After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 246 Questioning
In just three short minutes, to be honest, you can't experience anything. The ten people had only just recovered from their shock and were chattering away when the time was up.

"Challenge failed. Please try again."

And so, Xiao Sha "invited" all of them out, leaving them only with the memory of what had just happened.

"Honey, that man in the red shirt just now was definitely a fake. His expression was completely off!"

"What's wrong? She's just a little nervous and her face is flushed. Look, she's right there!"

Pan Jinghui was confused. The dummy wouldn't come out of that room, so who could it be?
The longer they recalled the events, the more blurred the clues and information they remembered became. Which one was a fake man slowly became an unsolved mystery in everyone's minds.

"Go check what people are saying online!"

"No need to look. In Shenzhen, the experience time is short because of the large number of people. In other places, there are even places where you can play an interactive game or even a game. For example, in Qinghai, if we go to Qinghai Lake, we might be able to do the interactive game directly!"

"Huh?" Pan Jinghui was stunned. Could it be that he came to the wrong place this time?

"I was sitting there, and even though there was no one there, I felt someone holding my hand tightly, and I couldn't move at all!"

"I went with my girlfriend, and I can confirm that the person holding my hand is my girlfriend!"

"Huh? You guys only experienced that little? We played a round of mahjong in the room, but when we finished, there was nothing in front of us, no table or mahjong tiles at all."

Pan Jinghui quickly looked through various experience descriptions on social media platforms, and the descriptions became more and more exaggerated—the mahjong tiles that you could hold, see, and use, after playing a round, turned out to be completely non-existent!

“This…” Pan Jinghui murmured, “It seems a bit outrageous!”

……

"This is not just outrageous, it's downright unbelievable!" On America's side, Musk and Oxley were keeping a close eye on the situation, regardless of day or night.

After combining all the information on the internet, even those who had already suspected something were still shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Then tell me, which of the five senses are used here?"

Musk counted on his fingers: "There's no doubt that vision exists, and it's definitely a major part. But if a person can feel and touch something that doesn't exist, is that just a hallucination of the brain?"

"Sound is definitely there too, it's supposed to be a fusion, but visuals certainly wouldn't reach that level. Taste probably isn't there, no one seems to have mentioned eating anything inside, and as for smell, that's hard to say..."

The two discussed the matter in a seemingly serious manner, speculating about which of the five senses Baiju Technology had utilized to achieve such an effect.

It's not just Musk and Oxley; the entire world has made countless speculations about the theories and possibilities surrounding White Horse Technology's system.

At this time, even domestic experts had differing opinions.

Even terms like "mind control" and "brainwashing" have emerged.

"Baiju Technology must have influenced the human brain in some way, and the risks involved cannot be ignored. Directly interacting with the brain, no matter how it's done, is extremely dangerous."

“In the past, all the information we came into contact with was proactive and controllable. But now, just walking around, without us even realizing it, good heavens, information gets into our brains. How terrifying is that!”

"Indeed, in the future, you might be walking down the street and your mind could be controlled by someone. That's even more terrifying than being physically kidnapped!"

"Such technologies must be strictly prohibited!"

Initially, the discussion and speculation remained at the technical level, but gradually, public opinion began to spread, and the focus of the discussion began to change.

Some people have finally found a point and have begun to criticize Baiju Technology's technology from all angles.

Even before an hour had passed, some media outlets had already eagerly organized a large group of so-called experts to host a special live broadcast program titled "What Wolfish Ambitions Does Baiju Technology Have?"

This media outlet is, of course, the South Vietnam Times.

"In the past few months, a special company has frequently appeared in people's field of vision. With its superb technical level and first-class AI products, it has quickly conquered the country and become an indispensable part of almost everyone's life and work."

"However, I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't know when it started, it has begun to change from assistance to intrusion, from data analysis to making decisions for others, from a good teacher and helpful friend to a domineering parent..."

