Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The competition officially began.
Zhuang Li’s cell phone kept vibrating. He knew who was calling and what the person wanted to say, but he ignored it.
Compared with Mr. Liu, Zhuang Li played chess much faster, almost as fast as Eugene. One person and one machine took turns placing pieces on the board, you place one, I place one; you make a click, I make a click, it didn’t seem like they were playing chess, but more like filling in a grid.
At first, the audience thought that Zhuang Li didn’t know how to play and was just playing randomly, but as they watched, they became more and more nervous. After 20 minutes, Zhuang Li was still playing against Eugene at the same speed and was not at a disadvantage at all. The referee also stood quietly by and did not point out anything wrong.
“No way? It looks like Master Zhuang really knows how to play Go!” Surprised whispers were heard from the audience.
Zhuang Jincheng couldn’t sit still anymore and asked in a low voice: “Zhuang Li really knows how to play chess?”
“Yes, and at a very high level.” Zhuang Han said with a frown.
He stared at the black and white chessboard on the big screen, feeling uneasy. He thought that Zhuang Li would not last more than a few minutes under Eugene and would give up, but now twenty minutes had passed and the situation was still tense.
Eugene didn’t win, and Zhuang Li didn’t lose. The computing power of the man and the machine were surprisingly comparable!
Zhuang Han rubbed his brows, trying to stop himself from thinking too much. Eugene would never lose to Zhuang Li. Even if he took a step back, the two sides would only end up in a draw.
But a tie would only occur if Zhuang Li and Eugene did not make any calculation errors from the beginning to the end, and that situation could not exist at all.
Even the most advanced computers in the world would have 0.0…01% errors when calculating. Although there were many zeros after the decimal point, such that the error rate seemed insignificant, but probability was probability, no matter how small it was, it meant that it would surely happen one day.
Even computers could not avoid making mistakes, so it was even more impossible for the human brain to be 100% correct.
Zhuang Li knew nothing except eating, drinking and having fun. He couldn’t possibly have such amazing calculation ability. He couldn’t beat Eugene, let alone draw with Eugene.
After the game, he would only become a laughing stock for the whole nation. His embarrassment and tragedy would push Eugene to the altar and would also make the publicity effect of Cambrian reach its peak. He was a stepping stone that came to him on his own initiative.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Han curled the corners of his lips, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
However, at this moment, Eugene, who was holding a black chess piece and preparing to make a move, suddenly froze in place, his big eyes staring at the chessboard, and the small light bulb above his head began to flash rapidly.
Zhuang Li casually threw the white chess piece in his hand into the chess tube and leaned back on the sofa. His long legs were crossed leisurely, and his slender ten fingers formed a spire and gently rested on his chin. He was completely relaxed.
Judging from his expression, he is not going to play chess anymore.
The referee asked quietly, “Master Zhuang, do you admit defeat?”
Zhuang Li chuckled and said, “You should ask little Eugene across the street.”
The referee looked at the other side and discovered something was wrong.
Eugene’s big eyes didn’t even blink. The mechanical arm hung above the chessboard for a long time without making a move. The light bulb above his head flickered and then went out. Then there was a slight clicking sound and sparks appeared.
The referee was so frightened that he took two steps back and blurted out, “Boss Zhuang, Eugene has a problem!”
As soon as he finished speaking, thick smoke came out of Eugene’s head, and then his cute round face completely turned into a black LCD screen. A staff member rushed out from the backstage and sprayed Eugene’s head with a fire extinguisher.
This change happened so suddenly that the audience burst into a horrified noise.
The people who were watching the live broadcast on the Internet were also shocked and asked anxiously: [What’s going on? What happened to Eugene?]
Everyone was asking the same question. They never expected that such an accident would happen in a normal game.
Zhuang Han also rushed onto the stage immediately, knelt beside Eugene, opened the cover with a screwdriver, checked the internal wiring, and tried to find the problem and fix it quickly. Unconsciously, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
In his panic, he had no time to think about how this incident happened.
Zhuang Li touched his forehead with his ten fingers stacked like a tower and said with a smile: “I said that there will only be one outcome of this chess game, and that is my win. Whether your AI technology is reliable or not, I think the people of the whole country can see it now, and they will have an accurate judgment in their hearts.”
Zhuang Han’s back stiffened, and he turned back suddenly, saying in disbelief: “It was you who did something to Eugene!”
“Yes.” Zhuang Li admitted bluntly.
His squinting smile was magnified by the LED screen, showing his arrogance.
There was another clamor of shock from the audience. No one was willing to believe Zhuang Li’s words, because everyone could see that he had not touched a single finger of Eugene during the game. This accident must have been a coincidence, and Zhuang Li was just lucky.
“You can’t be considered the winner of this match. Eugene broke down. It was an unexpected situation. We can play again after it’s repaired.” Someone shouted from the audience.
“Yes, yes, yes, Eugene just had a problem. The game is not over yet, so Master Zhuang cannot be considered the winner!” A chorus of echoes immediately rang out around him.
The audience had their own judgment on the outcome of the game and did not accept Zhuang Li’s statement at all.
Zhuang Li curled his lips and said, “There are no accidents, no failures. Everything was inevitable since Eugene accepted my challenge.” He looked at the black and white chess game on the big screen and smiled meaningfully.
Zhuang Han followed his gaze, his pupils filled with confusion, and then a flash of horror passed through them.
He finally realized what had just happened!
