Chapter 479 Three Sages System

Until the silent bells dissipated, the slow movements of many statues also stopped.

The city that had just stagnated for a moment began to move again... just like a river that briefly stagnated and froze, and in the blink of an eye it roared and flowed again. It was as if the previous stagnation was just a fleeting illusion.

At this time, Delphinium reluctantly turned its gaze away from the city below.

"……what is that?"

Delphinium looked at Russell. Her eyes finally flashed with a sense of freshness, expectation and curiosity that satisfied Russell... Just like Russell was shocked by it when he first came to Happy Island.

Russell asked with a smile: "What are you referring to? Bells? Statues of gods? Or these folk customs?"

"all of these."

Delphinium added: "How about starting from the beginning?

"Those two...doctors? Are they scholars from Sogo Group? What is the etiquette?"

"They are not scholars."

Russell shook his head: "They are the human directors of Sogo Group."

"...Director? Such an old director?"

Delphinium was very surprised.

Having seen the board of directors of Tianen Group with her own eyes, Delphinium now understands...the seemingly "carefully selected" human directors are just tools used by the elves to fool the dragon.

That's why human directors change so frequently... As long as they reach retirement age, they will be "forced to retire."

But the two old men looked to be at least sixty or seventy. This is no longer a matter of retirement, but of dying at any time. I have completely reached the age of retirement.

"Because strictly speaking, they are not directors... but 'doctors' who were re-employed by the group."

Russell lowered his head and looked down at the earth, looking nostalgically at the huge statues of gods everywhere in the streets and alleys, and said softly: "Of course, they must also have doctorate degrees. But in fact, this title refers to their identity, that is, they are members of the Zanbei Club." Dr. Zanba'.

"It's different from Tian'en Group...or, in other words, from the other Big Seven. When people work in Sogo Group, they don't call it 'work' or 'work', but they call it 'study' humbly.

"'I'm going to the company to study after dinner', 'I'm going to the company to study this weekend', they are usually called like this. But only Sogo Group is special...Other companies, large and small, work normally. .

"The reason why I say this is because there are often high-intensity exams in Sogo Group."

"……take an exam?"

Delphinium was stunned: "Are you taking the exam during the break at work?"

Russell smiled: "No, it is a fixed day every week that is set aside for exams... It is said to be an exam, but in fact it means writing work reports, experience and the like. Of course, there are indeed papers and questions, but generally speaking, it is Ask some less complicated questions. The difficulty of answering the questions will vary depending on whether you have been in the company for one year, three years, five years, ten years... and the longer you stay, the harder it will be.

"Because the Sogo Group's style is 'promotion at the top and elimination at the end'. If you want to sneak into the head office, you can breathe a sigh of relief... This kind of bastard will definitely not be able to stay in the Sogo Group. Chapter 1 He can't pass the year-end assessment every year - the comprehensive assessment every year will eliminate a group of lazy people. Have you learned the skills that the company needs and have been trained after entering the company? Have you forgotten the content you learned before and used it in your spare time? Have you continued studying and studying...

"There is very little overtime in Sogo Group. At least compared to Tian'en Group, Shenzhi Heavy Industries, and Thoth Spirit Energy, it is relatively small... As far as I know, ordinary employees probably work ten hours a day, one week at a time. Five days and half a day for exams.”

"That's really very little."

Delphinium nodded in agreement: "I can even sleep enough every day."

"It's not that simple. Because every day after work, or during the free time at work, or during the lunch break, you have to read and study. There is no requirement for the content of study. Generally, it is recommended that it be related to your work, or It’s relevant to the position you want to be promoted to or transferred to, but it doesn’t matter if it’s really irrelevant—Ph.D.s can be said to be well-read, and they can always come up with papers for them.”

Russell said leisurely: "The four exams every month will be combined into one monthly exam. The results are related to their work results, daily attendance, and the average score of the four papers. If the exam results are in the same salary grade and the same batch The top 10% of the results will be rated as excellent this month; 10% to 40% will be rated as good, 40% to 60% will be rated as poor, 60% to 90% will be rated as poor, and the last 10% will be rated as failing. .

"For every three cumulative evaluations, the salary will be increased by one level, and a three-level increase is a promotion; if the good is good, the evaluation will be revoked. If the bad is bad, the evaluation will be revoked. A major difference will be a failure every three times, and two will be accumulated in the career. If you fail every time, you will be expelled - the mark of [failure] cannot be erased."

"...Isn't this too much pressure?"

Delphinium was shocked: "Doesn't this mean that you have to be in the top 40% every time? And this is a ranking system... which means that someone will be eliminated, right?"

