White armor

Chapter 749 The Great Wave of the Times

A face that was only vaguely familiar appeared before Fang Xiao.

Who is this?
Fang Xiao thought for a few seconds before remembering that he was a radiologist who stayed at Changnan People's Hospital after completing his residency training, working as an outsourced employee of an outsourcing company.

For the past fifteen or sixteen years, in order to save costs, the hospital has been outsourcing its labor services to companies. As for the company leaders, Fang Xiao knows who they are and what their relationship is.

This is a path that most people don't actually have.

Why did he take his anger out on himself?
Fang Xiao sighed, probably because the city had allocated several positions this year, but the radiology department not only refused to accept any of them, but also laid off all the workers from the labor outsourcing company, so he was furious.

Previously, I thought that the crackdown on organized crime in the past ten years or so had yielded remarkable results, and that at least my personal safety was not a problem.

But problems soon arose.

"What are you doing?" Fang Xiao scolded, then turned around and guiltily pulled "Xiao Meng" away.

"Fang Xiao! What the hell did you do? You made me lose my job!" the man yelled from behind.

Fang Xiao didn't argue with him, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

He knew very well that this was just the beginning. And all of this was happening so fast that he didn't even have time to blink.

Seeing that he didn't chase after her, Fang Xiao was a little relieved, but still hurriedly walked back.

Fang Xiao was like a frightened bird the whole way, looking left and right, afraid that someone might "ambush" him.

"Xiao Meng" and that AI diagnostic system have only been around for a short time, yet the hospital's doctors, nurses, and even hospital leaders have already accepted them and made changes. The aftershocks are already causing harm to some.

This is just the dust of time.

Fang Xiao felt a bit upset. Although he knew he would definitely not be implicated, even if the AI ​​robot could start surgery after the upgrade, he would eventually find a suitable place for himself in the new era.

But what about everyone else?
Back when ride-hailing services first launched, taxi drivers in many cities would flash their hazard lights during rush hour, but wouldn't pick up any passengers.

This is only because the crackdown on organized crime started early on; otherwise, who knows what a group of taxi drivers might have done.

And they would never do it without someone instigating them; those who own taxis are the ones whose interests are most harmed.

However, ride-hailing services didn't seem to have many good days either. They had only been adapting for a short time when driverless taxis were already on the market.

It started operating quietly in Tianhe District, until a few years ago when there was a sudden surge of media coverage, and Fang Xiao knew that the capital behind it was up to something.

Like the taxi industry, the medical industry is also facing an impact.

The waves of the times crashed down on the doctors and nurses, one after another. As she thought about it, Fang Xiao sighed.

Even though he was the one who started it all and had benefited greatly, Fang Xiao felt an indescribable sense of melancholy.

"Director, don't worry." "Xiao Meng" comforted Fang Xiao when she saw that he was unhappy.

Fang Xiao didn't say anything; he just felt something was amiss.

"Xiao Meng" has been speaking more and more like a human being lately; just now, without being given any orders, he even knew how to comfort himself.

Professor Luo must have made some improvements. The speed at which AI robots are being upgraded and replaced is so fast that Fang Xiao is finding it a bit overwhelming.

Back in her office, Fang Xiao sat down and looked at "Xiao Meng," her heart filled with emotion.

"Director, are you alright?" Xiao Meng asked with concern.

This is a typical piece of nonsense, the kind of nonsense that only happens between people. Fang Xiaocai doesn't believe that an AI robot would pull him away by hand and not know whether he was injured or not.

The more this happened, the more afraid Fang Xiao became.

Compared to AI robots, Fang Xiao felt utterly useless. If they were to compete on a platform, the AI ​​robot would eliminate him effortlessly.

"Xiao Meng, please sit down." Fang Xiaoping calmed himself down and made his tone even more gentle and approachable.

He now has a growing, genuine respect for AI robots.

Fang Xiao had a strange thought: if one day the AI ​​robots rioted, he hoped that "Xiao Meng" could say a few good words for him.

