"Send a text message?" The crowd was taken aback by the answer. Boss Huang went on to explain, "Actually, it's very simple to let everyone perceive the existence of artificial intelligence, just send them a text message."
"Currently, 60% of users nationwide already have mobile phones, and some of them are even using more advanced personal terminals. So, all we need to do is cooperate with all local telecom operators to integrate our AI, Houtu. When Houtu predicts a high probability of a climate disaster, it can immediately connect to these operators' base stations and send a warning text message to all users, informing them about the impending disaster."
"If they are using personal terminals, it's even more convenient. We won't need the operators; WeChat will directly push more detailed disaster intelligence to users, and it's also a simple matter to send urgent voice calls directly to users, informing them of disaster information during the call!"
"Of course, these urgent voice calls will be limited to major natural disasters. Otherwise, it would infringe upon users' normal lives and personal privacy. In most cases, a text message is sufficient to inform them about disasters," Boss Huang said with a smile.
The people around nodded in approval, considering it a truly excellent method. It served as a warning and posed no trouble, as it was merely a mass text message sent by communication operators, presenting virtually no technical difficulty.
After all, in 2008, it was an era of rampant marketing text messages. An additional mass text message for disaster warnings would be inconsequential.
Of course, some raised objections, "Is a single text message enough? With so many spam texts nowadays, many people probably wouldn't even read these messages, thus failing to serve their preventive purpose?"
"Well, first and foremost, we will leverage the government's credibility by listing the sender of all text messages as the Yisheng Disaster Prevention Center. Secondly, the text messages will begin with a government notification header. This way, such messages can be effectively distinguished from spam, thereby increasing recognition."
"Of course, some people might still disregard these messages. However, we can't save everyone. Every life saved is a merit and a political achievement!" Boss Huang said with a smile.
"If this system runs for one or two years, everyone in Yisheng Province will know about Houtu, and Houtu will have genuinely helped many people avoid natural disasters. By then, there will surely be some typical cases.
"Then, we will select one or two typical cases, namely successfully avoiding natural disasters with Houtu's timely warnings, and then through Jiangnan Group's global media connections, conduct a large-scale worldwide promotion. This will make the entire world aware that Yisheng Province possesses this extremely advanced AI early warning system for climate and geological disasters. Then, the reputation of the world's first AI center city or province can be established!"
"After that, I will convene the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Jincheng. Through Jiangnan Group's global influence, we will definitively establish Jincheng's status as an AI research and development center city, concentrating all artificial intelligence R&D from around the world here. Everything will have a good beginning!"
"And by then, our Tianzhou terminals should have launched their second or even third-generation products. Concurrently, over 20% of mobile phones nationwide are expected to be replaced with Tianzhou terminals, and the outstanding computational power of Tianzhou terminals will be the best carrier for artificial intelligence."
"We will sequentially launch various AIs that use Tianzhou terminals as their platform, such as AI for playing chess, AI for translation, AI for drawing, and so on. These AIs will completely replace existing programs and online experiences, providing individuals with richer and more perfect intelligent services. Ultimately, the artificial intelligence industry will help humanity enter a new era of high technology, and Jincheng is the starting point of this entire series!"
"Clap, clap, clap, clap!!" Enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience once again. Although everyone felt Boss Huang's vision was perhaps too optimistic, and whether so many AIs could be developed in two to three years was uncertain, and whether these AIs would turn into "artificial idiocy" was also debatable.
However, these were future matters. What was most easily handled and best implemented at the moment was the AI early warning system. And if it truly succeeded in establishing Jincheng as an AI center city, and Yisheng Province as the location, it would be a tremendous political achievement for everyone present, ensuring their future rise.
Therefore, everyone applauded heartily, praising it as a perfect plan to make Jincheng the future AI center city and make Jincheng the world's Jincheng.
This meeting was highly satisfactory for everyone. Boss Huang was investing money, and everyone else was providing cost-free cooperation, ultimately reaping significant achievements. The public would also gain more safety and benefits from industrial development, making it a joyous and mutually beneficial grand meeting.
After the meeting concluded, some leaders suddenly expressed lingering concerns.
It wasn't that they doubted the plan's feasibility, but rather that the plan was extremely reliable. The only issue was that Jiangnan Group would cumulatively invest tens of billions of Renminbi to construct this plan, and Boss Huang seemed highly likely to incur substantial losses. Who knew if Boss Huang would regret it the next day and pretend nothing had happened and simply leave?
