Time Mansour - Chapter 147



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Episode 147: A small event called documentary

Artificial intelligence.

When I first entered the IT field, artificial intelligence was a word used mainly in science fiction rather than an IT term.

‘It seems like only a few years ago that I was able to beat a baduk player.’

However, as generative artificial intelligence systems have developed recently, they are becoming popular in various fields such as text, images, coding, music, and video.

Doing this work sometimes makes me realize that the world is changing rapidly.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back, it changed really quickly.

But if there’s one thing that doesn’t change with time, it’s probably this.

Could it be my weak will?

Whenever I study, my sister’s room door lingers in front of my eyes. Even though I know full well that memories that have been covered up are not easily recovered, I still keep reaching for the door handle.

The act of buying time by paying the price of memories that do not remain for long.

I’ve been able to resist temptation pretty well so far, but I’m sure I’ll be tempted to go back into that room again at any moment.

Because shortcuts are always sweet.

While I was leaning on the cafe chair and lost in thought.

Guk-yeong tilted his head while fiddling with his cigarette pack.

“What the heck? Is there a hole in my pack of cigarettes? I just bought them. There aren’t many left.”

“I saw it. They were going straight for your lungs.”

“It’s not fun. It’s boring. It lacks novelty.”

Guk-yeong took out his cigarette again with a serious expression. Then he got up from his seat and went to the smoking room again. He really lives with a cigarette in his mouth. I grumbled and followed him as I got up from my seat.

“You really are in your forties.”

“Shit. Cancer is hereditary. But my grandfather died in his eighties.”

“Grandpa suddenly appears here?”

“Listen. But I heard that a person who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day ended up dying from liver cancer.”

Guk-yeong blows out smoke with a confident expression.

“Anyway, I told you that I just have to be careful with alcohol. Do you not have any genetics?”

“I don’t know. My whole family died before cancer even started. If I get cancer, I’ll be the first.”

I spoke without thinking. Guk-yeong was taken aback by what I said. He didn’t even think about shaking off the cigarette ash and just blankly stared at me.

I chuckled and thought about whether there was a genetic disease in my family.

‘But what was your sister’s illness?’

Even memories that I thought I would never forget have disappeared.

More memories were covered than I thought.

I was more embarrassed than Gukyoung.

Entering my sister’s room.

Shouldn’t we live our whole lives resisting temptations, like quitting smoking? No, like enduring it?

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me and a bitter smile appeared on my lips without me knowing.

“Hey, that’s right. When is your documentary coming out?”

“It’s a secret. But what did you really say during filming?”

“If you watch the documentary, you’ll know. You’ll be moved.”

I don’t really know how to feel, but I’m currently inhaling cigarette smoke.

The consistently confident appearance of the state.

Seriously.

I consistently had no confidence in it.

**

An office with curtains drawn.

All the lights were off, and instead the monitor screen was on.

Several people were crowded together in front of a small monitor.

Director Lee, Manager Chae, the children, and even me all turned our gazes toward the monitor.

Documentary – just that.

just.

Two letters appeared on the monitor screen. The letters were in cursive script and slanted to one side.

As the documentary opening song started playing from the speakers, Sohyun joined in the chorus, whining.

“Sir! This isn’t fun. Watch something else.”

“Already?”

We haven’t even started yet? I looked at Sohyun with a dumbfounded expression.

“Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think it would be fun.”

So-Hyeon started complaining first. When the director smiled and patted her head, So-Hyeon finally closed her mouth.

-Since when did people need a reason to help others?

From the very first narration, the PD’s intentions were clearly revealed from the beginning.

So I thought it was so obvious.

suddenly.

A mosaic-covered person appeared on the screen and gave an interview.

-Youngjun? He’s been weird ever since he was little. It’s like he’s living in a different world.

A voice with a mosaic-processed face and voice modulation.

I could only guess that it was a state-run company by looking at its attire.

The narrator answered the questions in the national interview.

-A world where helping others without reason makes you a strange person.

“···”

I have never helped anyone since I was young. No, I was the one receiving help. That is not what Gook-young meant when he said I was strange.

A strangely easygoing personality despite growing up in a poor environment. I just thought that was strange.

However, the PD cut off the beginning and end and edited it like a devil.

So you should have only said nice things to me. I guess it’s just what you sow.

however.

It wasn’t just Kookyoung who did this interview.

-Youngjun? He’s just a guy who lives a carefree life. It’s strange. He’s a guy who doesn’t think much and is stupid, but he’s living well.

Huge physique. Even at a glance, it’s Myeonggyu. My friends appeared one after another in mosaic.

Those guys are really stingy with their compliments. Looking at them, I thought they really lived a good life.

A pure habitual criticism without malice. Because that is a virtue that all friends should have.

The interview wasn’t over. As the mosaic lifted, my friends continued talking.

-Even though the child’s condition is a bit strange, he’s still a good person.

-Youngjun is stupid, but he’s a good boy.

These are the guys who speak honestly about what they feel, regardless of what is on air.

They’re just like that, so to be honest, I wasn’t that flustered.

-The story of a weird guy with no brain, not a successful developer. Just that.

I didn’t know even the PD would be like this.

While watching the production of the mosaic being removed.

While I was thinking to myself that I was a really incompetent PD.

“That’s right. You really are stupid.”

Sohyun burst out laughing as the documentary became more interesting.

He’s slapping the monitor excitedly.

**

-Having grown up in an underprivileged environment, did you think that after becoming successful, you would have to help other people who were having a hard time?

-No. I wasn’t that unfortunate. To be honest, I was young at the time so I didn’t really think much about it.

-Then why do you do something that doesn’t make money? Or rather, why do you spend money?

-Not everything in the world is done for money.

