Chapter 708: Brother, I've Surpassed Zheng Qian

Why was Alberts so excited? Because he thought of his son.

Little Alberts had been in a very serious traffic accident caused by an Autonomous Driving System and was still lying in the hospital to this day.

Old Alberts saw at a glance what this model represented; it was by no means a simple Autonomous Driving System.

If this system had existed back then, perhaps a tragic disaster could have been avoided...

It was a model! It was a nearly open-source model!

In other words, anyone who followed this paper could copy it and create such a model.

The parts about building neural networks and so on were highly pioneering, capable of being applied by analogy to other fields.

This model was different from the conventional Autonomous Driving System.

It was a system that could continuously learn and evolve.

Thus, as it trained, it could become smarter.

The value of this was truly immense.

Especially the last sentence of this paper; it was simply too poetic.

It incorporated the relationships between people, between people and nature, and between people and machines in a very evocative way, sublimating the connotation of the entire article.

"The first author is, Professor Ji Muxi?" Alberts frowned tightly, feeling very unfamiliar with this name.

He hurriedly searched the system and did find some papers where she was the first author, but... the writing style did not seem to be this outstanding.

Alberts couldn't help but think that she must have worked very hard to improve her writing skills after returning to the country.

He picked up the phone immediately:

[Hey Jerry, I just read the paper, and I'm very glad you pushed it to me. You are in Europe, so it is very understandable that you are not clear about the time difference. I don't mind at all, and I even want to interact with you. Do you know why the time in Europe is earlier than our time in the United States?]

Jerry on the other end of the phone was dumbfounded, not knowing what this old man wanted to do, and subconsciously replied, [Why?]

Alberts let out a loud laugh, [Hahaha, of course, it's because the United States was discovered later than Europe! Hahaha, don't you think that's funny?]

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[This paper is very good, and I'm going to have it cut in line and published in this week's magazine! I see at the bottom of your email, you said this is also related to a competition? What competition?]

[Uh... let me see, oh, the time is now! Shanghu! A showdown between Artificial Intelligence and human drivers!]

[Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier? I almost missed it! Can you pay attention to the time difference? Send me the link to the live TV broadcast quickly, now, immediately, right away! Don't get the time difference wrong again!]

Jerry listened with a grievance to the busy tone coming from the other end of the phone.

This old scumbag!

He clearly said just now that he didn't mind the time difference at all, and even told him a cold joke.

How could he scold him so angrily now!

When Alberts finally "climbed the ladder" to see the live broadcast, the race was already halfway through.

But during a gap in the highlight reel, it happened to be playing that speech by Lin Qingyu.

In order to know what the TV was saying, he specially put on a translator, and just in time, he heard the most essential sentence.

[On the road to becoming a technological powerhouse, failure is not shameful; not daring to challenge is what is shameful!]

[This time, it is not a battle between people!]

[Not just Sion Stanley, everyone is our enemy!]

These words made old Alberts tear up with excitement again.

She really knew how to speak; since she could speak so well, she should say more.

With that, he subconsciously glanced at the real-time ranking on the screen.

He was a little bewildered.

He couldn't hold it in anymore.

The Shanghe Cup Rally, compared to the Shanghu Rally in previous years, had a slightly different course.

The total length was 165 kilometers, which was slightly longer.

The road conditions were also relatively more complex.

The race had been going on for 25 minutes, and currently, the one ranked first was none other than Sion Stanley.

He had stabilized his position with an absolute advantage, leading the second place by nearly ten minutes, and was always in the most prominent position.

The second place was the team sponsored by Shanghe International — Light Year.

With the more complex second half of the race, the advantages of AI began to gradually emerge.

The gap between them and Sion Stanley was getting closer and closer.

The difference was already only seven minutes!

The gap was still narrowing!

However, the [Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse] team represented by Qianlu Research Institute was currently only ranked seventh, currently lagging behind the first place by twelve minutes.

Obviously, it had not shown the stunning performance that Lin Qingyu had spoken of, and it was truly mediocre.

But even so, everyone still looked at it with admiration.

Not making mistakes was already very difficult, and being able to barely enter the first echelon was, in a sense, already a success.

It was just slightly unsatisfactory.

The team leader of the [Light Year team] held the configuration list of the [Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse team] and couldn't help but smile.

The configuration of this car was truly too shabby; it could only barely be called an S-class racing car.

Chu Boyong, who was staring closely at the big screen in the stands, clenched his fists.

"They are really too crazy... In order to pursue the same configuration as me, they actually bought a second-hand S-class OC engine! OKD ignition module... Bosch racing ECU... Cosworth Omega... Xtrac 6-speed sequential..."

When he spoke, his voice was trembling.

He didn't know if it was excitement or the feeling of being hit right in the heart.

He closed his eyes slightly, having to accept reality; after all, the car was truly too unsatisfactory.

Even if he were to drive in the race himself, he might not be able to achieve a very good ranking.

Not to mention anything else, just that second-hand engine alone would cost hundreds of thousands!

And it wasn't easy to get!

"Boyong..." Xiao Qi sighed slightly.

"Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Actually, the Autonomous Driving System of Qianlu Research Institute is already excellent enough.

I am too familiar with this car; it has already done almost the best it can, at least there have been no errors."

"In a race, being able to not make mistakes is the most rare thing; I think it has already succeeded."

"But if you want to be first, that is impossible. Whether it is Sion Stanley's car or Shanghe International's car, I have seen the configurations, and they are absolutely world-class.

This of mine is just a barely S-class racing car..."

Chu Boyong could no longer bear to watch.

That was his car, after all.

It was as if he were participating in the race himself; the outcome of this car was basically the ranking he would get if he participated normally.

Could it be... was it really just like this?

Many people were fired up by Lin Qingyu's words before the race.

Everyone was looking forward to the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse finally bursting out, surpassing everyone, and standing on the championship podium.

But that was a plot that would only appear in fantasy stories.

This was the real world.

The configuration of this car had basically locked its upper limit.

Even if this system was awesome, it was absolutely impossible to break through the upper limit, suddenly accelerate extremely, transcend shackles, and finally achieve the championship.

That was impossible; whatever the configuration was, that was how it could only be driven.

Even Alberts on the other side of the ocean couldn't bear to watch.

He put down his glasses, lit a Marlboro, and sighed, "You have tried your best, child.

Being able to witness history with my own eyes, seeing a truly complete Autonomous Driving System drive to this extent, has already exceeded my imagination."

"As long as you can finally finish the race normally, it... can also be considered a success."

He shook his head and was just about to close the computer to sleep.

Suddenly! He was attracted by a scream from the commentator!

"They have entered the mountains! The first echelon of drivers have all entered the mountains!

Waiting for them is the most brutal devil track of the second half — five U-shaped sharp turns!

Crossing this mountain is an almost straightforward path! It is the championship podium!"

"Let us see, who is the first to rush out!"

"It is... the Light Year team!"

"Shanghe International Group has proven with its strength that they are the kings of this devil stage!

Behind is a straight line with no suspense, and I can now basically declare the ownership of the final championship!"

General Manager Shang Xinlan smiled brightly.

She glanced at the expressionless Lin Qingyu.

She smiled even more happily.

Brother, I have defeated Zheng Qian for you; today, I will trample his face fiercely under my feet.