188: Chapter 187 The Zero Egg Press Conference is over!

No finished product, just a PowerPoint?

How childish must one be to say something like that?

Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. made such a big fuss just to show you a PowerPoint? Do you think you are Wang Shuo? Do you think this is a project progress report meeting?

Numerous reporters complained silently in their hearts.

young man felt even more strongly that this reporter was very unprofessional, casting a bad light on his own industry.

But then again, he himself did not think too highly of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. either.

They made their claims far too absolute; sometimes, overly high expectations can lead to a harsh contrast.

Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. had already claimed to be number one in the world. If what they brought out was barely passable, it would severely dampen the audience's anticipation and enthusiasm, even if the product's functionality was actually up to standard.

The saying "the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment" is exactly this.

If only what Frontier Company said were true.

young man sighed slightly in his heart.

But that was impossible.

Although this reporter was reckless, there was one thing he did not get wrong: in today's world, all major technological powers are chasing the concept of Artificial Intelligence. Many products have been released, but not a single one dares to claim it is true Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence is the true crown jewel of the computer industry.

And Frontier Company, although it released the "Mark I System", is certainly excellent enough.

But the gap between the "Mark I System" and Artificial Intelligence is more than just a hundred thousand miles.

Major foreign manufacturing firms can create excellent CNC Machining Center control software that is unrivaled globally, but try asking them to build an Artificial Intelligence?

This is simply not on the same technological level.

Looking at it now, even if Frontier Technology Company has a finished product, it is likely just another version of "Xiao Ai" or "Xiao Du", and the thing in the picture seems to be positioned exactly that way.

Having a physical form almost implies that the Artificial Intelligence is not mature enough.

Do you not see that Xiao Ai and Xiao Du were bundled with hardware for sale in their early days?

If you do not bundle it, who is going to pay for it?

The only thing worth praising is that it looks quite high-tech, but renderings—everyone knows the tricks behind them; if you take it seriously, you lose.

Just as young man was feeling regretful, he looked up and saw the Frontier Company employee on stage reveal a gentle smile.

"zero degree."

He turned his head to the side of the stage and called out softly.

The next moment, young man, or rather, all the audience members below the stage, saw a white sphere appear on the platform, "rolling" its way toward this employee.

The sphere rolled to the employee's feet, first circled around the employee once, then faced the audience. Seeming a bit shy, it actually displayed a very human-like expression, and then performed an action that left everyone stunned...

It hid itself behind the employee. Not content with just hiding, it poked out half its body, revealing one eye, and peeked cautiously.

Seeming to notice that the people below were watching it, it shrank back again.

This... is insane.

Relying on his 3.5 vision and the advantage of being close, young man saw it clearly: when this ball saw the Frontier Company employee, its expression was happy, and when it circled around the employee, its expression was joyful.

When it discovered the audience below, its expression was startled.

When it hid behind the Frontier Company employee and occasionally peeked out to observe, its expression was shy and cautious.

Was this programmed in advance?

Even if it were programmed, just looking at this set of actions, the feeling was way too smooth, was it not?

If it were not for the fact that this was a spherical object, young man would have thought he was looking at a very spirited little animal, not a man-made object.

"That is it, it really appeared! Xie Miao, it is so cute!"

This was the voice of the self-media man's female companion beside him, filled with a hint of excitement.

It really appeared?

Were the two of them here for this zero egg?

Just as a hint of doubt arose in young man's heart, his gaze was drawn back to the stage.

Han Xiaoxin squatted down, gently touched the zero egg on the ground, and then stood up.

"This is the zero egg assigned to me by our company. I have named it zero degree." Han Xiaoxin ignored the reporter who was still standing there, at a loss, and introduced: "What everyone just saw is the external manifestation of its personality."

External manifestation of personality?

young man keenly grasped these few keywords, but he did not stand up to ask a question, because he was far from the only one who had heard them.

"Sir." A reporter asked loudly: "Are you saying that this thing has a personality? And can it express it?"

