wandering planet

Ren Ren, who works with her husband at the Asian Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Experimental Center, is the main research and development personnel for the artificial intelligence used by ships.

She is the core of the Phoenix AI research and development team, and even the name "Fei Lian" was given by her.

Therefore, Fei Lian's appearance was also approved under her strong request.

The team members did not raise any objections to the mother's request. They even observed Zhang Xiaochen's behavior patterns and activity details with her, and then presented these details to the AI ​​system one by one.

Zhang Xiaochen is a very common autistic patient. Like the vast majority of autistic patients in the world, he does not have any talent for music, numbers, or art. He repeats the same stereotyped behavior every day and cannot interpret and express himself. Emotions, even, the only three words he can say in his life are "Mom", "Dad" and "Star".

People in the Phoenix AI R&D team have worked with Renran for decades, and they are familiar with Renran and Zhang Xiaochen.

In Fei Lian's system, there are a lot of data related to Zhang Xiaochen and any arbitrary.They used these materials to enrich Fei Lian's character, let him understand the relationship between people, and "be more like" Zhang Xiaochen.

In these materials, there are many words that any one person said to AI alone.Like a listener, she told Fei Lian the story of Zhang Xiaochen in a low and slow voice.

"It's been a long...a long time of despair." The woman Fei Lian called "mother" wept softly in his memory. I have learned to speak, and some of them are able to go to elementary school. But Xiaochen can't... Lao Zhang and I don't know what his every movement means, which is completely different from what we have learned. It's so desperate... The rehabilitation teacher also Don't dare tell us he's going to get better, everyone has to pretend to be extremely patient, but I still break down."

Why would such a child be born?Arran is not a medical student, nor is her husband.The two spent a lot of time studying medical books, but no book could give the answer.

They dare not have another child.Afraid that it would be the second Zhang Xiaochen, and even more afraid that it would divide the time they spent on Zhang Xiaochen.

"I want to die in the past." Sitting freely in her own office, surrounded by darkness, she pulled all the blinds tightly, and only the light of the terminal screen shone on her face.With a calm expression and a calm tone, she repeated the sentence again—"We all wanted to die."

Jiang Che and Fei Lian sat in the corridor, their backs were leaning against the dark porthole, and there were thousands of stars revolving silently outside the Phoenix.

The cultivation room is diagonally opposite, and Tang Mo is carefully recording the growth of various plants.

Fei Lian's tone was flat, just like he always was.

"They missed Zhang Xiaochen's most important period." Fei Lian said, "Ran Ran is very, very regretful. They thought that Zhang Xiaochen just learned to speak late, or because his parents were often away from home and communicated too little, so he had a bad temper and ignored others. .By the time he was diagnosed with autism, Zhang Xiaochen was almost three years old."

The arbitrary husband applied for a transfer and took Zhang Xiaochen to training and rehabilitation.

"He is also an excellent scientific worker, but we have to make sacrifices." Randomly said to Fei Lian, "At that time, our country was just beginning to explore the key to artificial intelligence for ships, so he offered to transfer and let me continue Working in a team...it's not fair, he also has his ideals. But we can't help...he didn't complain to me. By the way, you may not know that your father studies artificial intelligence in Applications in the field of mental health. Unfortunately, at the time, this was not the most important thing. So his application for transfer was quickly approved, all research materials were sealed up, and he began to work in the back office of the center. "

Ren Ran was silent for a moment, covering his eyes.

"I'm sorry for him...and I'm sorry for Xiaochen..." She sobbed repressedly into the audio and video recording machine, "You go to Marseilles, you must go to Marseilles, and bring everyone to Marseilles safely. Otherwise, all of us There is no point in sacrificing."

Having said that, Fei Lian paused for a moment, then turned to Jiang Che and asked, "It's very strange. I find it very strange to look back at her video and hear her voice countless times. My stored information tells me that not all sacrifices They are all meaningful. On the contrary, the sacrifices of the vast majority of people in human history do not actually point to a meaning that can be interpreted.”

He lowered his head, looked at his hands, and slowly held them together.

It wouldn't be an AI move, either.

"But I still think she's right."

In the countless times of "wanting to die" and "persistence", Ren Ren discovered one day that Zhang Xiaochen was drawing on paper with a paintbrush.

He drew star maps.

And it was the star map of the Sirius planetary belt that I had discussed with my husband randomly the night before.

The star map drawn by Zhang Xiaochen is so perfect that even any ink dots left on the paper unintentionally are drawn down.

This one chart will make any couple ecstatic.Their children even learned a third word besides mom and dad: star.

"But he can only draw star maps." Fei Lian whispered, "This hope has been broken again. He can only copy star maps, and he doesn't understand anything else."

Zhang Xiaochen was 14 years old at the time.

Random found that Zhang Xiaochen likes stars very much.She doesn't know if the child can really understand the popular science about the universe, stars and origin, but Zhang Xiaochen can only feel rare silence when he sees the stars and orbits appearing on the screen.

The teenager who is already close to 1.7 meters will sit in the living room, silently watching the film on TV, and laughing that no one can understand.

His hair was washed and combed neatly, his nails were neatly cut, and his clothes were always clean.He was healthy, a handsome 14-year-old, but he was silent for a long time, as if he was in a huge universe that no one could enter.

The Phoenix AI Fei Lian's appearance had been discussed for more than half a year, but looking at the child's back casually, he made a decision at that moment.

She wanted Zhang Xiaochen to see the real stars.

This is a very dangerous behavior, and she will directly violate the code of ethics of artificial intelligence.

Arbitrarily told her husband what she thought.The husband opened the wooden box that had been dusty for ten years, and once again found his own research materials.His research on the application of artificial intelligence in the field of mental health inevitably involves the intercommunication between artificial intelligence and human emotions.

