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While the entire Chinese Internet was talking about Yu Xingwei everywhere, news that the Yanbei International Mathematics Center sent invitation letters to the entire mathematics and computer science community gradually began to spread. Not only domestic ones, but well-known foreign scholars who happened to be staying in China to attend academic conferences recently also received invitations. Tian Yanzhen even used his own network to contact many foreign media in the capital and invited them to attend this feast.

The high-profile wording of the invitation letter may even feel a bit exaggerated to many reporters, which somewhat breaks their stereotype that Chinese people should be extremely humble. Translated roughly, it means that you, the media, are invited to participate in this artificial intelligence exhibition that may change history. The main reason is that the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center takes an overall consideration to maintain friendly relations between China and other countries. The implication is that I invited you anyway, you can come or not.

Of course, whether the invitation is politely worded or not has never been an issue that reporters from these media outlets need to consider, especially for many foreign media reporters whose bottom line and dignity can be adjusted at any time. Even this kind of unkind wording made many people very interested in Yanbei University's artificial intelligence exhibition. According to the information they obtained, the strongest university in the field of artificial intelligence in China is undoubtedly Huaqing University, and it can even be said to be the best.

Although Yanbei University is not weak in the field of computer science. For example, its computer science major has always been rated as the top A+ subject, and it has an artificial intelligence innovation master's training program, but it is not as good as Huaqing University's Yao Ban in this field. Everyone knows it like Zhiban. Therefore, this high-profile announcement to hold an artificial intelligence exhibition is an extremely eye-catching move.

Of course, in addition to this, these reporters know how to connect all the news together, and no matter how they look at it, they can feel that there is a strange smell in this matter. A PhD student in computer science who was previously unknown in China suddenly won the International Mathematics Award, causing an uproar in the entire Chinese academic community. However, the Wolf Prize jury also gave a very high evaluation, which may be laying the foundation for future artificial intelligence. .

On the same day, the School of Mathematics and the Mathematics Research and Development Center of Yanbei University suddenly announced that they would hold an artificial intelligence exhibition, and they were so confident that they even thought they had made history. The journalistic circle is different from the academic circle. They have not had in-depth contact with Professor March, let alone how many emails Professor March has sent to the entire Western academic circle during this period, and how many industry leaders he has had in-depth exchanges with. How many academic issues were discussed, let alone how much energy it takes for a person to discuss these academic issues, they just combined these two counter-intuitive things, and then came to the conclusion that there must be big news.

Yes, in many cases it is not that the more information you have, the closer you are to the essence of the truth. Because the mixture of true and false information often brings too many obstacles to finding the final truth, because there will always be irrelevant or false information that looks extremely real, or it is true but very one-sided. The information points the truth to another point.

But nothing can stop this media feast from starting. After all, in the open Internet era, this kind of big event has always been the favorite tool of countless media. The influence of the Wolf Prize itself, coupled with the identity mystery surrounding Yu Xingwei, and the story behind the code name March, can be written into a suspenseful short article no matter how you interpret it, it is even more striking. The excitement of countless self-media people.

According to March statistics, in just two days, there have been 23 articles surrounding the two topics of Yu Xingwei winning the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and Yanbei Mathematics Research Center suddenly announcing on its official website that it will hold an artificial intelligence exhibition. It has received more than 300,000 views, some of which have even exceeded one million views, and the number of public account articles with more than 100,000 views has reached 72.

The effect is that Yu Xingwei became popular. The Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center was included in the vision of many ordinary people. Many ordinary people who did not know about this research center began to actively search for the past lives of Peking University School of Mathematics and Mathematics Research Center on the Internet. In this life, with the help of these free publicity, more people have begun to pay attention to this extremely high-profile and sudden exhibition announced.

It can be said that although there was not enough preparation time and there was no time to invite some of the more influential international figures to the scene, the attention was not a little bit high. Of course, as the world's largest and most dynamic market, coupled with Tian Yanzhen's influence, the invited representatives of international and domestic high-tech companies are also very comprehensive.

It can be said that there are almost no high-tech companies that have this pursuit of artificial intelligence, and this also takes advantage of the convenience of holding press conferences in Beijing. After all, most AI companies in the world, even if their headquarters are not in Beijing, at least have a branch here, or at least an office.

In addition to the three well-known BAT giants in China, Byte, Huawei, DJI, and iFlytek, some B to B companies that ordinary consumers are not familiar with are also included, such as Hikvision, Hanwang, Megvii, and Shang. Soup and more.

