Darkness is Coming

   After coaxing Yu Qian, Yang Xiaoqian turned to Liu Zhongqian again. Now he has developed a strong interest in the zero-one base, and even the purpose of this trip is almost out of reach.

   "I have a few questions to ask." Yang Xiaoqian followed Liu Zhongqian's example, and asked with a smile, "First, where are the technical obstacles you just mentioned, please explain in plain language."

"I will try to use simple language to describe, the biggest problem now lies in information storage and hardware equipment." Liu Zhongqian said, "The causal chain of many events will appear discontinuous on the timeline, especially long-term conspiracy, It's like broken lines on a piece of white paper. To piece together a complete line, all the information must be stored. And now we can't store so much information, we need not only better hardware equipment, but also better Otherwise, it will not be enough to use all the hard disks in the world. At present, even if we remove most of the invalid video and audio through various identification methods - for example, some monitoring pictures have never appeared in a certain period of time. Changes, this belongs to the junk information that can be directly eliminated - but the remaining data still cannot be fully saved, and the 'system' must regularly delete redundant information and lower priority information."

"Large-scale transmission of data can be achieved, but storage and processing is a big problem. The 'system' is just a prototype, its capacity is very limited, and our hardware equipment cannot meet the needs, so the monitoring scope of the 'system' is limited to Going to Beijing, if you want to promote the whole country, you must first solve the hardware problem, and then improve the 'system', so that it can truly become an artificial intelligence with creative ability, not just a decomposed learning of human thinking logic through big data collection and input The machine. Well, we've probably got a long way to go, and there's going to be a lot of resistance."

"After all, most people will be afraid of the birth of artificial intelligence. You know, the earth is too small to accommodate two intelligent races, not only solid intelligent creatures like mutants are unbearable for most people, but the birth of artificial intelligence also It fills people with anxiety and fear. So, if we can create a higher life than us, we must first insure it, put a shackle on it, and make sure it doesn’t hurt us.”

   After speaking, for some reason, Liu Zhongqian raised his hand and stroked the chains on his forehead.

   "Hmm..." Yang Xiaoqian pondered for a moment, and worries arose in his heart, but he didn't show it, but continued to ask, "Second, I want to ask, have the traffic accidents in Beijing decreased recently?"

  Liu Zhongqian replied: "Traffic accidents caused by drunk driving, drug driving, fatigue driving, dangerous driving and causing casualties have been prevented and prevented to a great extent."

   "To a great extent?"

   "I can only give you one data: 83.68 percent."

   This is not a small gap from 100% prevention of murder. Yang Xiaoqian looked at Liu Zhongqian and waited for his explanation.

   "I believe you have noticed that the road was unobstructed when you came?" Liu Zhongqian asked.

   Yang Xiaoqian suddenly realized that there was an intention in arranging that special car.

   "Being able to maintain a constant speed in the complex road conditions in Shangjing must be possible only with the 'system' navigation?" Yang Xiaoqian asked.

In order to find an unobstructed road in the intricate roads and maintain a constant speed throughout the whole process, it is necessary to use the ubiquitous cameras on the road to measure the position, direction and speed of the vehicle, and add new variables at any time. Calculate and find the correct route.

This is not something that humans can do, but it is not as difficult as imagined for a machine, because most of the prediction of traffic conditions can be regarded as a calculation problem involving many complex variables, and the computer is best at doing the natural is calculation. Since the prototype of artificial intelligence in Zero One Base can monitor all cameras and mobile phones in Shanghai at the same time, and judge the upcoming crime through logical reasoning, then calculating the traffic situation should be a piece of cake for it.

   But if it is really a piece of cake, why can't all traffic accidents be completely prevented?

"Because the buffer time left for us is not enough, most homicides, even if it is a temporary crime of passion, must have a process. When the time is extremely tight, we will even mobilize helicopters or awakeners. However, traffic accidents are different. , there are too many random variables, and the ability of the 'system' can only calculate the impending traffic accident, but cannot prevent all traffic accidents. You see, suppose that a car is about to hit another car now Cars, this is a very simple calculation problem, the 'system' can accurately calculate the time and place of their impact. But suddenly, a pedestrian is running across the zebra crossing, or someone next to the driver answers a phone, in this road If a new variable is added to the calculation problem, the results will be very different, and any new variable cannot affect only one calculation problem, and the calculation problems on thousands of streets may be affected.”

"So in this case, the current 'system' can't do a full simulation for a long time, sometimes the 'system' can predict the accident minutes before it happens, but soon this 'system' predicts that it may happen. of traffic accidents are ruled out due to a random variable, and sometimes the 'system' can't predict the accident until a few seconds before the accident occurs, and the accident happens a few seconds later, leaving us with too short reaction time."

Yang Xiaoqian nodded and sighed: "Even if you are given a few minutes, you may not be able to help, the traffic situation is so complicated, it is very possible that you are not careful when preventing the accident, causing the butterfly effect, causing more accidents, resulting in More people lost their lives."

"Yeah, sometimes we're faced with this kind of train crossover problem, kill one, or kill five? I know it's cold to say that, but with all due respect, there are only numbers in the language of machines at the moment, pure, cold numbers, From the point of view of the 'system', the problem of train turnouts is no different from 'one plus one' equals two. Of course, that is only a few cases, and we have the opportunity to notify the traffic police in advance of most traffic accidents to stop the vehicle and avoid the tragedy. "

"So it's 83.68%." Yang Xiaoqian sighed again, it's all human life, but the machine decides who lives and who dies without knowing it, which is really embarrassing, "Is it possible? How about 100 percent?"

"Maybe in the future." Liu Zhongqian's eyes flashed with excitement and longing, "After the 'system' is perfected, we will connect satellites and create navigation software. Perhaps the use of this navigation software will be included in the Chinese driver's license test in the future. In the test subjects, traffic accidents will be greatly reduced by then, but it is still difficult to achieve 100% elimination. It may be necessary to wait until the emergence of unmanned cars, and all cars will be driven by artificial intelligence. Imagine, on a three-dimensional road , crowded with densely packed unmanned cars like falling sesame seeds, within two meters of each other, driving at a speed of more than 100 kilometers, one traffic flow shuttles through the fork like a phantom, and the other traffic flow immediately meets neutral, and there is no gap between each other. , and will not waste any time, imagine such a scene appearing all over the world! When that day comes, there will be no more traffic jams and traffic accidents!"

  Liu Zhongqian's description seems to reveal a corner of the future, and the splendor inside makes Yang Xiaoqian and Yu Qian deeply shocked.

   Especially Yu Qian, clenched his fists and trembled all over.

At this moment, Yu Qian let go of the old grudge between him and Liu Yuanzhou, because he clearly realized his own insignificance. Liu Yuanzhou is using his abilities to create a new future for the world.

   It turns out that the awakened person can reach this height, it turns out that this is the real height that the awakened person can reach!

  Change the world with technology! Create the future with ability!