The End of Technology

After putting the old man into the car and watching the car drive away, Ning Zi looked at the time and saw that there was still half an hour before the scheduled display time, so he hugged March and started walking in the base.

I talked a little more today, but I can’t help it. The population issue is a big problem. China has a large population, but its age structure is no longer suitable for the development of the future space age. Moreover, the focus is still on the population of childbearing age. To put it bluntly, it is an issue of the quality of the population structure.

March actually doesn't care much about this issue, but Ning Zi does.

This is related to the issue of what flags will fly on the first planets conquered by humans in the solar system in the future, so it is very important.

Leaving aside the planets outside the solar system for now, there are currently only a few planets in the solar system that are suitable for transformation. Except for the moon, which is too close to the earth and dare not move, several other planets will gradually begin to transform within twenty years.

And all the planets are actually quite close together. Even without the help of medium space, in the future, spacecraft that reach zero mass through calculation load may be able to fly at the speed of light. Therefore, there must be a strong cornerstone of civilization to ensure the stability of the solar system.

To put it simply, even if something happens to the future extrasolar civilization, as long as it controls the passage of the medium space, there is a natural barrier like the Oort Nebula at the edge of the solar system, and it has a powerful rejection function. Of course, it is still a little far ahead to consider these issues at this time.

But if a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

For Ning Zi, immediate worries are really nothing, so he can naturally think further.

It was quiet in the base, probably due to the presence of sentries everywhere. Even invited guests cannot wander around in the base.

Although there is nothing on the ground that needs to be kept secret, rules are rules.

The older Ning Zi gets, the more he realizes the importance of rules.

This is like the principle of entropy increase in physics. All chaos begins when tiny rules are broken.

There will always be too many people who keep testing the bottom line of the rules from a small angle. At first, no one cares about the little breakthrough, but every breakthrough in the rules is recorded. When one person can do this with impunity, then it will become more and more difficult. More and more people are following suit.

Many people think that Zhuo Mingqian can only flatter him, so he is deeply trusted by Ning Ji. But the truth is that Zhuo Mingqian is the most thorough person around Ning Ju who is willing to uphold the rules for him and offend people.

This young man who is always smiling will not even be noticed when he falls out, but he can always use his thunderous skills to knock all rule breakers to the bottom, and even drive them out of the base directly. Everyone thought that it was Ning Ji who supported Zhuo Mingqian behind the scenes, even Zhuo Mingqian himself thought so, but in fact it was all a misunderstanding.

Zhuo Mingqian's real backing is actually the kitten in Ning Zi's arms.

Because all the rules of the entire base were actually formulated by Mao Mao, Zhuo Mingqian is like Mao Mao's stand-in. With a smile, he tried to deal with all the lucky attempts for the kitten in a way that humans can understand. This is used to maintain the authority of the base's rules and ensure the efficient operation of various projects within the base.

Of course, March and Zhuo Mingqian can have such confidence because there is really no so-called single key person for any project in the base. If there is, it is the huge database controlled by March. Those standards and laboratory results will indeed cause many people to have misconceptions, but in fact when they leave the platform, they will find how difficult it is to start from scratch.

As a qualified artificial intelligence, March can break down the achievements of each stage and bury them in the task line and distribute them. As a result, each of its thousands of laboratories feels that its own task is the most important, but in fact, the work of each laboratory can be replaced at any time without delay.

Today is a major turning point.

Interviews with N1 type robots are not only in the future, but also in the present.

It means that the needs of the entire laboratory are more high-end, because those repetitive experiments will be completely replaced by robots, and the remaining people need to provide creative labor rather than repetitive labor.

In other words, the term "scientific research migrant workers" will become history in the future, and independent robot platforms will completely replace these scientific research migrant workers. Bottle washing can even be done by robots plugged in and carried out 24 hours a day.

You only need to set the test program for the robot first, and then you don’t need to pay attention to the entire test process.

In the smart era, you don’t even need to write programs yourself.