Some well-known foreign companies such as IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Tesla, etc. are naturally invited. Although Google has withdrawn from the Chinese market for many years, the president of Greater China who works on Hong Kong Island is also invited. Come.

In addition to these companies, professors from major domestic artificial intelligence laboratories, research centers and universities in related fields are also invited.

I have to say that the efficiency demonstrated by Yanbei International Mathematics Center this time is extremely high. Of course, in addition to the fact that the staff have been working overtime these two days, and even many mathematics schools and professors have been mobilized to do some auxiliary work, it is also because March is enough.

In fact, after Tian Yanzhen confirmed the time and location of the exhibition, he probably prepared a list, and then all the electronic invitations were processed by March under the witness of him and Ning Wei.

Of course, this also requires effort. For example, in order to improve efficiency, Tian Yanzhen had to temporarily grant permission to read the school address book on a large scale in March, so in less than an hour, he directly sent out more than 3,000 invitation letters in a group, and For different groups of people, the words used in the invitation letters are different, which also gives Tian Yanzhen more confidence.

The invitation letter sent out was actually a bit excessive, because the Yanbei University Centenary Lecture Hall where this exhibition was held only had about 2,300 seats. However, after estimation, because this exhibition was held too suddenly, it was estimated that one-third of invitees are unlikely to attend the showcase.

In addition, there is the arrangement of the exhibition. As a hall with advanced facilities and complete functions, the Centenary Lecture Hall of Yanbei University takes two days to arrange, so it is not very stressful. On the eve of the exhibition, the acceptance inspection was successfully passed and everything was ready.

The effect is also very obvious. On the evening of January 7, the hotels within Peking University and about five kilometers around it were basically fully booked. According to statistics in March, there were about 2,138 guests and reporters who had responded to the letter and confirmed that they had accepted the invitation. Yue has already replied to my location number for the next day's exhibition one by one based on the identities and characteristics of these groups.

Yes, the most tedious work of this exhibition was almost entirely undertaken by March. Of course, this did not delay it from reviewing three mathematics papers and sending seven enthusiastic emails in the past two days. Only two of the seven emails were for academic discussions, and the remaining five emails were basically for answering questions. They were still answering the doubts of foreign colleagues about the Artificial Intelligence Exhibition of Yanbei University.

It’s hard to believe how an artificial intelligence program would explain a presentation of its own to industry leaders who were invited but couldn’t come. And this is under the premise that you cannot reveal the truth in advance before the official presentation, you cannot use lies, and you must make the other party feel comfortable.

This is actually difficult, because even if you directly say that you don’t know the content of this exhibition, you are actually lying. And if you use such an extremely official wording as no comment, it is naturally impossible to make the bosses feel comfortable, let alone There are five more emails asking this question.

Tian Yanzhen watched March's extremely superb language art throughout the whole process. For example, one of the emails March responded to was this: "Dear Professor Jordan: Hello. When I saw the question in your email, I felt that it was a bit difficult to answer. It’s difficult. Frankly speaking, this Yanbei University Artificial Intelligence Conference does involve me. This is something that makes me feel proud and confused at the same time. I don’t know how to describe my mood at this time to you. , after all, this is a very complicated matter, I am so excited at this time that I don’t even know where to start.”

"I really want to have an in-depth chat with you, but due to time constraints, I am also busy preparing for this hurried exhibition held by Yanbei University, so I cannot waste too much time. I can only tell you briefly that this The reason for the hasty holding of this exhibition is very complex, but it is of great significance. I personally think that its significance exceeds the sum of all previous artificial intelligence conferences, so the impact will definitely be extremely far-reaching. It is a pity that you cannot attend this event due to visa issues. conference. But I will do my best to include a link to the full live broadcast of this conference at the beginning of the conference, and that is all I can do.”

"I am extremely disappointed that I cannot meet you face to face in the Chinese capital this time to have a drink and talk. But I believe that after this press conference, we will have more opportunities to communicate. This is what I have been looking forward to. Your academic level has impressed me." It’s heartbreaking. In a sense, it’s scientists like you who have been working tirelessly in this field that gave me the opportunity to appear at tomorrow’s press conference. Thank you again for your guidance and dedication! The juniors on your academic path: March!”

The wording of the five emails was completely different. It is said that March made targeted replies based on his understanding of the personalities of these big guys and their different status in the industry during this period. However, they all perfectly met Tian Yanzhen's requirements.

There were no lies or deception in the unpretentious words, nor did they reveal the content of the exhibition. While taking care of the emotions of these big guys, it also objectively promoted the uniqueness of this exhibition. At least in Tian Yanzhen's view, he can no longer ask for more from March. However, for such an email, it only took 53 seconds for March to process it. By the way, this kitten named March also used animation. In the form of a gesture, he swept his tail, then stood up, changed his position, and lay down again.

