Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 936 - 354: Important and Not Important_2

Although the name "Qiao Ze" carries significant weight and utility, truth be told, Xu Dajiang never considered letting Qiao Ze deliver a public lecture. Qiao Ze genuinely struggles with this kind of thing. Asking a mathematician who awkwardly conducts symposiums to give a public lecture isn't exactly a wise choice. You can tell from how awkwardly he supervises doctoral students.

So, after earning his PhD, Qiao Ze directly established the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute. Compared to a teaching position at a university, focusing solely on research as a researcher was far more suitable for him.

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"Alright, sounds good." Qiao Ze nodded in agreement to Xu Dajiang's arrangement.

The apartment he had stayed in before was still well-maintained.

The key factor was its proximity to the school, just one kilometer away from the current Xilin Mathematics Research Institute. From the balcony, you could see the institute's building, and commuting on foot every day seemed quite pleasant.

The neighbors were also mostly professors from the university. Several academicians from the school lived in the same residential area, and Li was right upstairs, making communication even more convenient.

After wrapping up the important matters, Qiao Ze planned to get back to work. He glanced at Xu Dajiang, intending to suggest that the dean leave, but before he could say anything, Xu Dajiang preemptively asked, "Qiao Ze, isn't there something you've forgotten to tell me?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Ze was slightly surprised. He thought carefully but truly couldn't recall anything he hadn't mentioned.

"We agreed that I'd be the witness at your future wedding, didn't we? Your wedding is just around the corner, so why haven't you mentioned this to me?" Xu Dajiang feigned anger in a humorous manner.

Qiao Ze remained silent...

He certainly remembered that on Li's wedding day, Xu Dajiang had casually brought it up. However, Qiao Ze was certain he had not agreed to it at the time.

It wasn't because Xu was a bad person or because of status issues. It was mostly because the impression Xu Dajiang gave Qiao Ze was of someone with a performative personality. Although he had plenty of free time, he didn't precisely hone his theatrical abilities, which resulted in a rather exaggerated demeanor.

If he were to host the wedding and went over-the-top, it would inevitably feel a bit odd.

While Qiao Ze didn't care much about the ceremonial aspect of a wedding, Su Mucheng did.

Lately, Su had been busy fussing over wedding arrangements. She was hardly ever seen in the office, which showed just how much effort Su Mucheng was putting into the upcoming wedding.

It wasn't just Su Mucheng who cared deeply; his mother and future mother-in-law were equally invested.

Lu Xiuxiu had even taken three days off before National Day to accompany his mother-in-law and Su Mucheng in preparing the wedding arrangements. That alone showed how important the women in his family considered the wedding.

After pondering for a moment, Qiao Ze said, "Ask Su Mucheng."

Let the person who cares the most make the decision.

"Haha, I was just waiting for you to say that. Su already agreed. Looks like it's time for me to make my preparations." Xu Dajiang beamed with enthusiasm.

Looking at Xu Dajiang's excitement, Qiao Ze couldn't help feeling reflective.

Turns out being a dean is the kind of job where you can delegate tasks to enough people and end up with ample free time. After all, the 10th wasn't supposed to be a day off, especially right after the National Day break. Normally, people should be busy with their work, like the researchers at the Mathematics Research Institute.

Yet, he was still thinking about hosting a wedding.

Nonetheless, Qiao Ze gave a simple response, "Alright."

Despite Xu's idle tendencies, Qiao Ze thought Xu was a genuinely straightforward person. It was the straightforwardness that made interacting with him relaxing.

It wasn't that Qiao Ze couldn't handle people who schemed, but dealing with them was tiring.

However, to Qiao Ze's surprise, Xu Dajiang didn't seem ready to leave and asked, "Something else?"

Xu nodded with a solemn expression and said, "The Nobel Prize is about to be announced."

Qiao Ze looked at Xu, unsure of his intent.

"Although our Qiao Ze Award is destined to replace the Nobel Prize in the future, as of now, it hasn't done so yet. This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has you as the strongest contender. Are we really going to pass on this acknowledgment?" Xu asked earnestly.