Han Xiaoxin nodded slightly, without asking the reporter who shouted to stand out, and said calmly: "That is right, this is a unique feature of our company's Artificial Intelligence: personality certification."

"During the activation phase, I set zero degree's personality to that of a timid, cautious, and easily shy young female."

Speaking of this, Han Xiaoxin blushed for a rare moment. Who knows what he was thinking at the time, and why he had set it to such a personality.

This had caused him to be mocked by Xu Kexin for half the morning, and Liu Yemei's look at him was also strange.

What was even more annoying was that Boss Wang had said that each person only gets one choice of personality per time. You either do not choose, or you set it.

After a personality is set, there are only two ways to change it. First, upgrade your authorization; when overwriting permissions, there will be one opportunity to re-determine the personality.

Second, through long-term training to make manual changes; this takes time and cannot be done with just a sentence or two.

Of course, every rule has exceptions. Major shareholders like Miss Chen do not need to worry about this; they can choose the personality traits they want at any time.

The misery of a working stiff.

Shaking his head slightly, Han Xiaoxin continued: "So, based on this personality, zero egg chose external expressions that fit this personality. Everyone just saw this kind of performance."

A program chooses personality traits, and then performs specific actions based on those personality traits?

Why does this sound so fantastical?

The reporters wanted to disbelieve it, but they found they had no basis to refute it.

young man looked at the stage with burning eyes. This press conference was becoming increasingly unexpected and more and more interesting.

"As an Artificial Intelligence, zero egg has many more functions, which everyone can test one by one in the trial session later. Here, I will only introduce three characteristics of zero egg."

Han Xiaoxin held up one finger.

"First, zero egg supports full language, full voice, full language environment, full logical chain, and full-time barrier-free communication. Specifically, for example, like this..."

Han Xiaoxin looked at the zero egg on the ground and said: "zero degree, hover mode, position directly in front of me, facing the audience."

zero egg reluctantly moved out slowly, its simulated eyes glanced aggrievedly at Han Xiaoxin, opened its side panels, and leveled the blades on both sides.

The reporters only then discovered that the sides of zero egg could actually open, and before they opened, they had not even seen a seam.

What kind of craftsmanship is this?

It truly deserves to be the manufacturer capable of releasing the "Mark I System". This manufacturing level is definitely not just hype.

With a slight buzzing sound, zero egg took off steadily and hovered in front of Han Xiaoxin.

"zero egg can recognize daily colloquial commands. According to our tests, the recognition accuracy reaches over ninety-nine percent, for example..."

Han Xiaoxin raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I did not remember the location of the reporter who just asked a question. Did you see it?"

The reporters frowned. Can it even recognize such a question? This is not even a standard question format in software engineering.

But the next moment, their questions were answered.

The zero egg hovering in the air made a shy expression and emitted a sound.

"zero degree saw it."

The voice was soft and sweet, appearing to be the voice of a little girl, with a hint of cartoonish tone.

The reporters below the stage were suddenly excited. This voice made one's heart itch, and it felt completely unlike an electronically synthesized voice; both the pronunciation and intonation were just right.

"Go find him for me, fly in front of him, and call him a coward."

zero egg displayed a shy expression again, seemingly a bit reluctant, but under Han Xiaoxin's glare, it had no choice but to fly to a seat below the stage and aim at a male reporter in his thirties.

Immediately...

"Coward!"

The voice was loud, and everyone heard it, but the little girl's cartoonish voice could in no way be associated with dignity, let alone make anyone angry.

It is just that... everyone was stunned.

Including the male reporter who was found; he pointed at the zero egg in front of him, stammering and unable to speak.

"Hmph!"

With a tsundere sound, zero egg flew back to the platform gracefully, circling around Han Xiaoxin, as if asking for credit and a reward.

This human-like action stunned everyone once again.

"So cute."

Beside Xie Miao, the girl named A-Ya already had stars in her eyes.

