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Feng Shui model parametersInspired by the Bagua amulet given to him by Xia Ye, Lin Yuan, in an effort to find a plausible origin for his food delivery algorithm, applied his computing power system to the analysis of the book of changes.

the book of changes has always been a rather mysterious subject; unlike modern science, it doesn’t have clear theorems to define it. Lin Yuan was utterly bewildered by the explanations of the sixty-four hexagrams, and he even had a feeling—could this be ancient people just trying to force a connection?

However, since the philosophy department did have several professors specializing in the book of changes, Lin Yuan dared not casually speculate on things outside his cognitive blind spot, such as the book of changes.

He even specifically consulted those professors in the philosophy department, and the answers he received were roughly as follows: the book of changes has historically been misinterpreted by the public, often misused as a tool for fortune-telling. But in reality, it belongs to the realm of traditional philosophical thought. If viewed from the perspective of how philosophical thought influences a person, it indeed affects an individual’s destiny.

Anything more detailed, Lin Yuan couldn’t understand.

Because Lin Yuan’s engineering and scientific mindset determined his thought process, and this thought process was necessarily based on clear formulas like E=MC2. Yet, in the field of traditional philosophy, there are no formulas whatsoever.

This characteristic exhibited by traditional philosophy is criticized by many, but Lin Yuan felt that traditional philosophy should still be viewed with reverence.

Because he remembered that Traditional Chinese Medicine was also widely criticized for its theories that could not be summarized by mathematical models, yet the practical utility of Traditional Chinese Medicine was undeniable.

Moreover, Lin Yuan recalled that when he watched adults play mahjong as a child, some people would indeed have incredibly good or incredibly bad luck all of a sudden.

Although Lin Yuan spent some effort and still knew nothing about the book of changes, the system had already fitted a model that explained the food delivery algorithm from a Feng Shui perspective.

Feng Shui, by its nature, is one of the most commonly used applications of the book of changes.

Under the powerful computational ability of the computing power system, a set of “Feng Shui Model Parameters” was introduced into the food delivery algorithm.

“Feng Shui Model Parameters” was a term coined by Lin Yuan.

Since most modern AI models are based on deep neural networks, and deep neural networks are built layer upon layer.

Each layer of the neural network is a processing plant. The process of data being processed by the AI model is like passing through one processing plant after another.

However, no matter how powerful a processing plant’s performance, it will face the dilemma of a clever housewife being unable to cook without rice.

For example, in the most common OCR character recognition field, if I provide ChatGPT with a blank piece of paper, with nothing written on it, then ChatGPT cannot possibly recognize any characters.

Similarly, what traditional food delivery algorithms lack most is not insufficient computing power for training, but rather insufficient fine-grained sampling of training data.

The most crucial prerequisite for the computing power system to create a new version of the food delivery algorithm is that it collected detailed in-store image data from merchants.

Through in-store image data, the algorithm can extract each merchant’s operational capability and status. In layman’s terms: if the algorithm looks more through the camera, it will know how much time it takes for a certain employee in your noodle shop to make a bowl of noodles.

However, since in-store image data involves privacy, Lin Yuan naturally could not make this public. Otherwise, he would end up in jail.

Therefore, the fundamental purpose of Lin Yuan introducing Feng Shui Model Parameters was actually to package this key parameter, in-store image data, and present it using the terminology of Feng Shui.

For example.

If a noodle shop has a very fast serving speed, it can be explained as: this shop is located facing north and south, gathering wind and qi, secretly conforming to the Five Elements. Therefore, the employees in the shop have clear minds, peaceful attitudes, and nimble hands and feet. Serving is faster, and the quality of the food is better.

Then, combine this with the Feng Shui interpretation of Zijin City, as well as the Feng Shui interpretation of every street in every district.

It is always possible to force-fit a set of AI Feng Shui models to match it.

This is like once you become a wealthy person, and then you go to a fortune teller to interpret your destiny, you can always find a large number of perfectly fitting Feng Shui and destiny interpretations to explain that your wealth is in line with the will of heaven.

After all, people’s ability to invent answers based on established facts is innate.

If this rhetoric were used to explain why someone became rich, it would naturally reveal many flaws. However, if used for AI model fitting, the effect is different.

Because the parameters of modern AI models are often in the hundreds of millions.

Simply put, modern AI models are too complex.

The birth process of theories related to modern AI models is often like this.

Some great master suddenly had an epiphany and got an idea, then started running a bunch of GPUs. Before the GPUs produced results, no one could predict whether this idea would have any practical effect.

Otherwise, why would AI be called computer fortune-telling?

It is precisely for this reason that Lin Yuan thought of using Feng Shui to force a connection.

This is not only because Feng Shui is mysterious enough, but more importantly, Feng Shui, this ancient discipline, has intricate connections with traditional philosophy of the Dragon Kingdom. Even more importantly, it has a wide social recognition basis.

This understanding of the book of changes and Feng Shui has never been exclusive to the uneducated common folk. On the contrary, the wealthier people are, the more they believe in this set of beliefs.

Just look at the endless incense at temples; which film crew doesn’t hold an incense-burning ceremony to start filming; the procedures for groundbreaking and beam-raising at construction sites...

Lin Yuan thought, this should be the easiest way to muddle through, right?

Combining the complexity of modern AI models with people’s reverence for Feng Shui. This is Lin Yuan’s means of trying to get by.

To make his deceptive theory more convincing.

Lin Yuan also had the computing power system introduce various historical and humanistic factors, geopolitics, international economic trends in recent years, and so on.

He broke down and kneaded these factors into the realm of Feng Shui. Because the birth of Feng Shui itself was due to the ancient people’s need to communicate with this world, then all sorts of factors in this world that would affect individuals could also be forced into the discourse system of Feng Shui.

Thus, after spending a considerable amount of computing power, Lin Yuan’s first draft of the algorithm explanation, incorporating Feng Shui Model Parameters, was released.

To verify the feasibility of this deceptive approach, Lin Yuan decided to do something sneaky—experiment on his mentor.

There were two reasons for doing this. Firstly, his mentor had already mentioned the technical details of the food delivery algorithm to him, and Lin Yuan had been dragging his feet for a long time, so he couldn’t delay any longer.

Secondly, because his mentor has been engaged in technical teaching for many years. If his mentor passes this hurdle, then he can pass 99.99% of the people in this world.

As for what to do if the mentor doesn’t believe him.

Forget it!!!

In the AI field, there are often algorithms that are only applicable in a small range, and it is common for things to work differently in different environments.

At worst, Lin Yuan would simply insist that he came up with the algorithm this way, and it just happened to work well in HX District.

At worst, he would give up the current opportunity to become an IT big shot by relying on the food delivery algorithm, and plan for it later. In any case, the secret of the system must never be exposed.

What if the mentor still doesn’t believe him and insists on getting to the bottom of it? Lin Yuan figured that this situation would most likely not occur. After all, who doesn’t have their own little secret?

No matter how good the mentor is, the system is his real father.

Alas, as long as people live, they must constantly make choices.

I don’t know why people always complain that I can’t write romance. But thinking about it, it’s true, because the romance I most want to write is for the protagonist to write a human-algorithm combination that fully considers all aspects of both parties for scientific matching. Because a large amount of human resources are wasted on pairing, and if dating lasts too long, taxes should be collected.

Love tax becomes a luxury tax, and a new tax base is established. The housing tax would no longer be an issue, benefiting both the country and the people, and everyone would be happy. Anyway, the common people wouldn’t have to pay this tax.