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After Celeste and Matthias greeted Bryson and the others, the symposium officially began.
Celeste and Matthias were seated in the front row, near the center. While Wynn sat in the second row. As representatives of the new generation, both Celeste and Matthias were invited on stage to share their approaches and experiences in learning and conducting research, as a reference for the students in the audience. Once the segment ended and the discussion session began, many of the prominent experts at the event were the first to approach Celeste and Matthias.
These experts were all fairly well–known within the country, and each had their own specialized research focus. Whether the topic was convolutional neural networks, embodied intelligence implementation, multimodal interaction, or something else entirely, Celeste handled them all with ease.
She even offered insights and suggestions on issues troubling these experts–like missing modalities and computational efficiency–which made their eyes light up as they listened.
Many of them wished they could keep talking to her forever
There were quite a few prominent experts present, all deeply engaged in their respective fields.
It didn’t take long for them to tell whether someone truly had substance–just listening for a short while was enough.
“Come on, Drew, you’ve had her ear for ages. Give the rest of us a turn, will you?”
“Exactly! At least let us take turns. You’ve been monopolizing her this whole time!”
“What’s the rush? I just have one more question, then I’ll be done-”
“Don’t even bother. I already know you’re going to ask about scaling issues in practical applications. That topic alone could go on forever! Who knows how long we’ll have to wait if we let you start on that?”
Meanwhile, Wynn was also chatting with someone not far behind Celeste.
“Wynn,” called out Lilian, who had come with her, “Mr. Thatcher just asked you something.”
Wynn had been paying close attention to everything happening around Celeste. She was almost completely aware of what was going on in that group.
So much so that she was somewhat absent–minded about her own interactions–in fact, when people spoke to her, she didn’t react immediately.
Hearing Lilian’s voice snapped her out of it.
She gave a quick smile and said, “Sorry, Mr. Thatcher, I was a little absorbed in Mr. Hale and the others‘ discussion
Wynn was also in the AI field, so it was only natural that she’d be interested in the technical conversations happening around her.
Kevin understood and smiled, saying, “No problem at all.”
After that, Wynn refocused and began chatting with him.
But no one knew her better than her mother. Lilian could already tell that Wynn had been acting off for more than half an hour now.
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She had caught bits and pieces of what was happening how those experts were all eager to talk with Celeste and the way they surrounded her with admiration.
After Kevin left, Lilian glanced in Celeste’s direction, then found a chance to ask Wynn, “What’s wrong?”
Wynn withdrew her gaze and said, “I think I finally understand why Rodney and Bryson spoke so highly of Celeste the other day. It seems she really does have some knowledge.”
She knew several of the experts who had come to consult with Celeste and knew they were no ordinary figures.
If these people all had significant research achievements of their own, their standards would naturally be quite high.
Yet not only did they take the initiative to speak with Celeste, they also treated her advice like it was gold. That alone showed she had real capability.
Wynn had also been carefully listening in on Celeste’s conversations.
Her breadth of knowledge was genuinely wide, and there were many parts that Wynn herself simply couldn’t .understand.
No wonder Rodney had described her as an “all–rounder” in the AI field.
If, the other day at Fleming Group, when Celeste was discussing technical breakthroughs with Bryson and others, she’d merely been parroting Matthias or Zachary, what about now?
Now, Celeste was speaking with Professor McKee and others about topics that were both broad and deeply technical.
As someone also in AI, Wynn knew that if all Celeste was doing was repeating others‘ ideas, there was no way she ‘could manage this level of engagement.
Lilian was slightly stunned.
Seeing how the top experts were all flocking to Celeste, it did seem like she had real capability.
However, she said calmly, “She’s been by Matthias‘ side for so long, and regularly joins him in meetings with Zachary. With two of the country’s top AI minds teaching her, it’s only natural she’d develop that breadth and skill. “Otherwise, why do you think she worked so hard to keep you from getting close to Matthias in the first place? “Besides, if you had been the one close to Matthias and Zachary, I believe you’d be doing even better than she is.”
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