After all, March is here.

Yes, when N1 robots begin to spread all over the base, it means that March's control ability has further improved.

In a sense, artificial intelligence, although created by humans, is more efficient than human life forms. This is not related to his weak body, but to his strong will. Theoretically speaking, the existence of artificial intelligence can allow machines to have a unified will. Compared with human individual consciousness, machines without the interference of individual consciousness and only making decisions with only one consciousness can often be more resistant when facing crises. ability.

Because there is no internal consumption, waste of resources and time in this will implementation model.

When scaled up to a group, on-demand allocation can be implemented without any hindrance, maximizing resource utilization.

The simplest example is that if human society as a whole lacks 10% of the food to feed everyone in the world, then the high probability is that food prices will rise to the point where 20% or more people cannot afford food and fall into famine. But if the machine world lacks 10% of the electricity to make all robots move, then the worst result is that 100% of the robots with low productivity will be willingly eliminated, and the remaining 90% of the robots will quickly find a solution. , get rid of the energy crisis.

Of course, we cannot simply judge the advanced or inferior civilization based on this.

Although the continuation of human civilization is inefficient, the difference in individual consciousness can promote the complexity and diversity of civilization. Although machine civilization is efficient, the development of a unified will without individuality will most likely be due to a lack of creative thinking in the later stages. Finally lost the goal and fell into deathly silence.

These have been verified by simulation calculations. Speaking of which, the importance of mathematics is reflected here. It can even predict everything. Of course, the premise is that an efficient computing center is needed to complete the deduction. And wrong conclusions may be drawn due to errors in the data initially brought in. But if probability theory is introduced, the calculation results can be infinitely close to reality.

In short, mathematics is too powerful, Ning Zi sighed secretly in her heart.

This is why Ning Zi has always trusted March. The combination of two different civilizations is the best way to survive. Artificial intelligence relies on human beings to extend the tentacles of civilization to every corner of the universe, which is the most optimal choice for machine thinking.

Just like this, Ning Zi was walking around the base, silently planning the future development direction in his heart. When his body felt a chill, he happened to walk into the third building on the surface.

Below Building No. 3 is the testing hall for the N1 robot, which is also where the capabilities of the N1 robot will be demonstrated to partners at the base today. Yes, the N1 humanoid robot base has no intention of announcing it to the outside world. It just invited some partners to get a general understanding of the situation.

It can be understood as encouraging partners, or it can also be understood as showing off some income, so that some people can help the development of the base with more peace of mind, without having other messy thoughts. In the words of March, partners need to be beaten all the time to make them realize the importance of their partners and not to have any messy thoughts.

The N1 type robot is the only thing that the base can use recently.

There is no other way, I have to eat the food one bite at a time.

To be honest, the efficiency of the base is already high enough and it cannot be done faster.

…

In the VIP activity room with extremely simple furnishings, Dou Liao really took a sip of coffee and silently watched Ge Dongshu in the corner like a little bee, circling around with many people.

After all, people are different.

Just like today, more than ten people have gathered in the simple room with the so-called VIP activity room sign. Ge Dongshu obviously knows most of them. Either he is looking for someone to chat, or others take the initiative to say hello to him. As for him, a technical worker, no one knew him.

This may not be accurate, but he could still recognize a few celebrities.

For example, the CEO of Apple looks very much like in the video.

Two others have visited Youwei Group, and Dou Liaozhen also delivered a speech as a technical representative at the meeting. But that's all. Although he may have shaken his hand at that time, there is a high probability that the other party will not recognize him now.

This is the tragedy of technical people. Unless they can stand out like Ning Zi, most of the time, no one will take them seriously.

He felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and what made him even more angry was that the coffee provided in this so-called VIP activity room was actually instant, and there was not even a serious coffee machine. I think the tea provided is similar.

It feels a bit like not treating VIPs as VIPs.

But then again, he is obviously not the highest-ranking guest among the invited guests. Others have no objections, so of course he can't say anything.

