Great Power Technology

At the Birmingham International Laboratory, Minson and Hassan looked at the latest report with complicated expressions on their faces.

Mingsen was mostly filled with emotion, but there was an added sense of amusement in Hassan's expression.

Since Mingsen confessed to him that he belonged to the Ark organization last time, Hassan has actually been tempted and threatened by various temptations to let him join the organization, but he finally declined politely.

Because in his opinion, it is one thing to develop consciousness uploading technology, but it is another thing to join Ark and become the so-called "escape party".

Of course, this does not mean that he is any more noble than Mingsen. On the contrary, his decision was purely the result of weighing interests, because he could see that in the context of the invasion of neighboring dimensions, "escape" This trend of thought that is destined to abandon the majority of people is unlikely to be recognized by the international community.

On the surface, at least, recognition is impossible.

Officials in various countries will inevitably formulate a series of measures to limit the development of this trend, which may include but are not limited to economic policy bias, restrictions on individual rights, and even in the end, a serious conflict may break out. It is self-evident what the outcome of such a conflict would be for the fugitive faction, which was clearly outnumbered.

Therefore, he did not intend to do such an unwise thing. Even though he had never put forward any significance to the consciousness uploading project, he still fully supported Mingsen's work.

——

This is why Minson finally gave up trying to persuade him.

Interest is always the most reliable thing. Since Hassan's choice is based on weighing the pros and cons, it is impossible for him to do anything that goes against his own interests - such as reporting the Ark Organization or the Hermes Organization to the official. There is absolutely no way this kind of thing could happen to Hassan.

After reading the report, Hassan joked:

"It seems that their actions are much faster than we expected. We thought they were only making breakthroughs in a single field, but we didn't expect that they are close to the final form of BCI technology."

After hearing his words, Mingsen sighed and replied:

"Yes, since they can realize the transmission from machine to human, then of course the transmission from human to machine can also be realized."

"No, it should be said that they have already achieved it. After all, database retrieval and search rely on neural signals, and they have obviously achieved the decoding of such signals."

"So, in fact, if they want to do it, they can immediately upload their consciousness to realize it - the only reason why they don't do it is that they don't want to."

Hassan nodded in agreement and said:

"That seems to be the case now. Then don't we have any other way to convince them? Don't the Hermes Organization still have two people in China? Can't they continue to try other, unconventional ways? "

Mingsen glanced at Hassan helplessly and replied:

"Don't even think about it. China is different now than it was a few years ago. They are the beacon of the world. In other words, they actually prefer to call themselves 'fire'."

“After the release of BCI transmission technology, support for them in international public opinion has almost reached its peak. Not to mention those countries that are friendly or neutral to them, even our own allies, a large part of them have already turned to them. "

"If you look at it from my point of view, if you want to obtain their technology now, you must either find a way to really convince them, or else, the only way left is the most extreme way."

"What way?"

"It's the same old thing, military threat. Quantum encryption technology will be completely replaced within this month. Their information hegemony is about to end. We still have room for military deterrence."

"Not always."

Hassan answered noncommittally, paused for a moment, and then asked again:

"You don't know that their Golden Crow fighter jet has entered into the final preparations for test flight, right?"

Mingsen was stunned for a moment, then sighed again.

"Then we have to give it a try. Otherwise, should we give up this direction completely? Until now, I actually still think that we are right. I am really unwilling to give up."

"The problem is that this tough approach has no effect on them. In fact, the result of trying or not trying is the same. Instead, they may become more vigilant because of our bad attitude. By that time, we There is absolutely no chance.”

"Then according to your point of view, what should we do?"

Mingsen's brows furrowed. He felt that he could no longer see any hope of improvement in the current situation.

As he said, he always firmly believes that the path chosen by Ark is correct. In their plan, uploading consciousness is only the first step. In the next step, human consciousness can be integrated with machines, that is to say, " "Robot" will officially break away from the concept of "machine" and instead possess a human core.

In this case, humans can easily survive in various extreme environments. Ultra-long-distance interstellar voyages no longer need to worry about aging. They can simply shut down through the preset program and restart after reaching the destination.

