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Chapter 235 "Technology and Hard Work" Part II
After a few minutes of silence, I looked at everyone and said, "I've figured out the direction. I feel like we can go there."

Dahai looked at me and asked: "Which one? Which direction?"

I pointed at the picture on Lixia's screen and said, "Artificial intelligence: human-machine collaboration, machine autonomy, multi-machine collaboration, and brain-computer interface."

Li Xia said excitedly at this time: "I don't know how to do this stuff. Although it is the direction I found, I am very grateful to the leader for trusting me in choosing this direction. But those programming of artificial intelligence, neural computing, and those softwares know me, but I don't know me." I know these softwares. And now that I am a senior in college, there is no problem in learning, but I guarantee that I will not be able to finish it in three months, and I may not be able to get started accurately in three years. It is too far, far away."

Han Dong nodded his head in agreement: "There are things that even foreigners cannot understand. We are at the forefront of these fields. We, a small third-tier city, don't even have the resources of the first-tier cities in China. If we don't have talents, we just rely on the three of us. I think This is totally unreasonable.”

Dahai looked at the several topics in front of him happily and said: "Human-machine collaboration? In my mind, I am driving Gundam or Pacific Rim. Is the machine autonomous, that is, those AIs that ask and answer questions by themselves?"

The younger sister added: "What I was looking for at that time was an AI painting that turned a picture into a comic-style photo. It seemed like the machine inside was autonomous?"

"What is multi-machine collaboration? It can't be mining, right?" Han Dong asked, interested in this aspect but obviously without any ideas.

"I knew about brain-computer interfaces at that time, but apparently experiments have been done on monkeys and pigs, and they can be controlled to move on treadmills. The general direction in the future is to allow paralyzed people to perform neurological movements through brain-computer interfaces to restore paralyzed functions. .These are indeed too far away." Lixia replied again.

And I shook my head, naturally thinking of the AI ​​painting my little sister showed me a year and a half ago, and then explained: "If you think more deeply, everything will become quite complicated. But the most difficult thing in this world is not Instead of conquering high-tech projects, ordinary people can understand and even use them."

Dahai looked at me and said again: "What should we do?"

I looked at everyone and said, "Do you all know about AI painting?"

Lixia immediately explained: "It's just a picture. The computer will draw on a large number of other paintings to create a so-called different original work."

Everyone nodded, and I explained again: "We do not have such technology, and none of us are art majors. But if we can invite people to paint and pretend that the AI ​​copies the works, can we also create such an AI? What about the painting’s web page?”

After everyone listened, even the sea laughed.

Li Xia smiled: "There are more than a billion people on the Internet, even if you only do it in school. There are seven hundred students in the school. If one person asks for one, it will be seven hundred, and you can ask an artist to draw it. The AI ​​only needs a few You can draw a picture in seconds, but what about you? These painters are the fastest and fastest, and they can only draw one picture a day if they work hard, right? How many people are you planning to invite? The office is full of twenty people, so just draw seven hundred pictures per person. At one time, I couldn’t complete AI for 1 minute in a month!”

Han Dong quickly followed up: "How much does it cost to draw a painting, and how much does it cost to earn a monthly salary? Of course, I know that if the AI ​​pays, fewer people will buy it, but the problem Li Xia mentioned will also happen."

Dahai scratched his head: "Although I don't understand much, I don't think it's reliable. There are so many real AI paintings on the market now, there is no market for a fake one, right? It's like everyone is using feed to raise pigs, And you choose to raise wild pigs at this time. It costs 18 yuan per pound. Although your wild-raised pigs are lean, the pigs are very thin. The same pork at the same price will make you lose money. It is too expensive and there is no market. Indeed, there have been several years when free-range black pigs have become popular. A period of time, but it’s really just a period of time. What the people really want is cheap, right?”

Xiaomei looked at Lu Qiao: "What a ridiculous statement, Lu Qiao, are you kidding me? Why don't you explain it again?"