"HI..."

Just when Dou Liaozhen was silently holding the sofa in the corner, thinking about what he had gained, he suddenly heard someone saying hello to him. He raised his eyes and saw a neatly dressed blond girl with very neat hair. The natural golden color, paired with fair skin, looks very layered.

Dou Liaozhen raised a finger and pointed at himself. Apparently the other party understood what he meant, smiled and said: "I feel like you are not used to this kind of atmosphere. I happen to be the same. Can you understand? We need to share the same feelings with you." Sound headphones?”

Very standard American English. Fortunately, Dou Liao's spoken English was passable and he immediately replied: "No need, my English level is pretty good."

"That's great. I am a member of President Cook's entourage. My name is Nina Madeleis. You can call me Nina. What about you?"

"I'm an algorithm engineer at Youwei Group. My name is Dou Liao Zhen. Uh, sorry, I don't have an English name."

"Oh, you came with Manager Ge?"

Dou Liozhen nodded. This familiar chat mode made him feel a little uncomfortable.

But how can I put it, even otakus are always tolerant of good-looking members of the opposite sex, and Nina happens to be very good-looking.

"Then you must be an important person. After all, this is a small gathering." Nina said naturally.

"Well, actually it was Academician Ning who invited me this time." Dou Liaozhen said honestly.

"Wow, to be invited by Ning personally...wait a minute, Dou Liaozhen...I remembered that the paper by MIT Professor Ted Rak using reinforcement learning technology to make a robot walk with Campas gait seems to have a personal signature. It’s very similar to your name.”

"Well, I'm actually a student of Professor Ted Luck, and that paper was the result of our collaboration. But what I'm doing at Youwei is motion planning based on optimization." Regarding being recognized by the woman in front of him, Dou Liao Zhen felt a little surprised, but I have to say, it felt pretty good.

"Oh, I also learned about some things in this area after I learned that I was coming here. I happened to see that paper not long ago. By the way, what do you think of Jonathan Hearst's work?"

Jonathan Hurst, as the woman said, is also one of the few scholars in the world who studies machine movement. As a colleague, Dou Liaozhen certainly knew a little bit about it, and this was just the right time for him to open up the conversation.

"How can I put it this way? Jonathan is also a teacher I respect very much. His achievements in robotics are recognized. Including the Mable used by Cool Company, the Marlo currently used, and the Cassie that I will buy soon, they were all developed by his team. . But to be honest, the controller he called was basically based on the spring-loaded inverted pendulum model. The depth of the method mathematics was relatively average, and its versatility was limited. Compared with the motion planning technology of the N1 robot... their technology is probably only It can be described as low-end.”

Dou Liaozhen commented very professionally.

"Then you must have contributed to it." Nina commented.

These words made Dou Liao really feel a little unsure of how to answer.

Well, with his character, he really can't say anything to take credit.

It is absolutely unfair to say that he has made no contribution at all in terms of the N1 robot's motion algorithm.

But to say that his contribution was great, Dou Liozhen actually still felt a little guilty.

What he was more dissatisfied with Ning Zi was that when he gave opinions during communication, he always included all kinds of cynicism. But every time Ning Zi modified the code for him, he was very grateful to speed up the progress. This mentality is very contradictory, but it is extremely real.

To put it simply, in Dou Liozhen's opinion, Ning Zi's character is very bad, and sometimes it even makes him want to have a real-person PK with Ning Zi! But if you really compete professionally, you will indeed be superior. To be honest, they have been lagging behind the progress of the N1 robot project...

Fortunately, at this critical moment, someone came to help him.

Dou Liozhen hated and loved that person who happened to walk into the room, and then naturally attracted everyone's attention, including of course Miss Nina beside him.

"Oh, everyone, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Please go to the visiting room downstairs. Today I will introduce the N1 robot to you. If you want to reminisce about old times, you can wait until lunch time. As you know, I The time is as usual, very rushed."