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"...The above formula reveals the generation of wisdom to a certain extent, and external perception, bionics, and artificial intelligence have created great situations. We can draw a conclusion..."

Since most of the virtual scenes are set up by "ghost bodies", humans and the Blue-Golden Age Alliance are only responsible for sorting and summarizing these things, which means that most of the knowledge is plagiarized.

But just that, it brought a whole new knowledge system.

To give a simple example: first construct a simple black and white virtual scene and let a brain in a vat enter it.

Will it adapt? It is naturally not adaptable, because in its "memory", the world is colorful.

But if its original memory is removed, will it adapt? It is possible for it to adapt, and the brain's adaptability is far higher than expected. That is, the "software" system in the brain has a very high learning ability.

"After adapting to simple scenes, the brain in the vat will think that it can only see black and white."

Now that simple scenes are OK, what about more complex scenes? For example, you can also see what happens in the infrared and ultraviolet bands.

Can the magnetic field perception of Yayan people be added to humans?

These answers are not negative. Intelligence is called intelligence because its ability to adapt is very powerful.

To give another simple example, thinking acceleration.

Can a brain in a vat speed up thinking? Allow people to produce more knowledge per unit of time?

"For now, thinking slowdown appears to be achievable."

Lin Qiuyue paused for a while and explained: "The neuron signal transmission speed of each race is different, generally between 100 meters/second and 500 meters/second... We have done some experiments on some collapsed brains, and through a A series of complex technical means seem to be able to slow down thinking, and we successfully froze their thinking state for a period of time."

"But what about accelerated thinking... You should also know what accelerated thinking means, which means that we will become smarter. But limited to the connection problems of dendrites and axons, unlimited acceleration is not possible. Unless humans are completely abandoned Only the brain can accelerate thinking.”

"One last example is the brain chip, also known as the brain plug interface, which is a small branch of the brain-in-a-vat technology tree. If we completely solve the brain-in-a-vat problem, the brain chip will only be a very easy one. However, these auxiliary tools can make us smarter and more easily conduct human-computer interaction."

“Finally, there is bionics. Through the interconnection between bionic organs and brains, these brains can re-perceive the real world. This technological achievement will be applied to everyone, allowing everyone to obtain bionic organs. "

Zhang Ran was sitting in the center of the first row, feeling a little numb after what she said.

However, he still understood part of what Lin Qiuyue said. Let alone the issues of thought acceleration and thought perception, just the brain chip... that is really an epoch-making thing!

Bang bang bang!

Warm applause erupted in the venue, and there was also a faint sound of "quacking". It wasn't the Green Star people who were screaming there, many aliens from the Blue and Gold Era Alliance were also screaming loudly there.

I have to admit that the Green Star people's cultural communication capabilities are truly outstanding. Even though their population is sparse, their "ga" has become popular culture in the Star Alliance.

Everyone couldn't help but let out a "Gah" sound when they were amazed!

After Lin Qiuyue stepped down, another Yayanren scientist came on stage to announce the latest bionics paper.

In order for these brains in the vat to sense the real reality, it involves the issue of "cognitive philosophy", that is, if the world you perceive is different from the world I perceive, what should I do? The bionic organs developed using human-computer interaction technology are always different from the original organs, and their external perception has also undergone a series of changes.

Everyone has different levels of sensitivity. Some have particularly sharp eyes, while others have particularly sensitive ears that can even identify directions based on sounds.

Especially the eyes of octopus people can recognize more complex eye colors, and their field of vision is actually mirror symmetrical.

In these complex situations, the risks of cognitive collapse will be particularly great.

Zhang Ran doesn't care much about the cognitive collapse of these aliens. The internal ethics of human beings are enough to trouble him...

He quietly asked Qiuyue who was sitting aside: "When will the brain chip come out? Can it improve human intelligence?"

"Current brain chips may not be able to significantly improve intelligence, but can only change people's hormone secretion levels." Lin Qiuyue looked a little haggard due to long-term work.

"Hormones?" Zhang Ran asked curiously.

She leaned back on the chair with her eyes closed and replied: "The level of human technology secretion can be adjusted through the brain chip, resulting in cognitive changes. For example, the adjustment of dopamine can make you happier."

"Wouldn't it be great if everyone could be happy while working hard, your wise and mighty Highness?"

"Huh?" Zhang Ran knew she was joking, but he pretended to be shocked, "Your statement has a strong authoritarian tendency, turning everyone into a sweatshop. Fortunately, you are not a wise and powerful His Highness, otherwise Our world will be driven crazy by you...but is your statement true?"

Lin Qiuyue regained her composure and opened her eyes, with a smile on her pretty face. "It's true, we already have this kind of technological strength. But this kind of change is difficult to predict for the time being and can only be achieved through long-term experiments." To verify.”

"In fact, this technology is already a subject of the fourth-level civilization. Human-computer interaction that goes deep into the brain neuron level develops to a certain level, and a new self-philosophical normative system must be established."

As if sensing Zhang Ran's puzzled expression, she closed her eyes again and smiled: "Hormonal adjustment can make people better, but it is also a very dangerous thing... Of course I am not referring to madness. The liver-exploding job is so simple.”

"It's just like human society. After it develops to a certain level, some things in the past are no longer appropriate."

"So we have to push back and build a new society, and all the culture of the new society must be reshaped. Don't our 30,000 children bear this responsibility?"

"Ahem, let me remind you that you also have a stake in it." Zhang Ran said jokingly.

