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Chapter 742 Leave the future to the future

Wu Qian looked at the complacent old boy Blumber, and felt a little annoyed and depressed. Although the other party was an old man in his 70s, his thinking speed was not slow at all, and he could be said to be extremely sharp. The man who is going to be president.

But when Wu Qian saw Mastin's slightly embarrassed expression in a blink of an eye, the flame of hope ignited in his heart again, and things had a turning point!

At the same time that Mastin took over the contract from Bloomberg, Wu Qian turned around and whispered a few words to David and Ball, only to see David and Ball nodded, and then designated two Spades troops The members stayed, while the rest dispersed and headed towards the various booths in the convention and exhibition center.

"Mr. Blumber, I'm really sorry, although you have signed, but we... I... haven't signed yet."

Mastin shook the contract in his hand, and looked at Blumber awkwardly and embarrassedly. They had indeed negotiated with Blumber before, otherwise they wouldn't have even drawn up the contract.

"Mr. Blumber, I think I have an obligation to give this Mr. Wu a detailed introduction to the situation in our laboratory. Please wait a moment."

Since it's sponsorship and investment, of course we have to choose the best. As long as the contract is not signed for a moment, the contract will not take effect. Mastin decided to wait and make a decision.

Mastin is one of the main technicians and directors of Stanford University's artificial intelligence laboratory. He is also a professor at Stanford University and has very high authority in the laboratory.

This time it was Blumber's turn to be dumbfounded. He politely reached out to Mastin for the contract, flipped through a few pages, and sure enough... only he signed, and the place for the other party's signature was empty. Discover.

Having said that, even if you find out, it's useless. You can't force Mastin to sign immediately.

"Fack..." Blumber cursed in his heart.

If facing someone whose wealth and status are far inferior to his own, Blumber will treat him with a down-to-earth gaze and will not be angry at all. It is precisely because Wu Qian is a real threat to him that he becomes angry from embarrassment.

Whether Wu Qian was really helping Kama Harrison secretly has no evidence, but Wu Qian did tear down the campaign advertisements of him and several other candidates. There is no doubt about this. Contradictory, this will compete with him for the same high-tech laboratory again, I have to say that it is really a narrow road for enemies.

"Oh, since that's the case, Professor Mastin, you can first ask this gentleman about his intentions. I believe you already understand my sincerity and look forward to cooperating with your laboratory."

Bloomberg handed the contract back to Mastin very generously, with a fatherly smile on his face. No matter what he thought in his heart, he still had to be superficial, not to mention that it was a public place. As a presidential candidate, he Never lose your temper.

Mastin smiled apologetically at Blumber, then turned his head to look at Wu Qian, and said, "Mr. Wu, I guess you must have developed a strong interest in these three sisters, so do you know how they are made?" How about it? Allow me to introduce to you the research results of our laboratory in detail..."

Soon, Mastin transformed from an incompetent businessman into a professor. He began to explain to Wu Qian some basic information about the three sisters of Lucia and the process of R&D and production.

Mastin led Wu Qian into the booth, and came to a glass display case. Inside the display case was a mass of milky white gel-like substance, which looked a bit like cream on the verge of melting.

"In the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the three sisters of Lucia are called flawless bionics. They are the third generation of bionics developed by us. The materials used to make these flawless bionics are the ones you see. Milky white fiber, this is a protein fiber we developed."

While talking, Mastin led Wu Qian to another area.

"Our laboratory uses this 3D printing equipment jointly developed with several technology companies to heat the protein fibers through low pressure, and then carry out precise printing according to the program. We only need to wait for the material to cool, and the outlined joints and skin will have considerable Flexibility, no different from real people."

As he spoke, Mastin turned on the 3D printer that was taller than a person, and entered a model of a finger knuckle on the console. The printer started to run quietly, and the unique nozzle sprayed out the protein fibers. After editing, a milky white knuckle appeared inside the printer.

