Dream Guide

Politicians engage in scientific research, and the more they engage in it, the more biased they become; scientists engage in politics, and do it until they die.

This is what Mei Yiqiu said to Aoki in the office after the meeting.

The positioning of the Third Space Foundation is a bit strange. It is not like a business, and a scientific organization is not like a scientific organization. While raising funds and conducting scientific research, it also has to consider how to keep secrets and deal with a complex situation that is besieged on all sides. Mei Yiqiu felt deeply exhausted mentally and physically.

Fighting against the invasion of aliens is a common issue for all mankind. It cannot be solved by just a few scientists. In the end, it will inevitably involve overall issues in politics, economy, technology and even religion.

But the problem now is that the aggressive behavior of parasitic consciousness is extremely covert. You don't know who is your ally and who is your enemy. The only people who can be trusted are the two hundred or so members of the foundation, so they have to be involved in political struggles, but scientists engaging in politics are a dead end.

Mei Yiqiu had no choice but to pretend to make the meeting mysterious, and then let these scientists argue about the source and purpose of the Internet revelations, making them fall into an area of ​​struggle that they were not good at. When they were dizzy and confused, he took out the chip and threw out the blockbuster developed by Laboratory 19. Although taking it out now risks being targeted by the super AI "Internet" and also risks exposing Situ Yuli, he must rely on this to make those proud scientists see despair.

Only despair can eliminate their arrogance. Only by seeing hope in despair can those scientists truly obey the organization and follow the instructions, so that they can deal with more complex situations in the future.

Unable to convene a global conference, Mei Yiqiu had no choice but to experiment domestically. Judging from the results, it is generally successful.

"You saw what happened during today's meeting. If these people are asked to discuss technical issues, they are all experts. But once they discuss political conspiracies, power struggles and diplomatic means, all of them become idiots." Mei Yiqiu said with a pipe in his mouth.

Mei Ziqing smiled and said, "Professor, you don't look like an idiot."

Mei Yiqiu sighed: "To a certain extent, so do I."

Aoki said: "Professor, why did you call me here today?"

Mei Yiqiu smiled mysteriously and asked, "Are all the people who came today reliable?"

Aoki knew what he was asking. He has now almost developed a habit of exploring the spiritual world of important people who may interact with him to see if there is any shadow in his world. Although this consumes one's mental power in vain, it is also a disguised method of exercising one's mental power.

"Reliable." He simply answered with two words.

Mei Yiqiu said: "You see, the people here are all reliable, and I think the people in the entire foundation are also reliable. That is to say, our guesses today are actually not bad. It is not us who are causing trouble recently. , nor those invaders."

"But why does the Internet do this?" Mei Ziqing asked.

"Oh, I didn't say it must be the Internet. This is just a guess." Mei Yiqiu said, "Of course, precautions must be taken. The main purpose of my meeting today is also to build a local area network, which belongs to the foundation. We will establish an internal LAN, and from now on all internal information will be transmitted and processed only through the LAN.”

"But the members of the foundation are distributed all over the world. How to build a local area network?"

"Although it is geographically broad enough, it is only for internal use after all, so it is better to call it a local area network. As for the method, the foundation has purchased some quantum satellite services, and it is perfect to use the satellite network to build a local area network."

"It's not our own satellite. Is it safe?"

"No problem. With quantum encryption technology, the satellite sovereign can at most cut off our network, but cannot decipher our information. Moreover, we already have plans to purchase our own satellites, which will be realized soon." Mei Yiqiu He said confidently, "But for now, we still need to build a small local area network first, not for the foundation, but for ourselves."

Mei Ziqing wondered: "If the external network is disconnected, wouldn't the entire experimental building become a local area network?"

Mei Yiqiu shook his head and said: "This is too small. Although there is more than one server in the building, it still looks too simple and does not look like a higher organism. I think there must be at least four or five places similar in size to our laboratory. Connected into a local area network, it's a bit like a nervous system with multiple nerve centers."

"Professor, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Remember what I told you about the non-unique law of the universe?"

Mei Ziqing nodded, not understanding why the professor asked this.

"There is no unique leaf in the world, nor is there a unique intelligent network. Since consciousness exists on our Internet, there must be a second existence like this. It is possible that there are already many such existences, just like Like ants..." the professor gently stroked the computer monitor on the table and said, "Any local area network that is connected to the Internet is likely to have intelligence. Theoretically, the larger the network, the higher the intelligence."

"Is the professor going to test that chip?"

"Of course not. The technology of chip implantation is not simpler than the technology of developing chips, and there must be a more complex software and hardware system behind the chip. These are problems that cannot be solved at present."

"Then how can we prove that this local area network is intelligent?"

"The Turing Test."

"Turing test?"

"Of course it's an improved Turing test." Mei Yiqiu said with a smile, "When I heard that the Internet has intelligence, the first thing I thought of was the Turing test. But it's too difficult to test the entire Internet. We need to mobilize It is simply impossible for everyone in the world to do the same test on all computers and servers. But if there are just a few thousand computers in a local area network, it will be much easier."

Aoki knew about the Turing test, but couldn't figure out how to do it in front of the entire network. What question? How to mention it? Who will answer?

"Professor, what is your purpose for doing this? Aren't we supposed to deal with aliens?" he asked.

Mei Yiqiu said: "Yes, it was originally like this. But now there is an Internet with consciousness. I don't know whether it is an enemy or a friend. Maybe they are the same thing. But since it has not put our list If its identity is exposed, it means it is not a complete enemy."

"You're saying...that the Internet might help us?"

"Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?"

"Lian Wu against Cao!" Aoki suddenly understood.

The professor smiled and said: "I often wonder if this guy knows everything. If he knows everything about us, does he also know everything about the aliens that have successfully invaded? After all, the war between humans and AI is in our understanding. It was expected, but the battle with the aliens was too hasty. We started without preparation, and we were in a completely passive situation from the beginning. We need help, if he is willing to help us. "

Aoki suddenly asked: "Professor, you said that since the Internet has consciousness, can it dream?"

Mei Yiqiu was stunned for a moment. This question was unexpected, but like lightning in the dark night, it illuminated the road ahead.