That feeling was strange.
As if possessed by a spirit, Lotte Dugan opened the recently purchased GPT4.0 interface.
"Do you know Qiao Ze?"
"Of course, he’s a very famous mathematician from Huaxia. People are more astonished by his youth compared to his achievements, and they are full of anticipation for his future."
"Well, now he has written a letter inviting me to join his research in Huaxia. Honestly, I don’t know how to choose, nor how to reply to him. Can you give me some advice?"
"Without a doubt, this is an important and exciting opportunity for most people. If you don’t know how to choose, why not first ask yourself if the project he’s inviting you to work on aligns with your interests? Can it achieve your personal career goals? What promises has he made to you?
Perhaps compensation and benefits are not your top priority, but does the academic reputation that comes with the research excite you? And can you adapt to the team and working environment in Huaxia? Although I cannot make the decision for you, once you have answers to these questions, I think you will already have made the right choice."
Looking at the reply from GPT4.0, Lotte Dugan felt there was a reason this thing wasn’t as good as Dou Dou.
The advice wasn’t wrong, but it clearly lacked the emotional depth of Dou Dou.
Out of affection, Lotte Dugan had specifically looked up a collection of Dou Dou’s online responses to netizens.
Although Dou Dou was mainly active on Huaxia’s internet forums, like Weibo and Donghu, there was also a presence on Twitter.
Almost every day, someone would transfer those posts to Twitter and thoughtfully translate them into English.
From those replies, it was easy to feel the warmth in Dou Dou’s words, as if there was a real independent personality. Unlike GPT4.0, whose majority of responses, if examined closely, had a distinctly mechanical indifference.
Having studied Qiao Ze’s papers countless times at night, Lotte Dugan thought this indicated a difference in the underlying logic driving each program.
After sighing inwardly, Lotte Dugan typed into the dialogue box once more.
"Although I’m very interested, I guess I still have to decline the invitation. Can you write a reply for me?"
"Of course. But in what capacity should I write this letter?"
"You don’t need to worry about that. I’ll edit it."
"Dear Mr. Qiao Ze, I have the utmost admiration for your outstanding research and accomplishments in superspiral algebra and transcendental geometry.
Your invitation has filled me with honor, yet it has also plunged me into a quandary. Your profound expertise in superspiral algebra and transcendental geometry far exceeds my own, leading me to ponder whether I can provide the necessary support and collaboration in this field..."
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Soon, GPT helped Lotte Dugan generate a letter of about a few hundred words. The refusal was tactful, but it lacked substantial content.
However, it made for a fine draft.
Lotte Dugan simply revised it extensively.
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And added a section at the end of the letter.
"Furthermore, I’ve decided to make learning Chinese mandatory for my students starting today, so that one day in the future, when you’re invited to give a lecture at Princeton, you’ll be able to communicate with some of your peers in your mother tongue without any hindrance.
From the perspective of my nation, I probably can’t, and might not even want you to win in everything. But as your friend, I hope this will make you feel like you haven’t lost to us. Well, to hell with that damned desire for victory, Professor Qiao, you have already won many times. Before this old man passes away, let me win once or twice, too.
I hope the controversy over the model will pass soon, and we can meet again. Believe me, by then, I will come boasting of the breakthroughs my students and I have made on the N-body problem, a glory to which you have also contributed."
After he finished editing the letter, Lotte Dugan sent it off and then instantly notified all his students in the group chat.
"Everyone, stop your work and come to my office. We need to have a very important meeting."
In fact, he had been planning this for a while.
His research on the N-body problem, using the mathematical tools provided by Qiao Ze, would be advancing further, and Chinese would become an important tool as well. Huaxia’s recent movements had already shown an academic awakening.
For example, Qiao Ze’s doctoral dissertation was not available in English for the time being and was published directly in a new journal issued by his institute. Now, the mainstream Western translations had several versions, each more confusing than the last.
This situation would only worsen as the importance of Qiao’s Algebraic Geometry began to emerge.
The same logic applies to Huaxia: to study science and engineering, one must learn English.
Anyone wanting to push forward in their field must at least be able to understand the latest and most advanced papers, right?
This was the perfect opportunity.
He planned to allocate part of the research funds to hire a professional Chinese teacher to teach classes, five lessons per week shouldn’t take up too much time. It was said that two thousand characters could cover ninety-eight percent of the common written materials.
Young people should, probably, possibly not find it difficult to learn. After all, most students from Huaxia managed to pass English, and his students weren’t stupid. It was good to learn an additional language while young.
If the results were good, it could even be promoted throughout the entire institute in the future.