"The process of making the whole robot is not complicated. It is roughly repeating the process just now thousands of times, but the requirements for precision are very high. Fortunately, even if something goes wrong, the material can be recycled and reused. That kind of protein fiber is very expensive……"

Mastin introduced it seriously, but did not explain core technologies, such as information transmission.

After seeing the basic manufacturing process of the robot, Mastin took Wu Qian and walked back to Lucia. He took out a device like an air conditioner remote control from his pocket and clicked it a few times. The three Lucia sisters who were originally alive Immediately, he lost his vitality, his arms and head drooped, as if he had fallen asleep standing up.

Pointing to various parts of Lucia's body, he said: "The bones, muscles, ligaments, hair, skin and other tissues of the flawless bionic are all made of the protein fibers you saw just now, corresponding to different parts of the body. According to the requirements of hardness and flexibility, as long as the density of protein fibers is adjusted, different effects can be achieved."

"At the current stage, the body made of this fiber is already very close to the real human body in terms of function, but there is still a certain gap in the sense of touch. You can feel it carefully."

After finishing speaking, Mastin raised Lucia's arm, rolled up his sleeves, and motioned for Wu Qian to touch her.

What seemed funny to others was actually an experience of future technology. Wu Qian carefully touched Lucia's arm, and the feeling of pinching her (it) face just now came back. It was a very strange and unfamiliar scene. This feeling is indescribable.

Until now, Wu Qian still couldn't believe that Lucia, who bowed his head and arms in front of him, was a robot. He felt as if he had traveled to the "West World" TV series.

After feeling it carefully, Wu Qian let go of his hand and gently put Lucia's arm back to its original place. He said to Mastin, "I watched a TV series called "West World". In my opinion, The three sisters of Lucia seem to be no less inferior to those robots in the TV series, which surprised me."

After hearing Wu Qian's words, Mastin made a strange expression, and said: "Mr. Wu, you have praised me, I didn't expect that you are also a fan of "West World". Our products and the perfect bionics in "West World" There is still a big gap between people, so don't think that I am being humble."

"Indeed, our research products have extraordinary performance in terms of vision, language system, and mobility. This is our pride. The most powerful proof is that, come and see..."

After all, Mastin brought Wu Qian to a large screen, and the screen showed Elizabeth driving a car in a closed place to perform various operations. From the video, it can be seen that Elizabeth acted like an old driver. It is easy to start, stop, reverse, etc.

"We have conducted many tests on the performance of these three robots. Whether it is strength or accuracy, they can reach a very high level. Even eye and brain surgery that requires extremely high precision can be performed. Of course, It's not practical, it's just theoretically possible..."

After watching the video, Wu Qian did not understand what Mastin wanted to express. In his opinion, this is already a very perfect robot. Its perception of sound, space, color, etc. is impeccable. Where is the gap? Woolen cloth?

"Professor Mastin, I don't understand where the gap you mentioned is."

Blumber was also very interested in Wu Qian's question. He moved closer to the two of them and eavesdropped.

Mastin pushed his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, if you look at the standards of robots, then the three Lucia sisters are indeed very good, but we are talking about bionics now, so there is a big gap."

"I only need to talk about the gap in body structure and you can understand. The perfect bionic person in "West World" can eat and then needs to go to the toilet."

Wu Qian was taken aback for a moment. He remembered that there was indeed such a plot, but he didn't take it seriously when he was watching TV dramas. He took it as the need of the plot to make the robot closer to real people's lives to create a sense of reality. He didn't expect this to be an expert. Laymen watch the fun.

According to Mastin, eating, drinking, and excretion seem to be simple life behaviors. What is really amazing is the changes in food in the bionic human body. This is the same as human beings, with a digestive and absorption system, intake of organic matter, and conversion into energy.

This kind of technology is simply a wonderful idea across the ages. There is no difference between such a robot and a real person...

