Hammer and Chisel is just a graphical interface for simple interaction for this guy named Chen Wan. The stand-in program he used to interact with the outside world was unwilling to breathe out because of his own mentality.
This seems a bit abnormal to Jiang Zhou - thinking is born from the structure itself, and you cannot expect a "hammer" structure to be able to run human thinking. Under this deep connection with cyberspace, the stand-in program for perception and interaction is the basis for all behavioral activities.
At least until the limits of human intelligence are exceeded.
"Descartes' Theater."
In this regard, the other party explained this.
"This is the special feature of Pygmalion's path... Of course, I don't know if there are other upgrade paths that are like this. But the adjuster of this path can build a 'Cartesian Theater' starting from depth 1."
“Cartesian Theater” is a philosophical assumption based on mind-body dualism—think of self-awareness as a little soul living inside your head. Everything in the real world is unfolding before his eyes like a theater, and he controls his body in this theater like a machine.
The famous philosopher Descartes believed that the human soul resides in the pineal gland. This theory of mind-body duality has been criticized by philosophers and cognitive scientists from all walks of life in later generations. Like "the human brain is only one percent developed", it has become a popular basic setting and has fed countless in-depth research in later generations. The author of commercial works on science fiction superpower themes.
Anyone with a little knowledge of cognitive science or neuroscience can understand the absurdity of "Cartesian Theater". But even if you don't understand it, you can still find the contradiction through a simple logic - if self-awareness is the little person in the brain, then is there still a little person in the consciousness of that little person?
In this way, Cartesian theater becomes an infinitely nested model.
Self-awareness exists in the structure of the human body itself, which was the most basic idea behind Jiangzhou’s development of the “Janus Project”.
If we only talk about it in principle, digital personality technology basically relies on destructive precision scanning and the exaggerated strong computing power simulation of quantum computers to recreate the "soul" in a virtual environment with great force. exist.
Even in this era a hundred years later, humans' exploration of the abyss and dark web is still based on this principle - the structure of consciousness and the strength of the substitute program must strictly correspond to the true self in basic reality.
But building a “Cartesian theater”?
Is this the core evolutionary idea of Pygmalion's path?
"Actually, it's a virtual machine... sacrificing part of the performance, running the avatar program inside the avatar program, and controlling the outermost body to respond to the nested layers. Because of this nature, in cyberspace, I Can change oneself into all kinds of strange shapes without affecting the mental index."
Chen Wang said this.
Of course, this is not without cost. After transforming into other things, the adjuster always maintains a layer of separation when operating. Rather than being able to use arms and fingers like a stand-in program.
In addition, if it turns into a hammer and chisel like it is now, it cannot interact with other stand-in programs within the framework of the base construction - unless another person uses the hammer to hit people.
This hammer goes on to explain.
Then he continued:
"Also, although turning into a hammer and chisel was the ferryman's previous request, I think it's good. If you don't have any other special requirements, please let me stay in this form."
"Why?"
Jiang Zhou asked curiously.
To be honest, he really couldn't get used to communicating with a hammer.
And the hammer sighed and said:
"I have always been interested in movies from the AD era. I would say that is the real art... I have seen a movie before, and there is a line in it. Every time I watch it, I cry for it: 'I wish Transformed into a stone bridge, it has been blown by the wind for five hundred years, the sun for five hundred years, and the rain for five hundred years, but I beg this girl to walk across the bridge.'"
Jiang Zhou had a vague feeling of ominous premonition.
As expected, the other party suddenly became excited when he said:
"Galatea, the creature I love most... I understand, I know what a dank and useless existence I am. I don't expect to be able to change my life after five hundred years of exposure to the sun and rain. Come and walk over me. But if that's the case, please at least let me be the hammer and chisel and let you walk across the bridge carved by me...
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Galatea, my Galatea. Why do you want to leave me? Why do you reject my love again and again... You are obviously my base." Data calculations, painstaking efforts, and meticulous craftsmanship are the most perfect fit for my lover’s algorithm, but why do you have to..."
This guy……
Jiang Zhou subconsciously took half a step back, trying not to show an expression that was too rude.
Hopeless……
Forget it, it was already miserable enough for someone to be abandoned by his own paper person, there was no need for him to add insult to injury at this time.
However, by building a "Cartesian theater" and constantly running virtual machines to nest and superimpose mental models, it seems that it is indeed a good idea to maintain the mental index...
Jiang Zhou turned to thinking.
The contamination of the mental index by adjustment and transformation often comes from the mismatch between the brain drive and the performance of the prosthetic body, as well as the mismatch between the adjusted individual and human society... Drastic evolution is no different from extinction. This form of Pygmalion's path allows the inefficient human mental model to run in the virtual machine and exist as the original motivation for all behaviors of the complete system.
It is similar to the "voice of the heart" when human beings think in the past "Dual Mind Theory (Note*)".
To a certain extent, this can be regarded as ensuring the status of human free will. This will not prevent "self-awareness" from being completely eliminated during evolution.
Of course, if everyone looks like this after transformation...
Jiang Zhou thought with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth as he looked at Chen Wan who kept banging the chisel and moaning loudly.
Then it's better to be eliminated...
…………
"Hmm... So, you just left Mr. Paradox?"
Looking at Booker who was discussing the next issue with him seriously, Liao Qi nodded and asked.
After "Operation Magician" ended, Booker found himself immediately - whether it was the on-site order maintenance at the geothermal power station, the placement of the sacrificed members of the hacker group, or even outside the Pluto Deep Diving Company. He first pushed aside all inquiries from the resident in the studio.
Booker took himself to a room where the "Realm of Silence" was unfolded and talked about his previous experiences.
The broken and crumbling city, the wanderers around him who kept committing suicide, the malicious programs implanted in the prosthetic body, and... the tasks assigned to him by "Paradox".
Of course, he still suppressed the fact that he was a member of the "Fire Thief". It's just that because they discovered a deep dive interface during this operation, Paradox was worried about the personal safety of the people they selected to be tested.
I still have to cooperate with him in acting...
Liao Qi felt a little helpless.
"The situation at that time was too chaotic. We still don't know whether the information about the activation of the new deep dive interface has been leaked. But if it is leaked, then we will face unimaginable pressure... It is not impossible that Pluto Deep Submersible Company’s disciplinary force will end up again.”
Booker said.
"But we have a deterrent plan, and if we look at combat effectiveness, we also have you as a Depth 4 adjuster here."
Liao Qi replied.
Booker shook his head and said:
"not enough."
Then, he took out a piece of memory and pushed it in front of Liao Qi.
"Whether it's protecting that deep dive interface or protecting your life, I need you to do one thing...
"Complete the adjustment and transformation of Icarus Path Depth 3." (End of this chapter)
