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Shockingly, the professor who amazed the whole world in March turned out to be - Yu Xingwei!

This is a bit different from the gender of Professor Ning Wei when he introduced him in March. The explanation given by the email is that he communicated with Ning Wei through email anonymously. Because he did not want to be recognized too easily, he used the opposite gender when communicating. gender.

As for the fact that the two have always been together, but Yu Xingwei uses the fictitious name March to communicate with the world, Yu Xingwei also gave an explanation. If it weren't for the name March, no one in the world would take a second look at him, because all the research in this direction would be focused on Ning Wei. At that time, Ning Wei, who had already made a name for himself in academic circles around the world, would introduce Professor March to the academic world, but would not push him out of Yu Xingwei.

Because Ning Wei always regarded him as an assistant, someone who just stood behind him and worked silently, but he was not willing to have his talent buried, so he came up with this method. Of course, in that letter, Yu Xingwei also asked the foundation not to disclose his true identity when verifying his identity. After all, Ning Wei's reputation in China is now at its peak, and he has always been Ning Wei's assistant, and he still needs to learn from it. Ning Wei got some inspiration from his research.

Of course, in addition to these, Yu Xingwei also provided relatively sufficient evidence. For example, he published the first draft of the paper, the original emails he communicated with many scientists, etc. In short, it is enough to prove that he is everyone's March. In addition, it comes with his doctoral certificate, proving that his employer is Jiangcheng University, because his current relationship is indeed still with Jiangcheng University.

The result is that many big guys begin to desperately recall this unfamiliar name with a hint of familiarity.

Yes, this name is unfamiliar because no one really has much impression of it. It is familiar because it appears in most of Ning Wei’s papers and second works, especially since Ning Wei and Yu Xingwei participated in two world-class conferences. At the meeting, I actually met with many big guys, but everyone ignored the existence of this young doctoral student.

I don’t mean to ignore it deliberately. The main thing is that the most important thing about a paper is the corresponding author and the first author. It is not uncommon to recognize the second author, but it is not very common. Moreover, because of those achievements, it is easy for people to ignore the people around them. So when Yu Xingwei's email was known to many people, and some sealed videos were uncovered again, Yu Xingwei's simple figure always following Ning Wei, and his extremely deceptive and sincere face also appeared In front of many big shots.

This young man has a deep mind but is also very capable. No wonder I would rather keep him by my side than anyone else. It really makes sense. At the same time, Huaxia Jiangcheng University once again left a deep impression on many big names. Not only has Ning Wei, an incredible undergraduate student been trained, but even a doctoral student has such strong abilities, this is enough to show how powerful this university is.

At this time, it is time for the Wolf Prize jury to make a decision.

"The greatest significance of Yu Xingwei's research, or the research of Yu Xingwei and Ning Wei, is not just a breakthrough in mathematical theory, but more importantly, the redefinition of the bottom layer of the field of artificial intelligence. For example, the most basic depth of artificial intelligence Learning models, most of the deep learning model standards currently used in the field of artificial intelligence are designed by us, including deep neural networks, convolutional networks, recurrent neural networks, Boltzmann machines and restricted Boltzmann machines, etc. wait."

"The problem we are facing now is that we have verified many of the theories studied by the two people. And these theories have been determined to be able to guide the innovation of the underlying definition of artificial intelligence. I take the natural language deep learning model GPT-3 launched by OpenAI as an example. We all know that the expression ability of the natural language deep learning model GPT-3 with 175 billion parameters is close to that of humans. It is an extremely mature deep learning model, but it still has shortcomings. For example, it takes too long to run the task, resulting in If problems are discovered midway, we don’t dare to stop the calculation, after all, the cost is too high.”

