Reborn in 2010, the AI in my mind is too powerful.
Chapter 172 DuckDuckGo
On September 19th at the San Francisco Design Center, there were over a thousand people in the audience.
The cameras in the media area were all set up before the event even started. The entrepreneurs were standing in the back row, ready to give their presentations, but everyone knew that no one would remember their PowerPoint slides today; all eyes were on Chen Yiran.
Larry Page went on stage first and sat down next to the host, Arlington.
Then came Chen Yiran, dressed in his signature white sweater and blue jeans. As a legendary entrepreneur in the past two years, he was a young man who worked online without any airs and received a very enthusiastic round of applause.
Larry Page already sensed that things were not going well today, because Arlington was also clapping along, clearly trying to capitalize on the momentum.
Then Arlington asked Larry Page a very ordinary question: "What is Google thinking lately?"
Page spoke for seven or eight minutes, talking about Google's open ecosystem philosophy, how Android has enabled billions of people around the world to use smartphones, and that technological infrastructure should be a neutral platform for fair competition.
Just as he expected, not only did Chen Yiran wear a mocking smile, but Arlington also completely ignored his words and turned to ask Chen Yiran, "Normally I should ask you for your opinion, but we're both online, so we know what you're going to say. Let's start with some gossip to cheer you up. Besides the dispute with Google, what have you been up to lately?"
Chen Yiran thought for a moment: "Actually, the funniest thing is probably Google's clownish behavior. The rest doesn't seem particularly special; it was just cleaning up Oracle's mountain of garbage code. Honestly, the job wasn't complicated for me, but it was truly disgusting. I didn't even get paid!"
"Oh, you're so close to Oracle?"
"It's alright. Although everyone says Ellison has a bit of a weird personality, we get along pretty well. Of course, I didn't take any money, but I did receive a gift; he promised to give me a Gulfstream."
They chatted about everyday things, and the audience gave them a lot of positive feedback.
In fact, just like novels, if you only write about science and technology, some people will get tired of it. There always needs to be some everyday life interspersed in interviews.
Seeing that the pace was about right, Chen Yiran, without waiting for the host's prompt, directly steered the conversation back to the main topic: "Speaking of interesting things, I recently read a judgment that was quite interesting. It was written by Federal Judge Chen Zhuoguang, and it was a full forty-seven pages long. The content was about the rejection of a settlement agreement on March 22, 2011."
Arlington ignored Larry Page's dark expression and asked very smoothly, "Oh, so tell us what was rejected? What exactly happened?"
"What a vicious project the Google Library project is! Without seeking authorization from authors or ignoring copyright registration, it has scanned over 20 million books in five years."
Google's proposal is truly shameless: $1.25 million to establish a registry, granting Google the sales rights to all books. The last clause of the agreement made me want to vomit; does not object mean they implicitly grant me sales rights?
Thanks to federal law, the proposal was rejected. Judge Danny Chen is right; Google took something that didn't belong to it and then tried to legitimize it through the courts.
Arlington then turned to Larry Page and asked, "Is there a problem with what Chen said? Does Google have anything to say about this?"
Larry Page thought for a moment and said, "The original intention of the Google Books project was to make information more accessible around the world. We believe that scanning is fair use and we are currently appealing."
Chen Yiran immediately retorted: "If I were an author, making a living by selling books, and you directly took my books, even using them to make money, and then you want to lecture me for being petty and affecting the world's access to information? Well then, you're so great, why don't you just declare that the Bible belongs to your family?"
Arlington didn't miss the chance to complain: "Larry, I have to say the judge is right. You took something that didn't belong to you and then tried to legalize it through the court."
People in the front row started clapping, and those in the back row quickly followed suit.
Larry Page added, "We are considering different strategies for different books, and in the future, we will only scan books in the public domain and no longer scan books with copyright disputes."
Chen Yiran nodded: "Oh, so you guys know what the normal thing to do is. I originally thought you were stupid and overlooked this point, but now it seems you're just plain bad."
Larry Page knew he couldn't dwell on the topic any longer, so he simply played dead and stopped responding.
After receiving no response, Arlington turned back to talk to Chen Yiran.
The two then went on to recount Google's dark history in detail over the past few years.
As the time was about to end, Chen Yiran began his concluding remarks: "Today is an entrepreneurship conference, and I can say very clearly that when Google was still an entrepreneur, it wasn't as shameless as it is now. Back then, they truly had a scholarly mindset and practiced technological purism."
But now they've changed. They can't accept the challenges from newcomers, choosing instead to take shortcuts, relying on monopolies rather than technology. I'm not sure if I'll end up like that, going from dragon slayer to dragon, but I don't think I will.
Because I will be working live on Twitter, I will let everyone see my actions, and if there are any problems, you can remind me in time.
I also have some great news to announce today: FlowEDA just completed an acquisition this morning – a full acquisition of the search engine DuckDuckGo. I will work quickly to create the best search engine in the world.
To be honest, I don't enjoy working on consumer-facing products; I find them too troublesome. But if Google insists on pushing me to the limit, I might be able to put up with it, especially since the name DuckDuckGo suits my aesthetic.
I hereby promise that DuckDuckGo will undergo a complete overhaul. DuckDuckGo may go out of business in the future, but it will never change its nature. We will never manipulate search rankings, and we will never add GG!
"As long as Google doesn't change its exclusive agreements for its entire suite of services, I won't just retaliate against Google in the chip industry; I'll actively enter all of Google's businesses. So, Mr. Larry Page, are you sure you want to keep this up?"
The audience erupted in cheers. Microsoft's Bing seemed to have no chance of winning, but if it were Chen Yiran, it seemed that he might actually be able to break Google's monopoly.
Larry Page could no longer maintain his usual composed scholarly image. He did not answer Chen Yiran's question and angrily walked off the stage.
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