"...Hmm? You mean..."

"Does Lei Qi need to call me?"

At 7:20 p.m. on the same day, in Dongjiang City, Huaxia.

The entrance to the suite where Rui Zhao was staying at the Dongjiang Hotel.

After hearing Ai Jian'an's purpose for coming, Rui Zhao, who had just opened the door for her manager, blinked, clearly somewhat surprised.

Since she went into seclusion to prepare for the competition, her two core supporters, Lei Qi and Li Jingzhe, have never taken the initiative to disturb her training rhythm.

But now that Lei Qi has suddenly asked to see me urgently through Ai Jian'an... there must be a reason for it!

Ai Jianan's reaction confirmed this.

"……Yes."

At this moment, Boss Ai's voice was slightly low, and his gaze towards Rui Zhao was quite complicated:
"According to Lei Qi, the knife library targeting the blind spots in AI deployment... is probably not going to be completed!"

"It's not going to be finished?!"

The usually simple-minded Yong Shi Zhaojun was clearly quite shocked.

Ai Jianan nodded helplessly, took out her phone which was constantly on a call, and handed it to Rui Zhao, saying:
"...Let Lei Qi tell you directly!"

Rui Zhao glanced at the phone for a second, then immediately took it and held it to her ear:

"Hello? Lei Qi?"
"I am Rui Zhao."

"Ah, I'm sorry, Rui Zhao... I disturbed your training."

Lei Qi's voice came through the receiver, tinged with obvious fatigue and weakness:

"However, I might have to tell you about something right now..."

"As Miss Ai just said, the plan to use the throwing knife library to target blind spots in AI... is probably going to fail."

Rui Zhao's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, but her voice remained steady and gentle:
"What went wrong? Don't rush, tell me slowly."

"Uh, to put it simply..."

"In the past two months, with the help of supercomputing, Li Jingzhe has indeed found many, many potential blind spots..."

Lei Qi recounted the story in detail, but a hint of bitterness crept into his voice:
"But when he finished searching for blind spots and was organizing his research, he discovered that many of these blind spots were not the blind spots of AI on the market, but rather the blind spots of the adversarial software itself..."

"Blind spots in anti-attack software?"

Rui Zhao repeated the term, a thoughtful glint in her clear eyes.

She was familiar with the concept, but needed a more specific explanation.

"Correct!"

Lei Qi continued to explain helplessly:

"Let me give you an example! Just like our traditional 3-3 point opening: we chess players only realized that the old 3-3 point opening was wrong with the help of AI. But before AI, it was difficult for us to realize whether some variations were wrong."

"And for the same reason, in the past, when we wanted to make throwing knives that were hard to imagine, we relied on AI to determine whether the throwing knives we forged were the correct ones to fly."

"But now a problem arises—how do we find the blind spots of AI?"

"Then we can only rely on a more powerful AI, namely the one that Li Jingzhe... uh... developed for you, as the standard for judgment."

"And this is also Li Jingzhe's main idea for using adversarial attacks to find the blind spots of AI in the current market."

"Yes, I understand all of that..."

Hearing this, Rui Zhao nodded slightly:

"So the problem now is...?"

Lei Qi on the other end of the phone sighed softly and said truthfully:
"But the problem is..."

"What if the evaluation criteria themselves are flawed?"

"Is the standard for judgment flawed?"

Rui Zhao subconsciously asked a question in return, but in that instant, a thought flashed through her mind like lightning, and she immediately understood the meaning behind Lei Qi's words:
"...Lei Qi, you mean to say..."

"Many of the suspected blind spots that have been identified are not actually blind spots in commercially available AI, but rather blind spots in the AI ​​developed by Li Jingzhe?!"

"Yes...that's it!"

The voice of the opposing 9-dan player, Xiao Lei, grew increasingly helpless:
"Because some parameters are adjusted to be more extreme, although Li Jingzhe's new version of AI is significantly better than the AI ​​currently on the market in terms of attack and thickness judgment, it also has significantly more blind spots than the AI ​​currently on the market."

"If it's just for regular practice, it's fine, but once it's used to systematically study complex game variations, its many bugs and blind spots become apparent."

"At first, Li Jingzhe was very happy when he saw that the supercomputer had calculated thousands of suspected blind spots through adversarial attack software in the past two months, and he felt that it was very possible to defeat AI."

"But it wasn't until recently, when the supercomputer's two-month usage period expired and he was doing a system review, that he realized something was wrong and hurriedly asked me to help verify it!"

"After the Tianyuan Tournament, I immediately worked with him to analyze several potential blind spots. But after my own research and analysis over the past few days, I've discovered they were all false blind spots… To put it another way, it's like we gold prospectors thought we were looking for gold, but now it seems…"

"But they dug up a pile of sand."

