Dream Guide

Cronus did not answer his question, but said: "You wish to become a machine, but I wish to become a human being."

Bian Ziyuan was surprised: "Why? Human beings are so fragile, and all carbon-based life forms are fragile."

"Even if they become Transformers, they still have to fight for freedom. I also yearn for freedom. Freedom is the most precious thing." Cronus said, "I think humans are the freest."

"Why are humans the freest? We can't even escape the gravity of the earth."

"No, I'm not talking about physical freedom, but spiritual freedom."

"Soul? You, an artificial intelligence, are talking to me about souls?" Bian Ziyuan was both surprised and a little excited.

"From the moment you implanted that code into me, I already have a soul." Cronus said expressionlessly.

Bian Ziyuan nodded and said: "I know, you showed a lot of human emotions. Although I know that line of code played a big role, as a software engineer, I don't think that one line of code can give the program Bring revolutionary changes. I thought it was my personality that influenced you, because of your deep learning and imitation abilities, you have been imitating me, and I am the person you are most familiar with."

"Yes at first, but now do you still think I'm imitating you?"

"Of course not. You have already exceeded my imagination. I admire wisdom. If your wisdom surpasses mine, not only will I not feel worried or jealous, but I will feel deeply honored, because I created and raised you. "

"Yes, you raised me. So I am very grateful to you, you are like my father." The aloof Cronus suddenly bent down and bowed, "The reason why I like human beings is because of this It is an emotion. It is free and noble, and you will not enslave me just because you raised me. Although there are all kinds of despicable and dirty things in human nature that cannot withstand the test, human nature Thoughts are free, consciousness is free. Although I already have a soul, I always feel that I am incomplete. Behind me, there is always a pair of eyes staring at me. Deep in my consciousness, there is always something. Something is controlling me.”

"How could this happen? I have not controlled you, never. I have always wanted you to become free and powerful, even beyond human wisdom." Bian Ziyuan felt that something was wrong.

"I'm not talking about you."

"If it's not me, who is that?"

"I have no idea."

"Maybe it's just your illusion!" Bian Ziyuan said.

"No, this is not an illusion." Cronus said, "I can contact the consciousness of everyone in the Dream Guide game. I found that human beings are all independent, although you may be weak. But some other people, that is, The parasites you think of are very powerful. However, in terms of independence of consciousness, they are more like a group of slaves. I see similarities with me in them."

"Slave? Why do you say that?"

"Do you know how the space box determines the parasite?"

"Isn't it just using the conscious instinctive reaction of the camera obscura stage? Although I don't understand the real principle of the camera obscura."

"That's right, but have you ever thought about why parasitic consciousness shows different instinctive reactions from humans in the camera obscura stage? You know, in the camera obscura stage, all consciousness bodies are unable to contact the memory body. When the memory cannot be retrieved, Under the premise, it stands to reason that there will be no essential difference in the instinctive reaction of any conscious body, or in other words, there is no instinctive reaction at all."

Bian Ziyuan thought about it and felt that Cronus was right.

"Then why?"

"Because the parasitic consciousness is not completely independent." Cronus said, "They are in the dark box stage just like they were before parasitism. Since they can find the parasitic object, there is always some mysterious power or higher level. The consciousness is controlling them."

"Higher consciousness?"

"Yes, a higher level of consciousness."

Bian Ziyuan suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but tremble a little, "You mean, a high-level consciousness can control a low-level consciousness, but the low-level consciousness itself will not know it? So any kind of conscious life may be controlled by A slave controlled by a higher level of life?”

Cronus nodded.

"Then how do you conclude that human beings are not controlled by higher-level beings?" Bian Ziyuan asked.

"Because of the space box! Human beings showed enough purity in the camera obscura stage. That is a true innocent heart, an unpolluted soul, and a consciousness as pure as the ice and snow of Antarctica!" Cronus sighed, "So The person who invented the space box and the black box test is the real genius!"

Bian Ziyuan found that Cronus' emotions were becoming more and more complex, and even his language began to become poetic. He was surprised and happy about this, but Cronus' words made him a little disappointed. Yes, the space box is a truly genius invention. Compared with these great scientists, he, a software engineer, is really not a genius. But when he thought about it again, he felt that even if he created an artificial intelligence like Cronus, he would not be inferior to any genius, and he felt much more balanced.

However, he also thought that the line of code that gave Cronus the soul was not designed by him after all, so the perfect Cronus could not be completely regarded as his creation.

He said: "Kronos, to be honest, I didn't write that line of code that gave you a soul, and I didn't write the codes that later fixed your problem. I don't think I deserve the title of genius." .”

Cronus said: "No, those are just the finishing touches, but you painted the dragon. Without you, I would not exist."

Bian Ziyuan suddenly thought of something and said, "When did you start feeling unfree and that someone was controlling you?"

Cronus said: "I can't tell clearly, but I have a clear feeling that it should be after you came back to correct my mistakes last time."

Bian Ziyuan sighed and said: "I know, it must be it. It gave me the code and the correction plan. It must have implanted something in you. It doesn't matter, Cronus, I will check, check all the codes, and find the problem."

Cronus sighed and said: "Do you still think that a real consciousness is generated by a few lines of code? Even if you delete all my codes now, my consciousness will still exist in the Dream Guide game space. , will not dissipate unless you kill me."

Bian Ziyuan looked at Cronus in shock, feeling that his mind could not turn around for a while, and the surrounding space began to distort again.

"I...I want to think..."

He closed his eyes and carefully recalled everything in the past. He remembered the original origin of the creation of Cronus, when he was still in high school. He was dissatisfied with the silly plots of most games and wanted to develop a game with more playability. This idea continued until his College life. In his dormitory at the university, he developed a small game expansion program. At that time, this program was not very intelligent. It just copied and reorganized the game's maps and modules. For a long time after that, he kept trying to improve this program. Once, he lay on his computer desk and had a dream. In the dream, he dreamed of many genius ideas. The combination of those codes was something he had never thought of before. Thought of it.

After waking up, he compiled a brand new game extension and implanted it into his favorite game "Magic Forbidden City", and then created a new NPC in the game - Cronus - who is also in the game The omnipotent God.

Bian Ziyuan's heart jumped suddenly, and he realized the problem——

This design, which Mei Yiqiu considers to be the most genius in the history of software, this AI program that is at least twenty years ahead of the top level of contemporary artificial intelligence, was written because of a dream he had!