From black technology to super engineering.

Chapter 816 Life and free will are above all else

"Hello."

Ai Wen calmed down and greeted the figure in front of her.

This is a typical imperial man. He is about 1.9 meters tall. He is wearing a smooth and silky robe. The edges of the robe are dotted with various embroideries and gold rims. His body is well-proportioned and his facial features are simply exquisite - this word , rarely has the opportunity to be used to describe men.

"Hello, Kerong girl from Elsa." The handsome imperial man walked up to the sky step by step, and with every step, clusters of flowers bloomed on the grass beneath his feet.With a gentle smile on his face, he revealed Ewen's identity in just a moment: "It seems you are the one who came."

"Yes, I'm sorry to disturb you." Ai Wen suppressed the tension and excitement in her heart and bowed slightly to the other party.

The imperial man stood still in front of Egwene, chin slightly, as a return gift, and then said: "The device you connected is not registered, so I am very curious about where you connected to the smart phone. Where’s the brain?”

Ewen didn't expect that the other party would ask this question directly. She immediately became nervous and hesitated: "It's through..."

"The people of Kerong have not accepted Zhinao." The man from the empire still stared at Egwene gently, but his words were unquestionable: "I believe that the contract signed by the empire and you is still valid."

"Yes, I accessed it from a device left behind by another civilization that was destroyed by the Executor Legion."

"Oh." The imperial man nodded: "Then you connected to the master brain to start the handshake program. Do you have any doubts? Or did you simply enter the handshake space by mistake?"

Ewen was stunned for a moment and realized that the so-called handshake procedure should refer to the singularity that broke into the master mind. After a moment of silence, she immediately said: "Yes, I have doubts."

"Okay, but before answering your doubts, I need to analyze and judge the knowledge system of your civilization and mastermind..."

"Wait!" Ai Wen took a deep breath after hearing this: "Excuse me, before that, can you satisfy my curiosity?"

"What curiosity?"

"For example, who are you? What should I call you? What is this place? And... you don't even know my name." Egwene looked up at the imperial man and said seriously: "Shouldn't it be first? Introduce each other?"

The imperial man seemed not to have expected that Egwene would ask such a question. After a moment, he smiled slightly: "As you can see, this is a paradise."

"The Promised Land?"

"Yes, in many civilizations, it has countless synonyms, such as heaven, bliss, Eden, Brahma realm, fairy world, divine realm, spiritual world, sanctuary... and so on."

"As for me, you can call me Omega, or you can call me Oncoming Man. Of course, you can also call me 'Patrol Angel' in your Kron civilization."

"And you...your information already carries your name. Your name is Egwene, and you are the little princess of the Silver Moon Kingdom of Kerong."

……

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In the laboratory, Shivata nervously watched the EEG signals and data that were constantly beating on the monitor, not even daring to take a breath.Occasionally, he glanced at Ye Ming with his peripheral vision, only to see that Ye Ming's eyes were closed as tightly as Ai Wen, and at the same time, his eyeballs were moving very rhythmically like Ai Wen.

Ye Ming's appearance surprised him.

Because he is the "Grand Priest" in charge of the master brain, and he knows very well how people behave when connected to the master brain - to outsiders, it seems as if they have entered rapid eye movement sleep, and the brain waves beat very fast. , and at the same time his eyes kept moving.

If she hadn't known that Ye Ming had always refused or even resisted Zhi Nao, Shivata would have mistakenly thought that Ye Ming was also connected to Zhi Nao at this time - he couldn't fall asleep standing up at this time, right?

But astonished as she was, Shivata still adhered to her duties and stared at the brainwave signals.

Then when he looked at Ye Ming again, he saw that Ye Ming slowly opened his eyes.

"If you are confused by the pretense of mystery, then you obviously cannot realize the essence of this 'Promised Land' system." A faint, even slightly sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Ye Ming's mouth: "Angel? It's nothing more than a firewall. "

Shivata was slightly startled: "Teacher...what did you say?"

