Chapter 371 Material determines consciousness

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When Zuo Dajun started speaking, Su Zhe and others focused their attention on Zuo Dajun.

I saw Zuo Dajun's whole body turned into a big fireball in an instant. The big fireball fell towards the bottom of the ionization furnace. When the fireball was about to contact the heavy ion mixture, the big fireball disappeared.

To be precise, Zuo Dajun turned into fly ash in an extremely short time, and his body materials became part of the ionic mixture in the ionization furnace.

Seeing this situation, Fan Xiaoming said with a strange expression: "Okay! This time Dajun really experienced what it means to be wiped out... Well, I think the supervision of the virtual universe must be strengthened, if everyone is like Dajun , then the virtual universe is not in chaos. If it continues like this, the psychological distortion will be light." Xu Zhengping nodded and said: "Indeed, the virtual universe is not a place for misbehavior. What is not allowed in reality is also not allowed in the virtual universe. It’s allowed, of course, but as time goes by, this scene is probably unavoidable.”

"Yes! You can control it for a while, but you can't control it forever." Fan Xiaoming said indifferently,

"Never mind him, one generation is responsible for another, and we won't talk about the future. But we can't do this at this time. At least we must restrict ourselves in the virtual universe. Otherwise, we still don't know how it will develop and what weird things will happen. Weird things are coming out." The more I understand about the virtual universe, the more I feel that the virtual universe needs to be regulated.

Forget it if people like Zuo Dajun eat and drink like crazy in the virtual universe, at least this is still within the normal range.

But experiencing death like this is too much. To say the least, it is still acceptable to experience death, if you experience other things, things that are not allowed in the real world, things that break the bottom line of human beings.

You know, in the virtual universe, as long as you are willing, you can build a universe for a person, and this person can do whatever he wants in this universe.

For this person, all experiences in the virtual universe are nothing more than stimulation of the brain by signals.

As long as you have enough imagination, you can draw any picture or experience. For the virtual universe, there is nothing you can't imagine or cannot do.

Bao Qizheng nodded and said: "Our own development focus is the real world. The development of the virtual universe is at most the same as the development of the real world. For the supervision of the virtual universe, we are bound by the rules of the real world. This is for us. For ourselves, as for those people, according to our ideas, let the focus of their development be on the virtual universe. Relatively, the supervision on them in the virtual universe will be much looser, and in the end they may be fully relaxed. For us as a human being, He said that internal development depends on the virtual universe, and external development depends on the real universe. We humans should not give up on these two paths." Xu Zhengping thought for a while and said: "After the relevant plans are submitted to the relevant departments, the relevant feedback There are also some who basically agree with the plan we proposed, allowing those people to focus on developing the virtual universe, so that those people will not become unstable factors."

"That's right." Fan Xiaoming nodded and said,

"Anyway, we have mastered the core of the virtual universe, and those people will not cause an uncontrollable situation. In this way, we also know the development direction of the virtual universe, which can at least be used as a reference for the development of the virtual universe." Bao Qi I was thinking about it and said: "Letting these people enter the virtual universe to develop actually gives these people something to do. With development, these people's consumption of real resources will be lower and lower, which will also reduce the burden on us." ...To be honest, for the development and exploration of the virtual universe, I am even more looking forward to the emergence of digital life. These digital lives can be said to be created for the development of the virtual universe. It can even be said that digital life is the origin of the virtual universe. Life, the key is that we will not have any ethical burden on digital life." It is possible to use real people to develop the virtual universe, but because real people intersect with the real world, it will inevitably have an impact on the real world.

In addition, the consciousness of real people is limited by the body, and the body's consumption of energy and material is inevitable, which is much more difficult to maintain than digital life.

For the development of virtual universes, what is better is digital life. Bao Qizheng looked at Su Zhe at the end. He hoped to know the good news about digital life from Su Zhe.