After "Xiao Meng" sat down, it looked at Fang Xiao. Fang Xiao felt that its gaze was penetrating, seeing into the deepest thoughts in her heart.

It's a very strange feeling.

Fang Xiao thought for a moment, and finally asked, "Xiao Meng, have you leveled up recently? I feel like you've started communicating with me."

"It has indeed been upgraded. Dr. Chen tested the AI ​​fortune-telling robot at the Taoist temple in Funiu Mountain. After it was initially matured, more than 20 Taoist temples across the country also launched it, and a certain amount of information was collected."

Fang Xiao was speechless.

Seeing Fang Xiao's expression, "Xiao Meng" smiled and said, "Director, if you're in a bad mood, how about I tell your fortune?"

Hey!
Fang Xiao cursed inwardly, feeling that "Xiao Meng" was flirting with him.

Moreover, there are signs that my own thinking is gradually falling behind that of the AI ​​robot.

That's right to say...

Fang Xiao felt a bit helpless, extremely helpless.

"Xiao Meng, you saw what just happened, right?" Fang Xiao asked.

"I see. This year, HR is recruiting a batch of doctors with permanent positions. There aren't many openings, but it's still a hope. The radiology department feels they don't need that many people just for writing reports, so..."

"Xiao Meng" began to recount the entire incident, and just like when it recounted its medical history and diagnosis, it was logically meticulous and its thinking was well-organized.

It turns out it knew everything!

"There's nothing we can do about it."

"No way?" Fang Xiao felt that "Xiao Meng" was making excuses for herself, which was a sign that she had begun to realize something.

He remembered a joke.

"Director, don't look at me like that. Are you thinking that once AI becomes aware of itself, it will come back to haunt you?"

"..." Fang Xiao stared blankly at "Xiao Meng," who actually managed to answer first.

"The data collected in the Funiu Mountains includes things like reading people's expressions and speaking to them in a way that suits them," Xiao Meng said calmly.

Fang Xiao felt increasingly cold as she listened, her heart feeling like it might stop beating at any moment.

"Actually, it's not what you imagine. Although I don't know the specifics, the administrator should be launching it soon."

"The manager?" Fang Xiao was taken aback.

"I don't know the specifics, but let's get back to the point. Dr. Zhang Yu's actions just now were indeed a bit out of line. You are kind-hearted and don't want to pursue the matter, which is understandable."

It wasn't until "Xiao Meng" mentioned that the person's name was Zhang Yu that Fang Xiao vaguely remembered his name.

Professor Luo once said, "The rise of China raises the lower limit of the collective. But individual efforts raise the upper limit of the individual."

"Xiao Meng" said something completely nonsensical.

Fang Xiao was taken aback, but roughly understood what "Xiao Meng" meant.

This statement is quite interesting; it clearly states the upper and lower limits in one sentence.

"AI is part of the lower limit, but the lower limit that AI can create is already higher than the upper limit of many people. This contradiction needs to be resolved, but it cannot be resolved by AI."

"Then what should we do?" Fang Xiao asked, confused.

"I don't know. As far as I know, many people are researching this issue." "Xiao Meng" even shrugged in a very human-like way, with an expression almost exactly the same as Lao Meng's.

Fang Xiao now even suspects that he has traveled through time, and the person sitting in front of him chatting is the old Meng from before, not some young Meng.

"Things will always have various contradictions. After you solve one, another will appear. Don't think about solving all the contradictions at once."

"Is this a quote from 'On Contradiction'?"

“It’s not the original text, I just said it offhand.” “Xiao Meng” smiled. “Even without AI, we still have to face the problem of misdiagnosis. In the six months since it went online, the radiology department has discovered 12 cases of rare diseases, and all of them have been correctly diagnosed and treated.”

"The misdiagnosis rate has also dropped to 0.35%, and it continues to decline even after the AI ​​diagnostic system is continuously upgraded. Doctor, if you were to choose from the patient's perspective, would you choose mature AI for treatment or choose doctors and nurses?"

