Chapter 315 True Cyberpunk

After getting in the white Jetta, the driver started the car suddenly, making Mike feel an extremely strong push on his back. He said to the camera in his hand:
"I am riding in a white Jetta to track down the white Jetta driven by the Terminator. I have a feeling that my wonderful journey in Shenhai is about to begin."

Mike is excited that the dramatic conflict will bring more views to his YouTube channel.

If the viewing data is good, the platform will give him more traffic promotion, and data is money.

The idea of ​​using patch ads on Bilibili came from Youtube. The bloggers on Youtube channels earn more than Bilibili up-loaders with the same number of fans by more than one order of magnitude.

Of course, this is not only because patch ads can be added to the video, but also because the price of advertising in America is much more expensive than in China.

After driving almost at the speed limit allowed on city roads, they finally caught up with the white Jetta next to IKEA in Xujiahui.

Mike could see the back of the silver-white robot's head from a distance, and after he aimed the camera, he said, "I finally saw him.

But taking videos is not the most important thing right now, I have to wait for you to take photos first.”

He yelled, "Man, GO!"

Mike could clearly see that the green light in front of him was about to change color, and the white Jetta driven by the Terminator in front would be able to pass, but the car he was sitting in would be stopped by the traffic light.

He used almost the fastest hand speed you have ever had and typed on the translation app on his mobile phone: Catch up with him, ignore the traffic lights, and I will give you ten thousand.

Then turn the volume up to maximum and play it for the driver sitting in the front.

The driver's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he shouted in clear English: "Daole!"

The illegal taxi drivers don’t understand anything else. Their lives are already difficult enough due to the impact of driverless cars, and they lack the ability to change careers. But raising prices on the spot has almost become an instinct for them.

The anxiety of foreigners exposed in front of the Chinese is the best bargaining chip to raise the price.

Mike realized that if he caught up, he could get a photo with a great composition. He didn't have time to think about it. He was urgently adjusting his Sony A9M3 and shouted at a voice of almost the same decibel: "Yes!"

Then he muttered in a low voice: Damn bastard.

Sony A9M3, this is the camera used by the photographer who took the classic photo of someone being stabbed. After it became famous, many photographers switched to using this camera for candid photography.

Yes was like a starting gun. The driver did not hesitate at all. The traffic light changed from green to yellow and then to red, but it did not stop the driver's determination to step on the accelerator.

One traffic light followed by another.

The traffic light finally stopped the white Jetta in front.

Their car also stopped behind.

There is the huge IKEA billboard next to it, the neon lights of Shenhai city at night, the metal back of the robot, the traffic lights above its head, and the slightly shabby white Jetta.

Mike didn't hesitate at all. He opened the car door and stood behind it to record the moment with his Sony. Then he stood in the middle of the road and admired the moment he had recorded:

"Perfect!"

This cyberpunk-style photo full of postmodern colors is enough to trigger endless imagination of the viewer.

The driver was going crazy. How could he make any money? He ran a red light and got off the car suddenly on the side of the road. He went back to check the app and wondered how many tickets he had to get.

I was originally ready to start scolding, but then I remembered that I still had 10,000 dollars to get, so I held back the urge to scold.

Mike then got in the car and said "go" to the driver.

The driver took him behind the white Jetta for a while, then said, “It’s over.

You have to pay more.”

Mike also took a lot of photos in the car, but none of them satisfied him. He realized that the first photo he took was the peak. "No, it's over."

When he finally took out the knife, Mike still felt a little painful, but he didn't dare not to do it because three drivers surrounded him.

But when he thought about the photos he took, he felt that it was just a small amount of money. As a blogger with millions of fans on Youtube, ten thousand dollars was nothing.

He obediently converted the money into RMB and transferred the money, then checked into the booked hotel with his equipment.

I didn’t feel sleepy at all, so I uploaded the photo to my Twitter first:
"It was an incredible day. The first thing I saw after arriving in Shenhai was the Terminator."

Then he would send the footage back to his team at American and ask them to edit it quickly.

His number of followers on Twitter is not as high as that on Youtube, but 500,000 followers on Twitter is not a small number.

