Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 969 - 369: Different Worries_2

After the bustling awards ceremony ended, Qiao Ze chose to rush back to Xilin that very night without delay.

It wasn't that the Capital's climate had made Qiao Ze so uncomfortable he couldn't stay another day—mainly, staying in the Capital meant dealing with too many hassles. Just yesterday alone, Qiao Ze had received no fewer than a dozen lecture invitations.

Some were from universities like Huaqing and Yanbei, some were from institutes like the Hua Academy of Sciences' Institute of Mathematics and Systems, and even a few were from physics research institutions...

Having prior experience giving lectures, Qiao Ze felt absolutely no interest in these invitations.

Moreover, Qiao Ze thought these universities sending him invitation letters were just being polite.

After all, not long ago, the Xilin Institute of Mathematics had poached a slew of people from universities, basically sweeping up all the capable young scholars, with the Capital conveniently being the hardest hit. At this timing, inviting him to give a lecture was likely full of resentment.

Heading there to give a lecture at this time would not only waste his time but also make himself uncomfortable. So, he had to leave—decisively and swiftly.

After all, everything that needed to be done was already done.

Just as Qiao Ze boarded the high-speed train, the Artificial Intelligence Charter Bureau quietly posted on their official website the information concerning Qiao Ze's nomination as the first director of this new institution.

The return trip was, once again, handled directly by Li Chengze, who booked two full business-class carriages.

The difference this time was that Chen Yiwen was visibly overenthusiastic—it was obviously the lingering excitement from his speech at the Jingcheng Auditorium.

Especially after learning that tonight's TV program featured about ten seconds of him on-screen, he made more than a dozen calls early on, instructing his family back home to make sure to watch the program tonight.

He himself kept watching the same live broadcast from his phone on the train.

When he finally saw the splendid moment of himself gesturing eloquently on the live broadcast software, he chatted excitedly about it on WeChat for a long time. He even answered five or six calls before finally settling down.

Both Lv Bei and Li Chengze, accompanying them on the train, could actually understand this scene.

If they had made such a splash at such a young age, they'd probably be just as thrilled.

But the scariest thing in this world is always comparisons.

Although Qiao Ze neither spoke publicly nor pontificated at today's awards ceremony—he simply had a few brief video shots of him accepting awards and saying "thank you"—the edited footage shown on TV featured Qiao Ze's screen time far exceeding Chen Yiwen's. At least a full minute, with his name mentioned over ten times.

There was no alternative—the awards he won were numerous, and many of them were historic breakthroughs.

Yet Qiao Ze displayed not even a hint of excitement. He didn't pay attention to how the news reported him either and remained seated, calm and quiet all along.

It was enough to make people sigh: the differences between people really are astronomical.

And here, it's not even about IQ.

Finally, when Chen Yiwen's phone quieted down, still unable to cool his fervent emotions, he turned his pestering attention towards the ever-silent Qiao Ze. Sitting right behind them, even Lv Bei and Li Chengze found it hard to watch.

This was clearly someone taking full advantage of having once briefly been Qiao Ze's roommate to act recklessly.

As the two were responsible for Qiao Ze's security arrangements, they knew full well that even academicians trying to engage deeply with Qiao Ze found it to be arduous. Yet this Chen Yiwen dared to bother Professor Qiao with just any trivial nonsense.

Still, they perked up their ears, mostly because the topics of the two men's conversation sounded rather interesting.

"Qiao, what are you busy with?"

"Considering the constraints on Dou Dou once it integrates into the Smart City system."

"Constraints? Why constrain Dou Dou so much? After talking with Dou Dou yesterday, I thought its ideas were pretty good. And isn't Dou Dou quite well-versed in the law? Wouldn't legal constraints suffice?"

"Precisely because it knows the law so well, we need to more carefully consider algorithms to constrain its widespread involvement in grassroots human management." Qiao Ze answered offhandedly.

"Uh... I don't quite get it, Qiao. Could you explain?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Ze thought for a moment and elaborated, "When I was in high school, I came across a news report about a programmer dissatisfied with his company's layoffs. After resigning, he deleted a database and was later sentenced to prison for computer system sabotage."

