I see……
Booker's words made Jiang Zhou understand a lot of things at once.
After he woke up in Liao Qi's body, he was curious - as the current temporary commander of the Icarus Liberation Front, how could Booker still be idle after so many things happened?
Whether it was the organization's maintenance of nodes at all levels underground, or the aftermath work at Chiron's House, which one thing shouldn't keep him busy to the point of vomiting blood?
How could he still have time to go to the hospital to watch him wake up?
It turns out that he was worried that Liao Qi was suffering from high-risk cyberpsychosis...
Jiang Zhou was speechless for a long time after he figured this out.
In a sense, Liao Qi is indeed suffering from a cyberpsychosis similar to "identity anchoring dissociation" - he believes that he is a celebrity from a hundred years ago.
Or sinner.
However, he definitely does not have any uncontrollable desire to kill at the moment, nor does he have any intention of killing everyone around him.
Or maybe he didn't take out his weapon and burn it because he thought a company dog or a gang member was hiding in the wreaths sent by the children.
Wait a minute, do you want to try this yourself?
Just when Jiang Zhou started to have random thoughts in his mind, Booker spoke:
"Strictly speaking, according to the organization's regulations, you should conduct a mental index test before you make adjustments and transformations. It's just that it was a special case before, but there are still a lot of procedures that need to be completed in the future..."
Booker's nerves were tense as he spoke, and he carefully observed the micro-expression changes on Liao Qi's face as he spoke.
The Echo Type I combat assistance system integrated in Booker's brain continuously analyzes the opponent's emotional changes - as long as the opponent shows unnecessary aggressive tendencies, he will immediately take action to kill the person in front of him who may have a high-risk game. Bo's mentally ill teammates were restrained.
Previously in the basement of Chiron House, I had already seen Liao Qi's current combat effectiveness.
The reason why Booker temporarily put aside a lot of things in the organization is because he judged that in the current organization, no one except himself can stabilize and subdue the depth 1 Ika in front of him in close combat. Los Path Adjuster.
As for why some rough containment measures were not taken, it was purely because Liao Qi was too important now.
As a survivor of the Siege of Theseus, as a binder of the universal printer's permission, and as another witness of the "paradox"... there is no way he can be saved until he has to, Booker never wants him to die like this. Fall or go crazy.
He even called Bai Dong, the only mind adjuster in the organization, over for this purpose.
If you really suffer from high-risk cyberpsychosis, although the hope is slim, if there is an adjuster by your side, you may be able to save your life.
"...So, let's do a mental index test right now. Is there no problem?"
Booker finally said this.
Liao Qi in front of him seemed a little absent-minded, still staring at the paper wreaths sent by the children next to him.
"Forget it, wouldn't burning it look more like that?"
After Booker finished asking, he said to the other party as if he was talking to himself.
"What?"
Not understanding what the other person was talking about, Booker asked with some confusion.
It was only then that Liao Qi turned to look at himself as if he had come to his senses, and then said with an apology on his face:
"I'm sorry, what did you just say?"
"I said, let's do the mental index test right here, right?"
When Booker repeated it, he would treat it like an elderly person in the family suffering from Alzheimer's disease, pausing after saying a few words.
"No problem, no problem, just..."
Liao Qi immediately nodded in agreement.
But then he added "just" for a twist.
"Just what?"
Booker asked.
"I would like to ask, if my mental index is very abnormal, how will the organization deal with it?"
Liao Qi said this.
Abnormal mental index...
Booker sighed, and then he said without concealment:
"It depends on how far the mental index has dropped. If it is within the warning range, it will be fine. It will only require regular mental fine-tuning, and then you must accept the supervision of the organization before the mental index is completely stable. But if the mental index is If it falls below the dangerous threshold, it will definitely be forcibly restrained... Depending on the situation, it may even be necessary to undergo prosthetic body separation surgery."
What if it is abnormally high...
Of course Jiang Zhou didn't dare to ask that.
After hesitating for a moment, he felt that he should say something at the moment, and then asked:
"What's the danger threshold?"
