God of Corporate Hunting - Chapter 271



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◈ Episode 271 Artificial Intelligence (1)

Nam Woon-myung flew to Seattle with Yun Se-bin.

Seattle, located in the northern western United States, borders Vancouver, Canada.

Nam Yunming had previously visited Vancouver to negotiate with Sigmaritium.

When they got off at the airport, they were greeted by Stanford professor Mark Austin and the director of the Korea Future Institute, Seo Jun-kyung. They had already arrived here the day before and were preparing for the meeting.

Because they were pressed for time, they went into a meeting at an airport terminal coffee shop.

“I’m sorry to call you in such a hurry when you must be busy.”

Austin was the first to apologize.

Nam Woon-myung, who received a call while drinking beer at a pub, immediately flew to Seattle with Yoon Se-bin. Seon Yoon-ah and Kirk, who were there, were disappointed, but work was more urgent.

Thanks to that, it was late at night when I arrived here.

“Some of you came all the way from Korea, but we came all the way from the US, right?”

Director Seo Jun-kyung had just arrived in Seattle after receiving an urgent call from Austin.

Nam Woon-myeong asked questions to the two people who actually lead the Daehan Mirae Research Institute.

“So what’s going on?”

“AMZ has requested an investment from the Korea Future Research Institute.”

“At AMZ?”

“Because they are also actively researching artificial intelligence.”

AMZ is an e-commerce company headquartered in Seattle. With a market capitalization of over $1 trillion, it is effectively the world’s largest company.

At first glance, e-commerce and AI may sound like separate entities, but AMZ is the world’s leading innovation company and IT specialist. AI is also essential when developing a delivery system using drones.

In particular, AMZ boasts the world’s largest scale in the cloud service sector. Since artificial intelligence and cloud are inseparable, it is not surprising that AMZ is showing new interest in the Korea Future Research Institute.

The Daehan Mirae Research Institute also needed additional investment. AI development and learning are money-sucking hippopotamuses. It would be burdensome to bring in a large amount of money from CSK. However, it would not be appropriate to postpone additional investment either, so this opportunity was truly a stroke of luck.

However, the problem is that AMZ is too large a company for not only the Korea Future Research Institute but also Korea Asset Management and Mega Asset Management to deal with.

Namunmyeong has never negotiated with such a large company as a single company before.

“What is the level of artificial intelligence development at AMZ?”

Director Seo Jun-kyung, an expert, answered.

“The current leading company in the AI ​​field is OAI, which developed ChatAI, an AI chatbot specialized in conversation. OAI received investment from MS and is currently causing an AI boom around the world. In response, GG, a company that has traditionally been strong in search, has also released a new search engine with the same function. In short, it is an AI war between big tech companies. On the other hand…….”

After taking a sip of water, Seo Jun-kyung continued speaking.

“AMZ is one step behind. Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re sitting on their hands.”

These three companies are also leading competitors in the cloud sector.

“Why did you contact us of all people?”

“Oh, that’s… Not long ago, the Korea Future Research Institute presented a new AI concept at an AI conference.”

When this AI was unveiled at an academic conference, many companies showed interest. It was expected that the new AI from the Korea Future Research Institute would solve the fundamental problems inherent in existing AI and bring about a new leap forward in the field of artificial intelligence.

That’s why AMZ, which is lagging behind in AI development, showed particular interest.

In any case, it was important evidence that the technology of the Korea Future Research Institute was advanced.

“Who developed it?”

“We all worked together, but the fundamental idea came from researcher Heo Eun-gyu. We fleshed it out with Dr. Austin.”

As expected, the future of Heo Eun-gyu that he had seen has finally begun to bloom. If you read the fate, Heo Eun-gyu will not stop here. In the future, he will make a name for himself all over the world as a leading figure in AI development.

“What makes the AI ​​we developed special?”

To negotiate with AMZ, he and Yoon Se-bin, in addition to the two working-level officials, also need to know the basics.

“Do you happen to know Katago?”

Nam Woon-myeong shook his head because it was the first time he had heard the name.

“Then you know AlphaGo?”

“Ah! The first artificial intelligence Go program to beat a human?”

AlphaGo is so famous to the public that there is no one who does not know it.

“That’s right. AlphaGo has evolved and become a stronger Go program. There are currently several AI Go programs in the world, but the strongest are China’s Jueyi and KataGo. It is known that a professional Go player must place three points to win against KataGo.”

It’s only recently that artificial intelligence has begun to beat humans, and already it’s gotten that far ahead and widening the gap.

“But not long ago, there was a place that discovered a way to defeat that invincible KataG. It was Cornell University’s AI research team and a place called FAR AI, which studies AI flaws. In other words, they found a common weakness inherent in widely used AI systems.”

Seo Jun-kyung gave a long explanation, and Austin occasionally added additional explanations.

Of course, Nam Yun-myeong was not an expert, so he could not fully understand the content.

“The biggest difference between AlphaGo and KataGo is whether it is general-purpose AI or specialized AI. The difference is whether or not it has coding to solve specific problems. Specialized AI with specialized coding to solve specific problems approaches problems more efficiently, but it is also more likely to be exposed to unexpected problems.”

Seo Jun-kyung explained that the more specialized the AI ​​is, the more serious these flaws are.

The early AIs gave wrong answers on issues such as race and gender, which caused public outrage, and the cause of this can be found in these defects rather than insufficient learning.

