Beforehecouldrespond,shecoldlyadded,“Idon’tknowwhyyoutrustthosebodyguardssomuch,butIdon’twantthishappeningagain.”
Havingsaidthat,Maggieexpectedhimtoargue,butinstead,hesimplylookedatherandnodded,“Alright,Iunderstand.”
Maggiepaused,butdidn’tsayanythingfurther.
Atthatmoment,Franklinspokeagain,“IsabeandIwillheadbacknow.Youshouldgetsomerest.”
Maggiedidn’treplyandturnedtowalkinside.
Twodayter,JohnnytraveledtoCityStoattendtheInternationalArtificialIntelligenceConference.
Simrtstyear’stechexhibition,thisInternational AIConferencewasanothergreatopportunitytolearnaboutAIdevelopmentsandexchange technical
JoininghimwereMaggie,Glen,andseveralothernewengineerswhohadjustjoinedCole.
Thereasontheywereincludedwasthatthesenewhireshadn’tyetbeenexposedtothpany’scoresecrets,sotherewasnoconcernaboutpotentialleaks.
UponarrivinginCitySandenteringtheconference,theyfoundthatmanypeoplewerealreadythere.
Itwassaidthatsomemajorfiguresfromtheinternational AIfieldwerealsoattendingthisgrandevent.
Attheprevioustech exhibition,Johnnyhadalreadyattractedalotofattention becauseofhisidentityasastudentofNn.
ThankstoCole’sgrowinginfluence,assoonastheyenteredthevenue,theyimmediatelydrewtheattentionofnearlyeveryonepresent.
However,mostpeople’sfocuswasonJohnny.
Peopleweringuptohimtogreethim
Johnnywaskeptbusy.
onebyone.
MaggieandGlenstoodtotheside,watchingasJohnnysocialized.Beforetheycouldspeak,Maggieheardafamiliarvoice.
“Areyouheretoo?”
Maggieturnedaround.
ItwasHarry.
StandingbesidehimwasLiam.
Maggienodded,“Mr.Becker,you’reheretoo?”
Normally,forsuchworkingevent,Harrywouldn’tneedtoattendhimself;hewouldsenpanyexecutivesandcore technicalpersonnellikeLiaminstead.
WhilechattingwithMaggie,HarrynoticedGlen’sindifferentgaze.
Hedidn’tpaymuchattentiontoit.Atthispoint,Franklinalsoarrived.
However,thistime,hewas withoutJulia.
MaggieandJohnnywerestillobservingwhentheeventorganizersandtheirteamusheredinaforeigner,probablyinhissixties,intotheconferencehall.
MaggieandJohnny,whowerefamiliarwithinfluentialfiguresinthedomesticandinternationalAIfields,immediatelyrecognizedhimasK.W.Smith.
W.SmithwasasignificantfigureinAI,withremarkableachievementsinthefield.
Previously,bothMaggieandJohnny hadwonderedwhereJuliawas,asshewasn’t withFranklin.
ButuponseeingK.W.Smith,theyunderstoodwhy.
Becauseatthatmoment,shewasstandingrightnexttohim.
Itwasclearthatshewaswell–acquaintedwithK.W.Smith.
ThinkingbacktosomeoftheinformationaboutK.W.Smith,andconsideringthatJuliawasdoingherPhDinCountryA,MaggieandJohnnyimmediatelyunderstoodthatK.W.Smithwaslikelyherdoctordvisor.
BingaPhDstudentunderK.W.SmithwascertainlynosmallfeatforJulia.
Afterall,K.W.Smithhadmadesignificantcontributionstodeeplearningandartificialintelligence.
Althoughhewasn’tconsideredoneofthefoundingfiguresindeep learning,hiscontributionstothefieldandhisinternationalinfluencewereunquestionable.
Becauseofthis,mostpeopleattheeventrecognizedhim.
Assoonasheappeared,therewasanimmediateuproar.
“K.W.Smith!It’sactuallyK.W.Smith!He’shereatourconference!Isthisadream?!”
“Wow,you’reamazing!Icouldneverhavedreamedofthis,yethereitishappeninginreallife?”
Atthispoint,itseemedthatsomepeoplewhowerefamiliarwithK.W.Smithquicklywentuptogreethim.
Afterabriefexchange,oneofthemnoticedJuliastanding nexttohimandasked,“Whoisthis?”
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