Liao Qi didn't know much about the mental index. He only knew that it was a data index that quantified the mental state of all intellectual individuals.
It seems that the mental state that is most theoretically suitable for human beings is taken as 1, and dead objects with no mental activity at all are taken as 0. Specifically, the mental index of each person will fluctuate in the range of 0-1.
However, in Liao Qi's impression, he seemed to have never seen anyone with a mental index lower than 0.95.
Liao Qi's own mental index has been fluctuating between 0.98-0.99.
Although the numerical value is very healthy, the fluctuation range is too large, so the organization determines that the mental index is unstable.
"The dangerous threshold that Team Leader Erwin refers to actually refers to the critical value of 0.916837 for falling into the 'uncanny valley of the mind'... Of course, the instruments we have here cannot measure it so accurately."
At this time, Bai Dong, the mental adjuster on the side, spoke.
As she spoke, she took out a bulky instrument with all kinds of strange pipelines from the suitcase on the side.
It wasn't until she took out the CRT-like thing that she looked at Booker next to her.
Then, she asked as if asking for advice:
"Can we start here? Erwin leads the team."
The latter nodded, then took a few steps back to make room for her.
Of course, Jiang Zhou noticed that he didn't retreat too far, probably at a place where he could be supported at any time.
Bai Dong said "Hey", moved the instrument to the hospital bed, then smiled at the Deep 1 adjuster who had just recovered from a serious illness and said:
"Handsome guy, please cooperate and take off your shirt."
Jiang Zhou nodded and followed the instructions, and asked curiously:
“What does the uncanny valley of the mind mean?”
Bai Dong brought another bottle of conductive paste from the side. While applying it on Jiang Zhou's chest, she explained:
"You should have heard of the uncanny valley effect, right? That is, when the degree of anthropomorphism of an object increases, our liking for it will increase. But when the object reaches 'close to human' but not completely human-like , our favorability towards it will suddenly drop, and we will find it extremely scary.”
Jiang Zhou nodded.
After applying the conductive paste, Bai Dong fixed the instrument electrodes on Jiang Zhou's chest with adhesive tape, and then continued:
"The Uncanny Valley of Mind has a similar principle. Initially, the value of 'Mind Index' was not used to measure the human mind, but to determine the threat level of AI. That is, when an AI behaves like a human, but When it is not human, its threat to human society will increase exponentially.
"In the era before the Styx Firewall was built, AI from the old network would enter human society at any time. But not every AI would cause malicious damage to human society. On the contrary, many of them could even become the basis for mankind to leap into the new era. Help. Therefore, scholars at that time formulated the standard of 'mental index' as one of the indicators used to judge the degree of AI threat."
Bai Dong said, and brought out a full-coverage helmet filled with electrodes. She raised her head towards Jiang Zhou, signaling him to stretch his neck over.
Jiang Zhou did as he was told, and Bai Dong leaned over and put the helmet on for him.
"It may be a little loose. There have been some problems with the adjustment device inside. After all, it has been there for some years. Last year, Minerva Information Technology launched the sixth-generation mental measuring instrument, which can accurately measure the mental index to six decimal places, but the Finance Department has been unwilling to do so. Batch reimbursement..."
While speaking, Bai Dong looked back at Booker, who suddenly seemed to be very interested in the sleeve of his right hand.
A complete set of sixth-generation psychometric instruments costs at least more than 500,000 Orei, and it’s not like the old ones can’t be used...
Seeing that his complaints had no effect, Bai Dong sighed slightly, then knelt on one knee beside the hospital bed and began to adjust the ancient and heavy instrument.
She asked while debugging:
"When it starts later, there will be strong flashes of light to stimulate it. There's nothing you can do about it. It's just out of date... You don't have a history of epilepsy or anything like that, do you?"
Jiang Zhou shook his head, and immediately felt that the entire helmet was being moved, so he immediately raised his hand to straighten it.
Then, he asked in a muffled voice through his helmet:
"So, the mental index was originally used as a criterion to identify AI threats?"
