Fang Hong browsed the documents of the biocomputer project to be carried out by the research team of the University of Science and Technology of China. According to the team's report, they used the "Tianhe-1", the most powerful supercomputer in the country and ranked first in the world last year, to compete with the human brain.
Cell-driven biological computers make a comparison.
The power consumption of the Tianhe-1 supercomputer can reach 4.04 megawatts when running, while the human brain runs at the same speed and consumes less than 1 watt. The power consumption difference between the two is measured in "tens of millions of times"
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The length of the Tianhe-1 supercomputer's steps is tens of kilometers, while the length of brain-like axons and dendrites can reach 850,000 kilometers;
The Tianhe-1 supercomputer has billions of transistors, while the human brain has 125 trillion synapses;
The Tianhe-1 supercomputer has a total memory capacity of 98TB, and the storage capacity of the human brain has reached an astonishing 2,500TB.
In addition, the learning ability of living things far exceeds that of traditional computers. Humans, animals or insects can learn to solve problems with relatively few samples. Although today's supercomputers have made rapid progress, they still only need a very small number of samples.
Being able to process some simple calculations in sequence has remained the same even in the past five or eight years, and it is difficult to make leaps and bounds.
Biological brains, especially human brains, are better at processing uncertain and complex information. Traditional classical computers are actually extremely primitive compared to biological systems in terms of energy efficiency and learning capabilities.
Finally, after reading the material report from the University of Science and Technology of China, Fang Hong couldn't help but said to himself: "The scientific research team of the University of Science and Technology of China seems to have high expectations for biocomputers."
According to its report, the human brain cells used in the biocomputer this scientific research team wants to study are not taken out from the human brain, but derived from stem cell differentiation.
After the brain-like organ is assembled, corresponding interfaces and algorithms are developed to communicate with the brain-like organ, and then its learning and computing principles are further studied on this basis.
Fang Hong glanced at the beautiful assistant and asked: "What is the current progress in this biocomputer research?"
The report didn't go into detail.
Tian Jiayi immediately replied: "It cannot be said that there is no progress, it can only be said that hard work has been in vain."
Hearing this, Fang Hong burst into laughter. No wonder he couldn't get the funding.
However, creating a powerful, efficient and intelligent human brain organ that can interact with the surrounding environment requires facing many ethical issues. Not to mention the technical difficulties, there are still many troubles. No wonder the leaders are not too cold about it.
Already.
However, as a time traveler, Fang Hong knows that the human brain is actually a biological quantum computer. The current academic community does say this, but there are no relevant papers and studies to confirm this, and it is still in the stage of hypothesis speculation.
Fang Hong asked: "How much money do they want me to take?"
Tian Jiayi replied: "45 million yuan."
Hearing this, Fang Hongyan said simply and neatly: "Then give it. If you take 10,000 steps back, you will lose 50 million. As for subsequent additional investment, you have to make progress."
After browsing the following five projects, these projects all involve cutting-edge technology fields, and many are even in concept, but one of the projects to develop powered robot technology aroused great interest in Fang Hong.
At this moment, Fang Hong, who was browsing the materials, couldn't help laughing: "Ma Gaoyuan? People of the Ma generation are generally not simple."
After making a joke, he further read the material. According to the material, the founder of the project is named Ma Gaoyuan. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. He returned to China five years ago and co-founded a technology company that researches robots.
Namely Qiming Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
The company studies robots, especially robot legs.
When Ma Gaoyuan was abroad, he developed a self-balancing one-legged jumping robot. Then he came back with his research results and received an investment of 5 million yuan in China. Enlightenment Intelligence was born.
In fact, when he was in North America, capital came to him and proposed a plan to invest 15 million US dollars, hoping that he would stay in North America to start a business.
At that time, Ma Gaoyuan rejected the investment from the Chinese and returned to China with enthusiasm, intending to start a career.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning, and I even got investment. Although it was far less than what the people of Magnesia gave me, I was still moving forward in difficulties. However, the situation changed later, and I was tricked by the leaders of the local scientific research institute.
Not only were the research results appropriated, but they were also kicked out of Enlightenment Intelligence.
It can be said to be disheartening.
At the same time, an invitation letter from a peer company in North America was delivered to him this year, inviting him to develop in North America.
Ma Gaoyuan submitted this project to Fang Hong this time, and also made new plans. If he could get investment from Fang Hong, he would start over and learn from previous lessons to firmly control the new company.
in hand.
If there is no sound, then go to Silicon Valley. If you don’t stay here, you will have a place to stay.
Fang Hong looked at the material report and couldn't help but sigh: "This is how talent flows out. Sometimes we cannot simply label these people as 'exquisite and self-interested'."
According to this material report, Ma Gaoyuan listed his detailed plans for the new company. He plans to research a variety of robots, mainly taking the bionic route, such as robot horses, robot dogs, robot leopards, robot wild cats, and even two-legged uprights.
robot.
There are also flea machines, swamp machines, wall climbing machines, etc.
According to Ma Gaoyuan's description, these bionic machines have computer vision systems that can automatically grasp the direction and move without even requiring remote control driving.
For example, after he broke away from Enlightenment Intelligence, he used the newly developed robot dog by himself. It is about 0.9 meters long and 0.7 meters high. It can climb 35-degree slopes, cross stone roads, dirt roads, etc., and has a load-bearing capacity.
Up to 150kg.
After reading this material, Fang Hong's eyes lit up. He finally understood that as long as the things Ma Gaoyuan studied were successful, they would be the first to be applied in the military field. There is also huge room for imagination in the civilian commercial field.
The legs of the robot studied by Ma Gaoyuan adopt a structural design similar to the human hip joint, which gives it good stability and the response speed of the joints is an order of magnitude higher than that of ordinary robots. At the same time, he is also improving the software algorithm for controlling the robot.
New adjustments have also been made.
At the end, Fang Hong said decisively: "This person must stay. Doesn't he want 50 million in investment? I will give him 500 million but the equity will remain unchanged. The most important thing is that we let him know and let other people follow Ma.
People who have experienced similar tragedies like Gao Yuan know that although there are many monsters and monsters, there are also people with lofty ideals and benevolent people."
Fang Hong immediately added: "Don't use my name, let Star Capital directly talk to him, and operate this case as a model."
Stars Capital is more influential. Although "K God" is very famous now, no matter how big he is, he is still an individual. There is no comparison with Stars Capital. Since he wants to recruit more talents in similar situations, Stars Capital is better to come forward.
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Ma Gaoyuan must be retained, not only for himself, but he also represents an elite group of people with lofty ideals who came back and left with their hearts broken.
To take a step back, Ma Gaoyuan himself is a top talent. After reading this material, Fang Hong can conclude that if he goes out, he will probably be recruited by Boston Dynamics Robotics Company, because the things he studies are in the same field as Boston Dynamics.
