Great Power Technology.

Chapter 511 Hermes' Doubt

At the same time, in a room of a five-star hotel in Rongcheng, Jess and Piedlov were sitting opposite each other, discussing recent information about BCI transmission technology.

"So, according to the feedback from the laboratory, these Chinese people have really achieved a leapfrog development in human-computer information interaction? Does it mean that I don't need to learn languages ​​in the future? I can just hang up my computer and listen Do you understand what everyone is saying?"

".In theory, you don't need to learn languages ​​now. Isn't AI intelligent translation already available? When we went to see the giant panda yesterday, didn't they send it back to us?"

Jess gave Piedlov a funny look. During the time they stayed in Rongcheng, the two of them made a lot of jokes because of the language barrier. He thought it was harmless, but Piedlov always had a grudge.

"That's different. After all, machine translation is relatively slow, and the direct transmission and feedback through the nerves is much faster——I also consider it out of communication efficiency."

"If this is the case, directly connecting two people's brains to computers will be the fastest way of communication in the future—not only that, but the way of falling in love in the future may also change."

Speaking of this, Jess's expression suddenly became a little ambiguous. After a pause for a few seconds, he suddenly said:
"Hey, have you ever heard such a saying, that is, the brain is actually the biggest XQG, and all your pleasant reactions actually come from the brain."

"Does that mean that one day in the future, if we want that or something, we don't need that or something, and just connect the brain to the computer."

"No! no!"

Piedlov looked at Jess in horror, and then continued:
"You know, I'm a very traditional person, and I still stick to traditional methods when it comes to this kind of thing!"

".Well, but, it's a boon for some patients—but I don't need it. Do you?"

"Of course I don't! What are you kidding!"

“There will always be people in need—but don’t worry, the current BCI technology mainly improves the memory function area, and does not significantly improve the neural network responsible for imagination, and the basic functions and social structure of human beings will not be shaken. "

"That's fine, that's fine"

Piedlov breathed a sigh of relief, the future that Jess had just described was really terrible for him.

After pausing for a moment, he continued to ask:
"Having said that, the purpose of our coming here seems to be to obtain their algorithm and database, right? It has been two months now, but we have not received anything, and the other party has not given us a clear answer."

"I feel that in the past two months, the only thing we got was a pile of fat --- there are so many delicious foods in Rongcheng, no wonder the Chinese people say that this is one of the most suitable cities for retirement."

Hearing what Piedlov said, Jess nodded slightly and replied:

"Yes, this is something I've been thinking about recently too. The other party has never recognized the path of consciousness uploading we chose, so it is really not an easy task to persuade them to share the core technology."

"Why are they so against consciousness uploading?"

asked Pyedlov curiously.

Jess sighed deeply, put out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and then said with emotion:

"Actually, I have many answers to your question. For example, this is caused by cultural attributes, for example, it is caused by their collectivized social structure, for example, it is determined by their ideology and economic foundation. "

"All these answers can reasonably explain why they chose the BCI transmission technology, why they chose the Tongtianhe project, and why they chose to build the so-called 'Beacon'. However, these answers are a bit too complicated."

"To put it simply, the answer is only one sentence."

"They want to save everyone."

"Everyone? What do you mean?"

"It means everyone in the literal meaning. You see, in our country, if a major disaster is expected, the official first reaction is to weigh the pros and cons, and find ways to keep the most valuable group of people and achieve benefits. Maximize results."

"As for the others, they can all be given up."

"What about them? They're different. They don't care if you're poor or rich, whether you're a powerful person or a common citizen, whether you're an old man or a child, whether you're a man or a woman."

"Even if you're going to die from cancer tomorrow, they'll save you first—it's okay to die from cancer, but you can't die from an adjacent dimension invasion."

"It's ironic, isn't it?"

Pyedlov nodded and replied:
"It's quite ironic. To save these people who don't need to be saved, resources are spent in vain, but they don't get anything in return. In their words, this is just a so-called 'face project'."

Jess glared at him with eyes that hated iron and steel, and then cursed:
"That's not what I meant by sarcasm, you idiot!"

"What I'm saying is that we claim to be a democratic country, we claim to respect the independence of each individual and protect the rights of each individual, but we don't hesitate to give up these individuals at the time of life and death."

"And they, a collectivist country, obviously all actions should be based on the maximization of collective interests, but they want to protect the lives and rights of all people at all costs. Isn't this ironic?"