I looked at the people who had calmed down: "AI painting is something that ordinary people understand and are even willing to try. If we can find something suitable, something similar to luxury goods. As long as the price is within the appropriate range, we can guarantee that The hired labor can make a profit after removing the cost, so this is what we need.”

"I know you!" Rikka shouted.

"Say!" I looked at Lixia.

"American engineers outsource their work to the Chinese and earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by working alone!" Lixia said excitedly.

Han Dong immediately took out his mobile phone, searched for a moment and explained: "The thing is like this. The protagonist is an American programmer named Bob. He is in his 40s, has an introverted personality, rarely talks, and has almost no sense of presence. The code is written Very clean and excellent. Probably the most powerful programmer in the whole building. In the eyes of his boss, Bob is a reliable and low-key person."

"It must be flipped!" the little girl said.

"However, in 2012, a strange thing happened to the company. The company's system actually had login records from China. After further inspection, the other party used Bob's key to enter. Because Bob has always had a good reputation, people watched He was also very honest. At first, investigators suspected that hackers had used Bob's identity and used malware to penetrate the company's system's strong two-factor authentication. But the deeper they went, the more they discovered that things were not that simple..." Han Dong explained again.

"This is all Bob's fault! Maybe he was too tired to write code. One day, he suddenly had an idea: Why don't I let others do the work for me? I will be a middleman and earn the difference? So, he was in China Shenyang found a programming company and outsourced all his work to Chinese programmers. As for his physical key, he secretly sent it to China via express delivery. Every day, Chinese programmers work according to Bob's working hours in the United States. Because of the time difference, daytime in the United States is nighttime in China, and Chinese programmers basically spend most of the night writing code. Bob's annual salary is about US$25, and he gives Chinese programmers 1/5, which is US$5 per year. As for him, he still goes to and from get off work on time every day, sits at his desk, and pretends to work seriously. The boss has never been suspicious. It was only after investigation that he found out that this guy comes to work every day just for fun." Han Dong explained road.

"25 US dollars a year, outsourced to [-]. So the target has been found? This is the ultimate goal of our company? But where can we find the scapegoat? And this is illegal!" Dahai reacted.

I smiled: "It is indeed illegal for someone to ask someone to do something for the company, but what about another way of thinking? Our target group is not people, but companies."

"If someone is looking for a company, then don't we become an intermediary company?" Han Dong reacted.

I bit my head and explained again: "No, no, no, people are not looking for companies, but companies are looking for us, and companies are looking for technological AI!"

"The company is looking for AI" Xiaomei repeated, and she understood instantly.

"But in fact, AI is fake. AI is a Chinese programmer we hired, and the company is an American company! We use AI as a gimmick to get big companies to trust us and give us the company's development projects, and we outsource them to make the difference. !" Han Dong also understood at this time!
A project emerged from scratch, and within half a month everyone began to work together.

I am responsible for controlling the entire project to ensure that what happens in the future does not deviate from the expectations in my mind.

As a technically beautiful web page, Han Dong ensures that users can register and place orders within the web page to purchase AI content.

Lixia was responsible for the art and short video work of the website. A beautiful video was shot. The content of the short video was from a small company that knew nothing about mobile phone software programs, but wanted to develop a Xiaoxiaole game. After registering as a member of this AI programming website, I placed an order for the cheapest package and wrote my requirements into the framework. One day later, I got all the programs I wanted for the Xiaoxiaole mobile game, and on my mobile phone Played with internal adaptation.One of the items was not satisfactory, and the website allowed one modification.

The 5-minute video allowed a small company that needed Xiaoxiaole mobile game to go from being confused and helpless to placing an order for the AI ​​program and getting the application it needed. There were no software engineers in the company, but at the right price, they got a private and exclusive one. software engineer.

The price of this package is divided into three levels.

It is known that the annual salary of a boss in a large company is US$25 a year, which is equivalent to US$[-] a month.