In fact, there are still differences, Mastin's next sentence let Wu Qian know where the biggest difference is.

"Actually, even in the aspect of the digestive and absorption system, we have found theoretical support from some plants, at least we can see the direction of research and development, but there is one thing, we can't even find the direction, that is thinking ability...

The thinking ability of the human brain is too complex and elusive. It cannot be realized in bionics by relying on simple programs. This is a problem that we have not been able to overcome for many years. "

According to Mastin, driving a car, making pizza, chatting with others, even doing some indescribable things are all very simple execution procedures, not worth mentioning at all, even if it is an extremely complex high-precision instrument , is still the repeated use of simple procedures, and has not broken through the level of "execution".

And they hope that the bionic man can have the ability to "learn", no longer just simply execute task orders, but also know how to conduct self-learning and simple thinking.

Martin gave an example.

"The programmer has written a very complete set of pizza-making programs and loaded them into the robot's chip, Lucia and the others have the ability to make pizza, but if I replace these materials now, such as replacing flour with salt , they will still stick to the pizza-making process and will not find out that there is a problem."

After Wu Qian listened to it, he said, "Then the programmer only needs to add a 'recognition' related command to the robot, wouldn't it make them know how to identify?"

Mastin snapped his fingers and said: "Mr. Wu, you are right, the problem lies here, why do programmers have to add this program, why can't Lucia and the others discover it by themselves through extremely simple observation and thinking? What about this question?"

"What we want to break through now is this problem!"

Wu Qian was stunned after listening to Mastin's words. He fully understood Mastin's meaning. This is to let robots, or bionics, have basic thinking ability, which is much more advanced than having any kind of digestive and absorption system. Too much.

This is a powerful magic weapon for human beings to live comfortably on the earth!

"If it really develops to that point, I'm afraid...these bionics won't be easy to control, right?"

Wu Qian asked worriedly, although the plot of artificial intelligence retaliating against humans in "West World" is just a sci-fi plot, but who knows when it will not become a reality in the future?
Mastin waved his fingers very confidently, and said: "Mr. Wu, the order level is an insurmountable barrier. We have seriously discussed the situation of the bionic riot in "West World". If there is a base point for that kind of mutation, I really want to see it..."

There is only a layer of veil between geniuses and lunatics. Mastin, who is obsessed with the development of bionics, has crazy colors in his eyes. He is not lying. He really wants to see the kind of bionics that can think for themselves. Unfortunately, nowadays technology can't do it yet.

Wu Qian felt that Mastin's thinking was too far away, and he was very satisfied with the three Lucia sisters.

"Professor Mastin, let's put the future in the future. Let's talk about the current problem first. I want to know how much it costs to make such a bionic man."

Wu Qian asked a very practical question.

Mastin looked around, besides Wu Qian and his party, Blumber and others who had already understood the situation, he said without concealment: "According to the current production level, without counting the research and development costs, to build this The three spent a total of $8000 million."

The average cost of each bionic person is as high as more than 600 million US dollars, which is really a lot of money, and the price of a conventional satellite is also at this price...

In fact, the three sisters of Lucia can do a lot of things. As long as there are corresponding programs, many high-risk jobs and jobs that are difficult to complete quickly can be competent, such as bomb disposal and fighter pilots. They only need to write complicated programs, and they are better than real people. Maybe even more reliable.

It's a pity that the price has become the biggest obstacle. What Martin is talking about is the cost of construction. If someone wants to buy it, it is not more than 600 million, but 5000 million US dollars, providing subsequent upgrades and all after-sales services.

The high price makes this product very tasteless. In the eyes of many capitalists, when performing high-risk tasks, the cost of a real person is much cheaper than such a bionic human.

This has also caused the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to face a financial dilemma, because in the eyes of countless rich people, the price of this product broke through the sky, which was completely out of essence and flashy in the past.

　Thanks to book friend Su Nian sma for the 1600 reward.

　　
　
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