Chapter 159
Chapter 159 75. Choi Jong-hwan
“sorry···.”
I bowed my head to President Choi Jong-hwan’s question and answered that way.
In fact, even if he had a hundred mouths, he didn’t have much to say.
‘Now I have to take responsibility for Ari.’
Now that Silfra has come to fruition, it is no longer possible to get away with business relationships or anything else.
“Hahaha. nope. It’s a joke, a joke.”
The president patted my shrunken shoulder, patted his shoulder in a friendly way, and took me into the official residence.
The official residence was a private space for the president and a place to invite his close relatives.
When I arrived at the buffet restaurant set up in the official residence, I sat down side by side with President Choi Jong-hwan and started eating.
“By the way, I heard that you were in North Korea, did your visit go well?”
“Ah, that’s…”
I hesitated for a moment as to what to say to the president’s question.
‘I’ve adjusted people’s memories, so people don’t even know about water dragons…’
Moreover, no one knew about the rebellion of Ri Han-bong who had awakened.
Once the Superhuman Awakening project was scrapped, everything related to it was erased from Earth.
“It is not completely resolved yet.”
“Right.”
Choi Jong-hwan shook his head and was absorbed in his meal again.
I felt like I was expecting something but was a little disappointed.
“However.”
“…?”
“I think I will be able to tell you some good news within this year.”
“good news?”
Then, Choi Jong-hwan’s eyes changed to twinkle again.
“Yes. I can’t confirm it, but please know that for now.”
“Right.”
As the president’s term of office has been changed from a single term to a four-year term, the presidential election is near.
Next year is the presidential election.
Then, within this year, President Choi Jong-hwan had to decide his own course.
Will you run for the next presidential election or pass the baton to the next runner-up in the party?
If the former, he had to unconditionally deliver results within this year, and in the latter, he would be as good as he is now and when his term expires.
However.
‘President Choi Jong-hwan seems to me to be a man of ambition.’
To be honest, no one thinks about it, the tenure of four years is too short.
The intention of changing from a five-year single term to a four-year term system was to push people who are good at politics not only once, but three times in a row.
So, it would be very disappointing that Choi Jong-hwan also ended in 4 years.
‘Before the rise of Matoap, I was stuck in a lame duck because of the uncooperative attitude of the ruling and opposition parties.’Frankly, his ability is outstanding, but the case where he did not see the light because there was no one to support him was President Choi Jong-hwan.
‘Because he is the first president who is not biased toward either conservative or progressive.’
So, there were reviews that it was a little vague, but there were still more people who evaluated it positively.
“The president needs political power to implement the reforms he wants. Otherwise, as in the past, lawmakers will continue to hold onto their ankles…’
In the end, I had no choice but to help.
Anyway, maybe he liked my positive answer on the North Korean issue, and Choi Jong-hwan again went into his meal with a satisfied smile.
“You’re going to hear it too.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Uh-huh.”
“···········?”
I put on a questionable expression on Choi Jong-hwan’s rebuke.
“When we’re alone, just call me a father-in-law.”
“······································································!?”
“Even though it’s a traffic violation, how can you treat yourself like a man when you have Sylph?”
“Oh, yes…”
Craftsman… as an adult…
‘Ah, this is so embarrassing…’
It was difficult to pronounce even the letter ‘a’ of the father-in-law in his mouth. It was such a burdensome term for me.
“I don’t mean to call you that right now. However, next time we see you, we will be more friendly…”
“Yes, I understand.”
So the two of us had a close conversation like a real craftsman or son-in-law.
“I mean, Ari, you must be a naughty person. It’s the same today as it used to be.”
“Hahaha. Yes. It’s fun when we talk together.”
“Funny asshole. Even if you have bean pods, you put them on tightly.”
“Any prank played by a pretty woman is always welcome.”
“Hahaha, that’s right.”
However, Choi Jong-hwan, who was making a big fuss with me, suddenly made a serious expression.
“But, it’s never okay to sell our Ari to other women.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
I nodded his head heavily at Choi Jong-hwan’s words that came in with a hook.
We fell back into Samcheonpo from a heavy topic, and we had fun talking about miscellaneous things.
“Ah, but how the hell did Sylph come into existence? He looked like he was already five years old, but my grandmother, I didn’t know until now.”
“Ah, that’s…”
I told Choi Jong-hwan what happened with Ari and explained it in detail.
Starting from the first time I sold gold ingots, I gave a magic ring to my gratitude.
And, since that magic ring is actually a special ring, a baby was born in it…etc.
“Ah, it was. It was.”
Being a wizard is a very strange thing.
Choi Jong-hwan muttered like that and drank the soup. Even though he knew that I was a wizard, he was already used to it, so he treated me like an athlete.
“Then do all the products you make have magical functions?”
“Yes. Most of the time it is.”
“Ohh······.”
That’s great.
Choi Jong-hwan was curious about my magical powers and asked about it.
“I heard that Matop Group is going into the electronics industry this time, is it progressing well?”