So US$[-] a month can get [-]% AI computing power support.

For $60.00 a month, you can get [-]% of AI’s computing power support.

The trial price of US$30.00 can be supported by [-]% of AI’s computing power.

Before this, new accounts can get one day of computing power support for free, and inviting a new user can add one more day.

The younger sister is responsible for customer service and human resources, and has hired many programming employees during this period.The company's revenue is very high. Programming in Lukang costs [-] to [-] yuan a month, while Luhai Technology at Lukang University charges [-] yuan per month for one position.

All seventeen workstations were occupied, and the pressure was on the sea side.

Dahai is responsible for back-office and accounting, and he has to spend close to 60 yuan a month.

It is not difficult for Dahai's parents to earn 60 yuan, but it still takes about two months.The pressure is unprecedented, but Luqiao said that the maximum debt would be one month, and the second unprofitable debt of 120 million would be repaid by himself.

With these words, Dahai's father also took it upon himself.

No. 20 in the first month, the web page is online.

Seventeen software engineers are waiting for help. Dahai also asked if it is necessary to recruit all the people first?If the price cannot be sold, the loss will be severe.

But I know it, because the lowest payment is US$[-], or RMB [-].

Just opening an order can guarantee the survival of an engineer. Seventeen people are the limit of this small office, but it does not mean that it is facing the limit of the Internet.Seventeen users can guarantee a month's salary for these engineers, and the remaining money is everyone's profit.

On the first day the software was released, videos began to ferment on various short video platforms.

Some people began to try to register and use the software for free, but almost no one put real business secrets on it.Most of them are just trying and learning to play some small games. The seventeen engineers have been here for six days at the latest, and the earliest one just arrived this morning.

In a small group without leadership, everyone is so idle that they are afraid that this is a pyramid scheme company and they don’t know what the situation is. It feels a bit incredible that they can earn [-] yuan a month.

Now there is content for them to write, and each one is like a jackal, carving up the APP content that is similar to a mini game.At first, the monk thought that there was too much food for the monks, but the next moment he realized something was wrong.

Xiaoxiaole is streamlined to only a few hundred lines of code. It can be completed quickly by finding something readily available online.

But later I found that I felt uncomfortable, there were too many things.

Now engineers used to build buildings, but now they are piece-rate workers.

Seventeen people are indeed not enough, because the server soon became busy and there were 14 items to be counted.

There are fewer people to recruit!This is everyone's first reaction.

The second reaction was from the engineer, who said it was too big and overqualified.

"Mr. Lu, let's build a library. A lot of the content is highly repetitive and ordinary people can do it. We can submit the packaged material layers with slight modifications. We are too tired to do the easy work." an engineer explained.

I nodded in understanding: "You build the database, and I'll ask Li Xia and Han Dong to take over your tasks. I already have some difficult tasks here, and I'll leave them to you."

The first order of 51 US dollars was placed, and I immediately asked Han Dong and Li Xia to change the one-day usage rights to one time, and attract ten new users to add once. Of course, the little girl started to recruit programming technical talents like crazy. .No need to work, part-time [-] small programs.

The first night, I stayed up all night.

25 people have already placed orders, and the main profit is US dollars. Once the accounts are paid, they will start to make profits. Dahai immediately told his father about the matter.

My father found it a little unbelievable, but when he saw the record of the transfer of [-] US dollars not arriving, he believed it and realized that he was actually making money from foreigners.

All part-time engineers complete small projects, and large projects are given to large users.

There are more and more paying users, but they are all companies that are not well-known, but after checking, they are all well-known companies on the Internet, and the difficulty given is enough for these programmers to drink.

Software writing, software optimization, even server construction, and vulnerability hunting.

A well-known AI program called Lu Hai on the Internet has become famous. As long as you write a requirement and upload your semi-finished product, AI can help you complete it.

It would cost tens of thousands of dollars to recruit programmers, but for seven thousand dollars, you can find a free AI programmer on Luhai 24 hours a day without any breaks.