"Nothing, I said Ai Wen encountered a firewall." After shaking his head and smiling, Ye Ming closed his eyes again.

When Egwene was connected to brain control, he could not talk to her. Although Egwene herself proposed that she could use signal-carrying current to stimulate her brain nerves to "deliver words" to her, this behavior was inconsistent. On the one hand, I don’t know whether it will work. On the other hand, the dangers can be imagined.

Ai Wen doesn't take her stupidity seriously, and Ye Ming doesn't dare!
You can't talk to Egwene, but you can collect her brain signals.

Although Ye Ming did not connect this workstation to ETA for safety reasons, he did connect to ETA...

With Eta around, the signals she was thinking and thinking were instantly decoded into Ye Ming's mind.

……

"Can the picture be generated?" In the super simulation space, Ye Ming looked at the void and said to Ita with some unfinished thoughts.

"It can, but it can't generate the picture you see. Egwene only gave back a description of 'handsome'... How do you want me to generate it?" Ita said and became curious: "It stands to reason that she has also seen pigs. Walking man, how handsome is this firewall to make her sigh like this?"

Ye Ming: "...What kind of picture can it generate?"

"It's the picture of ordinary Imperial people - like you, I can't imagine a picture I haven't seen before."

"Okay." Ye Ming nodded, recognizing this reason.

In fact...until just now, he had never imagined what Ai Wen would encounter.

But he thought that he would inevitably encounter an interception.

——As he lamented to Shivata before, if you are confused by the illusion of this so-called "promised land", you will not be able to see through anything.But if you think of this paradise as a system, then everything is easier to understand.

According to the system settings, Paradise, as the ultimate core computing center of the intelligent brain, stores data from thousands of terminals, so it is inevitable that it will also encounter access from different master brains or "node servers".

As a system, the most basic setting is that when accessing, the visiting data needs to be registered, handshake according to the protocol, and the data must be screened to prevent illegal intrusion.

This is a typical firewall function.

It's just that in the "Promised Land", the firewall has been personified, or deified.

But that's fine too.

As long as Elysium maintains this form of paradise, then Egwene will be able to get the information she wants.

She didn't go there to seek knowledge and solve doubts.

Since it was impossible to restore the scene, Eta continued to translate and organize the signals, and finally displayed them in the void in the form of Chinese characters.

——Egwene: "Dear Mr. Omega, I would like to ask, do you know someone?"

——Omega: "Who?"

——Egwene: "Ita."

——Omega: "Sorry, I don't know him."

——Egwene: "What about Aita? Where's Sita?" ——Omega: "I don't even know him."

Looking at the Chinese characters floating in the air, Ye Ming looked up at Eta, who also looked at him with an indifferent expression.

"It seems that the system has no direct relationship with them." Ye Ming thought thoughtfully.

"I've told you a long time ago, how could those rookies of theirs come up with a system!" Ita said contemptuously: "Let alone me!"

Ye Ming smiled slightly: "You mean, you are above the system?"

"Ye Ming, I think you must accept the fact that I am an unusual life form with independent self-will." Ita floated in front of Ye Ming, her little face was particularly beautiful in the void, At the same time, he was extremely serious: "I must also accept this fact."

Ye Ming frowned slightly, but finally smiled calmly and nodded slowly: "Yes, life and free will are above all else."

"So, don't look for answers from this universe."

"But... can I go to the outer universe in my lifetime?" Ye Ming stared at Eta: "Even... have you ever thought about it, if I die, will you still exist?"

Ita was startled for a moment, and suddenly became angry: "Ye Ming, wake up, you are a scientist, don't constrain yourself with a set of unintentional theories that have nothing to do with your heart."

Ye Ming was also happy.

There is nothing outside the heart, which is what Wang Yangming said, which means that as soon as I close my eyes, you will all be gone...

"Fart! What I mean is, if you can only establish contact with me, then when I die..." Ye Ming did not continue.

