The last day of October.

No one knows whether Hinton's decision can be made in October, anyway, Li Rui is ready for a protracted war.

At 10 a.m., the auction restarted.

The latest offer is 30 million magnesium. This offer was given by Google, but they don’t know how many competitors they are still facing, nor who the competitors are.

Li Rui knew the existence of Microsoft and Google, but he didn’t know who gave the 30 million yuan, and he didn’t know whether anyone had already quit.

But no matter who you are facing, Ruidu will continue to bid.

Ruidu's latest price is 32 million magnesium.

After gaining experience the day before, Irya quickly distributed the email to Google.

At this time, another email popped up in their mailbox, which was from Microsoft.

Microsoft's email said that after a night of consideration, they decided to return to the auction.

Ilya asks Hinton for his opinion.

Hinton thought for a few seconds and said, "Do you think Microsoft will still have sincerity?"

Alex shook his head and said, "If they were sincere, they wouldn't have quit yesterday."

"I think it's okay to give them a chance. In fact, many of Microsoft's research directions are more in line with us. For example, in terms of machine translation, Microsoft has already been at the forefront of the world and has accumulated a huge amount of data resources. If we can reach cooperation with them,

Our next research will also be of great help." Ilja considered more from a technical perspective.

Hinton said, "Then let them come back."

The competitors changed from two to three, and the Hinton team gave a new offer.

After entering the second day, several competitors were obviously more cautious. Not only did the bidding decrease, but they would also delay the bid before the deadline. After a few hours, the quotation slowly increased to 38 million magnesium.

Hinton was a little tired and crawled out of the canopy.

Thanks to the birthday gift from Yu Kai, Sington's canopy no longer needs to have a towel soaked in water, and his breathing has been much smoother, but he still lies on the ground to make his waist more comfortable.

As he stood up and stood in the room, Hinton paced back and forth, thinking hard about the auction. Compared to the research on artificial intelligence, which partner to choose would be a headache for him.

Because Hinton knew very well that this choice was very important and would profoundly affect his team's research in the next few years. Choosing a good partner can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and choosing the wrong partner will get stuck in the quagmire.

It is not only the progress of their team, but also the progress of the entire human society embracing artificial intelligence.

Walking to the window, Hinton looked at the bustling street scene of Las Vegas and fell into deep thought.

Google?

Microsoft?

Or Ruidu?

According to personal preference, Hinton definitely belongs to Google, because Google represents openness, freedom and advancedness in the Internet world of magnesium countries. Google's famous "no evil" declaration has made many similar

People like Yusington resonate with each other.

In addition, Google sent two big tech giants, Eustas and Dean, to lobby, and the sincerity they showed and the price they gave made Hinton very satisfied.

If you have to give a few competitors a score of 10 points, Hinton can give Google a score of 9 points.

As for Microsoft, it can only be ranked behind Google.

It’s not because Microsoft was hesitant in the middle, but because Microsoft is more like an old king. Although it still has supreme power, it always gives people a feeling that it is already in its twilight years, and its thinking has been left behind by the rapid development era.

A distance.

Maybe Microsoft can catch up, after all, it has this strength, but compared with Google, which is very young and powerful, it is obviously a little bit less powerful.

If you score, Microsoft can barely get 7 points.

And Ruidu.

Sington's mood is the most complicated for this competitor from the distant country.

Ruidu is the first company in the world to show interest in the research results of the Hinton team and give an invitation. When the initial quotation of 10 million magnesium was sent to Hinton's mailbox, he couldn't believe his eyes.

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After that, more and more companies came to him, but Hinton could never forget the happy mood of receiving the offer for the first time. He was not happy because of the money, but decades of persistence finally paid off.

It is difficult to share with others a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

Hinton was very grateful for Ruidu’s invitation, and Ruidu showed full sincerity from beginning to end, which moved Hinton even more.

However, Ruidu also has fatal flaws. First of all, Sinton does not believe Ruidu's technology. Although Qiandu and Xingrui are technically supported, there is still a relatively obvious technical gap between Meiguo and Huaguo. Choosing Ruidu means

Hinton would have to start from the first relatively low starting point, which would have been a lot of time.

Secondly, Hinton's physical condition was not enough to support him in research in the distant country. When he thought of moving from Toronto to Silicon Valley, he was already used to, Hinton had a headache, let alone traveling thousands of miles to Hinton?

Another point: leaving the country of magnesium means leaving the core academic circle, which will have a great hindrance to the next research.

Just like this Neurips conference, if it is in Los Angeles or Toronto, Hinton can also come to attend the conference by car and train, but if he goes to Huaguo, he has to take a plane.

Hinton's waist can not support a seated flight for more than ten hours...

Thinking of this, Hinton suddenly thought of Li Rui’s promise yesterday.

Private jet?

Although Li Rui showed impeccable sincerity, Hinton preferred to treat that as a joke.

Huaguo, too far...

"Professor, Ruidu has given the latest offer, 40 million!" Ilya exclaimed.

Alex whistled: "We are worth so much money!"

Hinton said lightly: "Tell them that today's auction is suspended and we will continue tomorrow."

After the notice, Ilya and Alex also came to the window to relax.

Hinton asked: "Which company do you prefer?"

Irya thought for a while and said, "I prefer Google."

Alex said: "Google or Microsoft."

Hinton smiled and said, "It seems that none of you want to go to Huaguo."

Irya shrugged and said, "I follow the professor's decision. If you want to go to Huaguo, I have no objection."

Alex yawned and said, "Is it difficult for professors to make decisions? Since we are in Las Vegas, why not make decisions by rolling dice!"

"Haha!" Hinton laughed, "Rolling the dice is a good note, and giving everything to God to decide."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ilya pointed to the sky and said, "Stamps!"

Several planes sprayed with colorful smoke crossed the sky and made various flight movements. Such flight stunts are not uncommon in Las Vegas.

When the plane flew by, Alex suddenly said in surprise: "Look, do those colorful smoke form a letter r?"

"r?" Hinton murmured, and couldn't help but think of redo.

redo? That is Ruidu’s eagle name. According to Yu Kai, it means that humans need to rethink in another way.

Hinton is a slightly superstitious person. At the moment of talking about choice, the letter r suddenly appeared in the sky, which gave him a feeling of being revealed by God.
Chapter completed!