Chapter 289 This liar!
Zhou Dao followed Xiong Xiaoge into the car silently, and the driver started the car and drove smoothly on the road.
Xiong Xiaoge leaned his head on the back of the leather seat and stared at the car roof as if in trance.
Zhou Dao glanced at his boss and asked carefully and tentatively: "Mr. Xiong, do you plan to invest in this artificial intelligence project?"
"You plan to invest two million US dollars." Xiong Xiaoge said casually, still staring at the carport.
"Huh?!" Zhou Dao was a little surprised, "That's it."
Xiong Xiaoge glanced at him and suddenly asked, "What do you think of this project?"
Zhou Dao thought about his words, "The intelligent image recognition system functions normally, the recognition success rate is very high, and the response speed is very fast. It seems to be taking shape."
"But..." Zhou Dao hesitated. For a moment, he stopped talking.
“But what?” Xiong Xiaoge asked.
"It's nothing." Zhou Dao thought for a while, "I just feel that this project doesn't feel right. Mr. Qin is secretive and doesn't seem to want us to know."
Xiong Xiaoge smiled, "This There is indeed an inside story, but it has nothing to do with us."
Zhou Dao frowned, "What's the inside story? Is there something wrong with this project?"
Xiong Xiaoge didn't answer directly. " Today's demonstration was very successful. Qin Shaoyan said that this was just a basic demo that he planned to use to review pictures on the school network and train AI at the same time. "
"The development cycle of artificial intelligence is very long, three to five years. It may not come out.”
Zhou Dao was a little surprised, "Then why did you decide to invest in this project?"
"It's only two million US dollars. You can make money by directly finding someone to take over the deal in two years." Xiong Xiaoge smiled, "I invested in this project. It's not for profit, I just want to observe Qin Shaoyan."
Zhou Dao was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Xiong, what do you see?"
"Qin Shaoyan. ." Xiong Xiaoge thought for a while, "Well, you have to be careful when investing in his projects in the future."
"Huh?" Zhou Dao was stunned.
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"Brother Chen, I have sent you the materials." Qin Shaoyan held up the phone with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Chen, for your help."
"We are not short of funds, mainly Honor."
"Okay, Brother Chen, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Shaoyan picked up the red-headed document on the table and smiled after looking at it for a few times.
This document is what Chen Peng helped Qin Shaoyan apply for to participate in the national "863" program.
It is mainly an application for funding for the "Online Game General Engine Research and Demonstration Product Development" project under the topic of "Computer Software, Hardware and Interpersonal Interaction".
It sounds very high-end, but in fact it is just a matter of applying for subsidies from the state in the name of the whole thing.
Xishanju started participating in 2003 and received 5 million in funds.
In 2004, the Beijing Science and Technology Commission provided a subsidy of 950W for the self-developed engine of the target software "AoShi OL".
Since then, major game companies have received government subsidies at all levels in the name of self-developed engines.
Qin Shaoyan didn't care about the funds, and he wasn't interested in taking advantage of the country. He just wanted to give his game engine a name so that it could have a legitimate future.
He is already considering launching a free youth mini version of the game engine at the appropriate time and giving it to other game companies for use.
Of course not now. Although the demo version of "Counter Terrorism: Modern Warfare" has demonstrated the excellent performance of the game engine, it is not enough to deter peers.
I must achieve certain results so that my colleagues can take the initiative to use the game engine.
When Qin Shaoyan was planning his grand blueprint, Xing Wenqiang, director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, knocked on the door and walked into the office.
"Mr. Qin." Xing Wenqiang stood opposite Qin Shaoyan, seeming a little confused.
"Everything is cleaned up?" Qin Shaoyan asked.
"It's cleaned up." Xing Wenqiang then asked, "What should we do after receiving funds for our project?"
"Of course we will continue to engage in research and development." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, " Investors have given money, so we have to work hard to be worthy of investors’ money.”
Xing Wenqiang frowned, hesitated and said, "Mr. Qin, they invested so much money, I'm afraid I won't do well. How will I explain it to the investors then."
"The result is not important, the process is. "It's important." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "You just need to show the investors the process of hard work and give them emotional feedback." "Ah?" Xing Wenqiang was shocked, "That's true. Is that possible? "
"I have told them in advance that artificial intelligence will generally not be available for three to five years, and the development cycle will be very long," Qin Shaoyan comforted, "it will take them three to five years. I don’t necessarily remember it.”
“Even if the research and development doesn’t go well, we can still ask for another R&D fund. If we can come up with something, then everyone will make a profit.”< br>
"It doesn't matter even if you fail. Investment is risky and failure is common."