"Think about it, a naughty child can be made to love learning through various means, and looking at a few pictures can make you feel hungry even if you're full. But now, wow, it can directly present things that didn't exist in the void of your mind."

"Is this a sign of technological progress or information hegemony? To address this, we have invited Professor Yuan Zhixuan from the School of Economics at Fuxi University to our live broadcast. Hello, Professor Yuan."

Thanks to America's constant probing by some European countries and domestic media, everyone has gradually figured out Baiju Technology's style of doing things. As for online public opinion, Xiao Sha hardly does any control.

As long as you don't spread rumors or slander, there won't be any problems.

In recent times, there has been an increasing number of self-media and even official media outlets analyzing Baiju Technology's motives and future. However, the South Vietnam Times is truly the first to raise the issue to such a high level as this time.

The hashtags #BaijuTechnology# and #InformationHegemony# quickly attracted countless viewers across various platforms.

"I'm coming!"

"Let me see what's going on?"

"How is this information hegemony? Did they close your information access channels? Hinder your information dissemination? No matter what, Xiao Sha is just an information collector, and the content he collects depends on his personal preferences, not Baiju Technology's server algorithm. How did you manage to do something so ridiculous?" "Don't you know what a piece of trash the South Vietnam Times is? After being dealt with in the last espionage incident, they behaved themselves for a long time. Now, look, Baiju Technology is almost ignoring criticism to avoid suspicion. Do they think they're invincible again? They're getting too cocky!"

"And this Yuan Zhixuan from Fuxi University, check out his Weibo posts from the past few years, there's a surprise!"

At this point, Yuan Zhixuan began his long-winded discourse: "I'm an economics professor, and I don't know much about technology. But when you think about this, it seems very unreliable, right?"
"Life begins with aging, sickness, and death. From learning to speak to early education, each stage is a process of human beings coming into contact with and understanding the world. Any method that attempts to accelerate this process or uses various crooked means to enhance cognition can be considered evil."

"Because it doesn't conform to general rules. What are general rules? For example, our primary school students memorize multiplication tables from a young age, such as 'one times one equals one, one times two equals two,' but Europe and America don't have this kind of thing."

"Why? Because memorizing the multiplication table may make you seem to be able to do multiplication and division faster, but what does it sacrifice? It sacrifices a child's creativity and intellectual development, and it stifles their natural instincts!"
"The reason why we have far fewer Nobel Prize winners than European and American countries lies in this: it is because we will always lag behind in elite education and can never surpass Europe and America."

"As for Baiju Technology, Xiao Sha seems powerful, but what is it sacrificing? It's people! You think it works well now, but look at it in ten or twenty years, my generation will be completely destroyed!"
"As for this so-called five senses and five knowledges, I don't know what they'll use it for, but any attempt to communicate directly with the brain is anti-human, that's my consistent view."

As Yuan Zhixuan spoke, he pointed with one finger, as if he were a celestial being.

Some viewers of the live stream were bewildered: "I felt something was off, but I couldn't find any points to refute it!"

"Haha, you guys are too honest. Do we even need to find a point to refute him? Just use his own words against him. Didn't I just tell you to go and look up his previous statements and see what he said in January!"

The audience was curious about what the professor had said in January. If they remembered correctly, January was when America's brain-computer interface company announced that it would open chip implantation to everyone in the world, right?

How did he evaluate it?
When someone looked through the posts, wow, that professor had posted four Weibo posts that day:
"Only with America's open-minded attitude can we lead all of humanity's technology forward. Implanting ChatGPT into the brain is exciting just to hear about. I really look forward to this technology benefiting every ordinary person like us as soon as possible."

"Xiao Sha looks very powerful now, but interacting with it still has a very high cost. Direct implantation into the brain, the future is here."

"Implanting a chip into the brain is not just about helping you think; it can also help you learn and understand from a young age, giving you a head start in life."