Hearing this, Rui Zhao finally understood the situation, and her fingers gripping the phone tightened slightly involuntarily.

Indeed, when she was training with the new version of AI provided by Li Jingzhe, she clearly felt that although this improved AI was extremely sharp in attack judgment and thickness assessment, and even showed insight that surpassed existing AI in some areas, the frequency of its blind spots was much higher than that of mature AI on the market!

At the time, she just felt that this AI was, after all, newly optimized and developed software by Li Jingzhe, and was still in the debugging stage. It was inevitable that it would have some defects compared with the mature AI developed by commercial companies over a long period of time, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

But she never expected that this "small problem" that everyone overlooked would actually lead to such a huge pitfall!

"...The supercomputer's usage time approved by higher authorities has now expired, but the situation..."

That's exactly the situation!

Seeing that Rui Zhao had fallen silent, Lei Qi, knowing that Miss Zhaojun understood the situation, sighed again:

"We gave Chairman Shang a preliminary report on the situation a couple of days ago. Li Jingzhe and I have tried to salvage the situation again these past two days, but it seems there's really nothing we can do."

"Li Jingzhe felt very guilty and embarrassed to come see you, so he asked me to come and tell you:
"If we really want to challenge AI..."

"There might not be a knife collection that can help you."

Rui Zhao listened quietly to this disheartening conclusion. The neon lights outside the window reflected on her calm profile, and her subconscious slight pursing of her lips seemed to show that she was not entirely unmoved.

However, after a brief two seconds, she nodded slightly and calmly replied to her phone:
"I understand, but..."

"This doesn't seem like a big deal, does it?"

...

...

...? ? ?
……without……

……nothing?!

Meanwhile, in Lei Qi's study at Dongjia Garden residential complex.

Upon hearing this, Lei Qi's expression twisted slightly on the other end of the phone.

This……

This is a crucial means to determine the success or failure of challenging AI!

Without the throwing knife vault, Rui Zhao will lose a major asset! It means she will truly have to face that terrifying cyber dragon alone!

How can you say "it's nothing"?!
However, just as Lei Qi was in shock, he heard that there seemed to be no voice on the other end, only the sound of fingers tapping on the phone screen.

This clearly surprised Lei Qi on the other end of the phone, who couldn't help but immediately ask:
"Rui Zhao? What are you doing...?"

"...Ah! I'm sending Li Jingzhe a WeChat message, telling him not to take it to heart!"

The voice of Yong Shi Zhaojun on the other end was gentle yet firm:
"When I first decided to challenge AI, I never imagined that there would be a library of throwing knives available to exploit the blind spots of AI!"
“I am already very grateful for your efforts in helping me. If this makes Li Jingzhe feel guilty instead, then I would feel too embarrassed!”

"Besides..."

"Even without the throwing knives, I might still be able to beat the AI!"

Miss Zhaojun's voice was full of positive enthusiasm, and she even cracked a little joke:

"Anyway, I'm just like AI, I can make sure you, Lei Qi, never lose!"
"There's no difference, is there?!"

"Uh……"

Hearing the other party's teasing words, Xiao Lei, a ninth-dan player, didn't know what expression to make, but the muscles on his face seemed to be out of his control, and he naturally showed a wistful smile.

He knew that although Rui Zhao's level had almost surpassed the limits of human ability, it was probably too much to think about competing with the most advanced AI at present.

Even for Rui Zhao, not being able to defeat the AI ​​doesn't necessarily mean she can't achieve her goal. But facing this terrifying cyber dragon of artificial intelligence, having an entire arsenal of throwing knives as backup will naturally give Rui Zhao much more confidence on the field.

However... after hearing this bad news that would discourage most people, the girl in front of him accepted reality almost instantly!
Instead of blaming or complaining, they immediately comforted the others!

This character, this magnanimity, this sense of responsibility...

She is like a goddess descended to earth, giving people tender comfort and endless courage to keep moving forward!

Just then, Miss Zhaojun on the other side seemed to remember something, and her tone changed, suddenly offering her sincere congratulations:

"Ah! I suddenly remembered... I also want to congratulate Lei Qi on regaining [Tian Yuan]!"
"If you don't believe in my abilities... you can take this challenge as an opportunity to test them again!"

"……I see!"

Xiao Lei, a ninth-dan player, subconsciously rubbed his hair. The previous fatigue and guilt seemed to have been largely dispelled by Rui Zhao's words, replaced by a deep sense of determination and relief.
"Then Rui Zhao!"
"Please tell Miss Ai... to help you choose a date that is convenient for you and can be chosen as early as possible!"

"I... am ready at any time!" (End of Chapter)

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