending searches.
"I have an Intelligent Assistant. I just won't sell it. I'm just having fun."
Under Future Technology's bizarre official account, netizens left comment after comment: just having fun.
Unlike Future Technology's official account, the course comment section on its official website was filled with small programs people had written after a day of studying, along with problems they had encountered during development. Overnight, the courses on Future Technology's website became a discussion hub for a huge number of Han Language developers.
In the office, with nothing to do, Li Zhou suddenly remembered the progress bar in his mind. When he focused on it, he nearly scared himself blind. At some point, the progress bar had already reached 98%. And in the second Li Zhou froze, it shot straight up to 99%!
Seeing how quickly the progress bar had advanced this time, Li Zhou fell into thought.
Compared with before the system had fully awakened, there were only a few possible reasons why the system's progress bar could have sped up so dramatically.
Either it was because he had founded a company and gained considerable recognition around the world, accelerating the system's progress bar.
Or it was because he had developed the Intelligent Assistant and Han Language development tools with the black technology provided by the system, gaining a huge number of users and accelerating the system's progress bar.
Or it was because the release of the Han Language Programming Language had significantly impacted IT-related industries worldwide, accelerating the system's progress bar.
No matter how he thought about it, there were only these three possibilities. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that the system had accelerated its progress bar after a comprehensive evaluation. Whatever the reason, as long as it could speed up the progress bar, it was exactly what Li Zhou wanted to see.
For the entire day, Li Zhou was absent-minded. Even when Xiong Kexuan came by once, he did not notice her.
Inside the chief executive's office, Wang Fei quietly gossiped with Xiong Kexuan.
"Sister Xuan, the boss has been completely out of it today. He was fine this morning, so why did he suddenly change? Don't tell me he got dumped!"
"What goes on in that head of yours all day? Instead of wasting time imagining things, why don't you help me keep Xiao Nuonuo entertained?"
At eleven that night, Li Zhou tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He either kept checking his phone or looking at the progress bar in his mind.
It was not until close to midnight that a familiar notification sound rang out in Li Zhou's mind.
Hearing the system notification, Li Zhou hurriedly found a comfortable position and lay down. His experience from the last time the progress bar had reached 100% was still fresh in his mind.
But—after waiting for ages, the system did not react at all.
Li Zhou frowned and closed his eyes. He quickly discovered that the system had changed slightly: after the progress bar, there was now a Details button and a Transfer Learning button.
Thank goodness. Seeing the system finally act human for once, Li Zhou was practically moved to tears.
Before, he had been worried that if the progress bar suddenly hit 100%, he might collapse wherever he was. Now, it seemed there was no need to worry about that anymore.
Li Zhou silently selected Details, and in the next instant, the basic information for this round of system black technology appeared in his mind.
"Photonic Computer Technology!"
The information in his mind made Li Zhou snap his eyes open. If his parents downstairs had not already been asleep, he would have been unable to stop himself from jumping up and shouting, "Who else!"
At the cutting edge of modern computer technology, every country was searching for computers with greater computing power, and their preferred path was the development of Quantum Computers.
In theory, Quantum Computers used the laws of quantum mechanics to perform high-speed mathematical and logical operations, as well as store and process quantum information.
Photonic Computers, on the other hand, used photons as the carriers of information. Optical interconnects replaced wired interconnects, optical hardware replaced electronic hardware, and optical computing replaced electrical computing. They used lasers to transmit signals and consisted of integrated optical circuits made from optical fibers and various optical components.
Although major powers around the world had made breakthroughs in Quantum Computer technology, especially China, which stood at the very forefront of global Quantum Computer research,
even so, truly usable, stable, commercially viable Quantum Computers were still a distant prospect.
Although Photonic Computers were far inferior to Quantum Computers in terms of operating performance and computing capacity, they had lower environmental requirements and were more suitable for civilian use.
Of course, none of that was the most important part. The most, most, most important thing was that the system had given Li Zhou the complete set of Photonic Computer technology.
If he had been asked to research Quantum Computer technology himself, he would not have known how.
Li Zhou lay back down. After adjusting himself into a comfortable position again, he selected Transfer Learning.
The next second, a tidal wave of information poured into his mind. Under the system's protection, Li Zhou entered a deep sleep.
In the deep mountains, the night had no source of light apart from the moonlight shining down from the sky. Only one person stood watch through the night, protecting Li Zhou's safety.
By morning, sunlight was already streaming through the window into Li Zhou's room. Feeling the harsh glare, Li Zhou uncomfortably shifted position and turned his back to the window.
Ever since Li Zhou entered high school, his parents had known how exhausting studying was and how poorly he slept at school. From then on, they had never called him to get up, even if he slept until noon.
Now that their son had built such a large company with his own hands, he was even more tired than he had been while attending school. Naturally, Li Zhou's parents were even less likely to go upstairs and wake him.
During that time, Zhou Song quietly went upstairs once to make sure the boss was fine before heading back down. Until noon, no one else went upstairs to disturb Li Zhou's sleep.
While still asleep, Li Zhou was awakened by hunger. In a daze, he called out to his Intelligent Assistant, Nai Yi, with his eyes closed.
"Nai Yi, what time is it?"
"Dong dong dong, it's already two in the afternoon! Big brother, you slept for a full fourteen hours. According to scientific sleep knowledge, sleeping like this is extremely unhealthy."
Li Zhou scratched his head and reluctantly opened his eyes. He had no choice—his stomach was already protesting. If he did not soothe it soon, he suspected it would revolt.
The technical information for the Photonic Computer was far more extensive than the information on Artificial Intelligence. That was why Li Zhou had slept longer this time than last time.
Everything from the components of a Photonic Computer to its manufacturing processes was stored in Li Zhou's mind. As long as he thought of something, the relevant knowledge would automatically surface. What interested him most was the Photonic Chip at the core of the Photonic Computer.
Li Zhou could hardly wait to create a Photonic Computer. Once he did, he could write a true Artificial Intelligence.
But lately, he had been wandering around the company and had not done any research in the laboratory at all. If he suddenly produced a Photonic Computer, even he would not be able to fool himself.
What he needed to do now was have Xiong Kexuan purchase a large batch of experimental equipment and materials, then put on the appearance of conducting research.
Once the timing was right, the Photonic Computer could be brought into the world!
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