-You do it because you like it. Is that so?

– Well, not to that extent. There are things that I do because I like them, and things that I have to do. But there are also things that I just do because I happen to. We don’t give meaning to every action we take in life.

I said something cool in the video, so I was secretly proud.

Suddenly, Sohyun stopped the screen with the mouse. After pressing the stop button, she pointed her finger at my nostril.

“Look at this. Isn’t he really ugly? Look at his nostrils. Nostrils.”

“Sohyun-ah. You shouldn’t tell an ugly person that they’re ugly.”

“Okay. Then it won’t work.”

A group of people who make fun of me while laughing. Even Daum, whom I trusted, covers his mouth and laughs.

But Junwoo will still take my side. I thought so and glanced at him.

Everyone was absent-minded. Junwoo snuck his phone up, took a picture of the monitor screen, and sent a message.

I secretly glanced at Junwoo’s message window.

-This person is the developer teacher who taught me. He’s amazing.

I don’t know who I’m sending it to, but I feel a little embarrassed. I’d rather tease them. That’s more comfortable for me.

“Now that I’ve played it all, I’ll play it again.”

As soon as Manager Chae’s hands touched the keyboard, the video started playing again.

-And the data proves it.

I pointed to the graph with my finger.

My expression on the screen.

I said I wasn’t doing it because I liked it, but for some reason I was laughing.

I think he must have been controlling his facial expressions because the camera was on him.

**

I turned on the light and opened the curtains. Sunlight streamed in through the window. I squinted my eyes and opened them again.

“Wow, this is seriously so boring.”

Sohyun yawned and left a comment. She forced herself to yawn even though she didn’t want to.

That’s why Sohyun gave me a sign to fight.

“When you see this, don’t you think you want to become an adult like me?”

I did as I was told, but as expected, he just said what he wanted to say.

“I won’t listen. When I grow up, I won’t be like you, so I’m going to be a model.”

“Muay Thai?”

“Seriously, sir! Seriously! I’m going to die.”

I felt sorry for Sohyun. Having talent and liking something are two different things.

Today, too, Sohyun’s fist cuts through the air.

Maybe Sohyun will grow up and become a welterweight and light middleweight.

He will become a moderately large adult somewhere in between.

Even while Sohyun and I were taking steps.

On both sides, grown adults were laughing without even trying to stop them.

“It’s fun. It was filmed more lightly than I thought.”

“Yes. I think the PD’s perspective is fresh, so he will probably have his own group of fans.”

We share our impressions of the documentary while ignoring me.

A small event called Documentary.

Anyway, it was a chance for us all to get together and laugh for the first time in a long time.

I thought it was a good idea to take this picture.

**

An office where the sound of laughter suddenly disappeared.

After everyone left, only Director Lee and I remained to guard the office.

“Isn’t this manager going home?”

“I have to work.”

“You can just do it when you get home.”

“When I’m at home, I tend to just lie down.”

This director talking while lying in bed. It was really unconvincing.

So I’m rolling around on the bed with my laptop in my hand.

“What about Youngjun? Why aren’t you going in? Why are you solving math problems in the office?”

“Well, I’m similar.”

When I go home, I always feel like going into my sister’s room.

I felt more comfortable staying here.

“But do I really have to study it? Artificial intelligence or something?”

“Yes, that’s true.”

“Why? It seems like you already have the skills to make a living.”

I hesitated for a moment at the director’s words. It’s always difficult to explain something to a third party who doesn’t know anything about IT. I thought about it for a moment and came up with the easiest analogy possible.

“Do you know what the first problem that needs to be solved for artificial intelligence to develop is?”

“Is it something like thinking like a human? Or emotions?”

“no.”

I shook my head. That was a bit more of a secondary issue. The immediate priority was hardware.

“It reduces power consumption and data overload.”

“But what does that have to do with anything?”

“The most common request I get is performance optimization tuning. That’s ultimately about reducing data overload. That’s probably why I’ve been getting more and more inquiries about AI lately.”

They were still able to make a living, but there was no guarantee for the future.

Eventually, there will be a limit to living as a freelancer. If I can’t adapt to the changing environment, then I will go back to the company and work as an engineer.

In any case, jobs that involve communicating with people cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence.

“It’s really hard. Being a developer is hard too.”

“What in the world is easy?”

He turned the page of the workbook while talking like an old man. For a while, all I could hear was the sound of the paper turning.

-Jiying.

The phone vibrated so I picked it up right away.

-Is this time okay with you?

A message has arrived for Jaeshirong.

-No, it’s not okay. I’m really busy. I’m working on a math problem.

-Is AI going well?

-There’s no way it’ll work.

– Anyway, I thought about it well. These days, the trend is for AI to go up to the cloud. You will be able to utilize your abilities 100%.

-I didn’t think that far ahead. I was just struggling to keep up.

-Anyway, if you’re going to struggle, come here and do it. There are a lot of AI-related conferences here.

-I’m currently studying middle school math, and you want me to go all the way to the US to attend an AI conference?

-No, that’s not what I meant… Hey, but wait. You’re on the documentary ranking list. Isn’t this the time to be studying math?

“ah!”

As soon as I saw Jaeshirong’s message, a sound came out of my mouth without me knowing.

Almost at the same time.

“Mr. Youngjun, is the traffic okay? The graph is too steep.”

The manager looked at me with his eyes wide open.

Now is not the time for me to be sentimental.

After the documentary came out, the number of users increased.

The warm touch was converted into data and displayed on a graph.

Those warm hands will soon turn hot and the cloud servers will go down.

Before that, I had to cool it down somehow, either by blowing some air or pouring water.

So let’s close the math book and open the cloud operating screen.

Click.

A frivolous laugh came from the mouse.