Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 977 The Most Precious Treasure of Human Civilization

Inside the No. 6 factory of the Wanhu base, in a laboratory with a rather eerie atmosphere due to the dim lighting, Che Qian sat in front of the giant black pillar full of electrical synapses.

On his head is a heavy helmet that looks like a sea urchin and is full of cyberpunk style.

This thing is awfully heavy, and the engineering prototype wasn’t designed with comfort in mind at all.

Also clip the hair.

Fortunately, he has a good amount of hair.

Zhou Rui and Marcus were standing behind an operating table seven or eight meters away, with a hint of hesitation in their eyes.

Although the various preliminary verifications of the "learning machine" are quite comprehensive, apart from increasing the number of rounds of animal experiments, it is not far from human experiments, but after all, it is the first time for it to be used on humans.

Even though he had knocked before and his "Left Eye of Insight" had checked it just now, he was still cautious.

Even if the next step is human experiments, in theory they should find some "volunteers" instead of using the engineers they have carefully trained.

However, based on the principles of "equality for all" and "there should be no problem if Che Qian is bold and daring", he decided to give it a try.

Can arrange something lighter.

"If you feel uncomfortable, take off your helmet immediately."

"Uh, I feel a little uncomfortable right now. Is it normal to have a sore neck?"

“I haven’t turned it on yet.”

After adjusting the basic parameters, Zhou Rui used the Eye of Insight to scan the equipment and Che Qian's condition for the third time, and then began to speak:
"The preparatory work for instilling memory is to produce a 'memory package'. There are currently two methods. One is to transcribe the content in a special way, which requires the assistance of computer computing power."

"The other is to use the device itself to allow the user to recall their memories as much as possible. Learning machines can capture brain waves to form reverse transcription. This is not easy either. People's memories may not be accurate and mixed with many distractions. Special guidance is needed. Of course, drug assistance can also be done. Finally, it needs to be checked and sorted out."

"What you are about to accept is the first one."

"Boss, I can accept the second one."

Zhou Rui: "I said I haven't done any human experiments. The second one only has monkeys' memories, which are very confusing. Do you want it?"

"Well, forget it then."

Che Qian took a deep breath and waited quietly, while Marcus stood behind Zhou Rui and watched him operate.

Zhou Rui retrieved a small memory package and finally made a gesture to Che Qian.

"321 activated."

Three seconds later.

"Okay, it's over."

Che Qian was stunned: "So short?"

Zhou Rui nodded and said, "It's just this short. Do you feel it?"

"Wait a minute, I really feel it! There's a picture in my mind. No, it's a video. A mouse is stacking blocks and takes a piece of chocolate?"

When learning how a machine works, the user, whether a human or an animal, will enter a "trance" state. The moment just now was too short and Che Qian didn't have time to react.

Now that I have calmed down, I have confirmed that there is indeed something more in my mind.

That "memory" is not a realistic live-action video, but more like a rough 3D modeling animation, which is probably the level of three years of study.

But it was definitely instilled into my mind.

This feeling is really amazing.
Che Qian tried hard to recall the details of the video and found it was as clear as if he had just watched it.
"What's the use of this memory? Can the boss give me something else?"

Zhou Rui: "Don't worry, tell us how you feel first, and we'll take it slow."

Marcus pushed his glasses and stepped forward, "Then let me check Mr. Che's mental state."

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At the same time, the dormitory area of ​​Wanhu Base and the senior engineer dormitory.

The conditions here are very good. Each person has a room of more than 60 square meters with no common area. It is fully furnished and fully furnished, and water, electricity, gas and internet are all free.

Many of Taiyi's golden bachelors have made this place their home, and have even given up or sublet their houses in the city.

I am enjoying myself here and don’t miss Shanghai.

In one of the dimly lit rooms, the sanitary conditions were barely acceptable, but various things were placed in a disorderly manner, including wrenches, microscopes, various electrical components, materials, and equipment.
It is obvious that the owner of the house is a homebody, but he has a strong level of technical skills.

At this moment, a round black shadow was standing in front of the laptop.

The laptop looked a bit old, as if it had been abandoned for a long time, but it was not very conspicuous among the pile of miscellaneous items.

The sound of typing was crackling.

On the screen, it seemed that someone was chatting, and the content was in English.

"My boss has agreed with my idea. I am going to start building a large natural language model right away. As long as the mathematical algorithm is sophisticated enough, the training cost can be greatly reduced. It should only take one or two months."

Pilipala: "Thank you, we are good friends, best friends."

The screen shows that the ID here is a long string of Chinese characters: Taiyi Tiangong Street, ask who the dad is.

If you look through the chat records, you will find that the content sent to the other party are basically all short phrases, and rarely more than ten words, while the content sent by the other party are all long paragraphs of text.

I didn't know and thought it was some dog chatting with the goddess.

Dandan's body separated into a quadrupedal form, and the four mechanical legs clattered on the keyboard.

"Remember, show me while you do it, my friend~best friend!" After a few minutes, the chat ended, and the balls began to sway from side to side, looking very excited.

Especially the lighting effect of a little devil on the "face", which makes it look particularly evil.

Obviously, compared with the little shower, Zhou Rui paid less attention to Dandan, and this little guy has undergone some different changes.
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Late at night, Zhou Rui, Che Qian and Marcus walked out of Factory No. 6.

