Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1516 Officially launches a challenge to the intelligent program

Facing the high enthusiasm of the reporters, Professor Watson smiled brightly: "Don't worry, everyone, ask questions one by one. Before that, let me reiterate that I think MIT still has a chance to beat this intelligent program. This is my personal opinion, not that of anyone else at MIT."

A reporter immediately raised his hand and asked, "I'll come first. What I want to ask is who is the person you are going to send out? Can you let him come out and meet us?"

Watson replied with a smile: "The person we are going to send out to carry out this task is a student of the MIT School of Computer Science. According to his personal wishes, I cannot disclose his specific information, so it is even more impossible for him to come out." Met you all, and by the way, he's on his way to Stanford right now, so if you wanted to see him, you wouldn't be able to see him."

Another reporter raised his right hand: "Professor, you just said that you have serious doubts about the strength of the intelligent program developed by Stanford University, and you also said that MIT is the global leader in the field of intelligence, can I Do you think your challenge plan is to compete with Stanford University for leadership in the field of intelligence?"

Professor Watson shook his head with a smile: "I want to make it clear that MIT has always been relatively low-key, and has never argued with anyone. We are just doing what we should do."

The reporter asked: "If MIT is really as low-key as you said, why do you challenge Stanford University with great fanfare? Isn't this contradictory?"

Watson waved his hand again: "I think you misunderstood what I mean. MIT's low profile is based on a rigorous attitude towards science. We never randomly question things that are in line with science and facts. But for those things that are not rigorous enough, we will not sit idly by. As a world-renowned university, MIT has the obligation to expose some inappropriate things, so that ordinary people can have a better and deeper understanding something."

The reporter asked again: "You mean that Stanford University is not rigorous enough, and the intelligent programs they developed are not in line with science, right?"

Professor Watson nodded slightly: "It can be understood in this way."

The reporter immediately asked: "I don't know where Stanford University is not rigorous enough? Why is the intelligent program they developed not in line with science?"

Professor Watson was very satisfied with the reporter's questions, and the reporter could get the point every time, so Professor Watson was very happy to answer her questions: "First of all, I want to clarify my point of view, which can also represent MIT's intelligent research and development team has a principled view and attitude towards intelligence. In our opinion, an intelligent program refers to a program that has an autonomous operating mechanism and can propose different solutions according to different environments, rather than just follow the pre-set procedures. Precisely because we realize this, our intelligent technology research and development team has not published any new technology in the name of intelligent robots for nearly a year. It can be seen from this The level of rigor we take with science."

Watson said with a slight smile: "As for the nature of Stanford University's intelligent program, anyone with a little understanding of computer technology must know that their intelligent program only relies on powerful computing power to compete with humans, and its own operating mechanism It is not pioneering and creative. At best, it is just a low-end program that can calculate accounts. As long as MIT is willing, we can create a program that is superior to it. The reason why we did not do this is because we do not want to pass This is a way to mislead the public to have wrong ideas about smart technology."

The third reporter finally seized the opportunity, raised his hand and asked, "Professor, do you think your attitude is too arrogant? If the challenger you selected fails, how will you deal with the situation? Or To put it more clearly, will you feel ashamed? After all, MIT is a world-renowned engineering university, and reputation is very important to you. Have you considered the consequences of failure?"

Professor Watson showed a righteous expression when he heard this: "Even if the challenge fails, we will not criticize anyone too much, let alone feel ashamed. As the world's number one science and engineering university, Massachusetts MIT has an obligation to do this. Failure is not terrible. What is terrible is that we do not have the courage to dare to challenge. The courage to challenge any difficulty is the core value of MIT for many years, and it is also the reason why we finally made this effort. The root of the decision lies."

Another reporter immediately raised his hand: "Professor, is MIT really confident of winning this challenge? The powerful computing power of computers is well known. In addition, the computer level of Stanford University is at the top level in the world. They created The resulting program must be very powerful, can manpower really defeat the computer software created by Stanford University?"

Niu Xiaoqiang's confident smile appeared in Professor Watson's mind, but even so, he didn't dare to talk too much, and Professor Watson left room for it from the very beginning.

I saw him chuckle: "As I said just now, the success or failure of this challenge is not the key, the key is the meaning it represents. We have been mentally prepared to fail from the very beginning. Of course, we definitely hope As for the outcome, it depends on the attitude of Stanford University, if they don’t accept the challenge, then what’s the point of me saying more?”

"So in your personal opinion, would Stanford accept the challenge?" the reporter pressed.

Watson pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "I don't think they will refuse, right? After all, this is also a great opportunity to test this program, and my colleagues at Stanford University must also want to know what the final result will be. .”

Another reporter raised his hand and asked: "Professor, if MIT wins, you will gain a huge reputation and further consolidate your unshakable leadership in the field of intelligence. I wonder how you will guide What about the development trend of smart technology?"

Watson smiled and said: "Our style has always been open and inclusive. Regardless of the outcome of this challenge, we are happy to discuss the future of smart technology with all like-minded people. The power of one person or a team is limited. Yes, only by brainstorming and listening to different views and opinions can human beings continue to develop healthily, rapidly and sustainably.”

(End of this chapter)