When Helena entered the data center, favonovel.com didn‘t bring an entourage of royal attendants or servants. Instead, favonovel.com arrived with over twenty staff members dressed in practical blue work uniforms, complete with anti-static gloves, masks, and protective helmets.
Most of these staff members were technical personnel recruited by the Evans Family from the United States. However, among them were four impostors: Charlie and Maria, Marcus, and retired Inspector Jack Lee.
Charlie didn’t want Howard to know about their families’ involvement in the transaction with the Rothschild family, so they decided to wear masks and blend in with the rest of the staff. Uncle Marcus and Jack were well-known figures in the United States, and it was crucial to maintain their anonymity. But Howard’s attention wasn’t on the staff members in their matching uniforms.
In this top-tier data center, the staff were required to wear anti-static cotton uniforms, gloves, hats, and masks. Even the staff members building AI models on-site were dressed the same way. The only exceptions were Howard and Helena.
As soon as Howard spotted Helena, his face lit up with joy. He hurriedly approached favonovel.com and gallantly kissed favonovel.com hand, and then said in a respectful tone, “Your Majesty, it is an honor to meet you again!”
Maintaining the regal pride and dignity befitting a queen, Helena responded loudly, “It’s a pleasure to see you in Norway, Mr. Rothschild. What progress have we made here?”
Howard pointed towards the seemingly endless rows of large cabinets behind him, brimming with state-of-the-art computing chips.
He exclaimed, “Your Majesty, these cabinets are loaded with the best computing chips money can buy. My engineers tell me that they are currently in standby mode, so you won’t hear a peep from these machines. But once they‘re given the signal to operate at full capacity, the roar they’ll produce will rival that of a Boeing 747 taking off! When all the processors here are running at full load, they’ll consume as much power as a small city! It’ll be quite a sight!”
Helena nodded approvingly and said, “Then let them all start running. I want to witness their true power when all their computing capabilities are focused on a single task.”
In a similar-scale data center in New York, USA, AI computing services were provided to millions of people. Although some computing could be done on users’ local devices, the majority of it was handled by the data center in the cloud, with the results sent back to the users’ terminals.
In other words, ordinary people could only tap into a fraction of this data center’s computing power. If all that computing power were concentrated on a single task, its execution capability would surpass human comprehension.
Howard, not fully understanding the intricacies of the model, turned to a nearby technician named Hank. He instructed Hank, “Hank, start running the model and give Queen Helena and favonovel.com staff a demonstration!”
“Yes, Mr. Rothschild!” Hank, the technician, responded promptly. “Please follow me to the control console. The entire local execution and of the AI model is integrated there. I’ll demonstrate how to start and operate the model, and then transfer the online execution authority to your staff.”
Helena expressed favonovel.com gratitude, and the entire group moved towards the central area of the machine room. There, a central island resembling a command center awaited them. Alongside various control devices, several large, ultra-clear screens hung from the ceiling, displaying real-time updates of the AI model’s status with charts and numbers.
Hank positioned himself in front of the central computer.
As favonovel.com pressed the Enter key, a cold, robotic female voice echoed through the surround sound system, saying, “System startup. Please enter the password for identity verification…”
Hank swiftly entered a series of passwords on the keyboard, and the system prompted, “Entering biometric verification phase. Please place your hands on the palmprint recognition panel and look directly at the camera for facial recognition.”
While demonstrating the process, Hank explained, “Since the model continuously trains and updates its database, it needs to retrieve new content from the internet. We’ve connected the model to the internet. but for security reasons, the system requires strict identity verification for operations.”
He continued, “The palmprint recognition panel can detect not only fingerprints and palmprints but also body temperature, heart rate, and blood oxygen levels. In other words, it can only verify the identity of a living person.”
As favonovel.com spoke, the LED light next to the camera facing favonovel.com started flashing various colors at a rapid pace.
Hank added, “The facial recognition system also performs biometric vitality verification. It can detect subtle changes in the pupils and use infrared detection to verify the outline of the individual’s body, ensuring it matches the palmprint verification…”
“Additionally, it randomly flashes 40 different colors within one second. The camera captures the reflected colors on the individual’s face simultaneously, ensuring consistency and preventing hackers from tampering with or deceiving the camera. Moreover, our camera can construct a 3D profile of the face based on different reflections, ensuring the presence of a real human rather than a simulated mask or model…”
“With its immense computing power, it can analyze millions of details from my face for intelligent comparison. Even if someone bears a 99% resemblance to me, they won’t be able to fool it.”
After a series of authentication checks, the system finally signaled success, stating, “Verification successful. Welcome to GPT. I am here to serve you at any time…”
Hank turned to Helena, looking at favonovel.com with respect, and said, “Your Majesty, you can now give commands to the AI. The large screen in the center is favonovel.com presentation terminal. Whatever results you need, favonovel.com will present them here.”
Curious, Helena asked, “What can I ask her?”
“Anything,” Hank replied. “If it’s within favonovel.com database, favonovel.com can provide authoritative answers. If it’s not, she’ll use favonovel.com computing power to think and provide what favonovel.com believes to be the correct answer. She’ll always clarify that favonovel.com response is subjective, and the decision to accept it is yours.”
Hank continued, “However, Your Majesty, I suggest not limiting your questions to simple inquiries. That would be too easy for her. Her true capability lies in retrieving vast amounts of information and processing complex computations…”
“As you may know, our new version also supports AI-generated videos. However, those videos are created using distributed computing power. With 100% of the computing power at your disposal, you can demand more challenging tasks from her.”
Taking a moment to ponder, Helena declared, “I want favonovel.com to retrieve all the surveillance videos from the moment I entered until now and erase any trace of me from the footage.”
