94: Chapter 94 The True Meaning of... Artificial Intelligence!

"Brain-like Machine Intelligence basic theory?"

Chen Jingshan repeated this long technical term, his brow twitching sharply.

Afterwards, he looked at Lin Yuan and asked.

"Artificial Intelligence?"

"Correct."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, not denying it.

He was in no hurry to explain the technical theory, instead adjusting his sitting posture slightly before speaking.

"Dean Chen, do you remember the 'Smart Era' I mentioned to the whole world at the press conference a couple of days ago?"

"Mm, I remember."

Chen Jingshan nodded.

Of course he remembered; that description of how ten-nanometer chips would redefine smart devices and turn machines from passive tools into active partners was still being repeatedly cited and discussed across the global internet.

"Chips are the hardware foundation, and Fifth-generation Communication networks are the transmission pipelines."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan extended his right hand, his index finger tracing the outline of an equilateral triangle in mid-air.

"But hardware and pipelines alone are not enough."

He tapped gently on the final vertex of the triangle with his index finger.

"The device has computing power, it has bandwidth, but then what?"

"It still needs to be able to 'think'."

Lin Yuan withdrew his hand, interlaced his fingers on his knees, and leaned forward slightly.

"I said at the press conference that future smart devices should be able to actively understand users, assist users, and even make judgments and plans in advance based on user habits."

"And these high-dimensional functions cannot be achieved simply by stacking chip computing power and relying on the bandwidth support of communication networks."

He paused for a beat, a smile appearing on his face, as he enunciated word by word.

"It needs a real 'brain'."

"That is to say, Artificial Intelligence... in the true sense of the word!"

Hearing this, Chen Jingshan did not speak, but his fingers resting on his knees twitched unconsciously.

Lin Yuan took in his reaction at a glance.

He did not rush to continue his explanation, but instead naturally addressed the question the other party hadn't yet voiced.

"However, Dean Chen, the Artificial Intelligence I am talking about is completely different from the so-called 'Artificial Intelligence' currently on the market, especially the one that tech giants The Other Side of the Ocean brag about every day."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jingshan's fingers stopped moving.

Lin Yuan chuckled, his tone carrying a hint of undisguised mockery.

"The things currently being developed internationally are, to put it nicely, called Artificial Intelligence, but to put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of hard-coded programs written by programmers, running conditional checks in the background."

"Whatever labeled data you feed it, it just follows the statistical patterns in the data to categorize and match."

"Switch to a batch of data it hasn't seen before? Sorry, it goes stupid."

"Change the scenario? Even stupider."

Lin Yuan shook his head, his tone carrying a touch of unceremonious bluntness.

"This kind of thing is essentially the shallowest, passive form of weak intelligence; you could even call it 'Artificial Stupidity'."

"It has no comprehension, no ability to generalize or transfer knowledge, and certainly no ability to learn autonomously."

"Simply put, it's just a calculator that's really good at math. If those people The Other Side of the Ocean insist on calling it intelligence, that's purely gilding their own lily—they're giving it too much credit."

Chen Jingshan's mouth twitched violently upon hearing this.

Good grief!

Using "calculator" to disparage current Artificial Intelligence technology—if this were said in public, AI scholars around the world would probably be so angry they'd vomit blood collectively.

But he didn't refute it.

Because from a purely technical standpoint, there really wasn't much wrong with what Lin Yuan said.

"Then what kind of Artificial Intelligence do you want to create?"

Chen Jingshan suppressed his inner shock, his tone deep and full of anticipation.

This was the sentence Lin Yuan had been waiting for.

He straightened his posture slightly and held up one finger.

"First, autonomous learning."

"What I want to do is to let machines truly cross that threshold and possess the ability for autonomous learning."

"Not relying on massive amounts of garbage data painstakingly labeled by humans, and not relying on rigid, pre-set program logic."

"Even if you throw a brand-new, complex task scenario at it that it has never seen before, it can, like a newborn baby, observe, try and fail, summarize the underlying physical laws, and eventually find the perfect solution."

Lin Yuan held up a second finger.

"Second, precise perception."

"Let its information collection and processing of the external environment approach or even surpass human sensory systems."

"Not just 'seeing' and 'hearing', but 'understanding'."

"A blurry voice recording, a complex visual scene—it can parse them all in an extremely short time and provide an accurate judgment."

Immediately after, a third finger popped up.

"Finally, high-level interaction."

"Let communication between machines and humans no longer be limited to you typing a line of instructions and it spitting out a line of results."

"Let it be able to understand your intent, and even understand potential needs you haven't spoken of, actively providing feedback and suggestions."

The three fingers came together, closing gently in mid-air.

"Autonomous learning, precise perception, high-level interaction."

"Only machine intelligence that possesses all three of these things simultaneously is worthy of the word 'intelligence'."

"And only this level of intelligent system, combined with the computing power of high-end chips and the transmission capabilities of Fifth-generation Communication networks—a trinity—can truly support the era I described at the press conference."

After these words fell, the office was silent for a few seconds.

Chen Jingshan sat upright on the sofa, his chest rising and falling noticeably more heavily.

He had spent his whole life in scientific research management, witnessed countless technological iterations, and heard the bold words of countless top scientists.

But when Lin Yuan's words landed, he still felt his back tighten.

Autonomous learning, precise perception, high-level interaction...

If these three points could truly be realized in the hands of this twenty-year-old young man, the changes they would bring would far exceed any single industry.

This was likely a comprehensive reshaping of the future social structure.

"Then... what about the specific theoretical plan?"

Chen Jingshan's hand gestured toward the black backpack on the coffee table.

"Is it also inside?"

"Yes."

Lin Yuan answered without hesitation, a calm smile on his face, exuding a powerful sense of self-confidence.

"In order to achieve the functions I just mentioned, the basic theory of Brain-like Machine Intelligence mainly involves three aspects."

"One is Brain-like Bionic Computing, allowing the machine's computing method to jump out of the traditional Von Neumann architecture and move closer to the operational mode of human brain neurons."

"One is edge-side intelligent autonomous learning, allowing devices to not rely on the massive computing power of the cloud, completing autonomous learning and inference locally."

"And another is the synergistic coupling of computing power and algorithms, achieving optimal coordination between limited chip computing power and intelligent algorithms, squeezing out the potential of every single transistor."