Che Qian shook his head:

"The moon is setting, crows are crying, the sky is full of frost, Jiang Feng is fishing and the fire is facing melancholy.

At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang for the passenger ship at midnight. "

After reciting a poem, Che Qian shook off his non-existent long sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the moon.

"Boss, the wind is a bit noisy tonight."

Zhou Rui curled his lips and said, "I just prepared 300 Tang poems for you, and you're showing off?"

"My talents are shallow, and my efforts are in vain"

Zhou Rui interrupted: "What's the previous sentence of 'There are many bosom friends in the world'?"

"How close are we to the end of the world?"

"That's the next sentence."

"Well, let me think about it. The city walls and towers support the Three Qins... I understand. It means 'We are both traveling officials'!"

Zhou Rui said to Marcus, "You see, although the memory instilled by the learning machine is not easy to forget, it is still affected by the way of thinking, the way of memory organization and even talent."

"If given the same content, a poet might be able to write it, but if given to Che Qian, he can only recite it, and recite it fluently."

Che Qian smiled awkwardly and resumed his normal way of speaking: "It's good enough that I can recite it. I haven't touched it since high school."

Marcus nodded and said, "This is normal. Memory is just memory. Retrieval, application, and understanding all play a big role."

"But 'thinking style' is also a kind of 'knowledge' that can be trained, just more abstract. If this part of the content can also be given through the method of 'memory inculcation', it can further enhance the effect of learning machines."

The three of them chatted as they got on the factory bus and headed towards the cafeteria, where they had midnight snacks.

In the past seven or eight hours, Che Qian had only received two memory infusions. I won’t talk about the first one, which was about the mouse stacking blocks. Later, at Che Qian’s strong request, Zhou Rui temporarily produced a safe content, which was the relatively simple "Three Hundred Tang Poems".

Most of the remaining time was spent testing Che Qian's condition from a medical and psychiatric perspective.

In any case, this is the first time that a learning machine has been used on humans, and it is a qualitative breakthrough, even if the content is only "Three Hundred Tang Poems".

This is a small step for Che Qian, but a big step for Zhou Rui.

On the way, feeling the hot evening breeze, Zhou Rui explained his planned prospects to the two with a bit of excitement:

"In my imagination, this technology will be used in the field of education, and it will be universal education. In the future, elementary school students will learn junior high school content, junior high school students will learn high school + university content, and by the time they graduate from high school, they will have accumulated more knowledge than current graduate students."

"As for how to apply it in the future and choose their own path, they have enough time to explore it from adolescence, rather than waiting until middle age to find out whether they are good or not good at something."

"Professional knowledge will no longer be a limitation. Interest, creativity, and persistence will be the limitations. Of course, there is also 'talent', but even so, the time cost required to stimulate talent will be greatly reduced."

"You say, by that time, will everyone be a genius?"

Che Qian, however, poured cold water on him: "It also depends on 'character', right? Even if everyone has a lot of knowledge in their head, those with bad personalities won't use it properly, and some people with bad personalities may even use it in the wrong place."

Zhou Rui curled his lips: "Whether it's a bad character or a bad one, this is a situation that humans cannot avoid, and it exists in every era."

Marcus added: "Boss, if it is applied to 'universal education', I'm afraid the first to adapt are 'young people' and even 'children', but most of the people who maintain the operation of society are adults. The changes caused by the accumulation of knowledge by 'young people' will lead to differences between the two sides."

Well, another bucket of cold water.

Zhou Rui sighed, "That's right. This is also the reason why I didn't dare to use the learning machine after I made it. It's not just a technical problem, the social problem behind it is even bigger."

It’s a bit like “life extension technology”.

Marcus said: "I suggest that you change your thinking and apply it to a specific area first, preferably an area that has less impact on social rules."

"for example?"

"Researchers. They make their living on knowledge and intelligence. Using 'learning machines' will enhance their abilities, but it won't change the rules of society. If the scope is narrowed down, I think the researchers within Furui Group are very suitable."

It is easy to manage, easy to constrain, has little social pressure, and sounds more acceptable.

Moreover, it is best to eat the first bite of delicious crab at home.

"In addition, my 'Compound No. 2' project is about to enter the clinical trial stage and is recruiting volunteers. There is no need to risk the company's people for the first batch, but I think the second batch is very suitable."

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and imagined this possibility.

The scientific researchers in the group. That means all the staff have "accelerated thinking" + "super memory" + "100 times the efficiency of learning"
Holy shit! Isn’t this a bit too awesome?!

How does this let others live?
Che Qian: "Compound No. 2? Is it also related to the brain? If the boss has knocked on it, I can also be a volunteer."

Zhou Rui: "Why are you knocking? That's a tube of medicine, not a piece of equipment."

Che Qian chuckled: "Also, I just had an idea, Boss, memory is not only knowledge, it can also be experience. There are too many wonderful things in this world. If there are more and more memory packages in the future, they will eventually form a memory bank."

“There is knowledge, skills, the beauty of nature, imagination of the future and records of the past”

“Anything that is worth being recorded by humans can be called memory.”

"I think by then, it will be the most precious treasure of human civilization..."

(End of this chapter)