Chapter 99: Chapter 80 Come Quick! (Mass release, subscribe, monthly pass)
Li Jian Gao finished his meal and arrived at the studio to find that Su Mu Cheng and Chen Yiwen had already left.
There was no helping it; the afternoon counseling class highlighted by the student counselor in the group chat was stressed as mandatory for everyone to attend. They had sent out notices not only in the small group for class representatives but had also privately messaged the habitual class skippers, Su Mu Cheng and Chen Yiwen, to ensure their attendance.
So, the two of them had to set off reluctantly.
As for Qiao Ze, naturally, he didn't need to go.
In fact, as the instigator of the incident where students were brought to tears in the exam room, Liu Hao didn't even want Qiao Ze to attend.
After all, seeing him might remind the students of the overwhelming figure from the morning examination and sink them further into despair.
Fortunately, neither Su Mucheng nor Chen Yiwen were particularly interested in meeting this nominal boss of the research group.
...
"Li, you're here?" Qiao Ze looked up and greeted Li Jian Gao as he walked into the studio.
"Yes, Jingrong mentioned there was a breakthrough, so I came to take a look," Li Jian Gao replied.
Although Tan Jingrong hadn't made it very clear, a little reflection was all it took to realize why he was asked to come and see for himself.
"We've already received a lot of useful data, which is essentially enough to meet the requirements of the research paper." Qiao Ze nodded.
While they were talking, Tan Jingrong had quietly turned on the computer next to him. Hearing Qiao Ze's explanation, his hand, which was about to enter the password, subconsciously trembled, resulting in a typo.
Ah... Are we really only focusing on the data?
Isn't the underlying language model itself more important?
Thankfully, by the time Li Jian Gao had finished greeting Qiao Ze and sat down, Tan Jingrong had successfully logged in to the computer and entered the natural language testing interface.
Li Jian Gao glanced at Tan Jingrong.
"Well, this is the language model framework testing platform. You just need to type and talk to it directly. We haven't fed it specialized data yet, so it can only support some everyday conversations," Tan Jingrong explained.
Li Jian Gao nodded.
Not feeding it specialized data was the normal thing to do.
After all, to the outside world, this research group was essentially a makeshift team.
There's an associate professor who still has to attend to his affairs, especially during the exam season when he is quite busy.
The other members consist of one graduate student, two first-year undergraduates, and one almost-high-school student.
Excluding the investment in this studio, the research funding totaled two million.
That amount would be substantial for theoretical mathematical research.
However, for a project that includes a large language model as part of an underlying intelligence framework, one could only describe the resources as a drop in the bucket.
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Now, simply having a functioning natural language framework seemed like a miracle to Li Jian Gao.
He had seen the weekly report last week and his understanding of the project was still based on feeding it data.
It's not like the research group didn't update him.
The problem was the overly cautious Tan Jingrong always assumed that Qiao Ze was reporting the project's progress to Li Jian Gao every day. He didn't want to repeat the same details, to avoid the appearance of seeking credit.
Who would have thought that Qiao Ze hadn't talked to Li Jian Gao about these matters at all?
From Li Jian Gao's perspective, he could never have imagined that this large project would yield results so quickly, nor had he paid much attention to the daily reports.
Thus, he was completely unaware that the project had officially entered the testing phase four days ago and had even undergone three iterations.
Today, when he saw the message from Tan Jingrong, he was somewhat bewildered, and after hastily finishing his meal, he rushed over.
Now he was sitting in front of the computer, casually chatting with the language model.
Two minutes later, Li Jian Gao looked at Tan Jingrong with surprise.
That look gave Tan Jingrong a tremendous sense of satisfaction.
Finally, he was not the only one in the research group who seemed inexperienced with the world.
Although the other person was his teacher, at least he was not alone.
After pondering for a moment, Li Jian Gao began typing again.
Five minutes later, he stopped tapping the keyboard.
His gaze, filled with extremely complex emotions, passed over the monitor and looked towards Qiao Ze, who was hidden behind another monitor.
Honestly, Li Jian Gao had always thought he was already overestimating Qiao Ze's abilities.
But now, his so-called overestimation was still an underestimation.
Was this something a human could achieve?
After a moment of silence, Li Jian Gao whispered to Tan Jingrong, "Pull up the daily reports for me to see."
This task was one Tan Jingrong was in charge of and was adept at.
Li Jian Gao carefully read through the summaries Tan Jingrong submitted every day and said after a moment of silence, "It's been iterated twice now?"
"Actually, it's three times. Because today Qiao Ze updated an emotional intelligence module. When we tested it yesterday, the system's responses weren't as imaginative as they are today," Tan Jingrong said in a volume just loud enough for Li Jian Gao to hear.
Although he interacted with Qiao Ze on a daily basis and knew that the young man across from him didn't seem to mind being disturbed at work, he still spoke softly out of habit.
After all, if by chance, Qiao Ze had a bout of inspiration, he couldn't bear the responsibility if it were to be interrupted.
Yes, at this point, in Tan Jingrong's eyes, there wasn't much difference between Qiao Ze and a deity.
Li Jian Gao's thoughts weren't much different from Tan Jingrong's.
However, as the associate dean of the School of Mathematics, he was more materialistic in thought, attributing everything to inconceivable talent – yes, a formidable genius. Li Jian Gao thought even if Einstein were resurrected and saw the achievements Qiao Ze was on the verge of at such a young age, Einstein would voluntarily raise a glass in respect.