Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 262 Chen Jin’s strength cannot be predicted by AI!

Kitakyushu City Gymnasium.

meeting room.

The head coach of the Neon men's table tennis team, Kunifumi Tanaka, sat on a chair, leaning back slightly, crossing his fingers and placing them lightly on his chest, with his right little finger trembling rapidly.

Close your eyes slightly and rest your mind.

Seems to be indifferent to everything around him.

Sitting opposite him was the men's team coach, Seiya Kishikawa.

Seiya Kishikawa had a serious look on his face, staring at the laptop in front of him, and it was unknown what he was tinkering with.

Except for these two people.

There were two other people in the silent conference room, Dong Qimin and Zhang Benyu.

After sitting there for more than ten minutes, Dong Qimin didn't know what was going on. He felt a little uneasy and kept moving his butt.

Seeing that Tanase Kunifumi and Kishikawa Seiya were both busy with their own things, it was not appropriate to ask too many questions.

Dong Qimin looked at Zhang Benyu with a questioning look in his eyes: "Old Zhang, what's going on?"

Zhang Benyu shrugged slightly: "How would I know?"

Dong Qimin let out a long breath, looking a little impatient: "How long do we have to wait?"

Zhang Benyu crossed his arms across his chest, his whole body relaxed: "Just keep waiting."

Dong Qimin pursed his lips and said, "Why don't you ask?"

Zhang Benyu shrank back and curled his lips: "Why don't you ask yourself?"

Dong Qimin looked at Tanase Kunishi, then at Kishikawa Seiya: "This atmosphere is a little off."

Zhang Benyu nodded: "I think so too."

Dong Qimin winked at the door and said, "How about we use the excuse of peeing to escape?"

Zhang Benyu shook his head: "Wait a little longer, what if there is something really important?"

Dong Qimin sighed, stared at the ceiling, and was in a daze.

Waited for a while.

Suddenly, the door to the conference room opened.

A man in a suit and tie walked in straight.

Before I saw him, I heard his voice: "Mina-san, I'm sorry, I'm late."

The four of them turned their heads at the same time.

Seeing the appearance of the visitor, he hurriedly stood up and bowed 90 degrees to show respect: "Minister Miyazaki."

This person is Yoshihito Miyazaki, the director of the enhanced training department of the Neon Table Tennis Association.

Miyazaki Yoshihito walked straight to the main seat, pressed his hands, and said with a smile: "Sit down, no need to be so polite."

Wait until everyone is seated.

Miyazaki Yoshihito turned to look at Kishikawa Seiya: "Seiya-kun, you told me before that you found a way to defeat the Chinese team, is that true?"

This statement came out.

Dong Qimin and Zhang Benyu looked at each other and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.

Found a way to beat the Chinese team?
What kind of joke is this?
As we all know, since the 1990s, the Chinese team has always been the dominant force in table tennis, and almost no one can shake its position.

From the Guohui twin stars, to the two Wangs and one Ma, to the Rio Three Musketeers, to the Long Pang era... the Chinese team has always been a nightmare to the world table tennis world.

As a traditional powerhouse in Asia, the Neon team has set the goal of "defeating the Chinese team" for generations.

It’s a pity that no matter how loud the slogans are, they are just thunder with little rain.

However, the Neon team was persistent and deliberate, constantly trying to find ways to defeat the Chinese table tennis team.

Dong Qimin looked at Zhang Benyu, his lips curled up slightly: "Have you found a way to defeat the Chinese team again? How many times have you found it this year?"

Zhang Benyu pinched his nose and said, "This is the fifth time, right?"

Dong Qimin scratched his head: "Is he here to get the funds from the Table Tennis Association again?"

Zhang Benyu shrugged slightly: "Who cares? It's not our money anyway."

That's when.

Kishikawa Seiya stood up, his face showing an unusually firm expression: "Yes, Minister Miyazaki."

"tell me the story."

Miyazaki Yoshihito sat upright and looked at Kishikawa Seiya, "I'm very interested."

"Before we start, I would like to ask, Minister Miyazaki, do you know what is the most popular thing in the world right now?"

Seiya Kishikawa kept the secret.

Faced with this question, Miyazaki Yoshihito did not say anything, but just looked at Kishikawa Seiya with a smile.

"It's AI."

Seiya Kishikawa said seriously, "Since the American OpenAI company launched ChatGPT, the AI ​​craze has swept the world in an instant."

