429: Chapter 429 The Key to the Singularity, just one of them

"What I mean is, I want to hand this project over to you."

Shen Yan's tone was calm, yet it exploded in Fang Jian's heart like a heavy bomb.

Happiness came too suddenly; he couldn't believe it for a moment.

"But my company is too small, and the capital... it can't turn over."

he stammered, feeling both excited and worried.

"Capital is not an issue."

Shen Yan interrupted him.

"I will initially inject fifty million as startup capital for the project."

"As for your company, I will send professional management and Finance Department teams to help you complete the expansion and reorganization."

"You only need to do one thing."

Shen Yan's gaze fell upon Fang Jian's calloused hands.

"Build the houses exactly as you envision them in your heart."

Fang Jian's eyes turned completely red.

He was a man in his forties, but at this moment, he was like a child, too moved to speak.

He nodded vigorously, his voice choked with emotion.

"Boss Shen... please rest assured!"

"I, Fang Jian, will stake my life on it, and I absolutely will not betray your trust!"

Shen Yan patted his shoulder.

"My team will connect with you as soon as possible regarding the contract and specific plans."

"First, get your company's internal affairs in order."

With that, he prepared to leave.

Fang Jian quickly followed, escorting him all the way to the entrance of the industrial park.

"Boss Shen, allow me to see you off!"

"No need."

Shen Yan hailed a passing taxi.

Just before the door closed, he looked back once.

Fang Jian was still standing there, facing his direction, bowing deeply, and remained that way for a long time.

Shen Yan withdrew his gaze and leaned back against the rear seat.

He opened the system interface to check the high-level intelligence he had just received.

The taxi drove smoothly back towards the city center.

Outside the window, the industrial park was gradually replaced by the silhouettes of tall buildings.

Shen Yan leaned against the back seat, his eyes closed, but his consciousness was immersed in the system interface in his mind.

The high-level intelligence he had just acquired was floating quietly in pale blue virtual characters.

[High-Level Intelligence: The Key to Singularity]

[Target Field: Artificial Intelligence (Multimodal Emotion Recognition)]

[Intelligence Content: The current mainstream global AI emotion recognition technology routes are all based on symmetrical neural network architectures. They determine emotion by integrating and analyzing multi-dimensional data such as vision (facial expressions), hearing (vocal intonation), and text (semantics). This route has entered a bottleneck period, with recognition accuracy struggling to surpass 85% when faced with complex or disguised emotions.]

[Key to Breaking the Stalemate: An asymmetric, decentralized neural network structure named "janus" (janus). This structure simulates the brain's "primary/secondary" and "intuitive" mechanisms when processing information. It establishes a main processing core for deep analysis of primary information streams (like semantics) while setting up multiple lightweight auxiliary nodes for high-speed capture of secondary information streams (like micro-expressions and changes in breathing rate). The primary and secondary information streams undergo asymmetric weighted fusion at the decision layer, which can boost the recognition accuracy for complex emotions to over 97% and effectively discern disguised emotions.]

[Additional Information: This technical concept is too far ahead of its time; currently, no team worldwide is conducting related research.]

Shen Yan's fingertips tapped unconsciously on his knee.

janus, the two-faced god in Roman mythology.

One face looks to the past, the other to the future.

It was quite fitting to name the architecture after him.

Just then, the system's daily intelligence also refreshed.

[Daily Intelligence: The Silicon Valley startup "Vision Dynamics" successfully poached two core algorithm Engineers from your domestic competitor "Quantum Leap" three days ago. Their secretly launched AI project, "prometheus," has a core architecture with up to a 9% similarity to your "pangu" project. This project has already secured thirty million US dollars in seed funding from "Blackstone Capital" and is expected to release its initial version model in three months.]

Shen Yan's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Interesting.

The high-level intelligence and the daily intelligence pointed to the same thing.

In the past, the daily intelligence mostly consisted of news like "a bargain can be found at a certain antique market" or "a certain stock is about to rise."

It was the first time one directly related to his core business like today.

Vision Dynamics, Blackstone Capital, prometheus...

Stealing the fire of pangu, wanting to become prometheus?

A nearly imperceptible curve appeared at the corner of Shen Yan's mouth.

Too bad, what you stole is destined to be a dead end.

The real divine fire is in my hands.

The phone rang at an inappropriate time, interrupting his thoughts.

The caller ID showed "An Ran."

He swiped to answer.

"Boss Shen, how does it feel?"

An Ran's smiling voice came through the receiver, crisp and pleasant.

"Is my influence useful?"

"It's alright."

Shen Yan's tone was light. "Different places foster different people; one must adapt to local customs."

He didn't answer directly, but it was tantamount to an admission.

"I helped you clear out a few flies; no need to thank me."

An Ran chuckled on the other end of the line.

"The way you say it, it’s like I begged you to use it."

"Alright, let's talk business. I've already had someone talk to Biaozi's group; they won't bother Kaiyuan Construction anymore."

"But I'm very curious, why would you get involved with such a small company?"

"I plan to build a high-end residence in the South City and need a trustworthy construction contractor."

Shen Yan was concise.

"That land in the South City?"

An Ran sounded somewhat surprised. "You're moving fast."

"But Kaiyuan, I don't really recall them. Are they reliable?"

"They will be reliable in the future."

Shen Yan said.

He didn't want to elaborate on this issue and changed the subject.

"Last time you mentioned that overseas project team, what exactly is the situation?"

An Ran paused for a moment, seemingly not expecting him to suddenly ask about this.

"What? Didn't you say you didn't care?"

"I thought a technical master like you wouldn't bother with others copying your homework."

Shen Yan leaned against the car window, watching the street scenery flash by rapidly.

"Better safe than sorry."

Of course, he wouldn't say that the other party not only copied the homework but also secured top-tier venture capital and was preparing to overtake him on the curve.

"Fine, consider you cautious."

An Ran stopped joking, her voice becoming more serious.

"That company is called Vision Dynamics. It's newly established, but its background is not simple."

"It's backed by Blackstone Capital, those ancestors who play with money on Wall Street."

"The leader is a Chinese-American named Kevin Zhang. He's worked for several giants before, and his resume is impressive, but his reputation in the circle isn't great. He's skilled in capital operations and is a complete speculator."

"The news I heard is that they obtained core data from several domestic AI projects through certain channels. Your 'pangu' is just one of them."