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Dozens of eyes were fixed on the two people on the podium. One was the freshman who had caused a stir at Guanghua School of Management, and the other was a top-notch genius who dominated the School of Information Science and Technology.

Dai Da-mai pushed up his glasses, not angry at Chen Zhi's provocation. On the contrary, he even found it somewhat amusing.

As a top talent in the IT field, no one knows the current state of AI better than him.

Yes, current AI can play Go, recognize cats and dogs, and even write a couple of nonsensical modern poems.

But that was the result of using a massive amount of data and computing power, achieved through brute force.

But writing code?

Don't be ridiculous. The so-called AI-assisted programming these days can at best help you fill in parentheses or pull a couple of ready-made code snippets from GitHub.

When it comes to complex logical structures and creative interactions, artificial intelligence immediately reveals its shortcomings.

"interesting."

Dai Da-mai crossed his arms and said, "Junior brother, arrogance is a privilege of the young, but going too far with arrogance is ignorance."

"Since you want to gamble, I'll play along."

He pointed to his ThinkPad and said, "If the stuff on your USB drive can really write better code than me, just like you say, I'll not only work for you from now on, but I'll also write all my code for you for free for the rest of my life."

"But what if you lose..."

Dai Da-mai paused for a moment, then said, "You just stand by Weiming Lake and shout 'I'm a big idiot' three times, how about that?"

Chen Zhi shrugged.

"make a deal."

He turned around and looked at the onlookers below the stage, who seemed to enjoy the spectacle.

"Does anyone have a decent laptop? Preferably one with a dedicated graphics card, starting with a 3080."

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

While Moss is an artificial intelligence, it's still a rudimentary version and relies on local computing power. If you tried to run it on a thin and light laptop with integrated graphics, the computer would probably be smoking by now.

"I have!"

A boy in the back row raised his hand.

He pulled a heavy laptop out of his bag and quickly ran up to the podium.

"Junior brother, use mine! It's a brand new ROG Strix G5 Plus with a 3080 graphics card."

Chen Zhi took the ROG (Republic of Gamers) laptop, which was still flashing RGB lighting, and gave the boy a thumbs up: "Thanks, bro. I'll treat you to a Coke later."

He placed the laptop on the podium, plugged it in, and then inserted the silver USB drive into the USB port.

The screen flickered.

A simple dialog box popped up.

Waiting for input.

"Let's not get into all that fancy stuff."

Chen Zhi pointed to the screen, "Senior, let's set a time limit of ten minutes. We'll start at the same time, and you'll come up with the problem. In the end, we'll see who produces something with better results and higher code quality."

Dai Dama didn't stand on ceremony and thought about it for a moment.

"Then let's write a simple interactive animation effect."

"Ten minutes to see who can make the most realistic effect and the smoothest interaction within the limited time."

"no problem."

Chen Zhi placed his hands on the keyboard. "Let's begin."

As the boy next to me who had borrowed the computer shouted "Start," the sound of keyboards filled the lab.

That's Dai Dama typing code.

It has to be said that there's a reason why this guy can earn a million-dollar annual salary.

He hardly needs to think; he can effortlessly handle complex mathematical formulas and rendering pipelines.

Importing libraries, defining classes, building rendering loops, writing shaders...

The students in the audience were stunned, and some even took out their phones to record the scene.

"That's incredible! Is this the hand speed of a god-like player?"

"Building a prototype graphics engine by hand in ten minutes? Is that even possible for a human?"

Compared to the busyness on Dai Dama's side,

Chen Zhi's side seemed to be...

It's a bit too quiet.

He leaned back lazily in his chair, one hand resting on the keyboard, and slowly typed a few words.

Then he stopped.

Yes, he stopped.

Chen Zhi even had the leisure to unscrew the bottle of mineral water he had just grabbed and take a sip.

The students below the stage looked at each other in bewilderment.

"You...you're giving up already?"

"I told you he was showing off, right? He probably doesn't even know how to set up an OpenGL environment."

Some people couldn't resist peeking at Chen Zhi's screen.

The dialog box contained only a single line of simple Chinese instructions:

[Generate a 3D particle star system based on WebGPU, featuring hydrodynamic characteristics, and utilize a camera to achieve real-time particle perturbation interaction based on gesture recognition.]

Upon seeing this line of text, the boy who had been peeking almost burst out laughing.

Do you think writing code is like ordering takeout? You want fluid dynamics and gesture recognition? Why don't you just make it generate an Iron Man suit for you?

however.

In the very next second.

The cursor stopped blinking.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of green code appeared on the screen.

It doesn't appear line by line, but rather screen by screen!

It was moving so fast that the naked eye couldn't capture the specific characters; all that could be seen was a green afterimage rolling wildly.

