This ti, it was arranged in advance with Qiao Ze. Naturally, Lv Bei would not make the sa mistake twice.
"Co in."
"Professor Qiao, this is Li Chengze from the General Equipnt Departnt, whom you had an appointnt with yesterday." As soon as he entered, Lv Bei introduced him.
"Mm, please have a seat," Qiao Ze nodded.
"I'll take my leave now." Lv Bei glanced at Li Chengze, then decisively turned around and left the office.
Anyone who has spent more than a year at the Mathematics Research Institute has already grown accustod to Qiao Ze's style: get straight to the point if there's sothing to discuss; if not, leave. No need for excessive pleasantries—it's pointless in this building at best and annoying at worst.
As for whether two strangers would feel awkward discussing matters together, that wasn't sothing Lv Bei cared about.
However, before leaving, Lv Bei had already thoroughly explained Qiao Ze's personality and approach to the visiting officer from the General Equipnt Departnt, so there shouldn't be any problems.
...
"Professor Qiao, hello. I've co to Xilin this ti on behalf of our General Equipnt Departnt's Minister, Admiral Zhang Zhiqiang. We hope you can help us resolve the technical challenges of the new generation intelligent war-ga deduction system."
Clearly, Li Chengze had listened to Lv Bei's advice. His first sentence was direct, expressing his purpose without beating around the bush.
The new generation intelligent war-ga deduction system he ntioned was an application of artificial intelligence in military simulation systems. Its primary function was to simulate military operations to support training and evaluation of tactical or strategic decision-making.
The most advanced applications in this field currently belonged to the leading global power.
After all, it involved not just artificial intelligence—but also access to abundant data that could assist the entire system in its simulations.
For Huaxia, this system was equally significant, particularly in the current climate. Over the past thirty years, Huaxia had focused most of its efforts on developnt, and there was no way it would waste the peaceful environnt it had worked hard to foster.
But advantages often co with disadvantages.
Compared to that leading country, prolonged peace had made it challenging to give an accurate assessnt of modern warfare systems. In so sense, Huaxia arguably needed an intelligent war-ga system even more—to train the next generation of commanders.
"What are the main issues at present?" Qiao Ze asked.
In truth, he had already been inford yesterday about the purpose of the young officer from the General Equipnt Departnt sitting before him. This was the first ti he'd had formal contact with personnel from the Huaxia military.
The timing was rather intricate—it coincided with the official testing of the Deep Sea Cluster Project and the recent expansion of the Mathematics Research Institute.
From any perspective, this was a good ti to establish rapport with the other party.
"This is a file provided to by Professor Wen, who is leading this project. He insisted I hand it to you in person. Since the docunt is classified, I must ask you to maintain strict confidentiality. Additionally, I am required to remain present throughout your reading of the file. I hope you'll understand."
Having finished speaking, Li Chengze pulled out a file marked "Top Secret" from his briefcase and handed it over.
Under normal circumstances, Qiao Ze would have been invited to the GF University of Science and Technology, the primary site of the research.
However, everyone was well aware of Qiao Ze's disposition—and importantly, GF University of Science and Technology was located in Xingcheng.
Extensive investigations had already been conducted into Qiao Ze's background. Although Xingcheng was his hotown, his experiences there had not been particularly pleasant. After careful deliberation, it was ultimately decided to deliver the latest research findings directly to him instead.
Qiao Ze completely ignored the glaring red label on the file folder, opened it, and imdiately began reading.
Hmm...
Quite impressive—it aspires to develop a multi-agent collaborative war-ga system.
Or rather, this system is clearly more than just an intelligent war-ga deduction system; the ambitions of Professor Wen, who is heading its developnt, are substantial. From the design's initial intent, it's evident that this system is ant for more than just regular training exercises.
Should conflict actually break out, the system would be capable, upon receiving sufficient data support, of providing tactical and strategic advice to the Staff Departnt's commanders in real ti.
The requirents for such a system are extrely high.
Of course, for an intelligent system, the higher the functionality and requirents, the more complex the implentation.
Currently, there are nurous pressing challenges that need to be addressed.
For example, issues related to managing information overload.
According to recent test results, as soon as battlefield environnts beco even slightly complex, the system struggles to completely prevent critical information from being lost amid massive bursts of data. Furthermore, in multi-agent decision-making processes, different agents often provide conflicting or even opposing objectives and strategies.
These are so of the more significant challenges, while there are also many minor ones.
Its stability and robustness have yet to et desired goals, real-ti strategy responses are sluggish, and errors frequently occur during uncertainty modeling...
But in Qiao Ze's opinion, the most critical issue is the lack of sufficient data to feed the system.
Especially for modernized battlefields—it's not at all comparable to trivial skirmishes. Once electronic warfare is initiated, the first step is to turn the opponent into a deaf, mute, and blind entity. Ensuring the system continues to operate normally under such conditions would be unimaginable in terms of difficulty.
After reading the report, Qiao Ze roughly understood why they had co to seek his help.
If these problems weren't resolved promptly, the project would likely require a major overhaul.
Based on the report alone, if the system's functionality were reduced by two-thirds, it might barely manage to operate. However, if that were to happen, retaining only foundational deduction capabilities would render the system quite pointless.
After swiftly scanning through the entire file, Qiao Ze put the docunt back into its folder under Li Chengze's puzzled gaze.
"Uh... You've finished reading it already?" Li Chengze couldn't help but ask.
"Mm, I've got the gist." Qiao Ze nodded in response.
Well, that's efficient...
Li Chengze felt he may have overcomplicated things earlier. He had assud Qiao Ze would spend a long ti reviewing the material, maybe even requiring his presence the entire day...
Just as he was pondering what to say next, Qiao Ze asked, "What kind of assistance are you seeking?"
"Here's the situation. We've also received reports on the Deep Sea Unmanned Cluster System. After analysis by our technical team, we found that many of its decision-making chanisms bear striking similarities to this war-ga deduction system. Therefore, Professor Wen, who is leading the project, hopes you can assist in enhancing this system. He personally drafted this docunt.
If you could join the research team, that would be ideal. If you're too busy, offering constructive suggestions or helping us address the critical issues outlined in this docunt would still be greatly valuable."
Li Chengze promptly provided a concise explanation.
Before arriving, he had gone through several rounds of preparation talks. Upon his arrival at Xilin University of Technology, he had also spoken with Lv Bei, who advised that when communicating with Qiao Ze, there should be zero pleasantries—just state the needs directly.
Qiao Ze looked at Li Chengze, tilted his head slightly, and seeing the other party had stopped talking, frowned slightly and asked, "That's all?"
"Uh... That's all," Li Chengze replied, slightly confused. Had he not been clear enough?
To ensure his words were as concise as possible, he'd rehearsed them countless tis in his mind.
Qiao Ze fixed his gaze on Li Chengze and asked seriously, "So, you're simply requesting help without offering anything in exchange?"
"Exchange? Um... Of course, if you're able to resolve these issues, the project's achievents will naturally be shared with you. Additionally, regarding research funding..."
Qiao Ze interrupted Li Chengze, saying, "I don't need honors or funding. I can address most of these issues, but authorization is required."
"Uh... Authorization?"
"Yes, authorization," Qiao Ze nodded and continued. "Take the Deep Sea Cluster Exploration System as an example—it's a research system equipped with temporary command authority. Similarly, this system must open authorized interfaces; that's the biggest issue."
"Phew... I see. I think I understand. Please wait a mont—I need to contact my superiors."
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