Regardless of whether the journey is hundreds of light years, thousands of light years, or hundreds of thousands of light years, it is only a blink of an eye for mechanized humans.

In a vacuum-sealed environment, a machine body is almost invincible.

By that time, the time scale perceived by humans will become extremely large, and it is possible that the realization process of many plans and goals will become hundreds of years. Human development will also reach a new level.

This is a unique path. In the past few decades, mankind's way of solving space navigation problems has still been to find ways to make itself faster and to make the distance shorter. Therefore, super-light navigation technology, leap A series of concepts such as technology and wormhole conjecture have been proposed.

But no one has ever thought of changing human perception of time.

Just imagine, if a year is like one second to humans, will humans still care about the long journey of interstellar navigation?

Therefore, this is the ultimate goal of the Ark organization, to change human beings' perception of time, so that they can embark on a long journey to find a pure land where they can temporarily live in the universe of this dimension, where it will take tens of thousands of human years The accumulated wisdom and experience are used to rebuild and develop civilization.

To achieve this goal, we must first mechanize the human body, and to fully mechanize the human body, we must upload consciousness.

From the perspective of the Ark organization, the so-called plan of maintaining the brain structure and replacing other organs with machines is completely nonsense, because the body will eventually decay. Since the brain is retained, it is better not to modify it at all.

The ultimate solution is to mechanize everything and convert carbon-based life into silicon-based life.

This is a magnificent project. In the eyes of Ark members, this project is far more grand than China's so-called "Fenghuo Project" and "Tongtian River" project. But the problem is that the first step of this project , it can no longer proceed.

"I think we shouldn't do this with a confrontational mindset - why can't we cooperate with them?"

"Cooperation? What cooperation do you mean?"

Mingsen said doubtfully.

China's refusal to share the core algorithm and database of BCI technology is actually a rejection of international cooperation. Now that Hassan has brought it up again, Mingsen doesn't understand what he means at all.

"I mean, we can give up on our goals for now."

"The situation is now very clear. The Chinese have conscious uploading technology in their hands. We don't need to repeatedly explore this technology. The goal is just to get this technology from them, right?"

Mingsen nodded and replied:

"Yes, this is what we have been discussing, how to get it."

"Don't worry, I said, we should give up the means of confrontation."

"Mingsen, why can't we be friends with those Chinese people? Why can't we help them accomplish what they want to do first?"

"Chinese people are an extremely cautious group, and this cautious gene is deeply embedded in their blood."

"Believe me, they will never be satisfied with just one option - they need option two."

"And what we have to do is actually to put our consciousness uploading plan at the top of the selection list, isn't it?"

After listening to Hassan's explanation, Mingsen suddenly said:

"I understand what you mean. Actually, you want us to trade time for space, right?"

"As long as we can afford to wait, they will start designing alternative plans sooner or later, is that what you mean?"

"Yes."

Hassan nodded happily. This was what he admired most about Mingsen. He never stuck to stereotypes and outdated rules.

As long as he can achieve his goal, he doesn't care about breaking some established principles.

"But if this is the case, we will face a new problem - how long do we have to wait?"

"BCI technology has just emerged. No one knows how long it will take to develop and mature."

"It can't be that the invasion of adjacent dimensions has been fully launched. Are we still waiting for the so-called Plan No. 2?"

Hassan shook his head and replied:

"You can rest assured on this - the efficiency of the Chinese people is no joke."

"If I estimate based on my experience, it is possible that BCI transmission technology will be fully rolled out within three years, or even as soon as one year."

"And when will they launch Plan 2? My answer is, the slowest, it will be within this year."

"So, what we have to do is take advantage of this window of time to build a good relationship with them, and it is best to become their friends."

"No one would say no to a friend, right?"

Mingsen hummed, and after thinking for a moment, he asked:

"Then what are we going to do?"

"That's not something I need to think about."

Hassan spread his hands and continued:

"Leave it to the professionals - but I do have a suggestion."

“Don’t be smart and don’t choose for them, just ask them what they need.”

"This method of exchange is truly acceptable to China."