“Yes. We have a new affiliate called Matop Electronics, and we are waiting for the day when we finish mass production of new products and release them.”
“No, it’s already released!”
“Hahaha. I was lucky.”
Choi Jong-hwan did not care about my modesty and immediately tapped the calculator.
“How long have you been preparing for this? It must have been researched and developed for at least 20 years, right?”
“Yes? 20 years?”
What do you need so much time for?
That’s the thought that ran through my mind for a moment.
However.
‘Ah, if you think about it with common sense, that’s right…….’
Maybe it was because I was playing outside of common sense, and common sense was accepted as something that was lacking to me.
The common sense of a person who is the most elite of a country should be the same, but what about others?
However.
‘It’s important for me to fit into the world, and it means nothing if I go out on my own.’
To be honest, there are some fields that Choi Jong-hwan is better at than me, and in terms of politics, he has more years and experience than me.
I was just a person who sold only the magical field day and night, and I was slowly expanding my base by studying the world.
“It’s an electronic product you make, so I’m looking forward to it.”
“haha. You can’t expect much. I’m just a little frustrated with the electronic products on the market, so I’m going to mass-produce a product that will improve it more conveniently than now.”
“Can you change it conveniently?”
Choi Jong-hwan asked with a keen political sense, touching sensitive words among the information I had leaked.
“Yes. Recently, artificial intelligence has become the mainstream, and many companies are applying it, right?”
“right.”
Google, Facebook, Yamazon, IBN, Macple, etc….
IT companies around the world are now pouring hundreds of billions and trillions of dollars into the development of artificial intelligence technology, making ‘artificial intelligence’ the hot topic of next-generation IT technology.
“There are many cases where artificial intelligences on the market show only limited functions within a set algorithm, or take abrupt actions within the collected data without going through proper filtering, right?”
“right.”
The artificial intelligence I mentioned was either an artificial intelligence that did not go beyond the level of simple computer programming, or an unnecessary artificial intelligence that was out of control and harmed people.
“However, the AI we create will be different.”
“How is it different?”
Choi Jong-hwan didn’t seem to know much about IT, but he sensibly understood that my talk was about a new technology that had never been before, with the sense of being at the top of a field.
“It is not a weak artificial intelligence on the market, nor a strong artificial intelligence that cannot be controlled, it is an intelligent assistant (iA) that will fully assist humans.”“Intelligent assistant…”
As AI technology develops more and more, there is a common perception that it will take away all human jobs.
According to the survey, almost 70-80% of workers thought so.
However.
‘My opinion is a little different.’
I thought that there are areas where artificial intelligence can replace humans, and there are areas where it does not.
‘It will be replaced by artificial intelligence for simple and repetitive tasks that do not need to think big, but it is still difficult to replace highly specialized fields.’
First of all, the driving-related industry and the delivery industry will almost certainly be replaced.
‘Driving will be replaced by self-driving cars, and delivery will be solved by drones…’
It was only natural that such simple and repetitive tasks would be replaced by artificial intelligence. It was an unavoidable fate.
However.
‘The field that requires specialized skills is different…’
Currently, some hospitals have introduced artificial intelligence doctors in each hospital, and some law firms have introduced artificial intelligence lawyers.
However.
‘Because judgment is entirely made by humans…’
Artificial intelligence can only help sort information that computers have done so far, in a way that humans want more than computers today.
It is still impossible for artificial intelligence to completely replace the thinking and judgment of experts who have studied only the field for over 10 or 20 years.
‘That’s because it comes from tacit knowledge.’
In the human head, there is an unknown Pandora’s box that even humans do not know exactly.
It was a field of biological brain science that was difficult for humans to implement with artificial intelligence technology.
Humans do not yet know 10% of the mechanisms of the brain. A lot of research has been done on the structural part, but the driving part is still in its infancy.
‘Only unconfirmed information is circulating.’
Anyway, in conclusion, my purpose was not to create artificial intelligence to replace humans as the general public misunderstood, but to create artificial intelligence to assist humans.
If we could create an artificial intelligence that would harm humans, we were going to discard it unconditionally.
“Assistanttra… Assistant…”.
Choi Jong-han mumbled the name of the artificial intelligence I was trying to make and fell into trouble.
“I know pretty well what you mean. I wish you the best of luck in the future.”
“Thank you, sir.”
“And, if you have any private or public contact with me in the future, feel free to call me here.”
“all right.”
President Choi Jong-hwan handed me a business card with his personal cell phone number on it and said so.
‘Private or public…’
I got up from my seat, pondering Choi Jong-hwan’s words.
“Then let’s go back. Thank you for your kind words today.”
“Hahaha. Rather, I want to say thank you from my side. Right now, Korea… No, I’ve been holding the busiest person in the world for over two hours.”
Choi Jong-hwan met me up to the main entrance and thanked me two or three times for taking time today.
“I need to go see Sylph soon.”
After breaking up with President Choi Jong-hwa, I immediately ‘flew’ to Ari’s house using the stealth skill and teleportation.