Failing not only wastes ti and energy, needless to say, but even if successful, there could be countless eyes watching.
How nice it must be at Xilin Mathematical Research Institute, not relying on state research funds. Whatever projects they want to start, they can just go ahead. They can even pull together a bunch of labs to assist them. This is probably the ultimate happiness for a researcher, right?
But to be fair, the Xilin Mathematical Research Institute is, after all, personally funded by Qiao Ze, a realm which Tan Jian admits he hasn't reached yet.
Of course, it might just be that his wallet hasn't reached the necessary thickness either.
Now Qiao Ze has made it onto the Forbes list, and moreover, he is the world's youngest scientist billionaire, without equal. In the age group of 20 to 30, you can't find another scientist who has beco famous, nor a tycoon who can casually put aside billions in cash to establish a science award foundation.
Not to ntion his father-in-law has also made it onto the Forbes billionaires list. Although ranking fairly low, Xilin Licheng has not gone public. If Xilin Licheng goes public in the future, just with the material center being built by Xilin and managed by Xilin Licheng, the company's future valuation is probably going to be over a trillion.
Being young and achieving financial freedom through technological inventions, becoming a master in the academic world, having recently put the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in a difficult position, establishing a science award aiming to replace the Nobel Prize, casually inventing artificial intelligence that can teach others like a grandfather teaches his grandson... to these researcher drones.
After running these thoughts through his mind, Tan Jian suddenly felt like he might have picked the wrong race track in life.
It was at this mont that the excited voice from across the way pulled him back from his distraction: "Senior brother, do you think if we achieve so results soon through our collaboration with Xilin Research Institute, we might get an invitation to be candidates for the Qiao Ze Award? There is a biology prize, after all."
Tan Jian was startled and said, "You're really dreaming big. Just doing a project and you expect to be picked as a candidate? Why not just dream of going to heaven?! Qiao Ze is aiming to contend with the Nobel with this award; I think in the first couple of years, they'll probably select people from abroad to build credibility first."
"No, senior brother, I don't an that I have to win the award, I just want to be on the list of candidates. Haven't you heard? This year the Science Academy might provide certain support to young scientists who make the list. If I get on that list, I might have a chance of being awarded Jieqing next year. Senior brother, next year is my last chance. I'll be over 45 the year after."
"You're already 43?" Tan Jian involuntarily exclaid, then suddenly rembering that he was three years older than his junior, already 46, while Qiao Ze was rumored to be only 20 this year, yet he had the power to decide whether his seniors could earn titles.
"If it's just being a candidate..." Tan Jian was about to say it shouldn't be too difficult, he could find soone to talk to people at Xilin Mathematics Research Institute if necessary, but then he rembered that Huaqing didn't seem to have a good relationship with Qiao Ze, and he suddenly lost his nerve, changing his tune, "That should be no problem, as long as we really focus and produce results, that artificial intelligence Dou Dou should give you extra points."
"Haha, that's what I was thinking, too. So I took the initiative with this subject, and I don't only plan to lead the team personally, but I'm planning to dive into the lab headfirst. Just think, if we really create the most advanced biological computer, my chances would be huge."
The junior across from him beca even more excited when he heard this encouragent and imdiately responded.
Tan Jian, feeling disillusioned, paid lip service to his junior a few more tis before hanging up the phone.
Anyway, he had almost figured out the ultimate goal of their project and achieved his purpose. But after learning all this, suddenly it didn't seem interesting anymore.
He should have been thrilled, yet sohow he couldn't muster any excitent, a complicated feeling.
If Tan Jian were at Hua Science's Pyeongchang Research Institute right at that mont, he would probably understand why his mood was so downcast.
Other big shots were likely even more annoyed than he was at that mont.
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"That artificial intelligence, the one called Dou Dou... what's the situation! How is the database being trained? It's completely out of control, suggesting that we should have 'a sense of asure'? What sense should I have? Today, it must clarify everything."
"Oh co on, Gao, at your age, how can you get so worked up over artificial intelligence? You know it's not human after all. Besides, aren't we studying this stuff too?"
"No, that's exactly why I think sothing is off. Even the AI from Xilin must use learning algorithms, right? It's also fed with big data, isn't it? Doesn't this just show that the direction of AI design at Xilin was wrong from the start!"
"Hmm... Maybe they're using a different thod for training? You know that Dou Dou was released online, it's kind of an internet star, and not only interacts with netizens online, but also serves as the ambassador for Xilin University of Technology's admissions. All these factors combined, maybe this Dou Dou has gone a bit off track. How about this, I'll call Jian Gao later and talk to him, see if he can talk to Qiao Ze about retraining Dou Dou..."
"Hey, Professor Gao, Academician Chen, you're both here! Big news! Xilin has submitted a report, you'll never guess what else Xilin Mathematics Research Institute has hidden up its sleeve."
"What? What kind of treasures?"
"Well, quite a few, to ntion just one, Xilin has made a breakthrough in encryption algorithms, a brand new one, which currently, even theoretically when quantum computer technology matures, cannot be cracked. There's also sothing about multidinsional coding and storage technology, essentially the next generation of compression technology. The efficiency is out of this world!"
"What?!"
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