Xiang Kun opened a medical-related English original PDF book on his computer and read it for half an hour. He confirmed that his memory and reading speed had improved significantly after this mutation, and that the effect of targeted training to guide the mutation had not yet reached the threshold.
However, he didn't finish reading the book. Instead, he closed it and opened the "Vampire Mutation Model" he had written to add parameters and adjust the model.
The extensive reading of various medical and biological books over the past two weeks has served two purposes. Firstly, it has helped him acquire some basic knowledge to better understand the patterns and details of various changes in his body and trace their origins. Secondly, it has aimed to improve his memory, reading speed, and logical thinking skills so that he can more efficiently acquire the necessary knowledge and address problems he encounters in the future.
However, each discipline becomes increasingly specialized and difficult to understand as you progress, requiring knowledge of many specific research directions, projects, and even case studies.
Many of these things cannot be fully understood simply by reading books, documents, or collecting information online. They require a lot of hands-on practice, experiments, and observations. Although he does not need to fully master this knowledge, given his personality, once he immerses himself in it, he can easily get stuck on the details.
Although he knew that continuing with this extreme reading method could still improve his brain's related abilities, this learning style, which was out of sync with his own pace, did indeed make him somewhat subjectively bored.
In his previous studies in middle school and university, his starting point for learning was generally:
1. To prepare for the exam; 2. Personal interest; 3. Since I'm already here...
After graduating and starting work, his learning was very purposeful. For example, he learned the Python programming language after graduation because it is suitable for data analysis and AI. He already had a plan for what he would use it for in the future.
So now, every time he learns something new, he can't help but want to see if there's anything he can apply to it. He's never thought about learning all the relevant knowledge, even though his reading speed and memory are far superior to the average person, it would be difficult to do so in a short time, and there's no need to do so.
When it comes to recording knowledge, the human brain can never compete with computers; you can simply access it when needed.
Xiang Kun couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be to have a few assistants. They could help him fill in any gaps in his knowledge, look up relevant materials for him, organize information that might be helpful and important, discuss and analyze his physical mutations with him, and even arrange the fresh blood he needed for his diet, the training and experiments required for each blood-drinking period, and predict and statistically analyze the results. When he was bored, they could chat together, play games, and so on...
Xiang Kun slapped his forehead, interrupting his daydreaming. In that situation, the only way to achieve anything was probably to hand himself over to the state.
However, thinking of his assistant and colleagues, he couldn't help but recall a pointless survey and poll he had once seen on a fairly popular tech forum:
Who is your ideal assistant?
There are many options below, such as:
"A middle-aged man with graying hair but rich social experience who can help you handle all kinds of interpersonal relationships and trivial matters";
"A middle-aged woman who is physically strong but skilled at all kinds of housework, can cook delicious food, can cook all kinds of cuisines from all over the country, and can change the dishes every day of the month without repeating the same dish";
"A seemingly dull guy with a receding hairline who is proficient in various technologies and is extremely skilled at debugging";
"A witty older brother who always wears a long gown and looks like Guo Degang, and can make you laugh in thirty seconds no matter what";
There are more than a dozen options, but you can only choose one and not multiple options.
Finally, the top two were:
"The cute girl in the white maid outfit can't do anything except look adorable, have a sweet voice, and know how to act cute."
"A mature woman in a black business suit, with a cold and beautiful appearance and a hot figure, but a cold personality and a tendency to give orders."
The few female members on the forum could only describe this result with four words:
"Heh, men."
Most men are visual creatures, and programmers are no exception, perhaps even more so. Given this, the voting results are not surprising at all.
Xiang Kun even speculated that the person who initiated the vote deliberately wanted male programmers to show their true (and shameless) sides.
Of course, Xiang Kun himself also voted for the second-ranked option...
However, among the many options, aside from the first two votes based on hormones, the option that came in third place by a narrow margin actually represents the programmers' true thoughts more accurately:
"An AI that, though without a physical form, can continuously grow according to your needs, assist you in completing various tasks, and engage in various forms of entertainment and interaction."
Xiang Kun suddenly realized that, given his current situation, it was virtually impossible for him to find an assistant or partner who was both trustworthy and capable of providing him with assistance.
However, if it's an AI assistant, then the issue of trust is no longer a concern, and the kind of help this AI assistant can provide and the capabilities it possesses all depend on Xiang Kun's abilities.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the hottest concept in today's internet and mobile network era. AI is now increasingly specialized in its functions and more mature in its applications, far removed from the mysterious and high-end image it held years ago. We inevitably encounter AI in all sorts of products, both physical and virtual, and in everyone's daily lives.
Xiang Kun's original company, where he was responsible for work involving related fields.
Therefore, he knew that creating an AI assistant tailored to his current situation, monitoring and analyzing his various data, and then combining it with his previously developed "Vampire Mutation Model" and the web crawler already deployed on the cloud server to continuously improve the model while providing him with relevant suggestions and "guidance," shouldn't be too difficult.
Without hesitation, Xiang Kun started writing the PRD (Product Requirements Document). Since it was for his own reference, many details and formatting elements could be omitted, and he quickly developed a preliminary idea.
However, what he himself didn't expect was that as time went on, this PRD became increasingly massive, completely unrecognizable from its original form...
Xiang Kun initially thought that text would suffice for the AI assistant's input and output, but then he realized he was too lonely living alone. Since it was an assistant, it should at least be able to "speak," support speech recognition, and have a "conversation" with him! After all, the technology was readily available, and implementing it wouldn't be difficult...
Then he felt that since he was already an "assistant," it would be a waste to just improve the "Vampire Mutation Model." He could at least help him find songs, look up recipes, search maps, tell jokes, etc., which weren't difficult to do...
Then he felt that as a vampire's AI assistant, having only these functions seemed a bit too passive and unworthy of the name. Simply finding songs, looking up recipes, and telling jokes was less useful than just picking up his phone and calling out to Little Ai...
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