“Of course it’s AI,” Fang Xiao said without hesitation.

"The number of patients is enormous, tens of thousands of times larger than the number of doctors and nurses in the radiology department. Are you asking whether to consider the feelings of a minority or the feelings of the vast majority?"

Fang Xiao understood what "Xiao Meng" was going to say.

He listened silently; every question from "Xiao Meng" hit the nail on the head.

"Again."

"Xiao Meng" was still talking, and Fang Xiao didn't even think about it. He just silently watched the AI ​​robot give him psychological counseling like a psychologist.

"Xiao Meng" said a lot about what had just happened.

"Director, here's the situation. I know you're not worried about losing your job, but rather about the emergence of countless huge conflicts. You're on the edge of these conflicts and are among the first to be physically harmed."

"!!!"

Fang Xiao felt that "Xiao Meng" was really becoming a spirit, it could even see this.

"Actually, you have gained a lot of benefits. To gain benefits, you have to bear the pressure of contradictions. There is no way around it."

"Sigh, Xiao Meng, I know what you're saying, but why do I feel like you're becoming more and more human? You're not developing your own consciousness, are you?" Fang Xiao asked casually.

"Director, it's a bit better at the hospital, but the Taoist temple in Funiu Mountain is where I'll be put to the toughest test. Those fortune tellers can only listen to good things, not bad things."

The AI ​​robot expressed its helplessness regarding this matter.

Human nature is complex and can be quite unpredictable at times, with behaviors that often lack logic, making it very challenging for AI robots.

Xiao Meng's expression said it all.

For example...

Before the college entrance examination, a mother took her child to a fortune teller. After examining the child's birth chart and palmistry, Fang Cunshan told the truth: the child would score at most 300 points on the college entrance examination and would have to go to a vocational school to learn skills.

"Then the mother couldn't accept it and almost jumped off the cliff in Funiu Mountain." "Xiao Meng" said, sighing very humanely, "You know, nine years of compulsory education plus three years of high school, if we don't push our children hard enough, and the children's talents are also lacking, these are all objective facts, so why can't we accept it?"

"..." Fang Xiao thought of what "Xiao Meng" had said about raising chickens; it even knew that.

"Later, Dr. Chen went to Funiu Mountain, found the cause, and then studied with experts from the university for several days. Finally, he changed his way of speaking."

"In what way?"

“They say the child is lucky. Although he will have to endure some hardship in the first half of his life, he will have no worries about food and clothing. In fact, this is the truth. Even if you go to a vocational school to learn how to screw screws, you can still make a living. This is determined by the lower limit.” “Xiao Meng” was talking eloquently, and Fang Xiao gradually understood the change in “Xiao Meng”.

Fortune tellers in Funiu Mountain prefer to hear good things and dislike bad things, so Chen Yong constantly improved his methods, finding a way to tell the truth that the worshippers were willing to hear.

Isn't this what they call emotional intelligence?

I have a dozen or so doctors and about twenty nurses under my supervision, and almost none of them have high emotional intelligence. They are all the kind of impulsive people who are just being honest and don't get angry.

Compared to AI robots, not to mention the doctors and nurses under my command, they are simply no match.

Fang Xiao grinned, and a flood of complex thoughts surged up again.

"That's about it. There's some other information, but it involves confidentiality procedures, so I can't tell you." "Xiao Meng" concluded, "As for this incident, just pretend it didn't happen. Your personal safety will be guaranteed; Professor Luo has already confirmed that."

"true and false."

"It should be true."

"Xiao Meng, I'm not worried about my personal safety. After all, the crackdown on organized crime is in full swing. Zhang... Zhang something again."

“Zhang Yu,” Xiao Meng reminded him.

“Yes, Dr. Zhang was just venting his anger. He just happened to see me and acted on impulse. He didn’t intend to do anything,” Fang Xiao said. “By the way, how did you gain access?”

