Chapter 1058: Making Fire

From Pittman's attitude, Bertila realized that the "synthetic brain" technology he created seemed to be more important than he expected—the "extraterritorial wanderer" who always thought one step ahead of others seemed to start from this Some kind of broader development prospects are seen in the technology, or... some kind of future application has been arranged for it.

"May I ask?" She thought for a while, and couldn't help asking curiously, "What are you planning to use these 'brains' for? It shouldn't be just to expand the scale of psychic singers and create more Mind assist device?"

Pittman glanced at Bertila silently, and after thinking for a while, he asked with a smile, "Have you ever visited those rumbling factories?"

"Factory?" Bertila was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Of course—although I can't move now, there are many factories in the entire Solin area, and I have seen factories that produce clothing and metal containers , and factories for treating sewage and recycling oozes...those machines are impressive."

"Yes, it's impressive, but maybe they can be even more impressive," Pittman raised his eyebrows, "Those machines are powerful and efficient, but compared with the dexterous craftsmen, what they can do There are still too few things, too rough, as a Gondorian, you should know how the magic workshop worked more than 700 years ago..."

"Are you going to let the machines... learn to think?" Bertila finally understood what Pittman meant, and his eyes widened. "Use those synthetic brains?"

"Not only that, we may even let the factory learn to think," Pittman nodded, "Imagine such a scenario-our factory is a huge steel monster, and this steel giant has a brain, in The thinking device in the center of the factory is immersed in the loyal main engine of wetware, its nerve fibers spread along the pipelines in the workshop, and every machine is its end, all the gears and levers are now dexterous, like a craftsman's Fingers generally do delicate things, and workers and technicians only need to be responsible for giving instructions and designing more advanced workflows..."

Bertila didn't speak for a few seconds. She thought that if she still had a heart, her heart might stop beating for a moment. She admitted that she was attracted by the scene Pittman described, but Feeling an inexplicable... vigilance. In the end, she shook her head and stared into the eyes of the chief druid of the empire in front of her: "Why didn't I know that you still have such exquisite words and sentences?"

"Since these words are spoken by His Majesty, I will be responsible for memorizing them," Pittman admitted indifferently, "He conceived an amazing production method... But then again, he also emphasized this The disturbing part behind this technology, like whether these brains will get out of control, like whether they will generate their own 'thoughts', like the role of humans in factories... You are also a technician, and you have lived through the age of Gondor, you should I can understand what His Majesty is worried about."

"Indeed, I can understand—and fortunately, he is already worried about this, and his worry makes me breathe a sigh of relief," Bertila said while exhaling like a human being, "How should I say it?" Well... the future you just pictured even made me feel a little nervous... when I imagined those factories and machines actually starting to think."

Then she paused, as if she was thinking, and then continued: "But it's okay, we don't have to be so nervous. At the current stage, the synthetic brain I created does not have the physiological structure to produce 'self' Consciousness' condition, it is an auxiliary computing organ that can quickly complete the induction and summary of huge data and undertake some tasks of transmitting consciousness signals, but in essence, its neural nodes cannot independently think about complex issues, so unless We reset all the structures of synthetic brains, otherwise we don't have to worry about these brains being suddenly stimulated to become self-conscious and out of control.

"On the other hand, it is precisely because these brains can only perform computing tasks and execute simple commands, if they are really used to control machines, they can only do preset things and perform low-complexity repetitions. operation, so we don’t have to worry about the collective unemployment of humans in the factory...but the reduction of jobs is certain.”

"Your Majesty is actually not only worried about human unemployment. In fact, this is not even an important issue." Pittman shook his head. "In fact, the biggest problem in factories everywhere is the shortage of workers. Even if more than half of the machines in the future have The ability to operate automatically, the job gap is still scary... But this is not what we are going to discuss today.

"In short, since the situation is as you said, I am personally relieved."

Bertila looked Pittman up and down, she was thinking, and said thoughtfully: "Since we have talked about the topic of 'making the machine think', I still have some opinions of my own..."

"Tell me," Pittman nodded immediately, "you are very professional in this area."

"It has nothing to do with my major, I just thought of some things in the Gondor era," Bertila said, and the winding vines and branches behind her rubbed against the floor, making a rustling sound, "You should know that as early as Gondor At that time, human beings had created "machines" capable of thinking - we called them "iron men" at that time, and modern golem and puppet technology can be counted as the remnants of this "smart" technology. Of course, Iron Man's The mind core and the puppet's arcane core are completely different from the 'synthetic brain' in essence, but they also have similarities, for example...they all have the possibility of losing control.

"And in the Gondor era, in order to prevent the iron people from getting out of control, we used a special method."

"A special method?" Pittman suddenly showed curiosity, "What method?"

"I only know a rough idea—after all, my brothers and I were just little nobles on the frontier back then, and what I'm going to talk about is the cutting-edge technology of humans at that time," Bertila said slowly as he recalled , "Back then, the iron men of Gondor were all incorporated into a system called the 'Iron Man Network'. This system is like the public 'brain' of the iron men. They must be under the control of this network to act, and the network's The upper node... guess what it is?"

"Upper node?" Pittman frowned, but then he thought of someone, a rebel as old as Kamel, "Wait, I guessed it..."

"As you guessed," Bertera nodded, "it was the royal family of Gondor at that time, the Norton family.

