Chapter 106: The Birth of

The stunning performance in the confrontation drill immersed the entire Dragon Chant Research Institute in a joyful atmosphere.

The cafeteria added chicken legs for three consecutive days, and Wang Hao walked with wind, blowing to everyone he saw:

See that? The big baby I participated in designing!

It can fight ten without even panting!

However, this joyful atmosphere didn't last long within the core team.

In Feng Yan's office, Li Yang, Chen Guang, Wang Hao, and others sat in a circle, all with a bit of seriousness on their faces.

Equipping is a good thing, Li Yang spoke first, pulling up a set of data projections on the wall.

But Brigade Commander Gao is right, energy consumption is indeed a big problem.

In the middle and late stages of the drill, the power output was obviously unstable. If it were on a real battlefield...

And the operation complexity is too high, Wang Hao took over the conversation, rarely serious.

Brother Li, you are gifted, so you can play it so smoothly. If someone else comes, I'm afraid they won't even be able to walk straight.

Chen Guang pushed up his glasses and pulled up another set of data: Not only that.

In the drill, the real-time information volume transmitted back by the Insect Legion has approached the limit of individual processing capacity.

If we want to command more mechs in the future, or conduct more complex multi-service collaboration...

Feng Yan nodded, his fingers tapping lightly on the table: So, our next topic is very clear.

We have to install a smarter brain for our mech, no, for the entire system.

Wang Hao's eyes lit up: Brother Feng, you mean... AI?

Right. Feng Yan stood up and wrote two big characters on the whiteboard—Torch Dragon.

"Classic of Mountains and Seas" records that Torch Dragon opens its eyes for day, closes them for night, and can control the change of four seasons between breaths. Feng Yan looked around at everyone.

The AI system we are going to develop must be like Torch Dragon, becoming the insight eye of the battlefield.

Capable of processing massive information, assisting decision-making, and even predicting changes in the war situation to a certain extent.

Li Yang thought: If there is an AI specifically responsible for energy allocation and mobility assistance, my operation burden can be reduced by at least 40%.

Information processing efficiency can be increased by at least three times, Chen Guang had already started mental arithmetic.

And it can achieve more accurate battlefield situation prediction.

Wang Hao rubbed his hands, full of excitement: Then what are we waiting for?

Let's get it started!

The name is already picked, Torch Dragon, how domineering!

Just do it.

The project team was quickly established, with Chen Guang as the general manager, Li Yang providing data interfaces for the mechanical system, and Zhao Kaiyuan responsible for optimizing the energy management module.

Wang Hao insisted on getting involved, under the pretext of providing a combat perspective.

In the early stages of the project, the laboratory was full of all kinds of funny scenes.

Done, done, Wang Hao stared at the lines of code on the screen, grabbing his hair in pain.

This is harder to understand than the missile trajectory equation!

Guangzi, do you guys who do AI look at these heavenly books every day?

Chen Guang didn't lift his head: This is a basic probabilistic graphical model used to process uncertain information.

Uncertainty? Wang Hao was confused, what does that mean?

Maybe, probably, perhaps, Li Yang rarely said a witty remark, still debugging the sensor array prepared for the mech.

In order to let Torch Dragon better understand human instructions, Wang Hao volunteered to be a language instructor.

Listen up, Little Torch, Wang Hao said seriously to the microphone.

From now on, when you hear "hit it hard," it means to paste all firepower on the other party's face.

"Teach them a little lesson" means just mean it, don't be serious...

Chen Guang interrupted him helplessly: Haozi, we are training a military AI, not a street thug.

You don't understand this, Wang Hao argued.

Battlefield instructions must be simple and rude!

Could it be that you still have to say "please execute the firepower coverage instruction, intensity level is seven"?

By the time you finish speaking, the battle is already over!

Finally, under Chen Guang's insistence, Wang Hao's street teaching method was stopped and changed to training with more standardized military terminology.

In the energy laboratory on the other side, Zhao Kaiyuan was also worrying about the energy management module of Torch Dragon.

This AI is too hungry! Zhao Kaiyuan shook his head at the power consumption index of the server cluster.

The energy consumption during the training stage alone is enough for our entire institute to use for three days!

Li Yang understood very well: After all, the amount of data to be processed is too large.

However, if it can really optimize energy allocation, it is actually saving electricity in the long run.

But the most troublesome thing is the understanding ability of Torch Dragon.

In a simulation test, Li Yang issued an instruction: Prioritize protecting important targets.

As a result, the drone swarm controlled by Torch Dragon surrounded every person wearing an officer uniform on the battlefield.

Even the cook squad leader was not let go—just because there was a stripe on his uniform.

Does it have any misunderstanding about "important targets"? Wang Hao laughed and slapped the table.

Chen Guang pushed up his glasses and analyzed calmly: It is strictly executing instructions, just lacking understanding of the battlefield context.

Need to add more situational training data.

After several weeks of sleepless development, training, debugging, and re-training, the core system of Torch Dragon was finally initially built.

On the day of acceptance, the entire core team was present, and even Zhao Gong put down his work to join the fun.

Are you ready? Chen Guang looked at Feng Yan.

Feng Yan nodded: Start.

Chen Guang input the last line of instructions on the console and pressed the start button.

The server cabinet emitted a low hum, and the indicator lights flickered like a galaxy.

On the huge main screen, a simple dragon-shaped emblem slowly emerged, from dark to bright, and finally fixed in the center of the screen.

System startup complete.

The synthetic voice reported calmly: Current version: Torch Dragon v0.1. Waiting for instructions.

Wang Hao couldn't wait to grab the microphone: Little Torch, Little Torch, tell me what's on the menu in the cafeteria today?

Insufficient permissions.

Cold response: And this query does not match the current system functions.

Hey, quite a temper!

Li Yang was more pragmatic; he accessed the operating system: Torch Dragon, analyze the energy consumption of the current mech posture.

The data on the screen rolled rapidly, and only three seconds later, it responded:

Detected 5% extra energy consumption in the left leg joint hydraulic system, suggest adjusting the support angle to -3 degrees.

At the same time, the pre-charging time of the back thruster can be optimized by 0.5 seconds.

Li Yang made slight adjustments according to the suggestions, and the energy consumption index on the dashboard indeed dropped.

Amazing! He rarely showed a surprised expression.

Chen Guang conducted more complex tests, letting Torch Dragon process battlefield data transmitted back from multiple units simultaneously.

Only to see the information flow on the screen rolling like a waterfall, but always maintaining extremely high processing efficiency.

It can also automatically mark suspicious targets and suggested response strategies.

Information processing capability exceeded expectations by 30%, Chen Guang reported with a hint of satisfaction.

Initially reached design goals.

Feng Yan looked at the steady dragon-shaped emblem on the screen, and a big stone in his heart fell.

He knew that from today on, the combat mode of Dragon Chant would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Very good, Feng Yan looked around at the excited crowd.

But this is just the beginning.

Next, we have to teach Torch Dragon to learn more things—such as...

How to make optimal decisions in complex environments, how to predict enemy actions...

Wang Hao interjected: Also teach it to recognize people! Don't treat the cook squad leader as an important target again!

Everyone laughed.

In this relaxed atmosphere, no one noticed, in a corner of the main screen.

A small log record rolled by silently.

It was a record of autonomously optimizing a piece of non-core code during the test process.

The optimization effect was very good, and the efficiency increased by 2%.

Just... this optimization was not on the optimization list predetermined by the engineers. ===== CHAPTER 107 =====