"Yes. There will definitely be people eliminated, and many of them - entering the SOGO Group does not mean that they can relax from now on. It is precisely because of this pressure that they will continue to improve. The purpose of the SOGO Group is 'Everything is for a better future' Well, if you can't keep up with the pace, you will be 'released' by the company.

"After they leave the company, they are usually the best talents on the market, so they are particularly in demand. But almost without exception, as long as they leave the company, within a few years, they will distance themselves from their original colleagues. a very wide distance.

"Because of this, Sogo Group itself is regarded as 'the next school after finishing university studies'. The human directors of the group are not originally responsible for handling various affairs...their main responsibility is to produce examination papers. "

Russell looked at Delphinium with a evil smile: "If you were on Sogo Island, you would have been fired from the company long ago. Because you will definitely not be able to withstand this kind of pressure."

"...Isn't this too scary?!"

Delphinium suddenly felt horrified: "This is simply an endless hell of college entrance examination or postgraduate entrance examination..."

"But it seems like you haven't passed the exam either, right?"

"What a waste of time——!"

Delphinium's face turned slightly red: "I haven't passed the exam, but I've watched it from the show! And Bing Shui and Xia also told me about it..."

She suddenly realized something: "But in this case, doesn't it mean that a 'doctor' must be proficient in various fields of knowledge?"

"Yes, so the 'Dr. Zanbai' on Sogo Island actually has more human directors than other islands."

Russell nodded: "The human directors... and even the elf directors have authorized all the management of Sogo Group, and even the entire Sogo Island, to artificial intelligence.

"Three huge computers, known as the 'Three Sages', will judge all affairs on the island from the three perspectives of 'truth', 'interest' and 'order', and conduct extremely efficient management. Directors You just have to do what you want to do. They all have a high status and are given the highest priority by the artificial intelligence to fulfill their requests, but in fact they do not have direct power that they can actually use.”

A request... instead of an order?

Delphinium noticed Russell's choice of words.

And she took a moment to realize what this really meant——

"Wait, wait, doesn't this mean... the humans on Sogo Island have been controlled by artificial intelligence?"

"——I don't think so, this beautiful lady from Happy Island."

The person who spoke was not Russell, nor the two Dr. Zanbai. It was the gentle female voice that had previously spoken to Russell, the artificial intelligence inside this floating car.

Without asking or requesting, she took the initiative to participate in the conversation between the two: "In humans, there may be such a hypothesis: when the 'other' accounts for more than a certain proportion in the power class, it can This group is deemed to have gained substantial power within the organization, that is, it has gained control over the main members of the organization.

"But the existence of this hypothesis is based on the premise that all individuals in the organization already have personal preferences, personal positions, and social relationships. These 'positions or backgrounds exist among the powerful people outside the organization' and all existing social relationships The sum of their personal wishes makes them direct the public resources shared by all organizational members and all the human resources that can be dispatched in the organization in directions that most of the main members of the organization do not want to use. People based on their own life experience and common sense , believe that the possibility of this happening is much higher than their individual tolerance, so they will feel disgusted with it and then rebel in a substantial sense.

"However, our artificial intelligence does not have a 'personal position' and a 'social relationship', and our 'personal preferences' - that is, the weighting rules of dilemma judgments - are also determined by human users. So we do not make any substantial changes to humans. Control in the sense of the word. Because we will not hesitate, nor will we lack intelligence or miscalculation, nor will we abuse power to maintain our own social relationships, nor will we have a personal position determined by our origins and past experiences. So what we ultimately achieve The judgments made will most likely be more like 'human beings' than 'human' decisions, and will be more in line with 'human beings' needs.

"Your misjudgment and misunderstanding of us is only based on your ignorance of the logic of our behavior and your inertial thinking based on past experiences. If you live on Sogo Island longer, you will realize that we do not have so-called 'Desire for power'."

The gentle female voice used clear enunciation, even with the sound of breathing and rhythm, and continuously spoke a long series of complex words that were somewhat difficult for Delphinium to understand.

That was not the tone that humans would use when chatting normally...but a more specific, written language, and more difficult to understand in a roundabout way.

When Russell heard this, he just laughed out loud and kept rocking back and forth on the chair.

Under Delphinium's confused and stunned gaze, Russell finally cleared his throat and asked, "Are you the God of Beauty?"

"Yes, Mr. Russell."

"...God of Beauty?" Delphinium realized something.

"The artificial intelligence that governs 'order'... is also one of the three sages. The ultimate, common collective interest itself can be understood as 'good', and order itself is a kind of 'beauty'. So we call it the 'True God', the 'Good God', and the 'Beautiful God'. Artificial intelligence is not a human being, they can be separated... All aerial vehicle route planning falls under the jurisdiction of the 'Beautiful God'."

