Chapter 219 Artificial Intelligence

"Are you interested in artificial intelligence again?" Gu Ningshan asked, looking at Wu Bin's curious expression.

"I'm interested in all interesting things, especially artificial intelligence, a major that will definitely lead the times in the future. Of course I'm even more interested."

After swallowing the mouthful of mashed potatoes you just took, Gu Ningshan stirred the remaining potatoes and said, "First of all, the perception department needs to think about one thing. How should AI understand the world around it?"

"Secondly, the decision-making department will consider how AI can search and choose among many possible conditions based on the current problem that needs to be solved to find a solution that is most suitable for solving the problem."

As she spoke, Gu Ningshan took another bite of mashed potatoes and chewed, "In the end, it will be up to the operations department to implement it so that AI can connect with the world. Their current goal is to allow AI to take charge of the factory's control system."

"Huh? Shouldn't we be communicating with humans?" Wu Bin asked.

"That is a further goal. In short, designing AI is to regard these three points as a big cycle. After you perceive the current world, you make a decision and act, and then after you make a decision and act, you then observe What happened, this layer-by-layer cycle is the top architecture of AI.”

"For example, if you hand a bottle of Coke to an artificial intelligence and make a look at it, it will understand that the bottle of Coke is for it without having to say any instructions."

"When it can do this, it will be real artificial intelligence. Instead of like now, artificial intelligence just collects a lot of data and then analyzes the results and acts according to the optimal results."

"Are you complaining about Alpha Dog?" Wu Bin asked after eating the last bite of the burger.

Gu Ningshan waved her hand: "It's not a complaint, but I always feel that this can't be called artificial intelligence."

Wu Bin smiled: "Actually, when I first learned programming language, I found that computers are very 'stupid', and today's artificial intelligence is indeed just a stupid computer that collects more information. They cannot do any independent thinking. Of course, When they can really do this, the 'Skynet' panic will probably break out."

Pushing the dinner plate aside, Wu Bin drank a Coke and continued: "Also, let me ask you a question, do you know why you want artificial intelligence to play chess?"

"Of course~ What do you think I have learned in the past two months?" Gu Ningshan spread her hands and replied: "Just like the decision-making steps I just mentioned, playing chess is to let the decision-making system predict each different outcome, and then Choose the best one, within the absolute rules, a program with a powerful algorithm can be said to be invincible, and playing Go can strongly prove that artificial intelligence has made great breakthroughs in choosing the optimal route. "

"And that kind of decision-making can also be applied to the factory assembly line and figuring out all the details of a space shuttle launch and so on."

Wu Bin nodded after hearing this, "It's a pity that this idea has been around for decades and it still hasn't been realized."

"If the problem is so simple, why do we need scientists?" Gu Ningshan finally finished the last bite of mashed potatoes and put the small box aside, "But my teacher is still very confident in the development of AI. He thinks AI is just like Explore new maps and figure out, step by step, which tasks can be automated.”

"Then I have a curious question. In what ways does your teacher think the progress of AI will affect life in the short term?"

"In the short term?" Gu Ningshan thought for a while, "It's probably emotion recognition. Isn't it because the camera resolution is high enough that face recognition has appeared? Then if we further go through the details of the face and track the details of the entire face , you can discover the movement patterns of facial muscles by tracking them, so you can understand what expression you are making now and what it means.”

"Nickhide." Wu Bin nodded, "It seems I have to take more time to read papers on artificial intelligence."

After taking a sip of her drink, Gu Ningshan held her chin and said, "Actually, after two months here, I not only gained more knowledge in scientific research, but in fact, being in a new environment, many of my senses have also changed. "

“Whether it’s in class or chatting with others, I can always hear from other people’s mouths a completely different understanding of China from my perspective.”

Wu Bin: "Huh? Do you think we are the ones who ride out on pandas all day long to eat Mapo Tofu, and from time to time we even take out our nunchucks and perform a set of Kung Fu?"

"Pfft..." Gu Ningshan laughed, "You are biased, okay? In fact, both foreign media and students are quite positive about our scientific research capabilities, especially mathematics. As long as you have a Asian face, that means everything you say is right.”

"Hahaha." Wu Bin laughed twice, "After all, we have dominated IMO for so long. Hey, are you used to the food there?"

"It's okay, but when it comes to food, I found a very good Chinese restaurant there. I'd like to make a complaint. I've heard that Chinese food is very popular in the United States, but those Chinese food are completely different from what I imagined. It’s different. For example, the best-selling tangerine peel chicken... I didn’t eat it at all! And the other dishes have also been changed into sweet and sour ones.”

"Sour and sweet? Isn't that good?"

For Wu Bin, who loves sweet and sour short ribs, the sweet and sour taste has always been his favorite.

Gu Ningshan shook her head: "I told you it was modified by magic. Anyway, I find it very unpalatable. You will know if you try it next time you have a chance."

"I'm going off topic. Let's continue talking about my very good Chinese restaurant. That restaurant is called Look and Eat."

"Wow...are you so down-to-earth?"

"Yes, the decoration is also very down-to-earth. It is not the classic Chinese restaurant decoration decorated with mahogany and hung with lanterns, but the kind of street food style. I really like the Kung Pao Chicken made in this store."

"Is it opened by Chinese people?" Wu Bin asked.

"Well, the boss and his wife are both from Haojiang. They have been in the United States for more than ten years. They are very friendly. In fact, they don't speak Mandarin very well, but they still try to chat with me in Mandarin and ask me where I am from and why. When I came to the United States, they knew I was here for exchange and study, and they praised me for a long time, and then asked me what I studied, what I planned to do in the future, etc.”

"They also have a daughter named Nancy, but they usually call her candy. She is so cute! The little one is extremely curious, but a little shy, so she asks many questions in her father's ear. Let them tell it to me."

Wu Bin nodded after hearing this, "Well, you're not afraid of life at all."

"Of course, I'm not a child." Gu Ningshan raised her head proudly.