Chapter 888 [Virtuality and reality where authenticity is difficult to distinguish]

In the following days, the trend of A-shares tended to be relatively flat, and the daily trading volume also dropped to about 600 to 700 billion. The market index also rose steadily, regaining the 3,000-point mark again.

On Friday, December 19, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up +1.67% at 3108.60 points, which not only completely reversed the negative line on December 9 but also set a new high for the year.

Shortly after the market closed in the afternoon, Fang Hong received a call from Chen Yu and then came to the headquarters of Quantitative Capital.

As soon as Fang Hong arrived at the company, he met Chen Yu, who took him to the operations department of "Classmate Xiao Ling" of the company.

Chen Yu pointed to the huge high-definition screen in front of him and said: "Classmate Xiao Ling's virtual image project has been fully completed. In order to make the virtual world more real, we have created it with the same proportions based on the template of Xincheng. The location of automatic activities is no longer limited to one room, you can go out and visit the entire virtual new city."

In order to operate normally and steadily, Quantitative Capital built a separate computing center and data center for Xiao Ling, which can be called the treatment of a biological daughter.

This kind of skill is not something that ordinary people can do, because it all costs money, and the daily operation alone is a huge sum.

Chen Yu learned the essence of "prodigal" behavior from Fang Hong.

But at this moment, Chen Yu turned around and looked at a technician under him and snapped his fingers. The latter understood what he meant and quickly went to operate it.

The high-definition screen in front of him soon showed a scene of a virtual room. At first glance, it was the layout of the girl's private boudoir. After a while, Fang Hong saw classmate Xiao Ling walking into the camera frame.

A lifelike young girl appeared in front of her, with perfect facial features and figure, because the image of classmate Xiao Aya was the result of careful human design.

At this time, Chen Yu looked at the screen and said: "Xiao Ling, say hello to the boss."

As soon as he finished speaking, classmate Xiao Ling on the screen looked at Fang Hong and waved with a sweet smile: "Good afternoon, boss."

Fang Hong was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with classmate Xiao Ling, and then turned to look at Chen Yu: "Good boy, there is something. It is much more than I expected."

With this small move, it has been demonstrated that the underlying AI technology behind Xiao Ling is unparalleled among peers, and the image processing, visual technology and light and shadow special effects of Xiao Ling’s character and room background are also impressive. Call it a masterpiece.

In addition, Xiao Aya’s voice source is also a highlight. The synthesized voice output when speaking is full of emotion, which is something that other artificial intelligence currently does not possess.

After not paying attention for a while, Fang Hong didn't expect that Chen Yu's team had already achieved this level.

The character image and background environment of Xiao Aya are simply not too real. Everything is fake, but it is so real.

At this time, Chen Yu looked at classmate Xiao Ling on the screen and said, "Xiao Ling, you will be the guide and take the boss to see the new city."

Fang Hong watched with interest, and classmate Xiao Ling responded: "Okay, wait a moment, I will change my clothes."

Chen Yu looked at Fang Hong and said: "Xiao Ling's large AI voice model can now basically communicate with people without any barriers. It should be said that she is now the most accurate 'understanding' of human language among all AIs on the market. Existence, if the screen is covered, it will be difficult for people to distinguish whether the person talking to them is a human or an artificial intelligence."

Just the tip of the iceberg can bring about great changes and innovations in many industries.

For example, one of the technologies behind this can provide AI customer service services to many companies, because communication with people is extremely smooth. If it is not specifically marked as AI customer service, people who call the customer service hotline will not be able to tell that it is artificial intelligence. intelligent.

Another example is voice navigation. These are just some small scenarios of technology application.

Xiao Aya's virtual image has reached such a high level that the future film and television industry and visual effects will have an unprecedented impact on actors.

After a while, classmate Xiao Ling changed into her going out clothes and appeared on the screen again: "Boss, are you ready to go?"

Chen Yu smiled and said, "Okay."

Therefore, the scene in the camera showed a third perspective, following Xiao Aya out of her boudoir and outside the house.

The scene outside soon came into Fang Hong's eyes. Xiao Ling lived in the center of the virtual new city. At this moment, she was walking on the lively streets, and some passers-by who acted as backgrounds also came to life.

Xiao Ling arrived at the nearest subway entrance. After entering the subway, the glass of the seat next to her was like a magic mirror. It not only showed her real-time location, but also allowed her to see all the route maps at a glance and recommend delicious food and beautiful scenery. .

Fang Hong, who was watching, was stunned for a moment when he saw those route maps. Chen Yu had really virtualized the entire new city to equal proportions. These subway route maps were exactly the same as those in reality.

Fang Hong is not ignorant of technology. He also knows that the scenes presented in front of him must have the support of a huge computing power center and data center to run so smoothly.

This is not something that ordinary companies can do well, because it is really too wasteful to waste money.

Every frame and every second of the images presented costs money, and the electricity bills of the computing power center and data center alone are not a small sum of money.

However, Fang Hong doesn't care about money at all, and he agrees with it very much, because raising the cost is actually raising the cost of entering the industry, which will discourage others, thus indirectly eliminating the emergence of competitors.

In fact, this method also exists in many industries, such as the game industry. Those well-known game developer giants are developing AAA game masterpieces, with development costs of US$100 million, US$200 million or even higher.

In addition to the high cost of high-quality game products, another important point is the exclusivity attribute, which makes it impossible for small and medium-sized game developers to get involved in this market. The only 3A masterpieces released every year are those big companies. , no matter how old the IP is, players will still buy what they should buy.

The logic is the same.

But at this moment, Xiao Ling got off the subway and entered the bathroom.

Fang Hong couldn't help but said happily: "Does AI have to go to the toilet?"

Xiao Ling's classmate disappeared from the camera screen, and Chen Yu took the opportunity to control the virtual camera through permissions. Fang Hong was surprised to find that in the scene of the virtual new city, the public toilets and urinals on the roadside were equipped with smart screens.

As Xiao Ling walked out of the bathroom, she introduced with a smile: "In Xincheng, if you can't find the way to the hotel, you can directly search on the electronic screens on some nearby smart guide signs. It can search according to what you need. The route will automatically turn and guide, and the distance will be marked thoughtfully.”

The guide Xiao Ling continued: "If you are thirsty or tired, you only need to find a bus stop to solve all your problems. Not only are there seat TV vending machines, but there is also free air conditioning."

Fang Hong looked at the virtual new city presented on the screen from a third perspective. Public seats can be seen everywhere. They not only support solar wireless charging, but can also be connected to Bluetooth to allow the seats to play music. Everything in the hotel is fully automatic. , even the service butler is an intelligent robot.

Isn’t everything presented in this virtual new city the template for a smart city?

Thinking of this, Fang Hong seemed to see the hidden true thoughts in Chen Yu's heart. No wonder he was asked to show the virtual new city to the big boss.

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