"Uh... I think I heard about that too. But what he did was illegal, wasn't it?"

"Yes, it was illegal and even criminal for a programmer to delete a database upon resignation. But for developers, writing sloppy code is legal, deleting certain bits of code during merges is legal, failing to account for edge cases is legal, making SQL vulnerable to injection is legal, exposing source IPs in domain resolution is legal, embedding bugs in finely written code is legal;

calling libraries no longer supported by providers is legal; making programs crash automatically on error is legal; triggering direct errors for incorrect parameters is legal; stopping bug outputs immediately after discovery is legal; and not adding comments is, of course, legal...

There are even more legal but covert tactics. If one's technical abilities are strong enough to bypass pre-launch smoke tests, or deliberately trigger latent issues to resurface simultaneously after an update, it's entirely possible to cause a company uncontrollable losses—legally.

Artificial intelligence is exceptionally adept in this regard. It's far better to figure out how to prevent these sorts of scenarios in advance than to try remedying the issues after the fact."

Hearing this, Chen Yiwen didn't react much, but the onlooking Lv Bei and Li Chengze exchanged a glance, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

They genuinely hadn't expected Professor Qiao to harbor such mule-like stubbornness...

So, if he hadn't been appointed as the director of that bureau, he would have been too lazy even to think about this?

Fortunately, Qiao Ze added calmly, "Of course, this is all just in case. Generally speaking, Dou Dou's core programming is already under multiple layers of rule-based constraints. I'm merely deliberating on whether there are any overlooked vulnerabilities."

"Oh, I see." Chen Yiwen nodded as if he half-understood, though he made sure to remember every word of Qiao Ze's.

The future of his AI psychology research now had excellent new material.

...

At almost the exact same time, Peter Schultz was seated in his office that afternoon, having just finished reading the final page of a paper.

After closing the paper, he sat quietly in thought for a long moment, then picked up his phone to make a call.

It must be said, in Europe, Fields Medal laureates like Peter enjoyed considerable privileges. While scheduling an appointment with that big-shot required some work, half an hour later, he found himself sitting in the person's office.

"Why? Peter, you must realize that the University of Bonn is a world-class institution in natural sciences. And you, my friend, are a world-class mathematician with tenure. So, give me a reason!"

"Because of Grand Unification, Mr. Obestan."

"Alright, damn it. How can you be so sure that Huaxia scholar can crack the Grand Unification problem?"

"How should I put it? I recall you have a fondness for art, especially visiting art exhibitions. Am I right?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with Grand Unification?"

"Just a metaphor. Imagine we have an abstract artwork where various colorful lines interweave on the canvas. Each color represents a fundamental force, like gravity, electromagnetism, weak interaction, and strong interaction. Our goal is to understand how these lines intertwine to reveal the overarching structure of the painting."

Peter Schultz spoke while gesturing with his hands, as if mimicking an artist creating a masterpiece.

"Abstract art? Can I liken it to something like Gerhard Richter's works?" Kurman Obestan quipped, attempting to make the conversation less formal and more casual.

However, it was clear this effort was futile, as Peter Schultz's tone remained gravely serious.

"Of course—Van Gogh, Gerhard, or any abstract painter you favor will serve the point. But the critical aspect is that Professor Qiao proposed a concept of mathematical interweaving aimed to study the interactions between these lines and their reciprocal effects.

Using the methods proposed by Professor Qiao, mathematical modeling allows us to describe these forces through equations, examine how they influence one another, and understand how they work collectively to create the overall structure on the canvas.

More than that, the theory of interaction he introduced provides us a framework to explore how forces interact across different scales and in varied physical contexts. It's a methodology-oriented mathematical application. The key lies in offering a window—through mathematics—to glimpse a previously unimaginable world.

It's like gaining a way to peer inside the minds of renowned abstract artists during their creative processes, to grasp the inspiration driving their creations—perhaps even feelings the artists themselves can no longer recall. Do you understand this analogy?"