The question made Qiao Ze furrow his brow slightly.

Indeed, the influence of a century-old science award wasn't easy to surpass.

Once the initial hype faded, the Qiaoze Natural Science Award saw a steady decline in rankings and traffic.

Of course, this was partly because Qiao Ze hadn't instructed Dou Dou to continue promoting it. Science carries intrinsic seriousness, and there's no need to turn it into an entertainment industry talent show. Now that October is here, the Nobel Prize discussions had reached trending status online, showing definite interest—even Xu was actively following the buzz.

It remained uncertain whether next year's Qiaoze Award season would attract such widespread deliberation.

Qiao Ze believed that it probably would. After all, with Dou Dou around, catching up to the Nobel Prize's influence should take about five years.

The epoch-making productivity demonstrated by artificial intelligence—and especially Dou Dou's significance—went far beyond merely freeing up labor tools. In some sense, this was humanity's first tool actively intervening in production relationships and wealth distribution.

Particularly the latter, which would undoubtedly be a pivotal moment in history.

Qiao Ze even realized that many influential individuals capable of shaping the world's trajectory were closely monitoring Dou Dou's performance behind the scenes.

He could tell from the frequency with which Dou Dou's database decision tree accessed content related to this area.

But this was to be expected.

As humanity truly stepped into the era of intelligence, leaders in Huaxia naturally first had to consider the employment of over a billion people. Advanced automation invariably eliminated the labor-intensive roles that employed the largest number of people.

For example, unmanned factories—machines assembling screws automatically meant no jobs for humans there.

Fully developed self-driving technology would deal a devastating blow to employment in taxi services, ride-sharing, intercity passenger transport, and logistics industries.

Once robots capable of outdoor cleaning and maintenance emerged, even street sweeping jobs might no longer be necessary. So how would society handle these surplus human resources? And when productivity reached unparalleled heights, how could wealth continue to circulate and undergo redistribution? These were immense challenges for human wisdom.

These were truly the questions that assessed human capability—questions for which history offered no precedent.

There were models on the other side of the globe, but judging by current results, their effectiveness was questionable at best, and Huaxia clearly wouldn't emulate them.

You couldn't seriously suggest that kids stop studying and run around chanting slogans about environmental protection. Moreover, you couldn't justify people shouting about defining their own gender and then offering over a hundred gender options on a registration form, with an additional option labeled "Other"...

Nor could you allow numerous strange and bizarre behaviors to gradually become legalized.

So if one accepted money from the Yehe Nala clan and became cursed, eventually transforming into their likeness?

Mathematics may accommodate such abstract logic, but reality certainly shouldn't be so surreal.

For this reason, figuring out how to absorb a massive workforce while ensuring that intelligent products extended across all facets of societal production was genuinely a test of human ingenuity.

Yes, Qiao Ze preferred contemplating issues like these during his downtime rather than debating whether or not the Nobel Prize should be awarded to him.

However, since the topic had been brought up, Qiao Ze suddenly wanted to share some thoughts with Xu Dajiang.

"Xilin University of Technology should establish a College of Artificial Intelligence."

"Huh?" Qiao Ze's sudden proposal caught Xu thoroughly off guard. They had been talking about the Nobel Prize, and now he was suggesting founding an AI college? Bewildered, Xu asked, "Why?"

"A university should prepare students to adapt to transformation in the new era. Xilin University of Technology should set an example. In the post-AI era, new professions are bound to emerge. Take AI Integration Specialists, for instance—their primary role would be supporting enterprises in incorporating AI solutions into existing workflows, ensuring smooth transitions and optimizing the benefits of technology.

Universities could introduce foundational courses in artificial intelligence, data science and analytics, software engineering, systems integration principles, and basic enterprise project management. These are highly specialized subjects that would enable students to quickly adjust to society and avoid feeling lost immediately after graduating into the post-AI era."

Qiao Ze explained.

"Ahem, Qiao Ze, I believe I was talking about the Nobel Prize earlier."

"Does it matter?"

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