Chapter 119 An Astonishing Ambition (2/2)
”It can't be done, knowledge is infinite, and it is impossible for a computer to record all of them. Let me give you a simple example, 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9, even this simple math has 362880 kinds of variation and yet, they all yield the same meaning. The number of ways to combine the thousands of letters in the dictionary is more than atoms in the whole universe combined. Therefore, the supercomputer won't even have enough storage space, not to even mention acquiring all knowledge.”
A young man refuted, ”What you said is completely wrong! The knowledge in this world has no meaning on the surface as well as axioms that reside deep within, especially science which is more particular on logic; its properties are the laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, the Pythagorean law, the three laws of motion, chemical reaction formulas, and many others. All these formulas and theorems are what our world is made of! As long as we master all the basic rules, it will be equivalent to mastering all knowledge.”
”Yes, What He Fei said was right, it is said that all knowledge in this world, excluding the factual contents in liberal arts, in the field of pure science and technology, all knowledge that humans passed on for several millenniums can fill in a small room.”
”No matter how something variates, it can never deviate from its core concept; as long as the basic principles are mastered, this world that we live in is not as complicated as we thought it is.”
Technical director Song Bo Jun also nodded his head and said, ”True, we are working on an intelligent learning program, its learning process is based on mastering the 'principle' like the laws in physics, formulas in mathematics, grammar in languages, and by learning with analogy, the machine can integrate the knowledge acquired, not just blindly learning every single thing. That's why it is called a smart learning program… it can learn smartly and will be flexible in using them.”
Everybody nodded. Even the man that thought it was impossible nodded and said, ”I understand now.”
The young man He Fei said, ”Mr. Chen, Mr. Song, if we manage to complete the algorithms for the smart learning program, making the intelligent learning machine will not be a problem. Version 1.0 targeted at primary schoolers can be completed in at most six months' time! The knowledge involved in the primary school phase is too easy.”
”Yeah, it's simply so easy!”
”It can be done, just count on us for the smart learning program! I'm a hundred percent sure that the Intelligent Learning Machine can be realized!”
Song Bo Jun's eyes were flashing with confidence as he waved his hands, ”Let's go back to our respective workplace, I will lead you all to complete the smart learning program within a month!”
After a round of cheers, everyone returned to their respective posts. All the several hundreds of programmers working on the 'Intelligent Learning Machine' project began working with high spirits. After realizing their boss's ambition, Song Bo Jun and his team working on this project were filled with soaring passion and brimming with confidence, and that transformed into a force that propelled them to work harder.
Chen Jin nodded out of satisfaction as he looked at what happened. The others may not be optimistic about his learning machine project, but at least in his development team, nobody was holding him back.