At this time, Tian Yan really wanted to praise Ning Wei who had been by his side.

It's not because he wants to praise Ning Wei anytime and anywhere that he keeps Ning Wei by his side, but because for now, if Ning Wei is not present, no one can use this virtual kitten to show the whole process of sending and receiving emails.

But all the compliments turned into a blank stare.

Tian Yanzhen felt a little weak when he thought about the possible sequelae after the press conference. After all, from the moment he decided to hold this exhibition, he was destined to bear the most criticism. After all, as Ning Wei's mentor, if he directly said that he had no knowledge of Ning Wei's incredible test from beginning to end, even if this was the truth, not many people would believe it, and it would be more likely to be thought that he just cares about feathers and dare not bear it. responsibility.

So after Tian Yanzhen decided to use his reputation to hold this exhibition, he was ready to go all out. He has thought about it thoroughly in the past two days. It is already difficult for him to achieve great results at this age, and he does not expect to win international awards. It is better for him to step in and bear the negative impact. As a mentor, he can see his disciples doing research. The results are gratifying. It shouldn’t be too much to encourage your students to take a world-wide Turing test, right?

Of course, he didn't make these plans explicit to Ning Wei.

Only the night before the press conference, Yu Xingwei was specially called into his office for a talk.

Yes, Yu Xingwei simply hid in Yanbei University these two days.

After all, the number of media who want to interview him is no less than those who want to interview Ning Wei.

Even when Lu Changbin rushed to the capital and wanted to see his student, Tian Yanzhen refused in advance.

There is no way, everything is for this exhibition.

"Xiao Yu, are you under a lot of pressure?"

"Fortunately, I actually felt a little stressed before, but now I feel no pressure at all."

"Oh, that's good. Someone will definitely come to you after tomorrow and want to interview you. They will definitely be asked about your real identity of pretending to be an artificial intelligence. Then you can just blame it all on me. Just say As long as it was my instruction." Tian Yanzhen said gently.

"Ah? Should we discuss this with Mr. Xiao Ning first?" Yu Xingwei hesitated.

"What's there to discuss with him? What's going on? Still think he's not tough enough? It's okay. Many members of the Wolf Prize jury and I are old friends. It's better to spread a joke among old friends than you guys. It's nice for the younger generation to make fun of their elders." Tian Yanzhen glared at Yu Xingwei and said.

Well, Yu Xingwei was a little sour again.

It turns out that as long as the students are good enough, even if they get into trouble, there will be bosses rushing in to take the blame...

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At the same time, in the Centenary Lecture Hall of Yanbei University, Ning Weizheng and Lu Dongyi were doing the final testing work for the next day's exhibition.

On the huge screen on the rostrum of the lecture hall, a virtual kitten was lying there lazily, yawning and looking curiously at the two busy people on the rostrum.

"Senior Brother Lu, are you nervous?"

"Why should I be nervous? Are you nervous?"

"Nervous? I just feel high-spirited! Think about it, it will officially debut through public beta in March. Our cutting-edge conference and our journal will be prepared. More importantly, I can make more money in the future. La More cooperation means that we can have more computing power, a larger and more comprehensive laboratory, more partners, and be able to do bigger and more things! So why should I be nervous? I am simply excited …”

"Meow..."

Ning Wei's performance was interrupted by Mao Mao's milky voice. The two of them looked up at the arrogant Mao Mao on the screen. Ning Wei muttered dissatisfiedly: "Turn your voice down, Senior Brother Lu, I don't know this little guy." Can you understand what we are chatting about?"

"Oh, what does it mean when it calls this?" Lu Dongyi asked.

Ning Wei glanced at the little guy: "It will always be a little excited when it hears more and bigger things."

As soon as he finished speaking, March started the animation performance again, dragging out a big house with a groan. Its body became smaller and smaller, making the house look so big, so big...

"Senior Brother Lu, you see, our March is a cat with unremitting pursuit!"

Lu Dongyi was silent for a moment and asked: "It shouldn't be a big problem to add a simple voice function, right? Why are you keen on letting March use self-made animations to express your thoughts? Isn't this a waste of computing power?"

Ning Wei thought deeply for a moment, then raised his head and replied, "Senior Brother Lu, if March starts talking, is it really still a cat?"

The two looked at each other in silence. After a while, Lu Dongyi put aside his prejudices and said: "Okay, the equipment test is fine. Let's see how you perform tomorrow. Come on!"