“I estimate that AI will bring about a technological revolution in the near future.”

Hear this.

Dong Qimin couldn't help but ask, "No, this...what does this have to do with table tennis?"

Not only him, but everyone at the scene had the same doubts, with a look of confusion on their faces.

Obviously, Kishikawa Seiya had already expected that everyone would have such questions.

Immediately, he smiled slightly and said confidently: "Of course it is related."

The words have not yet fallen.

But then Kishikawa Seiya took out the remote control, pointed it at the 100-inch ultra-high-definition screen hanging on the wall, and pressed a button.

The originally dark screen suddenly flashed, and a carefully made PPT appeared.

The simple dark patterns serve as the background only to highlight the theme of this meeting.

"The Great God Plan?"

Tasaki Kunishi sneered, "Seiye-kun, your so-called way to defeat the Chinese team is to pray to Amaterasu?"

"of course not."

Kishikawa Seiya smiled, "Just like Amaterasu created our great country, my plan will also create a brand new landscape for table tennis."

"Oh?"

After more than a decade in charge of Neon table tennis, it was the first time that Tanaka Kunishi heard such arrogant words, "Seiye-kun, I'd like to hear how your plan will create a new landscape in table tennis."

“It’s easy to say.”

"As you all know, AI is so popular, largely because of its analytical reasoning capabilities," said Kishikawa.

“It can integrate and analyze various complex data in a very short time, and use logical reasoning to draw the most reasonable conclusion.”

"Based on this, I was thinking, why don't we give the data of table tennis players from all over the world to AI for analysis?"

"So, I asked my friends in the AI ​​industry to spend three months developing an AI model for analytical reasoning based on GPT-4o, which I temporarily named 'Da Yujin'."

talking.

Seiya Kishikawa leaned over, clicked a few times, and fiddled with the laptop in front of him.

The screen immediately jumps into an interface similar to ChatGPT.

"As long as I input a certain athlete's game video into the AI ​​model, the system will automatically analyze the athlete's technical data from the dimensions of forehand and backhand power, speed, rotation, landing point, rhythm, line change, tactics, etc. within ten seconds."

"For example..."

Kishikawa Seiya moved the mouse and opened a folder with only a compressed file in it. "This is the video of Tomokazu-kun's last twenty games."

"Now, I will import it into 'Omi-gami'."

Another operation.

The words "Thinking" appeared on the AI ​​interface.

Wait ten seconds.

Under everyone's gaze, a line of words appeared again: "The system is busy, please try again later."

"..."

Kishikawa Seiya was a little embarrassed and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, because it's the first generation, there are bound to be some problems."

Click Refresh.

"Thinking about it..."

"The system is busy, please try again later."

"..."

Refresh.

"Thinking about it..."

"The system is busy, please try again later."

"..." After repeating this several times, Kishikawa Seiya was sweating profusely and wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Seiye-kun, are you capable of being the 'Great God'?"

Tanase Kunishi said coldly.

"Senior Tian Shi, I'm sorry."

Kishikawa Seiya's face flushed, "Minister Miyazaki, please give me another chance."

"It's ok."

The smile on Miyazaki Yoshihito's face never faded. "Don't be anxious. Take your time."

Eighth refresh.

Looking at the words "Thinking", Kishikawa Seiya prayed in his heart: "Don't be 'busy' anymore. Don't be 'busy' anymore."

Fortunately, this time the system finally responded.

Lines of words appear quickly.

"I have watched all 8.1259 videos in seconds. Every video is very exciting, especially the one in the garbage room..."

Garbage room?
What kind of mess is this?

What game and when was it played in the garbage room?
Seeing this, Kishikawa Seiya immediately realized that something was wrong: "Did I import the wrong compressed package?!"

Hastily pressed the pause button.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong. Wrong."

Kishikawa Seiya's face turned even redder, as if he was drunk, and he was in a panic, "Start over."

"Seiye-kun, you really are very knowledgeable."

Tasaki Kunishi teased, "Even Muto Ran-sensei has taught you knowledge."

"..."

Kishikawa Seiji didn't say anything either.

Instead, he opened another folder, which also contained only a compressed file.

To be on the safe side, Kishikawa Seiya clicked it and took a closer look.

After confirmation, it is imported into AI.

This time, the system is pretty good.

All of Zhang Benzhihe's technical data were quickly analyzed.

