I Found A Planet

“Yes.” Chen Jin nodded. “Frankly speaking, my original intention in making the learning machine product was to transform the current state of education in Z country. I hoped that many more children would become talents that benefit our society. At the same time, I could also profit from the educational market. But, this market is not based on free competition. There is a high level of government interference. The market is also a representation of the educational strategy adopted by the government that heavily favors the sciences. It is a market that cannot be carelessly infringed upon. I maintained my prudence and self-control by releasing only five million units of Little Star to test the waters. I don’t want to increase its impact on the market and damage the current structure. At the same time, it was for self-protection. We have to protect our profits! Recently, I’ve seen opinions by many educational professionals on the internet. The opinions can be summed up in this phrase; ‘surrender it to the government.’ They want us to surrender the technology behind the Little Star learning machine to the government.”

Chen Jin chuckled. “Haha, the product that we’ve spent tens of billions of dollars to develop and the result of the efforts of thousands of development technicians has actually become a ‘cultural relic’ that we have to surrender in some experts’ views. I have to say, dream on! They are totally unaware that the learning machine is merely a product for me to test the waters. If it works, Z country will be transformed, accelerating the rise of our nation. If it doesn’t work, we’ll never touch the education market again. We’ll go back to how we were before the learning machine was ever produced; it’ll be like it never happened. Xing Hai Technologies will then continue to only focus on making progress in the free sectors for the businessman.”

The audience finally understood the Boss’s meaning! So… this was all a test. In other words, this was a strategy that would allow the user to advance or retreat. He would be in absolute control of making the first move. This allowed the company to avoid huge potential losses, as well as thwarting the unrealistic “fantasies” of certain forces. Brilliant. It was really brilliant. The audience could only sigh in silent admiration with regards to the unknown depths in the mind of the young boss.

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News about Little Star’s impending participation in the national senior high school entrance exam across twenty-eight provinces had been announced. Enthusiastic responses peppered the internet.

“F**k, the Little Star can even take part in the entrance exam?”

“Hey, so the learning machine can also be used in this way. Why hadn’t I thought of that before?”

“Can other learning machines participate in the entrance exam?”

“The questions in the entrance exam are complex and highly changeable. There are many new questions. It’s already pretty good if the learning machine can even correctly answer some of the questions.”

As compared to netizens with only a smattering of scientific knowledge, the Weibo comment by Xing Hai Technologies was akin to dropping a bombshell on the science and tech circles in Z country! Scientists in Z country who understood the real significance behind this news were unbearably excited. Their collective attention was placed on the Little Star learning machine, as well as its creator, Xing Hai Technologies.

“How… How is this possible? How is the intelligent learning program in the Little Star able to achieve such a high level of intelligence where it can even comprehend content in the textbooks?”

“AlphaGo, developed by the DeepMind Company, was only able to achieve its peak in the game of Go. And the intelligent learning program developed by Xing Hai Technologies is an all-around learning program equivalent to 100,000 AlphaGos?”

“A tech company that was established for less than two years actually seeks to transform the entire Z country and turn our education system upside-down.”