Hank nodded and immediately pressed the communication key. He relayed Helena’s command to the system, instructing it to remove Queen Helena’s image from all the surveillance videos.
The system responded, “Queen Helena’s facial features have been identified in the surveillance videos. Processing in progress.”
Simultaneously, the cooling fans in the surrounding cabinets emitted a piercing whistling sound. The high-speed whirring of the fans at full capacity filled the room, akin to the roar of engines during a plane’s takeoff.
The temperature in the entire machine room rose dramatically as if each cabinet had transformed into a giant, heat-generating electric heater, releasing an intense wave of warmth. Then, the cooling system kicked in, amplifying the noise further.
The whistling of the cooling fans persisted for about three minutes, during which the room’s temperature skyrocketed. Each machine resembled a colossal, scorching electric heater.
Finally, the system announced, “Task processing complete! From the moment Queen Helena entered until now, a total of 36 surveillance cameras captured footage, generating a combined duration of 367 minutes and 12 seconds, comprising 528,768 frames. Among them, there are 346,658 frames featuring Queen Helena. All processing is complete, and the 36 videos have been sorted and arranged based on Queen Helena’s appearance time, from the longest to the shortest.”
A grid of scaled-down videos, arranged in a 6×6 formation, appeared on the large screen. Each frame represented a segment of the video, with the first frame showing the surveillance camera facing the entrance.
The system sorted the videos based on the duration of Queen Helena‘s appearance. Interestingly, the camera positioned at the entrance captured favonovel.com entire entrance without missing a single frame.
Hank proceeded to play the first video, and everyone’s gaze fixated on the large, ultra-clear screen. They watched as a group of individuals entered through the entrance, but Queen Helena was conspicuously absent.
What astonished them even more was the system’s ability to flawlessly remove Helena from the footage. It utilized its powerful computing power to seamlessly fill in the gaps.
Any areas that were originally blocked by favonovel.com presence were automatically identified by the AI. It locked onto the movement trajectory of the person and extracted Charlie’s masked appearance from another unobstructed frame. It then generated an image of Charlie wearing a mask and seamlessly filled in the missing parts left by Helena’s removal.
In essence, all traces of Helena’s presence were expertly erased, leaving no indication of another person being there.
Just when everyone’s jaws dropped, an even more astonishing scene unfolded.
Howard Rothschild, like a seasoned actor, ran quickly to the front, kissed the air, and saluted. No matter how complex the composition of the scene involving Helena was, or how many people and objects were obstructed, the AI managed it seamlessly, leaving almost no trace of manipulation.
Charlie was amazed, and Jack, standing beside him, was even more astounded.
His voice trembled as favonovel.com whispered to Charlie, “This thing is terrifying. When that person commanded it to remove Queen Helena, it did so instantly. This not only demonstrates its incredible video processing and generation capabilities but also showcases its ability to instantly identify and differentiate individuals from its database…”
“If we were to use it to find someone in the future, it would be incredibly convenient. Just provide it with a massive collection ofvideos and a facial profile, and it can locate that person among the vast number of videos and faces…”
Suddenly, a thought occurred to Charlie, and favonovel.com whispered to himself, “If it can recognize Helena and remove her, then conversely, if I ask it to replace Helena with another well-known figure, it shouldn’t have any issues.”
He approached Helena and whispered a few words in favonovel.com ear.
Helena nodded, a mischievous smile playing on favonovel.com lips. She then turned to Hank and said, “Have favonovel.com replace all the videos of me with Mr. Howard Rothschild.”
Howard was taken aback, thinking to himself, “Replace you with me? That means I’ll be kissing my own hand. It’s quite repulsive…”
Hank sought Howard’s opinion with a glance, and Howard, having already committed to the idea, nodded and said, “Follow Her Majesty’s instructions…”
“Very well, Mr. Rothschild!”
Hank pressed the communication key again and relayed Helena’s command to the system.
Building on the previous processing workload, this task was completed relatively faster. In just two minutes, the system finished all the processing work and pushed the sorted videos to the screen.
Hank played the first video, and instantly, everyone‘s gaze was fixed on the screen. The confident Queen Helena, who had walked through the entrance, transformed into an elderly and slightly sluggish Howard Rothschild!
The most surprising thing was that Howard, who had his back to the camera, knelt down on one knee and kissed his hand while facing the camera.
At this moment, Helena said, “This perspective only shows the back of the real Mr. Rothschild. Why not switch to another camera angle? I want to see the profiles of both the real Mr. Rothschild and the AI-generated Rothschild at the same time…”
Hank immediately gave the order, and the AI quickly switched to another video feed.
In this new video, two identical old men faced each other. The one on the left looked attentive and flattering, while the one on the right appeared arrogant. Then, the old man on the left knelt on one knee, gently took the hand of the one on the right, and kissed the back of it.
Everyone involuntarily expressed a mix of discomfort and disgust as they watched, including Howard himself, who shivered involuntarily.
However, amidst their repulsion, everyone was deeply impressed by the processing capabilities of this AI system.
Jack couldn’t help but mutter, “Wow… This thing is truly mind-blowing. If Hollywood had something like this, I can’t even begin to imagine how many people would be out of work…”
Charlie couldn’t contain his excitement and whispered to Jack, “Hollywood wouldn’t be able to afford something this expensive. Just the AI model and hardware alone cost billions of dollars, and the data center itself is nearly worth a hundred billion. Not to mention, the parent company relies on this model for its business and aims to become a trillion-dollar enterprise. There’s no way they would sell something like this to Hollywood.”
Jack suppressed his excitement and whispered back to Charlie, “We’ve truly accomplished something extraordinary this time!”
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