“But if we follow the research of Yu Xingwei and Ning Wei, we don’t necessarily have to take this tedious path to give machines intelligence. We don’t necessarily need to constantly carry out deep learning to realize artificial intelligence. Instead, we directly build a relatively mature Cognitive framework, which directly changes the underlying logic we once believed in. To put it more simply, in the past, we made machines have certain intelligence by relying on big data accumulation and learning. We gave the machine what kind of information, and then the machine In which direction can it have certain intelligence? For example, machine vision and image recognition, you first need to let the machine read countless images, and then use relevant algorithms to finally give the machine the ability to recognize."

"But if we follow their theory, we only need to give the machine a relevant instruction, and the machine will be able to identify, collect and classify the required data in the database on its own. Simply put, this omits the most tedious parameter adjustment step. This It is a third way that is different from computer imitation of the human brain and symbolism. It currently seems to be very likely to rewrite the overall pattern of the development of artificial intelligence in the future world, and it will also determine the change in our underlying understanding of artificial intelligence."

In the video conference, as the chairman of this year’s jury, Jeffrey Glass took a manuscript and read an evaluation before voting for the Mathematics Award.

"The above are some of the opinions of my friend Yushua Bengio, a professor at the University of Montreal and the scientific director of Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. Turing Award winner, on Yu Xingwei's research direction. You should have understood Mr. Bengio. means. In fact, scientists including Mila, Google, IBM, Facebook and other companies have begun to try to use these theories to redefine the underlying logic of artificial intelligence."

"From this point of view, Mr. Yu Xingwei's paper "A Mathematical Consciousness Model Based on Isomorphism" is of great significance in guiding the current reality of artificial intelligence. This is not only a breakthrough in basic mathematical theory, but also may bring Technological subversion of the hottest current directions. So please consider this before voting. I have finished my speech. Now please start voting on all candidates according to the process."

"The first candidate, Rogers Carlo, whose achievements are..."

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While the Wolf Foundation was busy selecting the annual mathematics award, Ning Wei was busy applying for patents.

In fact, patents extending from March have been in preparation, mainly because there are too many. There are many invention patents extended from an underlying logic, and they are all substantive innovative patents, including various technologies that implement artificial intelligence algorithms and constitute the underlying architecture, etc.

Just to implement March's architecture, Ningwei has broken down more than 70 patents that need to be applied for. In addition, there are actually many algorithms specially designed for March. Although some algorithms are not innovative, they are similar to traditional ones in use. The methods are very different and have basically been improved. Ningwei also did not let it go and tasted the sweetness of the patent, so Ningwei was very rigorous this time.

It's just that this time there are too many patents to apply for, and Ning Wei is not as poor as before, so this time he found a professional patent application company.

Ning Wei still introduced this company to Mr. Yan. In fact, Yan Ming wanted to directly ask the company to help Ning Wei apply for these patents, but Ning Wei refused. If nothing else, the main reason is that when Huawei saw the content of the patent they were applying for, they were afraid that confidentiality would not be kept properly.

Many practical patent professionals can tell at a glance what they are used for. As for patent agencies, they are not that sensitive to technology and are not that professional. In fact, most of the reviewers hired by the patent office are not professional, because these reviewers do not need to know the patents you have applied for. What they do specifically is that their job is simply to verify whether the technical solution you provide has been submitted before, and whether it conflicts with patents that already exist or that others have applied for but have not yet been approved.

As long as there is no conflict, generally the patent can be approved directly. It’s that simple. Valuable papers are published in journals, and there are dedicated professional reviewers to find faults in the paper. If it is a paper that needs laboratory verification, there are also laboratories that will conduct special tests to check whether there are any faults in the paper, but patents The review only requires that it does not duplicate the patents previously applied by others.

This is also the reason why China’s patent database is flooding today. For those who are bored, if you are interested in spending a whole day wandering around the Chinese patent library, you will definitely feel that you have opened the door to a new world, such as a kind of clothes that can urinate anywhere and how to use it, blind people Lamps, crosstalk karaoke discs, tornado stealth attack systems, bathroom heaters that can play music, smoking cessation tofu...