The visual tension reflected in the entire photo was quickly forwarded by netizens and practitioners.

“Is this really a scenario that exists in the real world?”

“It’s more cyberpunk than Cyberpunk 2077”

"Tokyo has robots driving cars to carry people, but New York's subway is still full of garbage. Which country is the developed country?"

"Honestly, this photo is really well taken. The back of the robot's head and the human brain of the rear passenger, as well as the colorful lighting effects around them, give the whole picture plenty of room for imagination."

"The IKEA sign is yellow and blue, the traffic lights on the road are red and green, the neon lights of the city office buildings are red, green and blue, plus the silver-white robot, white car body and yellow passengers, the color richness is maximized."

"I can't wait to go to Shenhai and take this Didi."

"It is hard to imagine that China's technological level has progressed to this point."

"I think we should trade this technology with the University of the East. I'm really tired of black drivers. I'd rather accept a rigid robot than a black Uber driver."

This comment quickly resonated with everyone:
"When I asked to close the windows and air conditioning and drive at full speed, the driver angrily refused my request without caring about the passenger's opinion at all."

“Many times despite my clear instructions, black drivers would try to take some stupid detour through Queens to avoid bridge or tunnel tolls on the way to JFK or LGA. Many times I had to yell at them afterwards.

It was clearly the black driver's fault, but in the end Uber gave me a one-star bad review. I'm really fed up with black drivers. Can we let the Terminator terminate the black Uber drivers? "

Uber drivers can also rate passengers.

"It's clear that the quality of Uber drivers is declining and we need this technology to improve the Uber experience."

Ordinary people will not consider the cost issue. Even if the University of Tokyo makes its technology public, it is not realistic to replace black people with Terminators from a cost perspective.

"I went to Shenhai for a trip and saw many driverless taxis without drivers. I also took one myself. But compared with driverless taxis, I still prefer robot taxis. They make me feel like I'm traveling to the future."

"This photo can win this year's Pulitzer Prize" netizens gave positive reviews. When Mike woke up the next morning and saw the screen full of positive reviews, he finally let go of his worries. It seemed that the money he spent would not be a loss.

The related videos have also gone viral on the Internet at home and abroad.

As mentioned earlier, taxi drivers specifically go to the robot to refuel and take people on a tour.

The video of a robot filling up gas and handing the gas card to the gas station attendant has been circulated everywhere on Douyin.

The main service staff's confused expressions when they saw it was a robot were full of humor.

"If I were the worker at the gas station, I would definitely doubt myself for not waking up."

"Technology is developing so fast. I guess it won't be long before massage parlors will use robots to massage me."

The news that Chen Yuanguang won the Nobel Prize was quickly covered up by a robot driving a white Jetta.

Just as Mike expected, he made back his investment in less than a day. The Wall Street Journal contacted him and said they wanted to use the photos he posted on Twitter and the price was negotiable.

The next day, the Wall Street Journal used the photo Mike took as its cover, and the headline of the article was:
"There is a heated debate within the University of Tokyo about whether the latest robot driverless technology should be open sourced."

The general contents are as follows:

“According to reliable sources, scientists led by Dr. Wright believe that in order to maintain the principles of free sharing and open collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence, the University of Tokyo should open source the source code and models of its robot driverless technology.

A considerable number of people in the AI ​​academic and industrial circles hold the same view. They believe that if the technology is not open source, it will lead to further closure of the AI ​​field, causing different camps to fight each other, and hinder the development of global academic exchanges.

After the Wall Street Journal reported this, well-informed media in Southeast Asia such as the South China Morning Post and Lianhe Zaobao have successively confirmed this point.

That is, Chen Yuanguang did express his opinion on open source technology.

Originally, foreign media wanted to make some sarcastic remarks, wondering if it was inappropriate for Chen Yuanguang to be the only winner of the Nobel Prize.

Now I don’t feel sour anymore, I’m just bragging for a while.

"Dr. Wright's work is fruitful, and his scientist spirit of striving for all mankind is in line with the consistent purpose of the Nobel Prize."