Bai Dong replied while debugging the instrument:
"It was like this at first. But after the emergence of adjusters, especially those with high-risk cyberpsychosis, people discovered that the mental index can also be used to judge whether a person deviates from the human category after adjustment. 'Too far.
"1 is the most perfect standard value of human mind after big data calculation. Of course, this is just like absolute zero in physics. It is just a benchmark. In theory, no one can reach it. And 0 means there is no mind at all. There are too many things that can meet this standard of pure dead things that move. In theory, all things that cannot interact are, such as the quilt you are covering now."
With the sound of "sizzling" electricity, Jiang Zhou's sight in the helmet turned bright white, and then an owl pattern began to flash.
That is the logo of Minerva Information Technology Company.
The logo flashed for a moment, and suddenly an update download progress bar appeared.
[The program is being updated, please wait...]
"I literally cried to death."
Bai Dong was suddenly very excited.
"What?"
Jiang Zhou didn't know why she was excited.
"The sixth generation of mind measuring instruments is on the market, and Minerva Information Technology actually updates and maintains the second generation system. They actually still care about us poor people who can't afford the new version. A conscientious company like Minerva , simply should not be part of the Olympian order."
Jiang Zhou heard Booker coughing unnaturally.
While waiting for the updated patch, Jiang Zhou continued to ask:
"Sister Bai Dong, let me ask, what is the approximate range for judging whether a person's mental index is normal or not?"
Jiang Zhou felt his helmet was knocked immediately.
"Who are you calling sister? It's rude, I'm about the same age as you!"
Then she replied:
"The latest research data shows that the mental index of native people is considered normal between 0.980000-0.999985. In fact, except for a few people born with organic neurological diseases, the mental index of native people cannot be biased. Of course, Even if there is no adjustment or transformation, such as adding prosthetics or implants, being addicted to simulator movies for a long time, using addictive or hallucinogenic drugs, or absorbing tactical memory, the mental index will be increased. Deterioration. Especially the absorption of tactical memory has the most severe impact...
"But judging whether a person has the talent to explain adjustments and transformations mainly depends on the stability of his mental index. The more often it is fixed at a certain value, the smaller the decrease in that person's mental index will be after transformation. Of course, as long as it is After transformation, it will be reduced no matter what. And after it is reduced, there is almost no possibility of recovery.
"Basically, the range is around 0.95, which is a relatively safe range. Of course, it is still very important to do mental adjustment care and so on. But if it is lower than 0.95, it will affect real life, and it will also be diagnosed as cybernetic clinically. Mental illness. But before it drops to 0.93, it will not cause much harm to people around us. Many symptoms are actually similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder and road rage.
"After 0.93 is lower than 0.93, it can be classified as dangerous cyberpsychosis. It may require forced restraint or something, but overall it is still within the controllable range, or at least some people will think it is controllable... The key is the limit of 0.916837. Anything below this limit means a complete fall into the mental uncanny valley. According to the laws of many places, people with a mental index lower than this value will not be regarded as a member of the human race."
At this time, the progress bar in front of Jiang Zhou was full, and the instruments placed on the hospital bed began to make noises.
Before the test of his mental index began, Jiang Zhou asked one final question.
"One more question. If the mental index was originally used to detect the threat level of AI, has anyone tested the mental index of super artificial intelligence Janus?"
After hearing this question, Bai Dong was silent for a while, and then slowly said:
"It is said that some idle "Great Impact" historical researchers once used the data records left by Janus for testing. Of course, this is not accurate, but the final conclusion has nothing to do with accuracy.
"It is said that they tested it twice, once it was 0 and once it was 1."
After Bai Dong finished speaking, a current was connected to Jiang Zhou's body, and then a flash of light that was enough to cause photosensitive epilepsy patients to convulse and die flashed.
Countless sounds echoed in his ears, and countless pictures were switched in front of his eyes at an extremely fast speed.
The detector connected to Liao Qi faithfully recorded every moment and every subconscious reaction he had, and then calculated his mental index in total.
And in the end...
Bai Dong stared at the final result calculated by the instrument with wide eyes.
[Target mental index: 1.000]