Su Zhe looked at the place where Zuo Dajun disappeared, nodded and said: "The development of digital life ultimately depends on our analysis of the brain. As long as we complete the analysis of the brain, there will be no problem for us to create digital life." Come on, we have completed 99% of the analysis of the brain. It is estimated that it will not be long before we can complete the analysis of the brain." Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "This unfinished 1% is possible. For the ninety-nine percent, the most core issue is the generation of consciousness, otherwise it would not be life. Of course, it has been initially determined that matter determines consciousness, and consciousness cannot exist independently of matter." This discovery It has practical significance, which means that even if strong artificial intelligence appears in the future, the consciousness of this strong artificial intelligence will also be based on material existence, which means that strong artificial intelligence will have a unique carrier.

On the contrary, artificial intelligence that does not rely on material carriers for its existence can only be regarded as weak artificial intelligence. It is basically a program and has no subjective consciousness.

Of course, this is the conclusion obtained by current scientific research, and it is uncertain whether there will be changes in the future.

Xu Zhengping nodded and said: "Yes! After such a conclusion came out, I feel relieved a lot, and my worries about the future of mankind are much better. Even if strong artificial intelligence does appear in the future, it will still be uncontrollable. Yes, we can at least destroy the carrier of strong artificial intelligence to destroy it, rather than being invincible as described in science fiction."

"The unknown is what scares the most. When we unveil the veil of strong artificial intelligence step by step, we won't be so scared anymore." Fan Xiaoming frowned as he said,

"What's going on with this army? Why hasn't it appeared after a while? The brain can't really judge that the person is dead. If this is really the case, it would be serious. It shouldn't be. When the army knows it, the brain won't Misjudged." Fan Xiaoming looked at Bao Qizheng at the end.

Bao Qizheng shook his head and said: "Such a situation will not happen. We have conducted research in this area and found that the brain will not misjudge when it is subjectively known. Even if the brain misjudges, it will only be temporary. According to According to our calculation, if the death in the virtual universe is caused by subjective ignorance, the brain misjudges and actually leads to death. This is not to say that there is no possibility, but the probability is extremely low." There is no research in this area. few.

If you use a virtual universe and death in the virtual universe leads to death in the real world, that would be a big deal.

Just like in the game "Proxima Centauri", there are always large-scale battles. I don't know how many people will die in a battle. If the deaths in the game can affect the real world, then it's a mess.

Of course, if you do it intentionally, that's okay. With today's science and technology, it would be easy to set up a secret door in a computer to kill the user.

This is why supervision needs to be strengthened. The more advanced it is, the more dangerous it is. Su Zhe nodded and said: "For these, arrangements have been made at the lowest level of the brain-computer design. Anything that threatens the human being beyond the range of the human being will be weakened or intercepted directly. We design the brain-computer for us. The purpose of the service is to facilitate our work and study. If the security aspect cannot be relatively absolutely safe, then it will be a trap, even if there are no loopholes." The use of brain computers is safe in itself and will not cause harm to people. People themselves create threats.

Of course, this is from a human perspective. If there is a major loophole in the brain computer, once it is exploited, to put it bluntly, once activated, the person who uses the brain computer will immediately burp. That would be too scary.

Therefore, the design of the brain computer has eliminated this possibility from the beginning. Even if it cannot realize some functions, it cannot allow such defects to exist.

This is normal. If there is no supervision, or if these technologies fall into the hands of caring people, the results may be different.

Speaking of which, there is not much difference between the real world and the virtual universe. Without moral and legal constraints, all kinds of weird things will happen.

There really is nothing impossible, only unimaginable.

"That's it! Then I'll be relieved." Fan Xiaoming smiled,

"I don't know what Dajun is doing. I guess he was shocked at the moment when he was wiped out. He can only experience death." Bao Qizheng said with a smile: "The death experience in the virtual universe is based on relevant information. It is simulated with data. As for what the real death experience is like, no one knows. After all, we are really dead when we die. However, we now have the ability to collect people’s feelings at the time of death, but it is due to ethical considerations. We have not made much progress. This requires the willingness of the individual, so the data collection in this area is very slow." There is a process of human death. During this process, the brain and body exchange signals. This exchange process can be controlled by the brain. Machines and such equipment are collected.