"Every member of the Norton family will undergo neurotransformation during their lifetime, so that their brains can be incorporated into the Iron Man network like those Iron Men, and even after their death, their consciousness will be retained, in some form. The Iron Man network continues to operate. Generations of Norton royal families have used this method to maintain absolute control over the 'Iron Man', a highly intelligent mechanical soldier... Although Gondor is gone now, until the day when the ancient empire collapsed , Those Iron Man Corps have indeed never lost control.”

Pittman opened his mouth and muttered for a while: "How does this method of retaining consciousness remind me of immortals..."

"Yes, although they are different things, they also have something in common," Bertila said. "Many miraculous things we do today, the Gondor Empire thousands of years ago actually did it long ago."

Pittman's expression was a bit complicated for a while: "No wonder Kamel and Veronica, and even His Majesty himself often said that our current technological development in many fields is not 'creation', but only restoration and reconstruction..."

"So I seldom think that a specific technology today is called a 'miracle'," Bertila twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a slightly stiff smile, "For me, the biggest miracle of the Cecil Empire today It is not the technologies themselves, but you have found a way to promote these technologies to all mankind, and the ideas and spirits you have shown in the process... This is the part that was lacking in the once prosperous Gondor Empire. "

"This should be the biggest compliment you can say, and it's not easy," Pittman sighed with a smile, "In short, the information you revealed is very important, although we can't make another Iron Man now. network, but we have the Narrator neural network, and now we have the technology to connect those synthetic brains to the network ... What you said is a very important reference for us."

"But please don't forget that neural networks are also risky," Bertila reminded solemnly, "If I have learned anything during the years of falling into the dark sect, then the most important one is: any technology There are risks. There is no perfect and always effective security solution in the world. With the development of technology, risks are also developing and brewing at the same time. There is indeed no problem with the Iron Man network in the past, but in my opinion, it is just It’s because the Gondor Empire was destroyed one step earlier. In the final analysis, it is normal for technology to have risks, but the biggest risk is the peace of mind. If one day you really think that there is a technology in the world that has no hidden dangers and no accidents , that’s when the real catastrophe is imminent.”

As she spoke, those eyes lacking emotion and spirituality looked at Pittman's eyes without blinking at the same time, as if she was using her current state of losing her human body to remind the other party and strengthen her persuasion : "Please pass on my words to Brother Gao Wen—although he may not need my reminders, I still hope that the voices of these reminders will always exist."

Pittman probably didn't expect that the former dark patriarch would suddenly express such emotion. He was a little surprised, but finally nodded solemnly: "I will—and I will also repeat what you said today. Record it and tell it to researchers who are just entering the field of knowledge."

"That's good," Bertila finally withdrew her gaze from Pittman, she turned her head, glanced at the culture sacs lined up on the wall, and suddenly had a little smile in her tone, "Okay Well, let's relax, it's actually too early to talk too much about these things. After all, what you just described is something that has not been realized at all. Before considering whether synthetic brain technology is risky, we Let's discuss how to connect these brains with ordinary machines... As far as I feel, the existing immersion chambers and artificial nerve cords are not so easy to use."

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"It's normal for technology to have risks, but the biggest risk is the peace of mind..." Gao Wen whispered to himself, and couldn't help shaking his head, "It seems that Bertila is very interested in the large-scale use of 'synthetic brain'." The attitude towards this matter is very cautious—even though these 'brains' were originally designed by her."

Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, stood in Gawain's study, and smiled a little when she heard the words: "The original synthetic brain was made by the giant tree of Sorin, and it was essentially an extension of Bertila's thinking. She doesn't have to worry about it. But if you want to mass-produce this technology, the synthetic brain cultivated in the biochemical factory will not be controlled by the giant tree of Sorin—it is normal for Beltira to be worried."

"...The Doom Society once paid a heavy price for losing control of technology and the mentality of 'sit back and relax', and Beltira herself was part of the price, which changed her mentality," Gao Wen said, "She is The most outstanding druid, but she is very cautious about anything she creates these days, even to the point of lack of self-confidence... Although she has been very careful to control this mentality, it can still be obtained from some of her It can be seen from the words and sentences in some experimental reports."

"From another point of view, her caution is a good thing," Veronica said softly, "Let the factory learn to think, use artificial brains to control machines... and even use them to control weapons in the future, this really requires caution things to deal with."

"The wetware server inspired me—since those brains can directly control the Dragoon aircraft, they can obviously be used to control other things as well," Gao Wen rubbed his chin, while the desk in front of him was stacked with Good documents and information, some pages are the front-line combat reports about the wetware server and the psionic choir, and the other pages are sketches outlining the conceptual scene of the "synthetic brain" controlling the machine and commanding the factory , "Actually, I was a little surprised, because as early as the Gondor period, there were 'machines' that could think like 'Iron Man', and some magic workshops also had 'demon spirits' that assisted in production. I thought Bell, who had experienced Gondor civilization, Tira would at least be a little more open-minded about this..."

"Even the Gondorians back then didn't use real artificial brains to control those machines—this is a plan that no one has ever thought of," Veronica said, "compared with the mental core or the demon spirit. , the variables of biological matter brains will obviously be more, and from the three perspectives of ordinary people, those biological matter brains will naturally be disturbing, which is normal."

"Yeah, it's normal," Gawain laughed and looked at Veronica, "What about you? How do you think about it?"

"...it's also disturbing when humans first made fire from lightning."

Gawain took a deep look at Veronica.

After a long time, he showed a smile: "I understand."

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