All current popular AIs are not free from this flaw: they often make the mistake of searching for the wrong content.

Nam Yunming did not understand the exact intention.

“So?”

“We found a way to address the flaws in professional AI.”

The possibility was opened up by combining Heo Eun-gyu’s idea with Austin’s Autochat. Developing this technology will allow for the development of more efficient specialized AI than in the past.

“There are many fields where AI is needed, and we already have experience developing specialized AI. It is a ship autonomous navigation system. This experience is the basis.”

This technology clearly indicates the direction in which the Korea Future Research Institute should proceed.

“That fits in well with AMZ.”

“Yes.”

When we meet with AMZ tomorrow, the professional details will be addressed by Seo Jun-kyung and Austin.

However, Nam Woon-myung and Yoon Se-bin must deal with the corporate value and the level of cooperation between the two companies, which is the basis of the negotiation. The other party is the world’s largest company, and it is a difficult problem.

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They parted ways, agreeing to meet again tomorrow.

Seo Jun-kyung and Austin headed to the hotel in Seattle where they had stayed the day before, while Nam Woon-myung and Yoon Se-bin stayed at another hotel nearby.

As usual, Nam Woon-myung joined the suite that Yoon Se-bin had taken.

In the middle living room, we easily finalized our strategy for tomorrow.

Just as we were about to return to our respective bedrooms, we received a call from our mother in Korea.

[Fate, is it America?]

“Yes, but what’s wrong?”

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Nam Yun-myeong did not call home often while traveling abroad.

[You have a boss named Yoon Se-bin, right?]

Suddenly, Yoon Se-bin appeared.

Nam Woon-myung glanced across the middle living room and answered.

“Yes, but?”

[I met his mother. The old chairman was also there.]

I quickly figured out who it was.

But his mother had no contact with Yoon Se-bin’s family at all. Naturally, she couldn’t help but be flustered.

“What happened?”

The mother’s brief explanation followed.

I roughly understood it as a conspiracy by Bukseong and Yoon Se-hyeok to separate him and Yoon Se-bin.

In the North Star, he dragged in his family to death.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

[What do I have to worry about? I almost got misunderstood. You’ve met Yoon Se-bin’s mother, right?]

“We had a meal together before.”

[He’s a good person. So… … Bring your boss, Yoon Se-bin, over sometime.]

“yes?”

[Are you two dating?]

“Oh, no. He’s my boss.”

[Did you go on a business trip abroad together this time too?]

“Ah…… yes.”

[Haha, okay.]

Nam Woon-myung was taken aback when he suddenly showed interest in Yun Se-bin.

I hung up the phone after trying to muddle through a bit.

Yoon Se-bin immediately crossed the street, as if he was interested in the phone call.

“What’s going on?”

Should I tell her about this? Her family is involved, so she’ll find out anyway.

Yoon Se-bin’s serious expression gradually relaxed as the story ended.

“You two met?”

“I guess so. The chairman is with you too.”

“What’s going on?”

“I heard you were just saying hello…….”

“Just a moment.”

Yoon Se-bin also sent a text message to her mother.

After exchanging messages like that a few times, she sighed.

“Your mother was the problem, oppa.”

“The North Star must have ordered it.”

“But I unintentionally caused trouble…….”

Nam Yunming fully understood her feelings.

Anyway, I feel bad that my family is involved in business issues.

“My mother and I don’t care.”

“But this isn’t the case, so I can’t just let it go. I need to at least warn my brother.”

Up until now, she had a weaker presence in the household than Yoon Se-hyuk. Now that she has turned the tables, it is time for her to show her power.

“I’ll take care of it. There’s no danger to those who were originally exposed or on guard.”

“No, I’ll take care of it. I’ll apologize for your problem.”

It seems that this incident hastened the start of a rift in her family.

As the atmosphere became awkward, Nam Yun-myeong changed the subject.

“And my mother said she would like to meet Representative Yoon sometime soon.”

“yes?”

Yoon Se-bin was so shocked that he couldn’t control his expression.

“Does your mother want to see me?”

“I don’t know what’s going on, but I just want to grab a meal.”

Yoon Se-bin, who had barely regained his composure, agreed obediently.

“Okay, you can make time anytime.”

Nam Woon-myung was even more surprised when, contrary to expectations, he did not refuse.

“But why do you want to see it?”

Unlike him, who was tilting his head, Yoon Se-bin seemed to have an idea.

“I wanted to say hello to you anyway. Didn’t you come to my house once, Unmyeong-ssi?”

“Then should we invite Representative Yoon to our house as well?”

“That’s fine too. Or outside is fine too.”

“I will try to push for it when I have time.”

“Then sleep well.”

Nam Yun-myeong lay in bed, lost in thought.

I vaguely guessed that my mother wanted to see Yoon Se-bin.

I think I half understand why she didn’t refuse that meeting.

The life that depended on the North Star is gradually coming to an end.

Is the dismantling of the North Star all there is to it? I have made so much money that I can’t even count it. But I don’t spend it, so it’s not realistic.

Right now, I’m not obsessed with money, so I’m glad I don’t have to worry about money?

When I didn’t have money, money was everything in my life, but once I had money, I started seeing other things besides that.

What do people want to do when they are rejected?

Money, power, women… … .

I don’t know yet.

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