"It is clear that Dr. Wright's contribution to the academic field is visible to everyone. His research results span multiple fields including chemistry, biology, medicine and artificial intelligence. He is a rare all-round scientist in today's scientific community."

Even the Swedish and German media, which are most fond of being sarcastic, stopped being sarcastic and started praising the magazine.

Although there are many models in the field of artificial intelligence that are open source, there are also some that are not. From the perspective of strength, they are even more unbeatable. If the Chinese do not open source, they have no way to deal with it.

Chen Yuanguang's initiative to open source the technology is a great boon for them. In the eyes of foreign media, Chen Yuanguang's influence in Yanjing is amazing, and he is willing to open source. As the leader of this technology, the possibility of open source is very high.

Originally, only old Chinese enterprises could enjoy such dividends, but now everyone can enjoy them.

Not to mention the benefits that the underlying logic of the technology brings to the entire artificial intelligence industry.

After the news came out, the stock prices of almost all artificial intelligence-related companies soared.

This further proves the authenticity of the open source technology. After all, capital votes with real money.

Public opinion may be deceptive, but large-scale capital flows will not deceive.

Just like before the COVID-7 pandemic was brought under control, the stock gurus on Capitol Hill in Washington had already made large purchases of Big stocks in advance, waiting for the stocks to rise and reap a fortune.

At all recent conferences related to this issue, reporters' questions focused on whether the technology would be open source.

There are too many different kinds of new energy vehicle conferences in China. The one held in Pengcheng is called the Global New Energy Intelligent Vehicle Technology Innovation Conference, the one held in Chongqing is called the Intelligent Electric Vehicle Advanced Technology and Ecological Chain Cooperation Exhibition and Exchange Conference, and the one held in Shenhai is called the New Energy Vehicle Summit.

In short, there are so many varieties that it’s dizzying.

Among them, the Global New Energy Vehicle Conference hosted by Hainan is very famous, but because there are so many similar conferences, it is impossible to pay attention to them all.

But this year is different. This year Lin Jia will give a keynote speech at this conference, and the time happens to be this month.

As a result, global media gathered at Haikou's International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Everyone wants to get a definite answer as to whether this technology will be open source.

Not only foreign journalists are curious, but domestic journalists and practitioners are also curious.

The bigwigs who arrived first were asked questions one after another.

"Mr. Yu, what do you think of the driverless car that Guang Shen is developing in Shenhai?"

"It's very shocking. We are all very curious about the specific technical details behind it. According to what I know, the robot mainly uses our Ark chip. We are very proud of it."

"Mr. Yu, do you want this technology to be open source?"

"I'm sorry, I respect Mr. Chen and the relevant parties in this regard, and I have no objection."

Yu Dazui is quite cautious. Although they are looking forward to open-sourcing the technology so that everyone can have a piece of the pie, he dare not make any such statement in public.

There has been a very heated debate in China's public opinion field about whether the technology should be open source. Or rather, it is not a debate but opposition, as the public generally opposes open source technology.

Why should we let foreigners take advantage? This is everyone's simple view. Even though there are people like Lao Hu who call for a rational view and believe that open source is a common view in the software industry, such views are criticized badly.

Yu Dazui would naturally not offend the public at this time.

"Mr. Lei, what do you think of Guangshen's driverless technology in Shenhai?" Naturally, Mr. Lei could not escape being surrounded and questioned by the media.

He laughed and said: "Like many netizens, I watched it on TikTok and found that the driverless technology it showed was very impressive. The robot could drive as smoothly and skillfully as a human driver, and could even go to refuel by itself, which was something I had never expected.

The shock it brought to us was huge.

The only pity is that he was driving a white Jetta instead of our Xiaomi. My colleagues and I joked that you guys have to make your cars so intelligent that robots don’t even use our cars as test cars in order to prove their driving skills.”

Compared with Yu Dazui, Lei Jun has stronger ability to play freely.

"Mr. Lei, what do you think about the recent rumors that this technology will be open source?"

"Like everyone else, I don't have any news. I don't know the details either. Let's wait for the news."

(End of this chapter)