However, this involves ethics, and this will only be done after obtaining consent. Such data will not be collected without my consent.

This aspect is almost all simulated based on existing data. If we want the data in this area to be more realistic, we can only wait until brain computers are popularized.

Just as Bao Qi finished speaking, Zuo Dajun suddenly appeared in front of several people. Fan Xiaoming asked with a smile: "How does it feel when the army is wiped out? I think you wanted to shout something when you released the invincible state. You froze, and then you were covered in flames." At the same time, Fan Xiaoming waved his hand, and a picture of Zuo Dajun who had just lifted his invincibility appeared in front of them.

Compared to before, this image can be controlled at will. The progress bar on the screen was pulled to the moment when Zuo Dajun froze.

Zuo Dajun looked at himself who was frozen, thought for a while and said: "This... to be honest, I was blinded at that moment. At the moment when the invincible state was released, I wanted to shout that I was leaving, but at that moment At that moment, my whole body felt like it was electrified. In an instant, my consciousness became blurred, and I didn’t know anything after that. When I recovered, I woke up, even if I woke up, I just went to the toilet and came back in." It was completely different from what he imagined.

In his mind, he would struggle for a while to experience the pain of death. To be honest, he was ready, but this was the result.

Fan Xiaoming smiled and said, "That's it! Then look at the whole process of how you were reduced to ashes." After Fan Xiaoming finished speaking, the scene in front of them moved again.

Zuo Dajun in the picture was instantly enveloped in fire. When the big fireball arrived at the ionization furnace, there was nothing.

"This...that's it, this is too fast." Zuo Dajun looked confused. Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "What else do you want? Think about where this is. This is the inside of the ionization furnace. Think about the temperature inside. It would be great to have such a result."

"Okay!" Zuo Dajun looked at Su Zhe and said with a smile: "Let's talk about cold nuclear fusion and the difference between it and thermonuclear fusion. I have heard of cold nuclear fusion before. I really didn't expect it. It's really possible." He knew the basic difference between thermonuclear fusion and cold nuclear fusion.

The conditions for the reaction of the former are very harsh, requiring high temperature and pressure, while the conditions for the reaction of the latter are much lower, even at normal temperature and pressure.

He was extremely curious about the possibility of the explosion of the element synthesis device and the discovery of cold nuclear fusion.

Su Zhe nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, it is extremely simple to say. Take the proton fusion device as an example. It is a typical thermonuclear fusion reaction, or an alternative thermonuclear fusion reaction. It is the most Typical ones are stars in the universe, such as our sun." Stars are the most typical thermonuclear fusion reaction.

It has high temperature and high pressure inside, and has the conditions for nuclear fusion. Stars can fuse hydrogen all the way to iron, and the more massive the star, the faster the process.

Some stars will also undergo supernova explosions in their final stages, which will create a more extreme environment in the process, and in this extreme environment they will converge into heavier elements.

"I understand, I understand." Zuo Dajun smiled,

"Relatively speaking, the conditions for fusion of lighter elements are relatively lower, and the conditions for fusion of heavier elements are more stringent. In other words, the conditions for fusion of hydrogen are considered to be the lowest. In other words, the conditions for fusion of hydrogen are the lowest. , the conditions for cold nuclear fusion cannot be lower than the conditions for hydrogen fusion." The fusion of hydrogen and hydrogen is already the lowest condition.

As far as he knew, the conditions for fusion between the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium were much lower than the reaction between hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-1.

Fan Xiaoming smiled and nodded and said: "That's true, but these are the most common elements and isotopes of elements in the universe. You did not consider the elements and isotopes of elements that exist in extreme situations in the universe. These would otherwise exist. In extreme environments, or they exist for a short time.”