Customer privacy will not be leaked, and AI ensures lower error and BUG rates.

Of course, everything is not easy, and Xiaomei has endured the most.

Let’s not talk about whether AI is perfect or not. Normal programmers are prone to making mistakes, even those domestic programmers who used to have 1 to [-] and are now [-] per month.

When I made a mistake and needed to make corrections, I basically gave it to Xiaomei, and a lot of comments on the underlying code. Due to Chinese habits, the comments were all in Pinyin, which was incomprehensible text. The other party's engineer asked what it meant for maintenance.

Xiaomei can only explain that the underlying code is collected from various countries, so these may be text that only AI can understand, or they may be the language of certain countries. Specifically, we will help incorporate modifications here.

There are many things like this, but finally the first month has passed.

At my request, the registration window was closed. Only registered users can use KEY to introduce new customers, and KEY is not given casually. Advanced customers are qualified three times a month, intermediate users are qualified once a month, and the worst is [-] for low-level users. Users need to sign in every day for a month to be eligible.

The number of people registered is limited, and the number of users stays at three high-level users, thirteen as intermediate users, and 63 low-level users.The renewal rate is as high as 90.00%.

Including the unpaid money, I made 44 US dollars in the first month.That's 300 million yuan. Everyone stopped working and left their positions to 200 programmers. Excluding rent, water, electricity and wages, the profit of 40 million yuan was divided into [-] yuan each among the five people.

Lu Qiao looked at the money in his account in disbelief, feeling false and unrealistic.

Dahai was very happy to be praised by his father. He got his approval and admitted that his son was useful.

Programmers are undoubtedly the most tired. We chatted and gave programmers [-] yuan a month.

With the highest salary in the industry, this group of programmers resisted the pressure even though they were under pressure.

There are some who cannot adapt to this job, but because they signed a confidentiality agreement, they cannot tell what they have done here in a short period of time.

I dare not add any more support, and twenty people maintain more than 70 projects.

One person holds three items in a flat mix, but the reason is that the server is unstable and requires queuing.

Basically, it has reached the point where one person has two projects, working on one and waiting for the other.

More work stations were expanded, and some projects were even turned to online part-time jobs because they were too late for local engineers.

Some people are even willing to work in the cloud. As long as we can ensure the completion of the project, we basically accept anyone who comes.

But we always know one thing, ours is not real artificial intelligence, but intelligent artificial intelligence.

From the notes and the habits produced by the program.You can't tell if one or two are given to a company, but if someone carefully collects the APP programs for comparison, it will be obvious to find the personal style, or the unique regional cultural characteristics.

Of course, these are small things. As long as the tone is enough to ask programmers not to use Chinese in footnotes, use Pinyin or English conventions.

And by assigning tasks from the same company to two different engineers, all this is easily solved.

Good times don't last long, it's the third month of making money.We all have a small savings of 200 million on hand.

Regarding AI programming, user satisfaction is over [-]%.Of course, those who are dissatisfied also know that they have high expectations. Talents recruited with high salaries cannot solve the problem of groundbreaking new content, and AI programming cannot satisfy them.

The reason is difficult to simple, those top ones don’t know it, let alone the domestic ones!

But users may also feel that this is caused by big data algorithms. After all, machines can only innovate step by step, and can never create something out of nothing, because there is no such thing in the program.

It was one morning, and everyone arrived as scheduled. Some engineers slept at their workstations, while others went home.

I clicked on the computer, and the desktop of the computer was a strange flashing window.

When I felt something was wrong, a string of English words appeared on the desktop.

fraudsters
My English is very poor, but my little sister pointed to her computer and said, "Why is there a liar desktop on the desktop?"

Six or seven programmers wearing eye masks and lying flat on their seats got up and started checking.

One quickly explained: "Poisoned, we have been invaded!"

Hearing what you said, everyone felt a chill in their backs.

To be continued~
(End of this chapter)