Chapter 50

Of course, some viewers simply enjoyed watching the commotion, while others believed Jiang Ye would place restrictions on the artificial intelligence he created, preventing it from running out of control.

"This is real artificial intelligence, not those artificial idiots like Xiao Ai, Xiao Yi, and Siri. I can't wait for smart robots like the ones in movies to show up."

"That's right. As a single guy, I want a female robot to help with the housework."

"Heh, what housework? Even an honest man like me is too embarrassed to expose you!"

"I'll say it. You're just lusting after its body, and it'll do as it's told!"

"And it can do all kinds of positions."

Some people wanted it, and some didn't. But when Carlos, the head of the International Mathematical Union, stepped forward, most of the viewers who had only just relaxed grew nervous again.

"I can't agree with what those experts said earlier. If we follow your logic, how could Jiang Ye have solved the Seven Millennium Prize Problems? You call that a lack of innovation? A lack of research and development?"

More and more mathematicians spoke up right after him. "That's right. In our view, his learning talent ability doesn't just let him absorb, digest, and understand things quickly. It would be more appropriate to define it as a massive boost to his logical thinking and mental processing."

Meanwhile.

A crucial question confronted the production team.

"Once he finishes writing the artificial intelligence, if it isn't an ordinary one-say it's a low-spec version of Skynet—that alone would be enough to expose us hiding in the outside world in a short time."

An assistant stood before William, the chief director, carefully relaying the contents of the expert panel's report.

"Then what do we do?"

The assistant glanced at the solution provided in the document. "The expert panel says the only way is to physically sever the undersea fiber-optic cables connecting the island city to the outside world."

"Only then will the artificial intelligence he creates be unable to scan beyond the island. Oh, and the satellites overhead—the ones covering his area-some of those need to be switched off too."

"Let me ask the higher-ups." William was growing increasingly agitated.

Before long, instructions came down from the upper echelons of the Ten Conglomerates: "Sever the undersea fiber-optic cables and shut down two-thirds of the commercial satellites above the island city."

Looking at the instructions.

William noticed that the higher-ups' view of Jiang Ye was gradually changing. It seemed they were starting to believe he could work miracles...

Chapter 49: The Birth of Skynet? I Can't Copy the Code He's Writing (Extra Chapter)

While the outside world was in the midst of heated discussion.

Twenty minutes flew by.

And in those twenty minutes.

Jiang Ye had completely mastered the theoretical knowledge behind the entire programming framework and the use of all kinds of programming tools and software, becoming proficient in applying them together.

He had now met the requirements to write the intermediate artificial intelligence code provided by the system.

[Host, this system will display the code on your left retina, making it easier for you to write it out.]

[All right!]

The next moment, as lines of code began appearing one after another on his left retina, all Jiang Ye had to do was copy them down.

For a time, the keyboard clattered nonstop.

Meanwhile, at the artificial intelligence research institutes of internet giants around the world.

When experts and professors well versed in the field saw Jiang Ye open his programming software and begin writing code, they immediately fixed their eyes on him.

"Can you copy it down?"

The company boss had come in person to ask.

That was right. Their goal was to copy Jiang Ye's code as he wrote it. Even if they couldn't copy it successfully, if they could comprehend and learn something from it, they would still come out ahead.

Only after he had asked several times did the experts and professors who were authorities in the field reluctantly shake their heads.

"No."

"He's writing too fast."

"What I find strange is that he only just studied and mastered artificial intelligence programming. Why can he get straight to writing it now? Isn't that a bit too fast?"

"Also, some of the code is incredibly arcane. It's already beyond my knowledge, and I can't understand it at all."

"Hard, hard, hard."

"As hard as ascending to heaven."

One expert frowned in thought, then continued explaining to the boss, "It's like a world-famous literary classic full of philosophy. Even if you understand everything it says, you definitely couldn't write it yourself, because it contains implicit knowledge."

However.

This was clearly not the answer the boss wanted.

His eyes were fixed on Jiang Ye as he continued typing, his chest heaving violently. He held back his emotions, but in the end he still refused to give up and asked again, "Then is it possible for anyone else to copy his code?"

The expert shook his head decisively. "Impossible. Let me give you another example. Jiang Ye mastering programming is like mastering all kinds of mathematical tools and theories. And now, he's skipped the step of solving the difficult problems entirely—no, perhaps he completed it in his head—and gone straight to using those tools to create and put them to work."

This time, the boss understood. "In other words, he solved all the problems currently facing the field of artificial intelligence in his head. And not only that, he also figured out how to write an artificial intelligence in a short time!?"

The expert nodded. "That's right. Several steps are missing, and he's gone straight to the final stage."

"So unless he slows down and explains the code line by line, letting us understand and digest it, and then lets us copy it, doing exactly what he does, only then might we achieve the same result as him."

The boss finally understood completely and felt relieved. "That's good. If we can't do it, neither can our competitors. That's good!"

After all.

For an internet company, a single revolutionary technology was enough to bring about an upgrade and iteration.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Ye finished writing the core code for the intermediate artificial intelligence.

However, there were still many aspects involved in artificial intelligence.

In particular, the artificial intelligence provided by the system differed from the direction of research in current human society.

There were two directions in current artificial intelligence research: thinking and acting like a human, and thinking and acting rationally.

Current research was focused on developing the second.

What Jiang Ye was writing belonged to the first.

Naturally, what it involved was not limited to computational language, computer vision, and the like.