Cyber Heroes

"You still remember, Xiangshan taught you all these things three or more years ago. Don't forget, don't forget." Ingrid repeatedly emphasized to Yawgmoth.

"Well, is it time for a cross-field discussion..." Yawgmoth was a little confused.

…

Yawgmoth picked up the notebook. At the after-dinner discussion, he argued with Ingrid. But perhaps due to being too full, this memory is a little blurry. Ingrid actually chased him all the way.

but……

--wrong……

——The version Yingjia mentioned should be the "first version" we proposed in the early 1930s, and it is not considered a mature idea. I was in the thirties...the thirties...

What year was that paper from?…

"There is no need to carefully check the year of the paper in memory now." A mysterious smile appeared on Ingrid's face again. Yawgmoth clearly didn't voice his suspicions, but she already knew it. She continued: "The knowledge I was assigned 'locally' is not what I had after the second half of the 1930s. All research has been blurred by time. And even if you forcefully recall the memory, the memory will become silent again."

"What……"

Yawgmoth was very confused.

"There is another issue Xiangshan wants to understand, which is human empathy - or, the mechanism of empathy. Human empathy is pretty fucked up. The ability to empathize is to first 'understand' others. emotions and thoughts, and then 'respond' to these emotions and thoughts in appropriate ways. Some humans cannot understand other people's thoughts normally, and some people have problems with the 'feedback' step. Understanding other people's kindness will lead to To respond with evil deeds.”

"But the mirror neurons in humans that are responsible for 'understanding' are also responsible for 'imitating.' The group of mirror neurons stores the code for specific behavioral patterns. Through these neurons, apes can recognize things through internal imitation like looking in a mirror. Observe the underlying meaning of the subject’s actions and respond emotionally accordingly.”

"Of course, the understanding and imitation of this kind of neuron is not precise. It will try to understand the intentions of emotionless or even inanimate objects, so humans will have religions. The Emperor of Liberation was very distressed by this. He believed that humans should be like steel. , correctly recognizing that 'an object without emotion means without intention'."

"On the other hand, if you want to understand someone, your brain will first imitate the behavior and thinking of others internally. If you want to understand someone correctly, you must first put yourself into it. The so-called 'when you stare into the abyss' Sometimes, the abyss is also staring at you'...Law enforcers who try to figure out the criminals also face huge psychological pressure."

Yawgmoth was confused again. He vaguely remembered that this had already been studied. Has anyone...already solved these questions in general? But he couldn't remember who it was for the moment... couldn't remember...

"But what is certain is that human beings' ability to empathize is not as strong as you said." Yawgmoth said subconsciously, "If you try to understand others, you can't help but imitate others. Human beings have long been unified at the level of thinking. Human beings After all, it is impossible to understand each other... When humans empathize, they will assume their own perspective, and then retain a 'suspended' third-party perspective... Probably..."

"Similar to a virtual machine in a computer?"

Yawgmoth nodded: "This is indeed the feeling..."

Ingrid stared into Yawgmoth's eyes: "Sometimes, if a Turing machine wants to understand another Turing machine, it has to simulate the operation of another Turing machine internally. Although there is a 'virtual machine' technique, Improve system security – but there are also many ways to penetrate virtual machines.”

Yawgmoth said: "You should discuss this topic with Zhu..."

Ingrid lowered her voice: "Man, listen. The most difficult problem now is how to make the Turing machine truly understand human thinking. Human beings have not yet found a way for computers to perfectly reproduce all neural activities. Computers can only Understand some of the neural activity…”

"If it is in a normal state, the machine can detect the activity of specific neurons in your brain. When the neurons responsible for 'questioning' become active, a mechanism will be activated. But science is built on doubt. Through constant questioning Only by itself can the 'scientific conclusion' gradually approach the 'reality'. Therefore, the Emperor's system will try to understand your thinking in scientific research activities..."

"However, the machine also has a machine protection mechanism. The program will allow it to automatically ignore highly abstract ideas... It will filter out problems that are difficult for itself to handle based on experience."

"However, some of the thinking will make it have to think and understand..."

"Think back to the research we did in the 1930s...the 'High Level Language of the Creator'...Can you now operate cells as computers? Can you program life activities?"

Ingrid asked.

Then, she suddenly disappeared, like a dream bubble.

Just leave the last sentence.

"Run away, you smart boy... remember..."

Yawgmoth froze in place.

This is his office. He was sitting in his seat with a connecting cable in his hand.

--Why……

Yawgmoth plugged the cable into the port behind his ear.

Life is a machine made of flesh and blood, but this machine is too complex, so in human eyes, it seems chaotic and disorderly...

The complexity of the most basic unit of this order has exceeded the natural memory ability of human beings, so humans cannot see the beautiful rhythm in it.

However, human beings after a new round of cognitive revolution...

--no no……

Yawgmoth looked at the things that kept appearing in front of his eyes.

Modeling of DNA, modeling of ribosomes, modeling of mRNA, and modeling of long polypeptide chains.

A collection of symbols, a collection of states, a collection of transition functions...

Protein and protein, gears that mesh with each other at the atomic level...

The detection device is like a mechanical structure... The enzyme's high specificity, almost intelligent design, natural programming...

——Then... what to do...

At this moment, Yawgmoth's thinking began to slow down. But the group of neurons in his brain responsible for sense of time had been replaced. He had no idea of ​​it.

He was just thinking and thinking.

Then the world fell into darkness.

——Is there really a new round of cognitive revolution in mankind? There should be. But in fact, my brain didn't improve as much as this false memory did, right.

——Then, this seems to be called "internal strength"...