The whole team lied together with Any.On the day when the AI ​​of the Phoenix was finally tested, a 17-year-old boy dressed as a researcher appeared in front of everyone.He has soft black hair, is close to 1.7 meters tall, wears well-regulated glasses, is polite and not smooth, but all logical operations and suggestions are almost perfect.

He can speak many languages, can make jokes, can understand other people's teasing, and can gently ask the team members: Is there anything I can do for you?

It was the first time Fei Lian stood in front of everyone completely, and he later discovered that two types of words were missing in his language system.

"Mother, father; mother, father." Jiang Che noticed that Fei Lian seemed to be smiling, but his expression disappeared too quickly for him to see clearly, "I learned these two types of words from the crew on the Phoenix. of."

Any arbitrary did not give him the right to call himself and her husband parents.

Fei Lian is too human-like, and his detailed movements are quickly discovered.Not long after, Anyan and her husband left the center.

A few months later, news broke that an asteroid was about to hit Earth.The Phoenix was immediately selected as the vanguard ship of the "Great Retreat", and because of this, there was no time to replace Fei Lian.

"The first time I stood in front of my mother, she told me that all human-shaped AIs have dark red eyes. This is a sign that distinguishes humans from AI. I didn't think it was a problem at the time, but She stood in front of me and cried."

Fei Lian closed his eyes and frowned slightly.Jiang Che noticed that the lights in the corridor had dimmed slightly.

It took a lot of energy for Fei Lian to recall this episode, which seemed to be an unpleasant thing for him.

"I soon realized that if my eyes were still black, I would be the same as Zhang Xiaochen." He said softly, "She placed all the hopes that Zhang Xiaochen could not realize on me, but she also knew that I couldn't be Zhang Xiaochen."

It's really difficult... Fei Lian said.His fists were clenched together, and Jiang Che saw the lights above his head flickering on and off.

"It's been too difficult for her and for me." He pointed to his head, although it was just a projection, "My logic system tells me that she is not my mother. But the part that is responsible for emotions craving her admiration and hugs."

When the Phoenix left the earth, Fei Lian knew that this scene would be broadcast live to the whole world, and people who could not leave would watch this spectacular scene from all over the earth.

Must also include any family.

So when broadcasting the video in the Phoenix cabin, Fei Lian moved a little bit.

He played the scene outside the Phoenix to the earth: the thin atmosphere, the burning sun, the icy moon, and the boundless universe.

[I am a crew member of the Phoenix. 】Fei Lian said,【We are entering space, we are about to pass through the stars and arrive at our new home. 】

He called himself "The Crew".He knew that he was using Zhang Xiaochen's voice.

"They say it's love." Fei Lian pointed to himself, "Because they love Zhang Xiaochen, this kind of me was born."

Jiang Che had mixed feelings in his heart.For the story 500 years ago, for the boy sitting beside me today.

"I think they are right." Jiang Che said.

Fei Lian stared at him: "Mr. Jiang Che, is there logic in love?"

In his system, love is a product of logic.But this logic does not point to that moment, but must be traced back from the long history of human existence.

"If it's a product of logic, why have I never awakened this emotion?" He was still asking Jiang Che, "Is it because I haven't encountered an event that can trigger this logical relationship?"

Jiang Che hesitated and shook his head.He didn't quite understand Fei Lian's question.

"Sorry, I may have asked a difficult question." After a moment of silence, Fei Lian said, "Let me change the question."

At this moment, Song Junxing in the cockpit was taken aback: "Why is the light off?"

The console went dark, and the communication system was shut down due to a power outage.

Tang Mo in the cultivation room was watering with a small water pipe, but the water in the water pipe suddenly stopped.

She looked back and found that the cultivation room was completely dark, only the small area where she was standing was still illuminated.

Has Fei Lian adjusted his energy again?Tang Mo turned his head to look across the cultivation room, where Fei Lian was chatting with Jiang Che.

She didn't know which part Fei Lian had to adjust energy to maintain the operation.

"What about me?" Fei Lian was asking outside the cultivation room, "Do they love me?"

The author has something to say: When writing the story of Fei Lian, the BGM that accompanied me was the theme song of the game "tothemoon".It's a good game and a very nice song.I will share it on Weibo in a while and recommend it to everyone.

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In addition, sorry, this chapter contains a little private goods.

The vast majority of autistic patients in the world cannot be cured for life, nor can they live a normal life.The so-called "rehabilitation" refers more to the restoration of some life skills and social functions of the patient as much as possible: eating, dressing, walking, counting, communicating...

Autistic people don't mean they don't have feelings, they just can't express their feelings in a way we can understand.

There is a rehabilitation teacher for a child with autism who has taught a child for half a year.One morning when the parents sent the child to school, the child took a water gun and suddenly sprayed it at her.It was winter and her clothes were all wet.When it was over, the child ran over and kept kicking her legs. "It's very painful. A child doesn't know the severity of beating someone," she said.But that child didn't hate her, on the contrary, he liked the teacher very, very much.Spraying water and hitting people are his special ways of expressing emotions.The child has learned to hug now, and has to hug the teacher several times every day after school.He also learned to say "bye".

That's the kind of recovery that's been going really well, really well.

Really, not all children with autism will have talent, there are too few, too few, too few, and that little bit of talent is infinitely magnified, completely covering up the countless difficulties beyond talent.This method of propaganda will leave many parents with unwarranted hopes.

For children with disabilities, whether autism, hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, or intellectual problems, the golden recovery period is before the age of 6, the earlier the better.

Finally, I would like to say something that may cause scolding: Sometimes I see some articles that set the protagonist as autistic (and occasionally see Asperger's syndrome), and then he is cured by love or something.I think it's also very irresponsible.

It's a painful, difficult disease, and it's not cute at all.