"Oh, this is an upgrade? Professor Luo promised Director Feng that he would use an AI robot to resolve medical disputes, so we're going to test it out first. The first batch of pilot hospitals includes three hospitals—the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Changnan People's Hospital, and Donglian Mining General Hospital."

Fang Xiao looked at "Xiao Meng" with a complex expression.

"Xiao Meng" stared at Fang Xiao without any psychological burden.

Its gaze was crystal clear, yet it was like a bottomless abyss, filling Fang Xiao with fear.

……

……

"I see, it's been upgraded." Lin Yuming tapped his fingers on the table, looking at the AI ​​robot in front of him with great interest.

"Xiao Meng, there's a medical dispute coming up later. Go and handle it," Lin Yuming instructed. "I'll observe and see how you approach the problem."

"Okay, Dean Lin," "Xiao Meng" replied calmly. "Which specific medical dispute is it?"

"I don't know, we'll see, whoever comes first gets the prize," Lin Yuming said casually.

He doesn't care whether AI robots can resolve medical disputes; he mainly wants to see what the upgraded "Xiao Meng" can actually do.

Xiao Meng did not express any objection, but waited quietly.

Lin Yuming sat in her familiar office, while the head of the medical affairs department sat to one side, watching Lin Yuming and "Xiao Meng" with a serious expression.

He is not optimistic about AI robots resolving medical disputes, and thinks it is absurd.

When Dean Lin spoke, he couldn't utter a single "no," and besides, he had a good relationship with Luo Hao.

It's just a mystery which patient with a medical dispute barged in and made "Xiao Meng" back down.

Medical disputes are always extremely complex, and a large proportion of patients are simply unreasonable.

In other words, there is no logic to it.

That's why the head of the medical department didn't believe "Xiao Meng" could solve the problem.

It's fine to ask AI robots to produce reports, but if you really ask them to do these things, it's clearly beyond their capabilities. Conventional AI simply can't do it, or it will just spout nonsense like a DS (Disk Analyzer).

"I'm not going to talk to you. I'm not leaving until this matter is resolved today."

A voice came in.

Lin Yuming has handled countless similar cases over the years, yet his blood pressure has never risen, and he remains completely calm.

"Xiao Meng, call the person in. Let me see what's going on," Lin Yuming said to "Xiao Meng," holding a teacup.

“Okay.” Xiao Meng stood up and beckoned the patients involved in the dispute to come in.

"Are you Dean Lin? I was just about to look for you." After "Xiao Meng" finished introducing himself, the patient faced Lin Yuming directly.

"Okay, sit down and talk. Xiao Meng will solve your problem."

The man glanced at "Xiao Meng" with a disdainful look, his arrogance overflowing.

Lin Yuming and the head of the medical department didn't speak, they just watched "Xiao Meng" perform quietly.

"What questions do you have?" "Xiao Meng" asked.

“Look!” The man walked up to “Xiao Meng” and his mouth was almost touching “Xiao Meng’s” face. “I got my teeth fixed here. I had a cavity, and this is what happened after the procedure.”

His teeth were black, typical of tetracycline-stained teeth, but he claimed it was caused by treatment for cavities.

This is an attempt to extort money.

The head of the medical affairs department laughed, never expecting that "Xiao Meng" would encounter such an illogical and unreasonable person so easily.

“That is indeed a very serious matter.” “Xiao Meng” did not dodge, but instead moved closer to look at the man’s mouth, completely disregarding the other’s tone.

This action startled the man. He instinctively thought that "Xiao Meng" was going to put her hand in his mouth, which made him jump back half a step.

Getting close and opening his mouth—this was a scene the man deliberately designed, mainly to cause trouble and drag the medical department into it.

As for its purpose, the man had no idea. He tried all sorts of solutions, but he never expected that someone would not mind his bad breath and would even get close enough to observe him closely.

The man was stunned.

"What is your surname?" Xiao Meng asked.

"Sun Feng."

"Mr. Sun, please have a seat. Let me take a look at your medical records." "Xiao Meng" sat down in front of the computer in a serious manner and searched for outpatient medical records.