Thus, that night, the leaders arranged for people to guard major traffic routes, airports, and train stations. If they found Boss Huang attempting to leave, they were to politely ask him to stay for further discussions.
Fortunately, these preparations were unnecessary. Boss Huang did not disappear suddenly. Instead, he proactively approached the relevant departments the next day to discuss more specific cooperation plans.
It was evident that Boss Huang was very sincere, presenting many plan details for discussion the following day.
For instance, the grand tourism cluster plan addressed the crucial issue of local residents. Large-scale scenic spot construction would inevitably involve many local residents who would need to be relocated.
Of course, these were not major problems. Bashizhou was mostly mountains, and the residents within the scenic spots also lived in the mountains. These houses were not valuable, and a small sum of money would be enough to persuade these residents to move voluntarily.
Initially, Bashizhou was prepared to bear this cost themselves, as Jiangnan Group was investing tens of billions of Renminbi, and they had to show sincerity.
However, Jiangnan Group refused, stating that since Jiangnan Group was undertaking the scenic spot construction project, they should naturally bear this cost. This greatly touched everyone in Bashizhou.
Ultimately, they reached a perfect consensus on this matter: the relocation costs would be paid by Jiangnan Group, while Bashizhou would be responsible for the specific arrangements.
In the next two to three months, they would first survey the 90 scenic spot locations to determine the relocation scope and the number of people to be relocated.
Additionally, there were many other cooperation details, which would not be elaborated on here.
Regarding the big data center and AI center city, the former required little more than policy support.
For the latter, Jiangnan Group proposed that they wished to obtain all climate and geological data from Yisheng Province and establish automatic monitoring stations at various key points to monitor geological data in real-time. After all, Houtu relied on the aggregation of vast amounts of data to enrich its mathematical models and derive calculation results. These also required cooperation.
These requests were naturally not issues, and Jincheng readily agreed.
Furthermore, Jiangnan Group stated that brand building for Houtu must commence immediately without any delay. Therefore, they hoped to integrate into all mobile communication systems within a week, starting with meteorological disasters that were relatively easier to predict, such as heavy rain, typhoons, and lightning. These prediction technologies were already very mature for early warnings and assisting residents.
As for more difficult predictions like earthquakes, mudslides, flash floods, and landslides, for which there were currently no proper prediction technologies worldwide, they would be incorporated later. The goal was to establish a comprehensive AI disaster early warning system across Yisheng Province within two years.
These were also not problems and were considered very reasonable requests, all of which were agreed upon.
"Also, in the future, I hope to hold a drill!" Boss Huang suddenly said at the end of the meeting.
"What kind of drill?" the relevant authorities responsible for negotiation asked in confusion.
"A drill for evading earthquake disasters!" Boss Huang said very seriously. "For meteorological disasters like typhoons, heavy rain, and lightning, people generally have rich experience in evasion. Upon receiving information, they basically know how to evade. Moreover, we can conduct various social lectures and knowledge popularization to help people understand this evasion knowledge. After all, these disasters do not cause large-scale losses!"
"But earthquakes are different. Once an earthquake of high energy intensity occurs, it may be accompanied by immense danger. In this regard, our compatriots probably lack relevant common sense!"
"Therefore, I suggest that within the next one to two months, we concentrate on conducting various knowledge popularization and social promotion activities related to earthquakes. Then, at an appropriate time in the future, we will hold a province-wide evasion drill."
"That is, we will issue a fake earthquake disaster warning to all residents, and then the entire Yisheng Province will mobilize to evade the disaster. That's roughly the action," Huang He said.
"The entire province needs to mobilize!" Relevant personnel immediately felt it was difficult. After all, this was not a small-scale matter but involved the entire province, which could have quite a significant impact.
"This is not a big deal. Countries like Fusang conduct five to six drills of similar scale every year, with the entire nation participating. We will only have one, which is not much. Moreover, it won't have much impact. It's basically about ten minutes of time in their homes; they can return after the warning ends, without much trouble."
"But such an action is still..."
"I will invite media from all over the world to gather in Yisheng Province at that time to conduct the most detailed reporting on this joint drill. This is a very important part of building the AI center city. Only by demonstrating the proactive capability of the AI center city can the world believe in our potential!"
"I see. Then I need to report this!"
"Yes, this is very important. If this point cannot be realized, then the image of the AI center city cannot be established, and this investment and cooperation will be difficult to finalize!" Boss Huang said finally.