Wen Yeren was half-shrunk in his down jacket, and suddenly felt Fang Nian's gaze looking over.

There was a moment of confusion.

Then the messy thoughts in my mind suddenly stopped.

Fang Nian said in a calm tone: "How will you know if you don't try."

Wen Ye quickly captured the key information.

Wen Ye reached out and brushed away a few strands of hair that had fallen down, and said calmly.

"Senior Cheng, classmate Fang Nian, can you tell me what research you are discussing?"

After saying that, Wen Ye looked at Fang Nian casually from the corner of his eye, observing Fang Nian's expression.

Seeing Fang Nian lowering his eyes and no longer looking at himself, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing Wen Ye's curious gaze, Cheng Qian pushed up his glasses and smiled: "It's a big problem in cognitive philosophy in philosophy classification. My tutor led me and some classmates to set up a project team..."

Wen Ye looked a little interested and asked in a asking tone: "Then, what is the big problem specifically?"

Cheng Qian smiled: "Xuemei Wen is also interested in philosophical issues?"

After a pause, he replied: "This question is very complicated to explain carefully. It is a set of systematic theories."

Wen Ye pursed his lips and smiled: "Just explain it briefly. I see that you are very engaged in the conversation and are a bit curious."

Cheng Qian also laughed, glanced at Wen Ye, and said mockingly: "What's wrong with you today? You are all interested in these inappropriate studies."

Then he added: "Fortunately for Fang Nian, he has been interested in cognitive philosophy and cutting-edge issues since early on;

I remember, Xuemei Wen, you are studying administration, so whether it’s epistemology, philosophy, or framework issues, they are completely irrelevant.”

Wen Ye didn't speak in a hurry.

Sure enough, Cheng Qian continued talking on his own.

"In this way, I will give you an example to illustrate. I must first state that this is not a simple example, and it is a bit convoluted."

Wen Ye nodded quickly: "It doesn't matter."

Cheng Qian glanced around the room and then said, "For example, there is an apple over there. It is red." 1

"If we regard this as a proposition, the human thinking is to find another apple to see if it is red, and so on. If there are no counterexamples, we will become more and more convinced that this proposition is correct."

"Suppose we have verified 100 apples and 99 of them are red, we will make the default reasoning, that is:

If someone tells you that something is an apple, you will immediately think that it is red. This is the human cognitive process: inductive verification application.

In other words, it is a judgment verification application.”

After a pause, Cheng Qian continued: "But the machine verification method is different.

It must first find out all the equivalent forms of this proposition, and then start to verify it. It needs to use a large number of identification cases, and finally judge by the equivalent form. If there are more cases identified, it will be easier to produce:

'Something that is not red is not an apple', which in turn supports 'anything that is not red is not an apple', which is equivalent to 'Apples are all red.'

And this is no problem in machine logic.

Going back to our human thinking just now, if someone tells us that something is an apple, we will associate it with red;

But, we humans don’t think that everything that is not red is not an apple..."

Finally, Cheng Qian concluded: "Our current research direction is to humanize the machine's verification ideas through experiments."

"It can be regarded as a research direction of artificial intelligence. Our team and instructors believe that this theory is valuable, but it does not mean that this theory is correct and can be fruitful."

Although Cheng Qianju's example sounded a bit convoluted and not that simple, Wen Ye had no problem with his understanding, and he understood it after a little thought, and said with a little excitement.

"Then, can I understand that your current project research direction is the future of smart phones or smart computers?"

Cheng Qian smiled and shook his head: "The word "future" is too big, I dare not say it like that."

"It can only be said to be exploring the possibility of making machine cognition more intelligent."

Wen Ye nodded as if he understood: "I just heard you talking about an endless loop. What's the reason for this?"

Cheng Qian replied: "The issue of project funding, although this is an epistemological issue, will ultimately be realized through machines and requires a lot of experimental verification."

"Actually, there is a misunderstanding here. Most people think that professional research like philosophy is purely theoretical and does not require actual experiments..."

As he spoke, Cheng Qian showed bitterness on his face.

This is really a huge misunderstanding.

The research direction of the project, especially the research direction of cutting-edge issues, is to realize the theory. How can it not be done without experiments?

Since it is an experiment, how can it remain entirely on paper?

In a hurry, research scholars in philosophy departments like Cheng Qian and others even have to learn mathematics, programming and other messy things, and then personally implement their ideas.

Fang Nian, who has been listening in, is also a little emotional. The depth of his current study is only half a beginner.

"That's why I suggested Brother Cheng to give it a try and get sponsors or something."

Cheng Qian spread his hands and sighed: "Actually, it's not that I haven't tried it before."

"People with capital expect to see definite results, but this is not about building a house. It can be done as soon as you say it. It is difficult to say that theoretical research will be correct."

Fang Nian also sighed and said: "Indeed, theoretical research may not necessarily produce results, which makes it difficult to convince sponsors."

"..."

For a moment, the atmosphere was a little sad.

At this time, Wen Ye understood a little bit, but he didn't know how to speak.

But Fang Nian suddenly looked at her, as if he had just remembered: "Senior Wen Ye, I remember that you seem to be interning in a big company now, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Ye nodded immediately and said with a sudden look: "Yes, there is a department in our company that seems to be more interested in research projects."

Fang Nian shouted: "Then do you have a chance to help Brother Cheng."

Cheng Qian also reacted, waving his hands quickly and saying: "No, no, no, I accept your wishes, I'm just grumbling casually."

"Xuemei Wen, please don't lose your job again because of this impossible thing."

Then he said helplessly: "Classmate Fang Nian is just making bad ideas."

"I know you are very interested in this and want to study it, but even I, including my mentor, don't have absolute confidence..."

Fang Nian smiled: "It's not a bad idea, try it, you might have one more choice."

Wen Ye also followed up and said: "Senior Cheng, our company actually encourages employees to recommend projects. It's just a proposal and it won't affect anything."

Cheng Qian raised his eyebrows and said uncertainly: "Really?"

Wen Ye affirmed: "This is still false."

"..."

Cheng Qian fell silent: "..."

…………

Fang Nian, who didn't speak anymore, looked at Cheng Qian and felt a little sad.

If Cheng Qian is the project leader and uses this mentality to attract sponsors, he will never succeed in this life.

Because you don’t give the other party any confidence, who would have so much money that they have no place to throw it away?

Of course, according to Fang Nian's understanding, the person leading the project was Cheng Qian's mentor, a well-known professor.

In Fang Nian's opinion, since the professor dared to organize such a project, he should still have some confidence.

For example, as Cheng Qian said, I just don't have absolute confidence.

Although in Wen Ye's view, choosing an academic research direction was Fang Nian's own way of integrating into Fudan.

If Fang Nian knew it, he would not deny it.

But Fang Nian’s purpose is not just that.

In the past month or so, Fang Nian had a lot of exchanges with Cheng Qian.

What can I say about Cheng Qian? He is willing to help junior students solve their knowledge confusion.

He is a typical academic student who doesn't think much about trivial matters.

Therefore, Fang Nian successfully learned about many things, including that graduate students in the philosophy department and doctoral students were not only engaged in purely theoretical research.

There is also research exploring solutions to cutting-edge problems.

As for the research direction of Cheng Qian's team's project that he was most interested in, Fang Nian almost asked for advice in depth.

So in fact, in the middle of the month, Fang Nian had already planned to provide his own capital as a ‘sponsor’ in the form of investment.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.

Other things happened in the meantime, which distracted Fang Nian's energy.

I happened to meet Cheng Qian today, and Wen Ye happened to be there too, so Fang Nian thought of solving this matter by the way.

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To be continued...