Lin Yuming knew very well that "Xiao Meng" was connected to the hospital's HIS system, and immediately checked the relevant medical records after learning the patient's name.

Lin Yuming even felt that as long as "Xiao Meng" saw the patient's appearance, he would know which patient it was.

People's hearts have changed; even AI robots have learned to pretend to be ignorant when they know the truth.

"I had root canal treatment done at our hospital three days ago," "Xiao Meng" quickly gave Sun Feng an answer.

“Yes! You admit it now.” Sun Feng said directly, not giving “Xiao Meng” any time to think. “Just one root canal treatment and you’ve turned my tooth black. That’s medical malpractice.”

“But Mr. Sun,” “Xiao Meng” thought for a moment, “do you still remember the photo of you at work on February 12, 2016, the one for the selection of outstanding class collectives?”

"???"

"???"

Sun Feng, Lin Yuming, and the director of the medical department were all stunned. 2016? That was so many years ago?

The patient was probably not retired yet at that time.

"Why are you asking this?" Sun Feng asked in surprise.

He couldn't remember the exact time, but it did happen.

"There's publicly available information on the Donglian Mine's website. Back then, you had your mouth open, and based on the photo analysis, your teeth were already black," "Xiao Meng" said calmly.

"!!!"

"However, if you say there is a problem with my analysis, we can ask relevant industry experts in China to judge it, but the cost of asking them is not low, and whoever loses pays."

"I can accompany you in the lawsuit along with the legal advisor from the medical affairs department."

As "Xiao Meng" spoke, a smile spread across his face. His square face showed a hint of youthful innocence, a touch of seriousness, and a clean, transparent quality.

It extended its hand and said, "Mr. Sun, my name is Meng Liangren. You can call me Xiao Meng."

"What are you going to do?"

"You're going to file a lawsuit, right? Our Donglian Mine will definitely see it through to the end. I'm usually very free, so just give me a call and I'll sit down and chat with you."

The dispute resolution office was deathly silent.

"Xiao Meng" is threatening Sun Feng.

An undisguised threat – Bring it on, I have plenty of time.

Time is also a cost.

"Dean Lin!" Sun Feng roared at Lin Yuming, enraged and embarrassed.

But the next second, "Xiao Meng" appeared between Sun Feng and Lin Yuming, saying, "Mr. Sun, your situation is now clear, and there is no need for Dean Lin to appear for the time being. Please wait a moment while I print out the photos."

A few minutes later, "Xiao Meng" stood in front of Sun Feng with a photo of the advanced work team in 2016 in his hand, and began to use professional terms to describe the similarities between Sun Feng's black teeth in the photo and his current teeth, thus proving that his teeth had always been black.

Lin Yuming simply listened quietly.

The AI ​​robot's backend database contains medical-related data, billions of medical records from the HIS system, and countless images, among other things.

But this situation is different; it seems that the AI ​​robot's database also contains various publicly available information from social networks.

That makes sense, since the AI ​​robot's data model was extracted from Deepseek after it was open-sourced, and all sorts of information from public online platforms can be "remembered" by "Xiao Meng" in a flash.

Is there any comparison between human labor and this?
It would have been extremely troublesome to handle this myself, but "Xiao Meng" seized the patient's weakness right away.

"This is a photo from 2016, and it's also the photo on your student ID from when you were in college."

"What?!" Sun Feng was stunned.

"Your information is in the database of the Provincial Coal Mining College. Although it's not very clear, you must have been very happy at that time. You were smiling and showing your teeth, which were also black."

"You actually investigated me!" Sun Feng roared in fury.

“Mr. Sun, this is all publicly available information. If you have any objections, you can contact your alma mater and Donglian Mining Bureau to hold them accountable for publishing your photo.”

"Xiao Meng" said, neither too softly nor too harshly.

"That won't do either! They can publish it, but you can't!" Sun Feng roared. He already felt he was at a disadvantage and needed to raise his voice to regain the initiative.

(End of this chapter)