He suddenly turned his head to look at Zhuang Li, his face flashing with disbelief, panic, fear and uneasiness. It was not until then that he realized how deep and scheming Zhuang Li was under his unruly appearance.
Even the most advanced intelligent AI in the world could be fooled by him!
Zhuang Jincheng walked onto the stage and angrily asked, “Did you bribe the technicians around Xiao Han to do something to Eugene? I’m calling the police!”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an excited shout from the audience: “I see, I understand! I understand! Oh my god, what a genius design! Oh my god! Master Zhuang is so cunning! It’s a QR code! The black and white chess pieces on the big screen are piled up into a QR code! You scan codes to pay every day, can’t you see it?”
Everyone looked closely and then gasped.
The audience member seemed to be an IT technician and quickly explained: “If I am guessing correctly, this QR code must contain a virus. When Eugene was scanning the chess board, he scanned the QR code into the internal program and was infected! The inspiration of the QR code comes from Go, don’t you know?”
When the audience heard these words, the horror on their faces became even more intense.
If this was the truth, then Master Zhuang did win. And he did not rely on luck, but on real strength!
Audience in the live broadcast room: [……]
[What kind of magical turn is this?]
[I was stunned! Is there any technical expert who can tell us whether what this person said is true?]
Then a technician working in the IT field came out and posted a comment: [It’s true. This game was indeed turned into a virus QR code by Master Zhuang. I just loaded the QR code into my computer and it crashed, but it returned to normal after restarting. It’s not as serious as Eugene’s. This virus should be a virus that specifically attacks intelligent AI. Eugene’s failure is by no means an accident. It was arranged by Master Zhuang.]
Netizens went crazy, scratching their heads, saying, “F**k! Is Mr. Zhuang so awesome? I really can’t believe my eyes!”
[I said before that Master Zhuang would be slapped in the face by Eugene, but now Master Zhuang has slapped us and Eugene in the face!]
The technician further explained: [You laymen are just watching the fun, and you can’t understand the real horror of Master Zhuang. Haven’t you ever thought about why he can play a game of chess like this? Because before the game starts, his brain has already calculated every move that will follow, including every move that Eugene will make. He must use his own chess moves to force Eugene to place the chess pieces at the points that he has already calculated, which involves a huge amount of calculation.]
[Do you know how difficult this is?]
There was silence in the live broadcast room, and no one knew how huge this project was.
The technician waited until the comments were completely gone before continuing to comment: [To use Mr. Zhuang’s original words – the chessboard is a battlefield that is vaster than the universe. To change the clouds and rain on this battlefield is as difficult as a god placing 10 to the power of 80 atoms one by one in the correct position to make them form everything.]
[I bet that Master Zhuang’s computing ability is definitely not inferior to Eugene’s, and his IT skills far surpass Zhuang Han’s! That’s why he was so sure that he could win before the game started, and that’s why he said that Eugene had major technical flaws!]
[Looking back at the words you used to mock Mr. Zhuang, I feel embarrassed for you. A bunch of laymen mocked a technical master for not understanding technology in front of him. This scene is enough to make me laugh for a year! Hahahaha…]
After sending out a series of blood-red “ha” sounds, the technician disappeared.
The remaining netizens blushed, feeling extremely ashamed, and then opened the web pages and frantically deleted their earlier idiotic remarks.
Zhuang Li, who was sitting on the sofa, said slowly at the same time: “Do you understand? This is the technical defect I mentioned. When you promote it to the outside world, you always say that Eugene has the ability to learn independently, but in fact, its recognition ability depends entirely on you constantly inputting pictures to enrich its database. You are feeding it with data and guiding it, instead of allowing it to achieve self-growth and evolution.
“It does not have the ability to perceive and distinguish what it sees and respond appropriately. This is its most fatal weakness.”
Zhuang Li tapped his forehead with his slender index finger and said with a smile: “This is called wisdom.”
He pointed at Eugene’s smoking head again: “That’s called intelligence. There’s only one word difference between the two, but there’s a world of difference between them.”
Zhuang Li stood up, smoothed his clothes slowly, walked off the stage, and said in a scattered voice: “It can’t even recognize a picture, and it is so easy for a virus to invade the main program and cause serious malfunctions. How dare you use it in autonomous driving technology? Once it is on the road, it will be a killer.”
Zhuang Li waved his hand without even turning his head and left in a leisurely manner.
A group of reporters with green eyes ran towards him with microphones in hand but were blocked by a group of bodyguards who suddenly appeared.
The audience also stood up and applauded enthusiastically. Some even shouted, “Master Zhuang, you are so damn handsome! I want to give birth to a baby for you!”
There was a burst of laughter all around, simply because the person who shouted this was a man.
The young master Zhuang who was standing on the stage talking freely and smiling contemptuously just now was really too unique, too dazzling, and too attractive. The highest level of sexiness was not the temptation of body curves, but the fierce competition of brain power and the absolute crushing of intelligence!
That was the real power that made people surrender!
Zhuang Han knelt beside Eugene with a pale face. The screwdriver in his hand suddenly fell, making a slight sound, but it sounded like thunder from the sky when it reached his eardrums.
Amid the violent roar, he slowly realized that Eugene had really lost, and that he had also lost completely!
Zhuang Jincheng looked at his eldest son who was walking away surrounded by bodyguards, and then at his youngest son who was kneeling on the stage in a state of embarrassment, with a look of deep confusion on his face.
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