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It is said that many research institutions want to collaborate with Qiao Ze on artificial intelligence, but all have been refused. This is because Qiao Ze has made it clear that he's not interested in these. Then he goes on and just solves the Yang-Mills problem.

However, these are actually not troublesome; the most troublesome part is that the higher-ups' view of Qiao Ze is to wait and see first.

There's no helping it, this project has a relatively high level of confidentiality.

If it were just ordinary technical guidance, there would be no need for Qiao Ze to take action. It would be sufficient to collaborate with engineers on Youwei's side directly.

Based on Dou Dou's performance, even if Qiao Ze came as the chief designer of the entire project, it seems he would be more than capable. However, the question remains whether the authority can be granted, and if so, how much.

After all, military projects are currently not quite the same as photolithography machines.

If the young man lacks self-awareness and leaks project codes, or other confidential content, it won't be just an issue of the initial investment but will also compromise the security of the entire defense system that has been laid out— not to mention it would ruin a young genius's bright future.

Then he would truly become a sinner, so one must be cautious.

Therefore, Luo Jinglei wryly said, "Li, I understand your thoughts. But haven't we discussed this before? Qiao Ze is now the hot cake in academia; he has no time for our kind of tedious work. There are many difficulties in getting him involved. We can't exploit resources fanatically. Otherwise, we would become sinners."

"No, Luo, this is what I was thinking. I know what the higher-ups are worried about, but we don't need Qiao Ze to be involved in our specific research, do we? We can actually communicate with Qiao Ze to see if he could help us design a new system to be developed independently on our platform.

We can then allocate some engineers from our side to assist. The two systems would be developed independently; once completed, we could compare and test to blend the strengths of both. In this way, Qiao Ze isn't directly involved in the project. Even if there were any leaks, they wouldn't cause irreparable damage. What do you think? I have a feeling there could be a pleasant surprise," Li Jie laid out his thoughts that had been brewing over time.

He had no choice.

Li Jie had been under great pressure recently.

To speak truthfully, in terms of multimodal data processing, compared to publicly available technologies abroad, Huaxia was already considered to be ahead.

But due to the specificity of military use, too many problems need to be solved.

When integrating feature fusion, it's not just about confidentiality and security but also considering the extremely complex military environment. It's not enough to just consider unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms; data cooperation from other platforms is also needed. Multimodal data from different platforms and sensors are heterogeneous, which brings up the issue of integrating multi-source heterogeneous data.

Add to this that military decisions usually require real-time information for quick and accurate responses. The requirements for speed are extremely high while accuracy is also critical. Plus, battlefield environments are complex; for instance, in the event of a large-scale electronic attack, resulting in sudden loss of multiple data-source platforms, still need to provide as accurate a report as possible...

In short, pushing forward further is very difficult.

Every regular meeting, the part he was responsible for was dragging behind.

Even though everyone understood that reaching the requirements was indeed tough—including Luo himself who had always been understanding of the slow progress in Li Jie's area—it didn't mean that Li Jie could accept this understanding comfortably.

Furthermore, Dou Dou's sudden emergence truly made Li Jie itch.

If they could get this young man, who had a deep understanding of artificial intelligence, involved, wouldn't his pressure be greatly reduced?

"Hmm? Create a new system?" Luo Jinglei seemed somewhat persuaded.

In that case, it indeed seemed viable.

At least, the issue that the higher-ups were most worried about would practically be non-existent.

Even if the new system were leaked, it would be controllable.

But the problem came again...

"Where is the funding going to come from? You plan to let Qiao Ze work for free?" Luo Jinglei looked at Li Jie and bluntly asked.

"This... The young man should have a strong sense of honor, right? Besides, according to Engineer Youwei, he's not short of money either, right? He's said to be a hidden tycoon and doesn't lack funds. Can we think of other solutions? Something to honor Qiao Ze with?" Li Jie scratched his head as he said.

He definitely didn't have the money. After all, he knew all too well that the technological investment was too massive.

Even if he put all his savings on the line, it wouldn't even cover a fraction of the cost. As for getting money from the research institute... Who was he kidding? Their own department was spending like running water, living on a tight budget.
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In short, the scientific research budget of the institute had never been sufficient, which was a harsh reality.

It's unavoidable; the possible unexpected events in the research process are too many. Especially when trying to achieve the world's most advanced, without any references from others, it's all about constant trial and error. Every trial and error meant that a huge investment went down the drain. It's the same all over the world.

But to some extent, this rule is what allowed Huaxia to possibly catch up with the technological development of the United States.

If they were to maintain a lead, they would always stay comfortably ahead; then the United States would probably be the happiest.

"If you want a free service, just say it directly; don't be so circumspect. Here's what we can do: I can help you file an application, and if the higher-ups agree, you can find a way to contact him yourself. I cannot afford to lose that man," Luo Jinglei said disdainfully as he glanced at Li Jie.

Smiling, Li Jie said, "That's no problem, I'll do it! Actually, Luo, we can't be too kind. I heard that quite a few other units are eyeing Qiao Ze. If someone else makes the first move, it's better for us to try first, right? At worst, we'll just be rejected. I can afford to lose face."