Obviously this is the first time Director Xing has come into contact with someone like Mr. Qin, and he was stunned for a moment. In place.
Qin Shaoyan said unhurriedly: "Besides, with Director Xing's ability, it's not like he can't come up with anything."
Xing Wenqiang was excited and said immediately: "I We must work hard to develop the second generation image recognition system as soon as possible.”
"Come on." Qin Shaoyan encouraged, "Remember to notify me as soon as possible if there are any major results."
After sending Xing Wenqiang away, Qin Shaoyan then dialed the number of Facebook CEO Fred Weisler. Telephone.
"Hi, Fred." Qin Shaoyan said straight to the point, "Is Facebook still using manual review mechanisms now?"
"Of course." Fred sighed. Speaking of this, he had a headache, "We have now added more than 300 content reviewers to conduct risk review of website content."
"But the increase in information on the website is too fast. Our people simply can’t do the audit, and the audit department is applying for new auditor positions every month.”
"If we continue at this rate, our review department will have a thousand employees next year."
Qin Shaoyan was not surprised by this.
More than ten years later, the number of Facebook reviewers has increased to 15,000.
Nowadays, there is a flood of information on the Internet, and few Internet companies will review the content on their websites.
In another time and space, Facebook did not establish the position of moderator until 2009. It did not pay much attention to content review before.
When Qin Shaoyan founded Facebook, he and Fred particularly emphasized that the pictures on the website should be strictly reviewed.
There can be no posts that expose sentimental feelings, no posts that violate the law, and no posts that violate public order and good customs. Try to keep Facebook as pure as possible.
At first, Facebook could maintain its popularity when there were only a few users. But after Facebook was launched to the world last year, the number of users has skyrocketed.
What follows is a large amount of harmful information, such as all kinds of bloody, violent, erotic and other large-scale pictures that exceed the lower limit.
Facebook had to urgently add more than 200 reviewers to review and block images uploaded by users.
The most direct problem brought about by the increase in auditors is the increase in costs. The auditors initially hired by Facebook were all full-time employees. Although the salary of an individual auditor is not high, they cannot support the large number.
"John, why are you asking this?" Fred asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"I do have an emergency solution." Qin Shaoyan sighed. , “You can outsource the review work. Since it all works on the Internet, you don’t necessarily need to hire employees from the United States.”
“I have considered it, but this will eliminate the existing employees. Auditor, the impact of Facebook's current large-scale layoffs is not very good. "Fred complained, "The laid-off employees will talk everywhere."
"Don't be too impatient about this matter, implement a dual-track system first. "Qin Shaoyan suggested, "The audit department in the US headquarters does not need to add more employees. It should first find outsourcing, then gradually increase the workload of outsourcing, and slowly dismiss local employees."
“In addition, I feel that manual review is not the optimal solution.”
“I recently acquired a team that studies artificial intelligence.”
“They have developed an AI image recognition system. It can be used to assist in reviewing pictures, and the winning rate can reach 99%. "Buy it!" Fred exclaimed, "Is this true?"
"You can send someone over to take a look." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "I have prepared to connect this system to the campus network backend to assist in manual review work."
"Very good, I'll send someone to take a look at this system as soon as possible." Fred was amazed again and again. "With this set of things, we can save a lot of manpower and save tens of millions of dollars in expenses every year."< br>
“Tens of millions of dollars?!” Qin Shaoyan laughed, “When the number of Facebook users expands to hundreds of millions in two years, then the audit expenditure will probably reach hundreds of millions of dollars.”
“This system can save you hundreds of millions of dollars.”
“You are right, this system does have great value.” Fred said sincerely, “I hope It can help Facebook as soon as possible."
"The potential of artificial intelligence is unlimited," Qin Shaoyan concluded.
After the two made an agreement, Qin Shaoyan immediately sent a message to Xiong Xiaoge after hanging up the phone.
“Facebook wants to acquire an intelligent image recognition system and offers a price of US$100 million.”
At this time, Xiong Xiaoge was in a meeting with his VPs. After receiving the text message, his face was very exciting. Silent.
Zhou Dao next to him asked cautiously: "Mr. Xiong, what's wrong, what happened?"
Xiong Xiaoge suddenly laughed, "Make an appointment with Mr. Yan from SoftBank for me tomorrow. .”
"Ah, oh." Zhou Dao was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
Xiong Xiaoge suddenly said, "Qin Shaoyan, a liar, is still doing this."
(End of this chapter)