The boy who had been mocking Chen Zhi suddenly froze on his face with a smile.

The laptop fan suddenly became incredibly loud, making a "whoosh whoosh" sound as if it were about to take off.

Less than three minutes.

The screen on Chen Zhi's side froze.

After the last line of code was written, the cursor started blinking again.

Chen Zhi glanced at Dai Dama, who was still frantically typing code next to him.

"Senior, why don't you take a break?"

Dai Dama ignored him.

Every second is precious.

He is building the final lighting model, which is a crucial step.

Finally, the ten-minute countdown ended.

Dai Dama pressed the Enter key and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Done."

He confidently turned his computer screen toward the audience.

"Although time was tight and I could only use Three.js to do a simple wrapper, I wrote the core algorithms by hand."

On the screen, a 3D Rubik's Cube appeared, floating in mid-air.

As you drag the mouse, the Rubik's Cube smoothly rotates, scrambles, and restores itself. Each cube has a realistic metallic texture and even simple light and shadow reflections.

"Holy crap! That's awesome!"

"You can write this level of rendering in ten minutes?"

"Furthermore, it allows for interactive restoration, the logic is completely smooth, and there's absolutely no lag!"

The applause of the audience was thunderous.

This is indeed the limit of what a human programmer can achieve in a short time. Both the code's standardization and the final result are impeccable.

Dai Dama's face broke into a satisfied smile.

"Junior brother, it's your turn."

Chen Zhi smiled.

He turned the ROG laptop around to face everyone.

The screen was completely black.

"What? The screen is black?"

"Did the code crash?"

Just as everyone was wondering.

Chen Zhi pressed the Enter key.

Countless dazzling points of light suddenly appeared in the center of the originally black screen.

Thousands upon thousands of dust particles, as numerous as grains of sand in the Milky Way!

Each particle is glowing, and they have different colors. They flow, swirl, and converge on the screen, forming a flowing galaxy.

The visual impact of that moment made everyone present hold their breath.

This is not over yet.

"Looks alone aren't enough; you have to look at the interaction."

As Chen Zhi spoke, he turned on the webcam on top of his laptop.

A small surveillance camera feed appeared in the upper right corner of the screen.

Chen Zhi raised his hand and waved it lightly at the camera.

next second.

The once calm and flowing galaxy on the screen was stirred up by an invisible force.

Countless particles surged and converged wildly in the direction of Chen Zhi's gesture.

As Chen Zhi's fingers opened and then clenched into a fist.

Those millions of particles also dispersed and condensed.

Finally, Chen Zhi's gesture froze.

All the stardust particles instantly reassembled, constructing a giant, slowly rotating hand model made of light dots in the center of the screen!

Even the bending of the finger joints is clearly visible!

The entire laboratory fell silent.

Dai Dama's smile froze completely.

He lunged at Chen Zhi's computer, his fingers trembling as he clicked on the source file.

"This is impossible...this is absolutely impossible..."

He muttered to himself, frantically flipping through the code.

Three thousand four hundred trades.

It's all based on the underlying shader language of WebGPU.

The logic is rigorous and the comments are clear.

The most terrifying thing is the fluid dynamics algorithm, that complex mathematical model. Even if you asked him to derive it, it would take him at least a whole day to calculate.

And this thing called Moss...

It only took three minutes.

"Is this the tool you were talking about?"

Dai Da Mai raised his head, staring blankly at Chen Zhi.

It's like a peerless swordsman who has practiced swordsmanship his whole life, preparing for a final battle at the summit of Mount Hua, only to have his opponent pull out a Gatling gun.

My lord, times have changed.

Chen Zhi pulled out the USB drive and looked at the young faces below the stage.

Those were the top students at Peking University, the future social elites, the chosen ones.

But at this moment, they were all silent, their faces filled with fear.

A fear of feeling insignificant in the face of unknown forces.

"Students."

Chen Zhi's voice brought them out of their reverie.

"Put away your pride."

"The tide of the times has come rolling in, and even those hiding in an ivory tower will be soaked through."

"This is the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

"The abilities you are so proud of, the algorithms you learned by staying up all night and going bald, are like a weaving shuttle in the hands of a textile worker in front of it."

"When the spinning jenny starts turning, nobody cares how skilled the workers are."

Chen Zhi walked up to Dai Damai and looked at the senior who seemed somewhat lost and dejected.

He reached out and patted Dai Dama's stiff shoulder.

"Senior, a bet's a bet."

"That million-dollar annual salary offer can be torn up now."

Chen Zhi's lips curled up, revealing the fangs of a capitalist, and his smile was exceptionally bright.

"Starting today."

"Welcome to my sweatshop."

"Let's talk about how to use this thing to turn the outside world upside down."