"Safety concerns? No! What the FDA has approved is the safest. This is common knowledge and needs no explanation."

……

"Huh? If we memorize a multiplication table, it goes against nature and sacrifices a child's creativity and intellectual development. But if America gets a chip implanted, let alone whether they can succeed (because that was just a boast), they'll have a head start in life?"

"There's something else I really don't understand: directly communicating with the brain through the five senses and five perceptions is anti-human. Implanting a chip and inserting an electrode to directly stimulate the brain is the safest thing to do? What kind of logic is that!"

At this point, the audience who initially thought the professor had some merit, or who felt something was off but couldn't find any points to refute, completely understood—there's no point in refuting this!
Some people's words may seem reasonable, but if the identities and statuses are reversed, or the objects of evaluation are changed, then everything will immediately become clear.

Meanwhile, the live stream chat was already so lively it was unbearable to watch: "What a hypocrite! A professor at Fuxi University, huh? @FuxiUniversity, is this what your professors are like? Can he represent your university's views? @FuxiUniversity, explain yourself!"

"Some things are just so confusing. People like this still thrive in universities, even prestigious ones. And it seems that no amount of criticism can affect them."

"Like this Yuan Zhixuan, do you think his remarks in January are all there is to it? Scroll back further, oh, you might not be able to find them now, but I'll show you screenshots, take a look at this guy's once-profound comments:"
"This was posted by this bastard after a certain incident in a certain island nation: 'All of us Chinese should apologize to **, not let hatred blind us, and not let our descendants receive such education again.'"

"Back then, because of this incident, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology seemed to have organized a clean-up operation, which investigated and punished a lot of people. I don't know why this bastard is still so free."

"How can that be the same? He's a member of the academic clique; he only said a few things. Who would dare to touch him?"

"How united is the academic clique? Just look at Baiju Technology now! Why do I say that? Baiju Technology enters any field and wins with overwhelming force."

"However, since Pengcheng University officially announced its support for Xiaosha's evaluation system, how many other academic paper evaluation systems and standards have followed suit? Let me tell you: not a single one!"

"Linzhou University hasn't kept up. To this day, there are only two exceptions: the first chip R&D team that collaborated with Baiju Technology, and the artificial organ project in the medical school. Everything else remains the same."

"Judging from this situation, you'll understand just how much resistance there is!"

"Huh? Really? That explains why things went quiet afterwards! I remember the discussion was really heated back then."

"What's the point of a heated discussion if people just pretend they don't see it? It's lucky we have Xiao Sha; in the past, they would never have let you see it."

"Alright, I'll see what other nonsense these so-called economists can spout today!"

The audience had stopped listening to what Yuan Zhixuan was saying; the live stream had become a place for chatting and joking. And then, Yuan Zhixuan responded, saying this:

"I'm hypocritical? Ha! Western civilization has existed for hundreds of years, while what about us? When did we even enter civilized society? If we count from the founding of the nation, it's only been a few decades! How can we compare ourselves to others? Ancient civilizations naturally deserve more trust!"

"what?"

Almost everyone was dumbfounded at this point. What kind of rubbish was this? Comparing the length of civilization to China? Who? America?

Rebuttal? Even a three-year-old wouldn't stoop to rebutting this ignorant professor.

"@Fuxi University, you guys are really something! Stay away, everyone. What kind of talent can a school like this produce? #AvoidFuxiUniversity#"

It would be inappropriate for the entire school's teachers and students to avoid offending one person, but if the school completely ignores such a person, then they have no one to blame but themselves.

Meanwhile, before Baiju Technology's technical exchange and product launch conference scheduled for 5 pm even started, Fuxi University had already become a trending topic, and Yuan Zhixuan's views and questions had also been seen by more people.

Some even posted Xiaosha's reply during a conversation: "When any new technology emerges, it is always accompanied by skepticism. And I believe the press conference at 5 o'clock will provide an answer to these questions."

(End of this chapter)