Chapter 685: Who Can Decide the Fate of the World?

Professor Ji Muxi was stirred to a fever pitch by Zheng Qian's words!

She clenched her dainty fists in excitement!

She had completely forgotten about the impropriety of Zheng Qian's language just moments ago. At this moment, she wanted to lead a team to Europe immediately and let everyone see the technological achievements of Kyushu! Er... not lead the team herself, but go along with Zheng Qian, who was leading the team!

Watching Professor Ji Muxi's retreating figure, Zheng Qian took a trembling drag of his cigarette, feeling as if he had been granted an amnesty.

She really lived up to the title of "Big Sister"; this kind of oppressive aura was no joke.

Fortunately, she was so easy to trick; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have been able to get past that hurdle just now.

In fact, Zheng Qian wasn't bragging just now. This International AI Algorithm Competition was indeed pivotal and of extraordinary significance. Initially, it was led by the three giants—Google, Microsoft, and Apple—primarily to form an alliance and establish global AI hegemony.

The leader of this hegemony was not Google, but Microsoft.

After acquiring the world's most formidable artificial intelligence brain, ChatGPT, Microsoft had already become the king of this field, and for the time being, no one could shake its position. It was truly terrifying.

There was even a global joint appeal to stop its development; its thinking patterns and capabilities were becoming more and more like a person's.

Barring any surprises, the champion this time would undoubtedly be ChatGPT; there was almost no suspense. Zheng Qian guessed that this was why a huge first-place prize of 100 million Euros was offered, because it would end up in their pockets sooner or later.

However, second place was also meaningful.

With the first place almost universally recognized as ChatGPT, second place was, in a sense, the actual first place. Countries all over the world were competing to participate; they didn't dare to hope to be the chairing country, but at least they wanted to be a permanent member.

This way, they could possess a certain amount of influence and not be constrained everywhere in the future.

Once the competition ended, the World Artificial Intelligence Association would be established as a matter of course.

At that time, depending on the membership level—such as permanent member, secretary-general country, etc.—they would be able to enjoy the latest artificial intelligence research achievements. Especially regarding the latest breakthroughs of ChatGPT, these were all very attractive.

There was a price to pay, which was submitting the country's own latest AI research achievements.

In any case, everyone's achievements were inferior to ChatGPT.

There was no fear of being copied, and no one would refuse.

It was foreseeable that once this association was officially established, it would bring about a terrifying butterfly effect. The relevant scientific research of those participating countries would become stronger and stronger, gradually widening the gap significantly from countries outside the organization.

AI hegemony was no joke.

The First Industrial Revolution was started by the steam engine, the Second Industrial Revolution was electricity, the Third Industrial Revolution was the Internet, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution was AI, artificial intelligence. It was no exaggeration to say that this was a key node in the history of human civilization.

Once it was completely controlled by the Western world, allowing them to become stronger and stronger, we would be very passive in the future.

To put it more seriously, it was a "battle for national destiny."

Caught in this unprecedented great upheaval, no one could remain aloof; everyone was a player in the game.

In Zheng Qian's eyes, his "enemies" were never specifically any one person, any one organization, or even any one ideology. In this tumultuous and stirring era, who could rule the world?

However...

Then again, one couldn't always think about those serious matters.

As the saying goes, cultivate one's moral character, regulate one's family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world. If one didn't "cultivate" oneself first, how could a good man venture out into the world?

It had been a while since he had connected with Song Yaxian, and Zheng Qian was still very much thinking of this female college student who had just graduated not long ago. A college girl was just different! That kind of heartfelt innocence, suppleness, and passion was truly no exaggeration.

After seeing Professor Ji Muxi off, Zheng Qian originally wanted to send a WeChat message to call her over directly.

But then he thought, what if that person suddenly came back? That wouldn't be good at all.

It's not like we can't afford a hotel room!

Seriously, there's no need to do it here!

Thinking of this, he quietly and sneakily headed toward Song Qingli's office.

Just as he was about to push the door open and enter, he found the door was ajar, and the conversation between the two girls could be heard very clearly. He was suddenly curious: what did this pair of sisters usually talk about in private? Were they talking bad about him?

"Little sister, I bet he'll definitely call you over in a little while."

"Hmm... He said today that he had some things to arrange..."

"Tell me honestly, is it really... always that... intense every time? It's not that your sister is being gossipy! You know, although your sister is single now, I've had boyfriends before! There was even one on the basketball team, and he only lasted ten minutes at most..."

"Oh my! Big sister, what kind of wild words are you saying! Seriously... I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm leaving!"

"Wait, wait! Little sister, your sister doesn't mean anything else. I just hope you don't love too humbly. If he really isn't that good, don't keep pretending to be satisfied; that's really not good, you understand? Your sister doesn't want you to be like that!"

"It's really not pretending..."

"Really not? You pretend to be satisfied every time, so he'll mistakenly think he's really good, and then he'll go out and flirt with other women. Your sister will teach you a trick, guaranteed to capture his heart, how about it?"

"What trick?"

"Think about it, Zheng Qian is so rich, the women outside are definitely the same as you, pretending to be satisfied! But you should take an unconventional path; you should purposely act like you haven't quite reached the peak every time, you understand? This way, he'll think you're different, and it will ignite a man's desire to conquer! Over time, you'll be able to capture his heart!"

"Uh... Big sister, I'm really not... Oh, I'm so embarrassed, I'm not talking to you anymore."

Hearing this conversation, Zheng Qian was shocked and nervous.

Do sisters always talk so wildly in private?

Fortunately, Song Yaxian was thin-skinned; if she had really described the process, Song Qingli would definitely have thought he was a pervert.

Seeing that she was about to come out, Zheng Qian quickly slipped away quietly.

It wasn't until he had turned several corners that he quickly followed from behind, pretending it was an accidental encounter.

"Ah! You scared me to death! I thought there was a pervert following me!"

"Am I not?"

As he spoke, Zheng Qian smirked, "Let's go. You've worked hard these past few days, I'll take you to relax. I feel like you've been lacking a lot of positive energy lately; that's not good, you need an infusion of energy. Don't work today."

"Uh... but I'm not wearing stockings today. Should I go back to the office and get some?"

Zheng Qian: ...

What's going on? What on earth is going on?

Why does someone always mention this every time he's about to start a battle these past few days? Last time with Yin Yanyan, it was the same; she said something about how wearing those could increase attack speed. Who on earth was spreading this information to them?

Don't let me find out who it is!

Once I find out...

Hmph, a heavy reward!