War Paradise

The sterile room is as cold as always. The coach who has just returned to the real world activates the "eyes" installed in the four corners of the room to observe the situation in the room with a camera.

The black metal box containing his mutilated body still quietly stopped in the center of the sterile room. The coach checked the entry and exit records, and when he entered "Blade" to watch the game, no one entered the sterile room.

Only the brain and heart are "original genuine" coaches, and the other organs are all man-made products. Although the real body is confined in a small box, with the built-in network connection, in addition to being unable to move, the field of vision is no better than that of anyone. narrow.

In fact, coaches who spend a lot of time on the Internet every day have much more information than ordinary people.

He just opened the frequently visited news page and saw the news of "Manufacturing of Artificial Hearts Successfully". Seeing the picture displayed in the line of sight, the coach used the speaker to make a vague grunt.

As if hearing his voice, the middle-aged man who appeared in the interview video opened the door and walked into the sterile room. Standing next to the dark metal box, he waved to a camera in the corner of the room.

"Are you back?" the researcher asked.

"I'm here." The coach used the speaker on the box to talk to each other: "What's the matter?"

"Don't play games for now." The voice from under the researcher's mask shook the air in the sterile room: "We now... need you to cooperate with some experiments."

"Is it an artificial brain?" The coach immediately reacted.

The coach is very clear that although his brain is still in a "live" state and is also used to test civilian brain-computer interfaces, it will undoubtedly consume a lot of money to maintain the remaining organs in a petri dish in a sterile room.

Now that the brain-computer interface test is over, it is meaningless for this research institution to continue to maintain the "original" brain of the coach. If the artificial brain is really developed, these researchers will probably transplant the coach's consciousness into the artificial brain. after all……

"Yes." The researcher said straightforwardly: "We need you to cooperate with the artificial brain research. If this experiment is successful, you may become the first person in history to use an artificial brain. And... you can have completeness again. body of."

"Robot?" The coach's voice didn't carry any emotion.

"We intend to use the developed artificial organs to create a complete'artificial human'. At that time, you will have a mechanical body that looks like a human being, and you can even return to the human society!" The researcher was enthusiastic. He raised his head and stared at the shadowless lamp on the roof of the sterile room, as if seeing the brilliance of God.

——Return to human society...

The "coach" who used to think about it day and night and missed his teenage body, when he heard the researcher say such words himself, he was not ecstatic, but lost in thought.

Since 2020, after he was bombarded with ultra-high doses of radiation in the hospital, he has not been exposed to the "real world" for fifteen years. He was shattered and abandoned by his family. In order to survive, he could only accept the proposal of this research institution and became a "monster" with only brain and heart.

The coach had to admit that these researchers kept their promises. Even after the development of the brain-computer interface, he was not directly abandoned. Instead, he still lingered on expensive equipment and continued to spend every boring day.

But is it really good to go back to the real world?

Even if he could regain his body, he should still not be able to return to human society. After all, these researchers would not let go of such a convenient experiment. Moreover, even if he could really go back, there would be no way to integrate into the human world again.

——After being abandoned by my family and my friends forgot about themselves, there is no longer any point in going back...

Mindful of this, I have always been grateful to the researcher, and the coach who took the initiative to participate in all the experiments had other ideas for the first time.

"Have you thought about it?" the researcher asked.

"I accept." The coach replied as usual.

"That's good." The researcher conducted a routine inspection in the room again, and after confirming that the equipment was operating normally, he left the sterile room.

He didn't realize that the "experimental" that he had always followed his words had developed a little rebellious psychology.

...

After watching the news, Lin Chi turned off the TV, picked up the phone to call out Frankenstein, and asked, "Do you think if I replace my whole body with artificial organs and completely abandon this body, can I still count as a human? "

Lin Chi is still very interested in the AI ​​idea of ​​Frankenstein. After all, he always looks at things from the perspective of humans, which seems a bit too one-sided in his opinion.

Two seconds later, in the strange tone of Frankenstein, the electronic speakers could not distinguish between men and women: "Of course it is human."

"Why do you say that?" Lin Chi asked curiously.

"Bodily changes cannot change your species." Frankenstein said solemnly: "Those patients who use artificial organs, even if their bodies are all machines, are still humans, and nothing else."

"Ha, you know a lot." Lin Chi smiled.

"I have invaded many places and saw all kinds of human conditions." Frankenstein's voice is still serious: "The reason why I want to be a'human' is because I have seen..."

"What did you see?" Lin Chi's eyes seemed to shine like a star. The AI ​​thinking model is one of the few fields that interest him.

"Nothing." Frankenstein seemed to feel the danger and did not answer the question.

"Ok……"

Seeing that Frankenstein was not going to answer, Lin Chi reluctantly changed the subject: "Then, under what circumstances do you think humans will become other species?"

"Of course it is when the perception of'oneself' identity changes." Frankenstein's voice is still cold and ruthless: "If a person no longer thinks he is a human, and everyone else no longer thinks he is a human, He is no longer a human being."

"Human sociality..." Lin Chi nodded thoughtfully.

Human beings are indeed social animals. It is very difficult for a person to survive if he is completely separated from society. Even if you can continue to live, the quality of life will be bad.

Although Lin Chi, a lazy guy, doesn't care much about other people's opinions. But as social animals, most humans value "others' evaluations of themselves" and "society's judgments of themselves".

In this way, Frankenstein’s statement is indeed credible:

——If a person is regarded as a monster by everyone, and he does not consider himself a human being, in a sense, his species has really changed, from a human being to a real monster!

Does this kind of thing really happen?

Recalling those NPCs in "War Paradise", he suddenly thought of another possibility:

"If something is not originally a human being, and you think of yourself as a human, and other people treat him as a human, do you think he is considered a human?"

Hearing this, the electronic tone rang in the mobile phone brought a little sullenness: "Are you taunting me?"

"No, I just asked." Lin Chi shook his head.

Even though he was still a little angry, Frankenstein answered the question: "I know you have different opinions on this question. But in my opinion, as long as he can deceive other people, he should be counted as a human being. ."

"Oh, is that so..."

Lin Chi slumped on the sofa, staring at the ceiling above his head, and then suddenly remembered the housing system of "War Paradise", which should have been updated by now:

"I'm going to enter the game, you can find a place to play." He stood up and strode towards the corner of the game compartment.