With a long sigh of relief, Kishikawa Seiya turned to look at Dong Qimin and Zhang Benyu: "Coach Zhang Ben, Coach Dong, what do you think of 'Omikami''s' analysis of Tomokazu-kun's technical data?"

"very good."

Dong Qimin also had to admit, "It's more detailed than the analysis of our coaching team."

The AI ​​analysis not only lists the detailed data of Zhang Benzhihe's forehand and backhand strengths and weaknesses, commonly used tactics, etc.

Even the improved training is very detailed.

It is not inferior to the training plan of the coaching staff.

“Is AI so powerful now?”

Dong Qimin frowned secretly in his heart, "If this continues, won't our coach be out of a job?"

“Thank you Coach Dong for your recognition.”

Kishikawa Seiya smiled and said, "However, the ability of our 'Omikami' is not limited to this."

"If we import the game data of two athletes into the AI ​​model, the system can not only analyze the technical data of the two, but also simulate the game and infer the results of the two games."

Hear the words.

Miyazaki Yoshihito's eyes lit up: "Simulate a match and predict the outcome?"

“Can this AI model really do this?”

There is no doubt that Kishikawa Seiya's description aroused his great interest.

If we can really rely on AI to conduct simulated battles between two athletes, this will greatly improve the players' winning rate.

"In theory, there is absolutely no problem."

Kishikawa Seiya said, "Of course, at this stage, 'Omikami' is not yet able to simulate combat, so we need to invest money and continue research and development."

"However, you can still try to predict the outcome of the game."

He immediately added, "Because the 'Great God' is only a first-generation product, and the database is insufficient, the prediction may not be very accurate."

After all, the "Great God" had just been developed, and he couldn't wait to use it to obtain funds before he had time to predict the game.

Therefore, we will make a patch first, so that if the prediction is wrong, we can make up for it later.

"It's ok."

Miyazaki Yoshihito smiled and said, "Let's try it first and see how it works."

"Whose game is this?"

Dong Qimin picked up his phone and checked: "Chen Jin and Darko Yochik."

"Chen Jin?"

Miyazaki Yoshihito's eyes darkened slightly. "A young genius suddenly appeared in the Chinese team?"

In recent times, Chen Jin has risen strongly, shocking the world table tennis community.

As the director of the intensive training department of the Neon Table Tennis Association, how could Yoshihito Miyazaki not have heard of Chen Jin's name?

He knew very well that this young boy would be the biggest enemy of the Neon Team in the future.

"very good."

Miyazaki Yoshihito looked up at Kishikawa Seiya and said, "Seiya-kun, do you have the match video of Chen Jin and Darko Yochik?"

"Have."

Kishikawa Seiya nodded.

"Import these two players. I want to see the predictions and analysis of the match between the two players by 'Omi-gami'."

Miyazaki Yoshihito said.

"no problem."

Seeing that Miyazaki Yoshihito was very interested, Kishikawa Seiya knew there was hope and his spirits were boosted.

Fortunately, he was well prepared and downloaded the game videos of the world's top table tennis players onto his computer.

Among them, Chen Jin is naturally included.

In no time, the game videos of Chen Jin and Dako were packaged and imported into AI.

I experienced "system busy" several times again.

Finally, AI analyzed the two players’ game video data and predicted the outcome of the game.

"First game, 11:6."

"Game 11, 8:."

"Game 11, 2:."

"Game 11, 3:."

"Chen Jin will defeat Darko Yochik with a score of 0:4."

After reading the AI’s prediction results.

Dong Qimin frowned and said, "This is not right."

"Isn't this match a best-of-five game? How did they win 0:4?"

Kishikawa Seiya also discovered the bug in the AI ​​prediction and quickly explained: "Maybe there was something wrong with the way I asked the question just now."

"I'll change it to 'Best of Five' and ask 'Omikami' to predict it again."

Soon, AI gave another prediction.

"First game, 11:6."

"Game 11, 8:."

"Game 11, 2:."

"Chen Jin will defeat Darko Yochik with a score of 0:3."

Dong Qimin shook his head: "It's still not right."

He picked up his phone and raised it. "The first game between Chen Jin and Yochik has ended. The score is 11:1."

"11:1?"

Miyazaki Yoshihito's pupils trembled. "Darko Yochik is a famous European player, and at least one of the top 16 players in the world. How could he lose so miserably?"

"This can only mean that..."

Tasaki Kunishi glanced at Kishikawa Seiya and said, "Chen Jin's strength is not something that AI can predict."

(End of this chapter)