Lin Qiuyue turned a blind eye to this sentence. She did donate her eggs reluctantly. As for the future child...it was just a blood relationship.

Isn’t the current human government leading this “parentless” cultural atmosphere?

Well, in fact, she still wanted to know how the new baby was doing...

Forget it, incubation in an artificial womb takes 21 months, and a newly born embryo is nothing to look at.

She shook her head slightly, exhaled and said: "In short, if you want to create a more perfect society, you need more perfect individuals. I seriously doubt that a simple public support system, even with good and strict education, will There will still be a tendency to be lazy. People with ideals are always in the minority."

"Entropy is eternal and there can be no true perfection."

Zhang Ran was silent and didn't speak. Even though public support has just begun, there are still many contradictions. For example, there is no answer to the question of VR-LOVE and whether the social atmosphere of the next generation will be corrupted.

Lin Qiuyue said: "Since the original philosophical system is no longer sufficient, we must start from the cognitive level, and the self-philosophical normative system will need to be reshaped. This is also a self-collapse trap considered by higher-order civilizations."

"Nowadays, everyone's behavior is controlled by the 'self-philosophical norm system'. This system is innate."

"We need to eat when we are hungry, drink water when we are thirsty, play games to bring happiness, and sleep when we are sleepy. Our brains are born knowing what we should do and what we should do, and acquired learning prohibits us from doing some dangerous things. We broke the law."

"But it's hard to create a perfect society with this system, isn't it? There will always be some weird people in our society who do miscellaneous things. It's human nature to be lazy and lazy. Under extremely high productivity, there is a high probability that the entire population will be lazy. .”

"So in order to climb to a higher level, the original philosophical normative system will no longer apply, and we need to define a better self."

"What is a better self? There is no need to eat or drink water. It is unknown whether playing games will bring happiness. There is no need to sleep. Is this kind of self a better self?"

Zhang Ran was stopped by her question: "Probably not, what's the difference between this and a robot?"

Lin Qiuyue said: "Yes, without a normative system, you will not know what to do. If your intelligence improves, you will lose your goal. This is very dangerous. For now, we still choose the human normative system. So I thought of a way: Did you ever have the best version of yourself?"

"At a certain moment, at a certain moment, you are highly positive, full of hope for your future life, and full of curiosity about the world. As if this personality is completely fixed through technological means, you are willing to become a better person. Myself?"

"Can humans like this create a better world?"

Zhang Ran was completely stunned. He had to admit that the talented Ms. Qiuyue came up with an epoch-making idea: to determine his personality through a brain chip!

Stop working on those things that you have and don’t have, and let everyone be perfect!

This idea was so genius that he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a long time, he sighed and said: "I roughly understand. What you mean is that you can choose the version of the software, right? Some versions become worse and worse with more use. Why not just go back to the previous version? But we are so far away from this It's very far away. We haven't even thoroughly studied the brains in the vat. We just let these brains in the vat barely survive. What ability do we have to change the philosophical normative system?"

"It is indeed very far away. That is a question that a fourth-level civilization or even a fifth-level civilization should think about. However... during my long-term research, I discovered another shortcut."

A faint smile appeared on her face again, her voice lowered, and her whole body moved forward slightly, as if she had some big secret to share.

"What shortcut?"

She came over and whispered in Zhang Ran's ear: "Do you know why parallel thinkers are so valuable in the amoeba trading system?"

"Why?" Zhang Ran felt his ears were itching, "Isn't it because it's very rare?"

"I'm thinking, can I... directly become a strong intelligence? It's not really strong intelligence, but a model similar to strong artificial intelligence." She struggled for a while, and finally said, "What I mean is Yes, by connecting my brain to a supercomputer and using a series of brain-in-a-vat technologies, I can become stronger."

Zhang Ran was shocked by her thoughts. His eyes widened and he looked at this woman who was in a feverish state with great confusion.

Are you crazy? Cut off your own brain and become a brain in a vat? !

Go crazy!

"My ideas are well-founded...because I can also generate more parallel thoughts." Lin Qiuyue was very serious.

This secret is very important, and she has only revealed it to Zhang Ran now. "It is only limited to the limits of the human brain. Currently there are only six parallel thoughts. No more than one can bear. My learning ability is six times that of ordinary people." "

"Now I can handle these personalities very well, and the relationship between them and me is also very harmonious. As long as I don't drink, all personalities can communicate easily... It's not even communication, their thoughts, I It can be easily read and understood, and it is almost the same as what I came up with.

"It is also this ability that allows me to make some so-so achievements..."

Zhang Ran opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.

He understood what Lin Qiuyue meant. Under normal circumstances, communication between people is very difficult, especially at the academic level.

It takes a lot of time and effort to explain an abstract concept to an audience.

Even after explaining for a long time, I often don’t understand.

In particular, the "understanding" level is very difficult. There are some words that I can clearly understand, but when they are connected, I can't understand them at all. Just like the "Existential Philosophy" of life just mentioned, it is simply like a heavenly book.

However, Lin Qiuyue and her parallel thinking do not have this trouble. Her understanding abilities are common to each other. If one of the personalities understands a certain problem, all the other personalities also understand the problem.

There is a clear distinction between personalities.

The main personality can easily read the thoughts of the sub-personality, but the sub-personality cannot read the thoughts of the main personality.

This results in her never having any mental confusion.

Isn’t this artificial intelligence that is born with powerful distributed computing capabilities?

The more Zhang Ran thought about it, the more he felt that her idea seemed to have a high success rate?