After the installation was complete, there was no change on the phone's home screen. Normally, installed apps left an icon on the desktop, but Intelligent Assistant had none. It was just that willful.
Well, actually, Li Zhou simply did not have an existing app icon, and the system's default icon was far too ugly. It did not look high-end at all.
Besides, with Intelligent Assistant's powerful voice recognition capabilities, there was no need for a desktop icon at all.
Before Li Zhou could even wait, Intelligent Assistant had already activated automatically and entered self-check mode.
On the screen, Intelligent Assistant continuously examined the phone's software and hardware. It was incredibly fast.
In roughly ten seconds, Intelligent Assistant completed its self-check. A white egg appeared on the phone screen, while an extremely mechanical voice came from the phone's speaker.
"Master, your Intelligent Assistant inspection has been completed."
"Intelligent Assistant has detected virus website addresses on your phone. Do you wish to delete them?"
Li Zhou's eyes widened. Was that a joke? If they were deleted, what would he use to practice his hand speed in the future?!
"No need. Put them in virtual-space isolation."
"The virus websites have been isolated. You may use your phone safely without concern."
After Li Zhou lightly touched the white egg on the screen, it entered customization mode. Every Intelligent Assistant entered this mode after installation, after all. No one liked an Intelligent Assistant with a purely mechanical voice and no sense of language.
After Li Zhou touched the egg on the screen, the white egg began bouncing up and down.
"Please give your Intelligent Assistant a unique name."
"Nai Yi."
"Please set your preferred voice."
"There are three default system voices: deep male voice, loli voice, and mature female voice. You may also upload a voice clip and select a segment for playback, using that voice as the default voice."
Li Zhou played a child's voice recording stored on his computer and waited for Nai Yi to identify it.
"Nai Yi has automatically identified the custom voice! Hurry and give Nai Yi a beautiful appearance. Nai Yi can't wait to meet Master!"
This time, Li Zhou gave an unbelievable command.
"Nai Yi, automatically generate an appearance based on my usual short-video preferences."
The next second, a cracking sound came from the eggshell on the screen. Then, a virtual little girl who looked about six years old climbed out of the shell, without the slightest sense of incongruity.
The lively, adorable little girl had a fair oval face, curved brows, and a pair of bright, watery eyes beneath them. She looked just like a real person.
After stretching lazily, the little girl raised her bright eyes to Li Zhou and gave him a sweet smile.
"Master, I'm your adorable little Nai Yi!"
Li Zhou's eyes lit up at the vivid image before him. The little girl looked somewhat like his little niece.
"Nai Yi, call me Brother from now on. You don't need to call me Master."
Li Zhou found the word "Master" somewhat strange, no matter how he thought about it.
"Mhm, Nai Yi understands, Brother."
"Brother, Nai Yi thinks you should go to sleep first. It's already five in the morning! (＾Ｕ＾)ノ~ＹＯ"
Little Nai Yi blinked adorably. "And Nai Yi found that you have a high-speed rail trip home this afternoon."
Li Zhou slapped his forehead. If Nai Yi had not reminded him, he really might have forgotten about his 3 p.m. high-speed rail trip.
However, there was still one thing to do before sleeping: he had to snag a free enterprise-grade server from Aliyun. It was free for seven days. Free stuff really was the best.
After uploading the Intelligent Assistant installation package, with some functions restricted, to the Aliyun server, Li Zhou posted the download link on the Coolapk forum.
"Shocking! A private developer has created an Artificial Intelligence even stronger than Xiao Ai. Is this the loss of humanity or..."
Li Zhou looked at the post he had written and nodded in satisfaction.
Although the uploaded Intelligent Assistant had some restricted functions, it was still powerful.
What? What restrictions had he made? Of course, it was free to use for seven days, and continued use required payment. Wasn't that what he had learned from the big companies?
Want a customized voice? No problem! Just pay!
Want an appearance from your own imagination? So easy! Just pay!
What? You also want to dress your customized appearance in beautiful skins? Then what are you waiting for? Just pay!
After doing all that, Li Zhou could not help yawning. He gently rubbed his tired eyes.
"Nai Yi, keep an eye on the post I just published for me."
"Okay, Brother. Nai Yi will watch it carefully."
As Li Zhou groggily made his way to bed, he failed to notice little Nai Yi on the phone scratching her head in confusion.
"Keep an eye on it? Does that mean watching the post and not letting it sink?"
Unfortunately, Li Zhou was already asleep, and no one answered Nai Yi.
At this moment, the difference between pseudo-Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence became apparent.
Pseudo-Artificial Intelligence could only make logical judgments based on big data, while true Artificial Intelligence could make its own judgments like humans based on existing conditions.
Although little Nai Yi had been able to interact vividly with Li Zhou earlier, it was all simulated according to data. Like a cartoon being played, everything was predetermined. Unlike Artificial Intelligence, she did not truly possess emotions of her own.
After Li Zhou fell asleep, little Nai Yi came to a different understanding of "keep an eye on it" based on big data.
She directly bypassed the backend and pinned Li Zhou's post to the top.
At first, the suddenly pinned post did not attract much attention. Most people had only just woken up at that hour.
It was not until after eight o'clock that more people began leaving comments under the post.
"??? Since when did the shock-news department come to Coolapk?"
"Upstairs, is that the point? The point is that it's pinned, okay? A newly posted thread gets pinned—you know what that means."
"The second floor's focus is the problem, okay?! Look at that title. Smarter than Xiao Ai! My Xiao Ai refuses to accept this!"
"Haha."
"Ahem, well, out of curiosity, this young master clicked the link above. I have to say, it nearly shocked me to death."
"The guy upstairs is terrible. You only said half of it, so I clicked the link too. It nearly scared me into thinking my phone had a virus."
"???"
"So what exactly is behind the link? Is there not one kind person who can explain?"
"I'm dying of laughter. If you're going to brag, at least take a look at yourself. Stronger than Xiao Ai? Is the poster here to be funny?"
As time passed, more and more people replied to the post. Quite a few of them clicked the download link out of curiosity.
However, Nai Yi "thoughtfully" blocked every single warning comment under the post, so they would not disturb Brother's sleep.
Zhang Qiang was one of those who clicked the link. Out of curiosity, he installed Intelligent Assistant, and the phone's reaction after installation scared him into thinking it had been infected by a virus.
But what happened next shocked him so much that his heartbeat accelerated.
It was unbelievable!!!
Zhang Qiang was not the only one who discovered this. After experiencing the power of Intelligent Assistant, everyone silently shared it with their friends and family.
However, one thing made Zhang Qiang and the others extremely miserable: everything required payment.
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