"You idiot, it's not them who are being ridiculed, it's us!"

Pyedlov spread his hands and replied:

"Okay, well, I actually don't think that much. You know, I don't always like to think that much."

"But you may be right. Most of the politicians in the Western world are hypocritical and selfish. This is the meaning of Hermes' existence, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Seeing Piedlov's innocent expression, Jess sighed deeply, and then continued:
"But we still haven't got rid of the influence of the so-called 'Western world' on us. Maybe we should absorb some Chinese people, which will be a beneficial impact to us—but they probably won't agree."

"Wait, it's a bit far away. In short, they want to save everyone, so they will definitely not allow some elites to survive through consciousness uploading, because what consciousness uploading represents is actually the tendency of escapism."

"Are there fugitives among us?"

asked Piedlov suspiciously.

"Isn't Ark? No way, you want to tell me that before you joined Ark, you didn't even understand the basic concept of Ark?"

".I followed you to join."

Hearing this, Jess felt that he was going to be pissed off by this simple-minded bear. He lit a cigarette again, took a few puffs, and finally regained his senses.

"...It's not important. Anyway, according to the instructions from above, we must find a way to cause some resistance to them."

"The development of BCI transmission technology is immature, and human beings have not yet fully understood its role."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, we have to find a way to distract some of them and make them realize that BCI direct transmission is not the only direction, so as to persuade them to allocate some resources to us."

"You're going to blow up their lab? That's why you want to participate in their next experiment??"

Hearing this, Pyedlov's expression became tense. Although he has always been a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, judging from his observations in recent years, he still has a good impression of the Chinese people, and he wants to do something to these people , he naturally hesitated.

".Of course not! Do I look like such a stupid and bad person?"

"Participating in the experiment is just to further confirm the results of this technology, and of course, to satisfy my own curiosity, but this is completely different from what we are going to do!"

"Didn't I say that? What we have to do is not to destroy the development of BCI direct transmission technology - and we must not slow it down. This is a technology that concerns the future of all of us!"

"What we have to do is to let them see the limitations of BCI technology in advance and strive for more opportunities for human beings - don't confuse us with those stupid politicians, our starting point is different."

"Read the report sent by the laboratory carefully. It is clearly stated that what this technology changes is the stock of individual knowledge, not the individual's thinking ability."

"That is to say, the creative work is actually done by the human brain."

"Although experiments have proved that BCI technology can speed up the association between various knowledge to a certain extent, it does not mean that humans can create new speculations and associations according to this system."

"So, this is probably a limitation of the BCI technology -- we have to find a way to test this limitation."

"Once this limitation is proven, then they have to reconsider the resources they should invest in this technology."

After listening to Jess's words, Piedlov nodded with a half understanding, and then asked:
"How to do?"

"...You really can't help at all. Forget it, I'll contact you myself, just watch."

A few days later, under the control of the Hermes organization, a new point of view began to ferment in public opinion.

BCI transmission technology can't really improve human's innate talent, and the problems that human beings are facing now actually require geniuses to solve.

Where is the way to break through adjacent dimensions?What is the principle of the pump theory?How should quantum ghosts be created?
All these questions related to the survival of human beings have not yet been answered, and even under the existing knowledge system, there is not even a direction.

To find this direction, what human beings need is not the integration and inheritance of old knowledge systems, but the exploration of new knowledge.

Exploring new knowledge requires strong thinking ability to support it.

Obviously, BCI transmission technology cannot do this, so its importance may not be as strong as initially thought.

Of course, there are many voices to refute this theory, and Hermes obviously expected such a refutation, so they proposed a very traditional, but also very interesting verification scheme:

competition.

A competition for the discovery of entirely new areas of knowledge.

Can an ordinary person using BCI direct transmission technology defeat those talented geniuses in competitions covering literature, art, mathematics, logic, etc.?

The Hermes organization set up this arena through their spokesperson, and Huaxia—no, it is Huaxia's BCI team, it is necessary to conquer this arena.

Because they need to prove themselves to the controllers of resources and to the people.

This is a whole new field of technology, and who wants to fully support your development without first proving yourself useful?

Even the technology with the most "Suiren" endorsement, even the most determined and confident official, still needs a little evidence.

Therefore, after corresponding communication with Ye Zhou, Chen Li's BCI team began to operate at full speed. things:
The BCI transmission technology, its real purpose, is not what the Hermes Organization Lock thinks at all.

(End of this chapter)