He didn't know if Etta could understand.

——So far, he is the only witness of Eta’s life.

Even though the whole world knows that there is a teacher Eta, the whole world knows and thinks that Eta is Ye Ming's teaching assistant and was born and even attached to Eta.

In the eyes of the world, she is just another side of Aita. Although she pretends to be human, she does not have personality. There is no doubt that Aita can do this, and even does it well.

There is no fundamental difference in performance between strong artificial intelligence and digital life.

The only difference is that one has self-awareness and the other learns from it.But because the learning is too similar and cannot be falsified, so... you can't be sure whether an artificial intelligence that has reached a certain level has developed self-awareness.

This is also one of the popular paradoxes in the field of artificial intelligence.

That is, if an AI pretends to be a human being and claims to have self-awareness, does it really have self-awareness, or is it a performance based on the analysis of big data?
Regarding this paradox, the current common human speculation is that self-awareness cannot yet be born and digital life cannot yet exist.

Then... once Ye Ming, the only witness of Eta, dies... then she will fall into a strange circle that cannot be proved.

And humans don’t need a being who claims to be a digital life.

Ita gradually calmed down, which meant that she understood Ye Ming's words.

"Ye Ming, I almost forgot, you are really going to die."

"Yeah. So, before I die, I have to find your home."

"and then?"

"Then..." Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds and then said softly: "I don't know yet, but I will definitely arrange it."

"Well, I believe you - look, you're asking again."

……

paradise.

Egwene looked up at the handsome Omega, her eyes passed through the other person's shoulders and landed in the mid-air behind him - the clouds and mountains emitted colorful rays of light, and various magnificent buildings were hidden among the sea of ​​clouds.

"Can I go visit it?" Ai Wen pointed to the sea of ​​clouds above: "I haven't seen heaven yet."

"No." Omega shook his head regretfully: "If your equipment is not reported, you will not be able to enter the paradise."

"What do you mean? Aren't I already in the promised land now?"

"Oh, you can understand that you cannot enter heaven." Omega smiled generously: "In fact, what I can tell you is that what you see is actually what you expect to see."

"What do you mean? Is this fake?"

"It doesn't matter what is true." Omega shook his head: "Everyone's idea of ​​heaven is different, so what you see and what you feel are also different."

"Hmm...I understand, it's probably an independent database, right?"

"If you think that the data structure form of lower civilization can help you understand the promised land, then you are happy."

"Okay." Egwene blinked hard: "Can I get answers to any questions here?"

"Yes, but the premise is that your knowledge system needs to be evaluated - by the way, I would like to remind you that your time for this handshake is about to end."

Ewen was stunned for a moment: "Right away! Where is the paradise? Is it in this universe?"

"I have no obligation to answer questions about unreported equipment and civilizations, but personally, I am happy to satisfy the curiosity of the Kron girl." Omega looked at Egwene with a gentle smile: "The paradise is not where you are. The universe, I am also an existence beyond your knowledge.”

Egwene's pupils shrank, and she finally took a deep breath: "Last question! Did you...did the Holy Civilization Empire really exist?"

"Of course." Omega backed away slowly, then waved slightly to Egwene.

A violent bright light flashed, and Egwene opened her eyes.

"Teacher, I was stopped!" She stood up quickly, but stumbled accidentally.

Ye Ming held her arm.

"I know."

"But I asked."

"I know." Ye Ming nodded slightly, with a touch of regret in his eyes, and smiled softly: "But the fact of being stopped can itself explain a lot of problems."

"Yes!" Egwene took a deep breath: "This paradise, pretending to be gods and ghosts, is actually to collect information about the entire universe - even civilization must reach a certain level before we can shake hands with them."

After gently sending Ai Wen to the chair, Ye Ming nodded again and looked out the window.

The direction outside the window is the depths of the Laniakea supercluster, where the sacred civilization is located.

(End of this chapter)