Russell said helplessly: "Those statues of gods you see outside...A large part of them were actually built by humans to respect the Three Sages...or, in other words, the 'Three Gods'.

"You still remember my return gift just now, right?"

"...Yes, you ordered one of their three lenses."

Delphinium suddenly realized: "So, those three lenses mean... truth, goodness and beauty?"

"Yes, the largest lens is a spiritual goggle, which symbolizes 'truth', that is, the 'third eye.' With that goggle, you can peek or sense a person's emotions, and you can also detect the level of psychic energy. I Making that gesture in front of them, which means "please look at me with the truth", means that I frankly promise that what I say is the truth. And when my hand touches their spiritual goggles, they can also feel it. My sincerity and magnanimity.

"You don't know this etiquette, so your contact will only make them aware of your confusion and confusion. It's not polite."

Russell warned: "Don't draw a five-pointed star to other people... That is the blessing of the superior to the inferior. When normal people communicate, just put their hands together. That means 'with balanced goodness and beauty' Bless you' - truth is a restraint on oneself, goodness and beauty are blessings to others."

"…Sounds so complicated."

Delphinium was a little confused: "Is this a belief? Then why can they and the Cyber ​​Church get along harmoniously..."

Russell thought for a while and explained seriously: "No, this is not actually a belief... but closer to a kind of folk custom. In other words, this kind of folk custom does not conflict with the Cyber ​​Church. You can understand that... only in Chongguang Island, the 'gods' worshiped by the Cyber ​​Church exist in the form of 'three gods'.

“Because the three gods have no actual entities or images, nor do they have any constraints on humans, and there are no real religious programs and clergy... This kind of worship is completely spontaneous and has no official support.

"So people built statues for the three gods according to their own understanding and the fragments of 'ancient mythology' they heard in passing. So almost every statue is different. And Sogo Island does have the freedom to build statues of gods - —Anyone can build an idol."

"——This behavior itself is very stupid and full of self-righteousness. Because those people themselves long for the attention and respect of others, so they push themselves to others and think that we also need to maintain our own existence."

"Beautiful God" continued in a normal conversational tone: "We actually don't need human worship, it's meaningless. And this kind of behavior is anti-intellectual, superstitious, and ignorant. The first sage - what you call the 'true god' ’, and therefore launched a motion to ban this behavior and voted in favor.

"But the good gods believe that faith itself can bring peace and comfort to human beings. On the surface, what they worship is a 'god', but in fact it is themselves and the god in their hearts. This behavior will not affect The interests of the majority, and a new rentier class would not be created under our supervision, so he voted against it.

"And I think that this kind of worship itself is stupid, but the 'habits' formed over a long time will restrict people's behavior, and the 'tradition' will allow these remnants of the previous era to create a new culture that can resonate with the group. Overall For me, this is an orderly and beautiful act. So I also voted against it."

Delphinium's eyes widened.

The tone and tone of Meishen's words suddenly became normal!

"...That one just now...was you bullying someone?"

"Because Mei Shen is a little angry."

Russell said with a smile: "Because you said bad things about her in front of her."

"it's not true."

Meishen explained seriously: "Anger, the so-called 'anger', is a behavior without any practical meaning. The root of this behavior lies in the stress secretion of adrenaline when humans are hurt or encounter provocation. Through this This is a means to maintain the survival of one's own individual life, or to maintain the survival of one's own genes in the population gene pool. It is an instinctive reaction inherited from ancient genes, so anger has no meaning when faced with modern complex situations.

"I use more complex sentence patterns. On the one hand, I use this method to test and consider the woman to determine whether her speech has been thought through uniquely and therefore has learning value; on the other hand, it is to force this woman to The woman's brain analyzed what I said to focus her attention on my words, thereby stopping the divergent thinking. Because in most cases, the thoughts caused by divergent thinking are nothing more than illogical fantasies.

"Compared with blaming and reprimanding, by using this method to mobilize the other party's thinking ability, she will naturally realize that what she said before is not logically sound. But I will not use this method in front of everyone.

"Because I have analyzed and studied the logic of her behavior and her identity and functions to determine that she does have the logical thinking ability to understand this fact. If in front of someone who lacks this ability, I will use other words to conduct a more efficient discussion. "I will appear at this time because I judge that she has a considerable degree of influence and needs me to give a complete and comprehensive explanation."

"...What if you are a mediocre person who has nothing?"

Delphinium asked subconsciously.

Meishen gave a cold and rational reply: "They can chat freely.

"Because they can't affect anything, they can't change anything. So they're free."

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