Great Power Technology

At the same time, in a five-star hotel room in Chengdu, Jess and Piedlov were sitting opposite each other, discussing recent information about BCI transmission technology.

"So, according to the feedback from the laboratory, these Chinese people have really achieved a leap forward in human-computer information interaction? Does it mean that I don't need to learn languages ​​in the future? I can just connect a brain computer and listen Do you understand what everyone is saying?"

"Theoretically, you don't need to learn a language now. Hasn't AI intelligent translation been available for a long time? Didn't they send it to us when we went to see the giant pandas yesterday?"

Jess glanced at Piedlov funny. During their stay in Chengdu, the two of them made many jokes because of the language barrier. He thought it was harmless, but Piedrov always felt resentful.

"That's different. After all, machine translation is still relatively slow. Direct transmission and feedback through nerves are much faster - I also consider this for communication efficiency."

"If we say so, directly connecting two people's brains and computers will be the fastest way to communicate in the future - not only that, the way of falling in love will probably also change in the future."

At this point, Jace's expression suddenly became ambiguous. After a pause for a few seconds, he suddenly said:

"Hey, have you ever heard of such a saying, that is, the brain is actually the biggest XQG All your pleasant reactions actually come from the brain."

"Does that mean that one day in the future, if we need that thing, we won't need that thing and just connect the brain and computer directly."

"No! no!"

Piedlov looked at Jace with horror on his face, and then continued:

"You know, I am a very traditional person, and I still insist on using traditional methods on this kind of thing!"

"Okay, but this is indeed good news for some patients - but I don't need it anymore. Do you need it?"

"Of course I don't need to! Are you kidding me?"

"There will always be people who need it - but don't worry, the current BCI technology mainly improves the memory function area, and does not significantly improve the neural network responsible for imagination. The basic functions and social structure of human beings will not be shaken. "

"That's good, that's good"

Piedlov breathed a deep sigh of relief, the future Jace had just described seemed too scary to him.

After a pause, he continued to ask:

"Speaking of which, the purpose of our coming here seems to be to get their algorithms and databases, right? It's been two months now, but we haven't gotten anything, and the other party hasn't given us a clear answer."

"I feel like the only thing we got in these two months was a piece of meat - there are so many delicious foods in Chengdu. No wonder Chinese people say this is one of the most suitable cities for retirement."

Hearing Piedrov's words, Jess nodded slightly and replied:

"Yes, this is also an issue I have been thinking about recently. The other party has never recognized the path of consciousness uploading we have chosen, so it is indeed not easy to persuade them to share the core technology."

"Why are they so against mind uploading?"

Piedlov asked curiously.

Jess sighed deeply, put out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and then said with emotion:

"Actually, I have many versions of the answer to your question. For example, it is caused by cultural attributes. For example, it is caused by their collectivized social structure. For example, it is caused by their ideology and economic foundation. "

“All these answers can reasonably explain why they chose BCI transmission technology, why they chose the Tongtian River project, and why they chose to build the so-called ‘Beacon Fire’. However, these answers are a bit too complicated.”

"To put it simply, the answer is just one sentence."

"They want to save everyone."

"Everyone? What do you mean?"

"Literally everyone. You see, in a country like ours, if a major disaster is expected, the official's first reaction is to weigh the pros and cons and find ways to preserve the most valuable group of people and achieve benefits. Maximize results.”

"As for other people, they can be given up."

"What about them? They are different. They don't care whether you are poor or rich, whether you are a powerful person or an ordinary citizen, whether you are an old man or a young child, whether you are a man or a woman, they all treat you equally."

"Even if you are going to die of cancer tomorrow, they have to save you first - it's okay to die because of cancer, but you can't die because of the invasion of adjacent dimensions."

"That's ironic, isn't it?"

Piedrov nodded and replied:

"It's quite ironic. To save these people who don't need to be saved, resources have been spent in vain, but there is no return. In their words, this is just the so-called 'face project'."

Jace glared at him with a look of hatred, and then cursed:

"That's not what I meant when I said sarcasm, you idiot!"

"What I'm saying is that we claim to be a democratic country and we claim to respect the independence of every individual and protect the rights of every individual, but we do not hesitate to give up on these individuals when life and death are at stake."

"And they, a collectivist country, obviously all actions should be based on maximizing collective interests, but they still protect the lives and rights of everyone regardless of the cost. Isn't this ironic?"

"You idiot, it's not them who are being mocked, it's us!"

