Back in 2000, I Brought AI to Crush the Competition

Xu Yan was 43 and had spent half his life hauling cargo. When he closed his eyes, he returned to the year 2000.

The good news: He was reborn, twenty years younger. Even better news: An AI interface had appeared before him, capable of solving problems, writing stories, generating images, and making videos. The bad news: People in 2000 had barely even seen a computer. With this thing, he was practically cheating, and nobody could tell.

When a professor asked a question about C, he used AI to give a flawless answer. At home, his little sister's homework was covered in red Xs, so he used AI to tutor her, charging five yuan for a week's lessons. His older brother wanted to buy him a computer, but he declined. What he had in his head was worth far more than a computer.

Later, a major internet company sprang up seemingly out of nowhere. Its founder, Xu Yan, was being interviewed and was asked what had inspired him to start the company.

He took a sip of water. "In my first year of high school, the professor asked a question, and I happened to know the answer."