Not just her; at this moment, everyone was looking at the stage, their gazes gradually becoming burning hot.

They already believed the words of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. a little bit.

The series of actions just now could not be explained by prior training at all, especially the scene of identifying the reporter. Seeing the reporter stunned directly dispelled the suspicion of everyone present that he was a plant.

Even taking a step back, even if he were a plant, so what?

If the released zero egg could reach even half of this level, it would be astonishing enough!

And now it seems that this zero egg is far more than that.

Seeing that the reporters were all in a frenzy and no one was asking questions, young man raised his hand, stood up, and asked proactively: "You were going to announce three characteristics of zero egg, but now there is only one. What are the other two?"

Han Xiaoxin smiled slightly and said: "Second, every zero egg has its own unique serial number. This number cannot be changed and is the lifelong certification mark of the zero egg."

"Third, zero egg is on public sale starting today. All functions require everyone to explore on their own. I need to remind everyone that each person can only own one zero egg at a time. Every zero egg requires the person to hold their China ID card to activate it. After activation, it will be bound to the person and cannot be unbound. Even if discarded, the next zero egg you obtain will automatically change the zero egg's serial number to the previous zero egg's number."

"I especially need to remind everyone that zero egg currently does not support standalone use; it needs to be connected to the network throughout its use. For specific connection methods and procedures, please consult after obtaining the zero egg."

"I have another question."

young man raised his hand again and said: "You just said that it requires the person to hold a China ID card for activation. Does this mean that zero egg is temporarily not available for sale overseas?"

Han Xiaoxin was slightly surprised. Is this reporter too sharp? He had only said a simple sentence, and he associated so much information?

But there was nothing to hide about this; Wang Shuo had already made arrangements.

"Yes." Han Xiaoxin nodded slightly, confirming young man's words: "Given that zero egg itself has a relatively high technological content, and due to the sensitivity of Artificial Intelligence, our company's Boss Wang has decided not to sell it externally for the time being. It is currently only for domestic sale."

young man exhaled slightly. Since when did China have products that were not sold overseas?

And it is such a high-tech product at that?

"One last question." young man gritted his teeth and decided to ask to the end: "What is the selling price of zero egg?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.

This is a question that all the reporters present are very concerned about right now.

"That is a good question." Han Xiaoxin smiled and said: "zero egg has only one version, only one configuration, so it also has only one price. This price is: 13,888 Yuan!"

A buzzing sound arose, and the reporters began to discuss one after another.

young man took a deep breath and quickly exhaled.

Honestly speaking, this price is very high, but compared to Artificial Intelligence, this price is not too high.

There is one point that leaves young man puzzled: why does Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. have to bundle hardware to release zero egg instead of just releasing software online?

Would that not be more cost-effective?

But regardless, the testing session is about to start, and at that time, whether this zero egg is Artificial Intelligence or an artificial scam will be revealed one by one.

"Does anyone else have questions?"

Han Xiaoxin asked very considerately.

No one responded.

Just kidding, with such a big thing right in front of us, why the hell would we ask questions? Do you not know how anxious we are? Can you not see we have even thrown the Chen Group and the Mark I System to the back of our minds?

We are just waiting for you to announce the start of testing!

This is first-hand trial information. Facing an Artificial Intelligence that might go down in history, not writing it carefully would be a disservice to one's own 288 Yuan.

"Since no one has questions, let us move on to the specific testing session. Friends who are interested in testing, please come to the front desk with your ID card to collect a zero egg."

"It needs to be noted that this activation is a temporary activation mode. Everyone can test freely within the venue, but please do not forcefully take the zero egg off the premises during testing. If you forcefully leave the venue, the zero egg will activate an emergency mechanism. Our company will not be responsible for any personal injuries caused, and any damage to the zero egg will require compensation at the original price."

"Alright, thank you again for coming to the press conference. Creating technology, changing lives, today's zero egg press conference ends here. See you... at our next press conference."