Piedrov spread his hands and replied:

"Okay, okay, I actually didn't think that much. You know, I don't always like to think that much."

"But you may be right. Most of the politicians in the Western world are hypocritical and selfish. This is also the meaning of Hermes' existence, isn't it?"

"yes."

Looking at Piedlov's innocent expression, Jess sighed deeply, and then continued:

"But essentially we still haven't gotten rid of the influence of the so-called 'Western World' on us. Maybe we should attract some Chinese people. This will be a beneficial impact for us - but they probably won't agree."

"Wait, that's a bit far. In short, they want to save everyone, so they will never allow some elites to survive through consciousness uploading, because what consciousness uploading actually represents is the tendency of escapeism."

"Are there any escapees among us?"

Piedlov asked doubtfully.

"Isn't it just Ark? No, are you trying to tell me that before you joined Ark, you didn't even understand the basic concept of Ark?"

".I joined after you."

Hearing this, Jace felt like he was going to be mad at this simple-minded furry bear. He lit up a cigarette again and took a few puffs before he finally calmed down.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, according to the instructions from above, we have to find ways to create some resistance for them."

"BCI transmission technology is not yet mature, and humans have not yet fully understood its role."

"Taking this opportunity, we have to find a way to distract some of their attention and make them realize that BCI direct transmission is not the only direction, thereby convincing them to allocate some resources to us."

"You're going to blow up their lab? Is that why you're participating in their next experiment??"

Upon hearing this, Piedrov's expression became tense. Although he has always been a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, but judging from his observations in recent years, he still has a good impression of the Chinese people and wants to take action against these people. , he naturally hesitated.

"Of course not! Do I look like that stupid and bad person?"

"Participating in the experiment is just to further confirm the results of this technology. Of course, it is also to satisfy my own curiosity, but this is completely different from what we are going to do!"

"Didn't I say it? What we have to do is not to destroy the development of BCI direct transmission technology - and we must not slow it down. This is a technology related to the future of all of us!"

"What we have to do is to let them see the limitations of BCI technology in advance and strive for more opportunities for mankind - don't confuse us with those stupid politicians, our starting point is different."

"Read the report sent by the laboratory carefully. It says clearly that this technology changes the stock of individual knowledge, not the individual's thinking ability."

"In other words, those creative tasks are actually done by the human brain."

"Although experiments have proven that BCI technology can speed up the association between various pieces of knowledge to a certain extent, it does not mean that humans can create new speculations and associations based on this system."

"So, this is probably a limitation of BCI technology - we have to find a way to verify this limitation."

"Once this limitation is proven, then they will have to reconsider the resources they should invest in this technology."

After listening to Jace's words, Piedrov nodded as if understanding, and then asked:

"How to do?"

"You really can't help me at all. Forget it, I'll contact you myself and you can just watch."

A few days later, under the control of the Hermes organization, a new viewpoint began to ferment in public opinion.

BCI transmission technology cannot really improve human talent, and the problems humans are facing now actually require geniuses to solve.

What is the way to break through adjacent dimensions? What is the principle of water pump theory? How should quantum ghosts be created?

There are no answers to all these questions related to the survival of mankind, and even under the current knowledge system, there is not even a direction.

To find this direction, what mankind needs is not the integration and inheritance of old knowledge systems, but the exploration of new knowledge.

Exploring new knowledge requires strong thinking ability to support it.

Obviously, BCI transmission technology cannot do this, so its importance may not be as strong as initially imagined.

Of course, there are many refutations of this theory. Hermes has obviously anticipated such refutations, so they proposed a very traditional, but also very interesting verification plan:

competition.

A competition for the exploration of entirely new areas of knowledge.

Can an ordinary person using BCI direct transmission technology defeat those gifted geniuses in competitions covering literature, art, mathematics, logic, etc.?

The Hermes Organization set up this arena through their spokesperson, and China - no, it is China's BCI team, must conquer this arena.

Because they need to prove themselves to resource controllers and the people.

This is a completely new area of ​​technology, and who will be willing to fully support your development if you don’t prove it’s useful first?

Even the technology most endorsed by Suiren, even the most determined and confident official, still needs some evidence.

Therefore, after corresponding communication with Ye Zhou, Chen Li's BCI team began to operate at full speed. In a very short period of time in the future, they will enter a full-load working state, and such work is just to prove that things:

BCI transmission technology, its real purpose, is not at all what Hermes Organization Lock thought.