Even more exaggerated are the death ray weapon, a new air combat technology weapon - the Tianluo Thunder Net, and even the unified theory of the universe, etc., etc.

The imagination of foreigners is not limited in this regard. For example, there is a website in the United States that has applied for a patent for "a method for communicating romantic feelings between two people." If you click on it, you will know that a posture is quite strange. How to kiss.

In short, many patents have exceeded the limit of ordinary people's imagination, and the applicants for these patents are often ordinary people who have never heard of them.

However, these have nothing to do with Ning Wei. Most of the patents he submitted this time are invention patents, and a small number are utility patents. The main feature is that they are numerous. After final statistics, Ning Wei found that he needed to apply for a total of 189 patents in March. , which also includes "a method of using artificial intelligence search to replace manual inspection to verify the repeatability of patents", most of which were compiled by themselves in March.

Mr. Yan introduced a company called Jingcheng Yongcheng Innovation Patent Agency. The one recommended by the boss of a large company was different. It was still very large. It was said that there was also a law firm with the same boss as an escort, which could not only help with patent applications. , and can also help clients with intellectual property litigation.

Probably because of Ning Wei's celebrity effect, and because of the status of the introducer Yan Ming, Ning Wei did not go out to apply for agency this time. The boss personally followed Ning Wei's request and brought a three-person team to the Mathematics Research Center to prepare for the business.

The founder and owner of the firm is named Zhang Wanjie. He is a middle-aged man who looks quite friendly. He is not fat, but has a big face. He always has a smile on his face, which makes Ning Wei feel like he has lost weight. Like Maitreya Buddha, he is very happy.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Ning Wei took out the information he had already prepared from the cabinet.

"Mr. Ning, are you applying for so many patents at once? How many are they?" Zhang Wanjie was a little confused. On the phone, Ning Wei said that there were a lot of patents to apply for this time and asked him to bring more people. He also felt that There's some trouble.

After all, how many patents can such researchers apply for at one time? But seeing the information that Ning Wei kept taking out from the cabinet, Zhang Wanjie was a little confused.

"Wait, it's not over yet. This is only half of the information. There are 189 patents to apply for this time. Every patent is very important. So I also asked us to sign a confidentiality agreement. In short, these patents are before the formula. It cannot be revealed." Ning Wei explained to Zhang Wanjie while carrying the information.

"Don't worry about this. Our firm pays most attention to customer privacy and will never leak any of your information. Why are you still hanging around? Quickly organize the information, classify the categories first, and then draw up a contract. Mr. Ning, no Sorry, I'm calling some people."

There is no doubt that this is a big order, enough to keep us busy for a while. You must know that patent application is not that simple. You must write a patent document that is as comprehensive and unique as possible. You must also deal with the examiner and respond to the examiner's questions. If the patent description is suspected of colliding with other patents, you must also defend it. , and then tell the experts what are the differences between their own patents and the crash patents. To be honest, this is not an easy task.

In particular, many of these patents are different from the turbulence algorithm patents of the year. Many descriptions of artificial intelligence are similar. This requires experienced patent attorneys to describe the innovative points of the implementation steps in as much detail as possible.

Of course, I would rather not worry about this. Applying for a patent now is just a precautionary measure. When it was announced in March, it was a maximum publicity for these patents. He did not even need to submit a special paper to prove the practicality of his patents. He only needed to tell the world that he had passed a large-scale Turing test and hid it from hundreds of millions. Human artificial intelligence programs are currently involved in 189 pending patents. This is maximum publicity and can directly prove the practicality of these patents.

But at this time, he wouldn't be so verbose with Zhang Wanjie.

"You are a professional, so you can figure it out. By the way, do you want to settle the bill together after the patent application is successful, or do you want to pay now?"

"Originally, the full advance payment was required in advance, but since your identity is here, I will collect a deposit of 1 million first, and the final settlement will be based on the status of the patent application. What do you think?"

"OK!"