Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Until 2013, just when Boston Dynamics itself couldn't survive, the second global robot wave saved it. Under their crazy screen swiping, Google finally took a fancy to them and finally spent 3 billion to buy them. Come down and renew your life.

But within a few years, Gu couldn't stand Boston's "ideal sentiments" and sold it to the island country's SoftBank in a package at the original price.

Boston Dynamics' technological ideals are reflected in the fact that they are taking a general route, that is, a robot can be like a human and capable of performing various tasks.

But this is actually not in line with business laws.

At least with the current technology, it is still far from reaching it. If you continue to persist, you will have to endure them for more than ten years, or even decades before they come out with an iterative product.

And this iteration is not necessarily their credit. It's just that the technology tree is lit up and they can build it. Others can do what they can do. They can just invest in another company when the time comes. Why bother? Raising a bunch of bastards?

So after being taken over by SoftBank, Boston Dynamics may have been pressured by shareholders, or they may have realized their idealism. They also tried to go through specialized routes, such as the Handle robot for logistics sorting, but found that this thing couldn't be done at all. Those specialized robots that don't look like humans.

People just put a robotic arm there, which is not only highly efficient but also low cost.

To put it bluntly, Boston Dynamics wants to achieve comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical education, art, and labor, but because it cannot cheat like Kangchi did with Bai Niu, it can only create "comprehensive and non-development". The result is not only in the video It is twisted and has little practical value.

In the end, SoftBank couldn't stand it anymore and sold Boston Dynamics to Bangzi's Hyundai Motors at a bargain price of US$1 billion.

But unexpectedly, at this press conference, Boston Dynamics seemed to suddenly have an idea.

They actually built a 'Bionic Spider' similar in shape to Kang Chi's Dreadnought Chariot!

This multi-legged bionic machine is obviously built for war. Only the all-terrain requirements of the battlefield make this multi-legged mobile platform more suitable.

In the field of life and production, robots with two legs, crawlers, two wheels, and one wheel are more suitable.

However, Boston's multi-legged platform only made Kang Chi pay more attention. He did not feel that it would pose any threat to him.

At the end of the press conference, the bosses of several technology giants gathered on the stage and jointly pressed a digital crystal ball to announce the official establishment of the Athena AI Joint Laboratory, and then outlined their grand blueprint through a promotional video.

Housekeeping robots, nanny robots, industrial robots, delivery robots, war robots...

Even companion robots.

Although this thing was only briefly demonstrated through an intimate action, you didn't need to guess to know that this thing was definitely capable of making love.

After all, there are such simulation toys now, but they just don’t move on their own.

If housekeeping and nanny-type robots come out, there really won’t be much technical difficulty in theory.

I just don’t know if the weight can be controlled well.

If it weighs several hundred kilograms, I don’t know if the bed board can bear it, but a person’s small kidneys will definitely break after sitting on it...

In this dazzling promotional video, they showed more than ten different robot models, pushing the atmosphere of the conference to the peak.

All I can say is that technology companies like Lao M are very good at telling stories.

And he will indeed take practical actions for this,

It's just actual progress...

There was no sense of urgency in Kang Chi at all.

"I've finished watching the video." After turning off the video, Kang Chi directly called Cai Yaobin back, "Any questions?"

"Uh... don't you feel anything after watching it?" Cai Yaobin asked with some doubts, "For example, the way the bipedal robot walks on the stage is almost like a living thing."

Kang Chi immediately laughed and said: "It's not that I underestimate the enemy, but creating a digital life is definitely not that simple."

"What this Wall-E can do, can't the white girl in my laboratory do the same? She can even do much more than it can."

"And Bai Niu is only an intermediate intelligence, and is still far away from the advanced artificial intelligence that truly has its own consciousness. Besides, no matter how you look at it, I think this WALL-E robot seems to be controlled by someone."

"Hmm... maybe walking and finding the way can be done on your own, but those head-shaking and cute movements are definitely done by specially designed programs or remote control to assist in telling stories. I guess this joint press conference is mainly aimed at Xuanyuan System’s counterattack at the joint press conference is also to stabilize their company’s stock price.”

"Unless Lao Huang can finally unscrew his own head and continue holding the press conference holding his head, then I will definitely become restless immediately."

After listening to Kang Chi's analysis, Cai Yaobin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, before consulting Kang Chi, he also consulted the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Yanda Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Their analysis results were basically similar to Kang Chi's.

But slightly different from Kang Chi, they all agreed that this was just their 'limited display'.

If they continue to lead R\u0026D, their grand blueprint will most likely be realized in the near future, creating a new technology field and market that can completely replace semiconductors.

Cai Yaobin heard these words immediately.

Obviously he wants to take this opportunity to ask for money and resources from above...

No matter which country you are in, it is the basic practice of scientific research institutions to take advantage of opportunities to obtain resources.

However, they and Cai Yaobin's alarmist talk was of no use.

He is only responsible for specific equipment procurement and is not responsible for the approval and funding allocation of scientific research projects.

Moreover, the military’s main R\u0026D investment in the future, if nothing else, will be on Kangchi. If they want money, they probably can only go to the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

The two briefly talked about Boston Dynamics' multi-legged spider, mainly because it looked like a new type of war robot.

But Kang Chi's confident attitude made Cai Yaobin feel relieved.

"Actually, I have always been curious, why do you insist on long-range wireless control equipment instead of intelligent, fully automatic war weapons?"

"Because I don't trust handing over the weapon to others." Kang Chi replied directly, "AI is simply a program. As long as it is a program, there may be bugs. If there is a convulsion, the enemy will not be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, or it will be implanted by someone. What to do with the virus? Besides, it is still an independent entity, and its controllability and practicality after being released are both problematic."

"Although I admire unmanned equipment, this is only to improve the combat effectiveness of the equipment and reduce our own battle losses. It does not mean that I support handing over weapons to something that we ourselves may not understand."

Cai Yaobin nodded. What he was curious about was actually why Kang Chi, who had always been very 'technical', seemed a bit 'conservative' in this matter.

But after listening to Kang Chi's words, he no longer had any doubts.

"By the way, we have already preliminarily screened the pilots and marines who need to cooperate with you in testing the equipment. Do you want to meet them in advance, or do you want them to report directly to Pingfeng Mountain Station?"

Kang Chi thought for a moment before replying: "The marines can ask them to come directly, but as for the pilots, I still want to go and see them in person."

When Cai Yaobin heard this, he guessed what Kang Chi was worried about.

He immediately said in a serious tone: "It is a soldier's bounden duty to obey orders. In fact, you don't have to think too much about what they think."

"It's not sweet if you force yourself to do it." Kang Chi shook his head, "I don't want anyone to participate in my experiment with emotions."