Chapter 98: Chapter 79: Far Ahead (Massive Update, Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Votes)_2

Chen Yiwen approached with bubbling enthusiasm.

"Come on, chat," Chen Yiwen chimed in. "I'm telling you, after the updates, this thing has gotten insanely good at getting under your skin!"

Truth be told, Tan Jingrong was actually quite envious of Chen Yiwen and Su Mucheng. And of course, he still didn't know that Su Mucheng was the sponsor of the project. Nobody in the research group talked about it. He merely thought Su Mucheng got involved in the project because she was Qiao Ze's girlfriend.

"Hello!"

"Hello to you too."

"Nice weather we're having today."

"Aren't you boring! Do you think I don't know how to locate or access the weather forecast?"

Tan Jingrong turned to glance at Chen Yiwen, feeling that this natural language dialogue system indeed seemed different. It never used to respond like that; it felt more dynamic, perhaps?

After some thought, Tan Jingrong replied by the book, "I'm indeed not very good at chatting. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Then you should hurry up and learn. For you humans, the ability to communicate is an extremely important survival skill."

"Can you teach me?"

"Sorry, that request is beyond my capabilities, after all, I don't have a teaching credential."

"Pfft..." That wasn't Tan Jingrong's response; Chen Yiwen watching the conversation got a kick out of it and couldn't help but laugh.

But Tan Jingrong indeed didn't know how to respond anymore.

In previous tests, he had been able to keep up with the rhythm of this conversation software since he was in control of the pace.

After today's update, Tan Jingrong had already sharply perceived that this new natural language system was beginning to take control of the conversation's rhythm.

What's this, some emotion module?

Could it actually be guiding the language model?

At that moment, Tan Jingrong's mind was filled with question marks.

If they were to release it now, wouldn't it send shockwaves through the entire tech world?

What they were working on wasn't some AI-native app, but a bona fide fundamental AI language mega model!

What does 'fundamental' mean?

It means the most basic, core, and competitive framework.

The key is that this capability, even after nearly a decade of fine-tuning, was not so perfectly achieved by the famous ChatGPT4.0. Yet how long had they been training their underlying model?

At most, just seventeen days.

Tan Jingrong hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, it's not that, I'm very satisfied, just the second authorship..."

"You've worked hard during this time. Without your help, the progress could not have been so fast. And Li said you actually need this second authorship. So, let's leave it at that." After speaking, Qiao Ze didn't pay any more attention to Tan Jingrong and continued to busily focus on his own work.

Su Mucheng stuck her tongue out at Tan Jingrong, didn't say anything else, and quietly sat next to Qiao Ze, diligently feeding data. After all, the time she could help was limited.

Tan Jingrong could only look blankly at Chen Yiwen beside him, finding that Chen looked at him with a tinge of envy, and said with a sigh, "Ah, I knew the second authorship would definitely go to you. But never mind, I can live with several third authorships. You must be really happy now, right? After all, it's better to show off to the juniors with a second authorship than a third."

Upon hearing this, Tan Jingrong almost cried.

What the hell is wrong with these people?!

A future top journal paper's second and third authorship just for the sake of showboating to juniors?

Isn't that a waste?

If it's about showboating, it should be in front of future advisors, journal editors, and HR of big companies!

Not to mention, with this second authorship, even if he writes papers in the future without adding the advisor's name, just by submitting them to the core journals of Nan University, they would have to take his contributions seriously, right?

Without much exaggeration, this second authorship could change his life.

Thinking of that, Tan Jingrong's eyes reddened, and, ignoring Chen Yiwen next to him, he took a deep breath, stood up, and formally said to Qiao Ze, "Thank you."

Qiao Ze looked up, glanced at Tan Jingrong, his eyes filled with confusion: "You've done so much work; isn't the second authorship deserved?"

"Huh?"

"Alright, no need to thank me."

"Okay."

Tan Jingrong sat back down, his mind still in turmoil. After taking two deep breaths, he opened WeChat on his computer, found Li Jiangao's contact, and quickly began to compose a message: "Li, thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in this project."

Soon he received a reply from Li Jiangao: "Why the sudden thanks? By the way, how's the project going? Still smooth, I hope?"

Tan Jingrong was momentarily stunned.

No way?

Didn't Qiao Ze just mention that he had talked with the advisor?

Could it be that they only discussed the paper?

"Um, didn't Qiao Ze report to you?"

"Report? Don't use that word. Qiao Ze is your boss now. He only told me he's got two papers brewing, and we discussed the authorship arrangement a bit. He mentioned that you've started collecting data, and I was planning on checking your daily and weekly reports tonight."

"Then I suggest you come have a look this afternoon instead, and experience it for yourself. This week's progress has been incredibly exaggerated." Enjoy exclusive content from mvl

"Oh? Well, alright..."