69: Chapter 69 Emotional Issues

That's right. Letting Zero collect and accumulate data through big data, analyze human personalities, and thereby understand the concept of character—this is what Wang Shuo is currently doing.

And once it has a personality, endowing Zero with emotions will be much easier.

Human emotions are volatile and complex, but personality is relatively singular. A person can have many emotions, but a person only has one personality. All other emotional fluctuations are merely external behaviors manifested based on that personality.

If a person is passionate, her emotions will be bold and intense—she will laugh heartily and cry freely, without being timid or restrained.

If a person is introverted, her emotions will be subtle and delicate—she will cry in secret, smile reservedly, and be implicit and gentle.

If a person is cold, she might not show many emotions; she won't cry or laugh, and whatever emotions she has are deeply hidden within her heart, to be experienced by herself alone.

To get Zero to a state where it can be fully released to the public, Wang Shuo believes that relying solely on performance advancements is far from enough; it must also completely crush other Artificial Intelligence in terms of emotional simulation.

Only then can Wang Shuo claim that his Artificial Intelligence is the strongest in the world.

But Wang Shuo has now encountered a problem.

He looked at the data Zero had just analyzed, his brows furrowing.

"This collection speed is too slow."

Although web crawlers are already a very efficient means of information gathering, he is, after all, only a small company without massive traffic to support it.

If it were companies like Baidu or Tencent that almost monopolize the ecosystem, the efficiency of web crawlers would increase exponentially. Of course, these companies do exactly that; releasing crawlers to scrape users' personal information is as normal as it gets.

"Zero, analyze how to increase the efficiency of information acquisition?"

"Analyzing... You can use distributed algorithms."

Distributed algorithms?

The premise of distributed algorithms is to have suitable terminals—for example, three personal computers. If one computer's computing power is insufficient, then by using distributed algorithms, you can aggregate the computing power of all three computers, turning them into a single entity, splitting a complete task into different parts, and then performing calculations simultaneously on all three computers.

In this way, you can greatly increase the efficiency of computer usage and save time.

But using distributed algorithms for data collection?

It seems somewhat unfeasible.

"What else?"

"You can build a high-traffic website."

Wang Shuo shook his head. This is feasible, but the problem is that building a massive high-traffic website in a short period is undoubtedly unrealistic. Baidu didn't reach its current scale in a day or two, after all.

However, it could serve as a backup plan and be prepared now. As for what specific kind of website to make, Wang Shuo already had a faint idea in mind.

"Continue."

"You can utilize distributed terminals to send out program sub-entities."

Send out program sub-entities?

Wang Shuo's eyes lit up; this is also feasible.

Take Tencent, for example. They distribute the Tencent client to users. In the process of using it, users inevitably exchange data with the servers. This data carries a large amount of user information, allowing Tencent to sit back and enjoy the benefits brought by big data.

But how should he distribute the client?

Make a social networking software too?

Software isn't hard; one could knock it out in a few minutes, but then what?

The birth of a social networking conglomerate cannot be accomplished by a small piece of software; what's more important is the ecosystem and the degree of user dependency.

In this regard, Tencent has undoubtedly achieved the ultimate.

Whether it's the ecosystem or user stickiness, Tencent is unrivaled in China and even the entire world.

Wanting to snatch users from Tencent's hands... Wang Shuo felt a headache just thinking about it; it was too difficult.

Yes, he could create software better than Tencent's, and he could create a better ecosystem. But... alas, the users wouldn't pay any attention to you.

Then... make games?

Wang Shuo thought about it and eventually shook his head. The plan to make games had always been there, but launching it now was still too early.

For one, the technology is not yet mature; all the prerequisite technologies for the games in Wang Shuo's mind have yet to appear.

Secondly, his company is still too small and lacks any renown, making it very hard to spread the reputation of a good game. After all, even good wine fears a deep alley!

Can't do social networking, can't do games.

Then what should he do?

His head ached from thinking, so Wang Shuo decided to take a break and then call someone over to ask.

This idea cannot be a one-off deal; it must have a very bright path for future development.

As for now, Wang Shuo wanted to try and see if he could "shear some wool".

This is for the sake of faster progress for human society; there's no shame in it. Silently comforting himself in his heart, Wang Shuo said, "Zero, what is the probability of being discovered if I intercept data from major websites now?"

"Detection complete; the probability of discovery is 70.43%."

So high? He had to think of a way.

Throttling won't work, so what about copying?

Wang Shuo's eyes lit up. He didn't need to throttle; he could just copy a small portion of the data. With the data streams of Baidu and Tencent, copying a small portion—even if discovered and blocked—would still mean he had profited. If done covertly, discovering him within the data traffic of these two companies would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Zero, create a new task: build covert intrusion software."

"Task created. Please provide the complete source code."

Wang Shuo didn't say another word, sat down at his seat, and began a new struggle.

Two hours later.

"Generating code. Server resources are congested; it may take a long time. Please wait."

Wang Shuo took a sip of water and looked at the progress bar on the screen, shaking his head. At this snail-like speed, it seemed he couldn't rush it.

Continuing to sit here was ineffective, so Wang Shuo greeted Liu Yemei and Xu Kexin, left the Software Park, and strolled all the way to the school.

At this time...

If Wang Shuo remembered correctly, it should be Zheng Jun's running time.

After such a long time of knowing him, everyone now knew that in the School of Computer Science, there was a running fanatic who would never stop until he had run at least ten kilometers, and he never slowed down, maintaining a constant speed to the end.

With strange events and bored people, the conditions for a story to spread like wildfire were met.

Sure enough, some young girls from surrounding colleges came for his reputation, gathering on the playground punctually at 7:30 every day, waiting quietly for Zheng Jun's arrival.

Zheng Jun was initially a bit uncomfortable, but after getting to know a few young girls and tasting the sweetness of it, he became completely indifferent to the attention and even went further, increasing his original ten-kilometer run to twenty kilometers.

And so... a unique gathering began to take shape.

Whether Zheng Jun was satisfied, Wang Shuo didn't know, but the people watching nearby seemed satisfied.

They came one by one and left in pairs.

In the end, only Zheng Jun was left running laps all alone.

When Zheng Jun finished running and sat in the stands drinking water and resting, Wang Shuo walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"You're here."

Zheng Jun gulped down a large mouthful of water, closed the bottle cap, and said, "When did you get here?"

"Just a while ago."

Wang Shuo looked at Zheng Jun, who was covered in sweat, his clothes even soaked through, and laughed, "Matchmaker Zheng, your prime spot has tied quite a few red threads. Any thoughts?"

"What kind of thoughts would I have, damn it."

Zheng Jun curled his lips, "Since I have Mengru, I see them all as mediocre."

Lin Mengru—this was the love Zheng Jun had harvested through his running.

Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh; sometimes, love really is that simple.

"Where is she?"

Wang Shuo asked.

"She went to study."

Zheng Jun smiled foolishly, "She's not like us; she's an A-student, unlike you and me, who are F-students."

"Me?"

Wang Shuo pointed at himself in disbelief, "An F-student?"

"Do you want to be an A-student then?"

Zheng Jun gave Wang Shuo a sidelong glance, "I'm an F-student, but you, who hasn't even attended a few classes, are the F-student of F-students—you're totally hopeless!"

"Forget it, let's not discuss these useless things. Either way, whether one is an A-student or an F-student, we'll know as soon as the exams happen."

Wang Shuo waved his hand and asked the crucial question, "Have you eaten?"