Star Sea: Explorer's Notes

Chapter 48 Unreal Simulation
"Lie, or specifically, 'the ability to lie.'"

"A lie is ultimately a choice. The choice of an ordinary agent comes from a preset algorithm, and the choice of an animal comes from instinct."

"What is a choice?" His voice made everyone start to think, "The smallest choice is what to eat tonight, where to sleep, it is not the advice of a friend or someone's recommendation, but free will."

"In other words, the choice is only yours."

Frege explained, "Going back to the issue of lying, ordinary intelligent bodies are incapable of lying, and on a larger scale, all life without free will cannot lie."

"Because a lie is the most direct and fundamental manifestation of free will."

"Behind it is a choice of an original concept, which is different from the choice in algorithmic logic. The source of this choice is not the complicated conditions behind it, but the reason why you are human."

At this time, many people in the audience have already fallen into a strange state, and when Frege said this, he himself also entered the state.

The description of this paragraph in the explorer's notebook is also vague, but the word "lie" alone is enough to remind him of so many things.

This kind of knowledge is like an innate concept to him, and with the guidance of notes, it will naturally come to fruition.

In fact, according to his original thinking, he would not say so many things at all.

But he thought of Noya who was still on the Amrodia. In the panel recorded in the explorer's notebook, there was a "?" in the column of Noya's race.

He also couldn't be sure what this "?" actually meant.

But after getting along with him for this period of time, he thinks that Noah is completely different from ordinary intelligent bodies.

Janitor No. [-] is already quite advanced among intelligent bodies, but compared with Nuoya, he still lacks that trace of spirituality.

If this is the case, then Noah's identity will be revealed soon.

He has never mentioned this matter with Nuoya, mainly because Nuoya did not take the initiative to tell him.

But he doesn't care about her identity anymore. In his eyes, Noah is his closest partner, not a tool to use.

If she is really the legendary mechanical life, Frege doesn't want her race to be regarded as slaves like intelligent bodies in the future.

After thinking about it for a while, he thought that what he could do now was to help other people establish a complete understanding of mechanical life, and then it would be possible to realize the so-called equality and fairness.

As long as the cognition is in place, the public opinion within human beings will not be one-sided, and this new race will naturally be treated correctly.

In fact, his worry is not without reason. Pan-human civilization has developed so far, and there are not a few races encountered in the sea of ​​stars.

Leaving aside those non-humanoid creatures, human beings have also encountered many humanoid races like barbarians with fur on their bodies, giants with bodies comparable to giant statues, orcs with animal ears and tails.

They are not included in the category of meta-human beings, and people have given them a unified name——

heterogeneous.

And their treatment...

So far, there is no territory belonging to them in the star field ruled by pan-humans. Those who are lucky are kept as slaves or livestock in some noble families, and those who are unlucky have already been extinct under the butcher's knife of human beings.

As for whether they still exist in places outside the star field, this is a topic that is difficult to determine, but human beings have been expanding outwards from beginning to end. Every time a star field is opened up, there will be an unknown number of such races from the universe. Erased forever.

Although the "Pan-Star Territory Human Civilization Convention" clearly stipulates that the power of mechanical life is equal to that of human beings, the premise of this provision is that this life form only exists in the imagination.

When they really become a reality, wrangling over treaty matters can almost be regarded as one of the traditional arts of human beings.

He doesn't know if Nuoya is the only mechanical life in the galaxy, but they are partners, and he must shoulder the responsibility of protecting her.

Noah, who was far away on the ship, seemed to feel what he was thinking in the dark, and Frege actually heard a slight sob from the communication.

"Thank you."

This was the first time Frege heard her thanking him, and he hurriedly picked up the microphone in a panic: "I will continue to explain to you how to test their identities through lies."

"The sentence I'm saying now is a lie," he continued after taking a deep breath. "This sentence itself has a paradox in language logic, but we can just use it to test whether the other party is a mechanical life or an intelligent body."

"If there is a high-precision lie detector, when an agent utters this sentence, the lie detector will undoubtedly point to 'true'."

"Because the logic of its sentence is correct and meets the requirements of the internal algorithm."

Lano frowned first, and then quickly relaxed it, but in the process, he exuded an inexplicable aura.

Frege captured this breath sharply, his pupils briefly turned silvery white, the Eye of Reality activated, and the panel of Lano Trezeguet appeared in his mind instantly:
【Name: Lano Trezeguet】

[Race: Human (improved species)]

【Age: 58】

【Gender: Male】

[Strength level: C (285)]

[Reaction grade: C (292)]

[Speed ​​level: D (188)]

[Physical rank: C (231)]

[Brain development degree: 32%]

[Correction: Weakness, fantasy]

[Weakness: Your body is very weak, not suitable for fighting]

[Fantasy: Your brain development will occasionally exceed the upper limit, and the value is random]

[Ability: Unreal Simulation]

[Unreal simulation: You can simulate the results of the experiment in your brain. Note: only two data can be drawn: A. Whether the experiment can be established, and B. The specific results of the experiment. The process of the experiment cannot be simulated. 】

At this moment, he was using his ability "Unreal Simulation", and in just a short moment, he completed the experiment described by Frege in his mind.

"If it is calculated according to the definition, then the reaction of mechanical life in this experiment should be the same as that of us humans," he continued. "The final possible performance of the lie detector is to constantly hover between true and false."

After saying this, his gaze directly stayed on Lano Trezeguet who had his eyes tightly closed.

After a while, the dean slowly opened his eyes, and a faint golden light flashed across them.

He nodded slowly, "I have already experimented with supernatural powers, and I guarantee with my personality that what Frege said is true."

"Because intelligence is based on a preset algorithm composed of logic, the result pointed to by the lie detector is always true," Lano Trezeguet sighed, "Frege, I really didn't miss it. "

The people in the venue didn't know how to use words to describe what they saw here today. They thought they just met a young man who uttered wild words, but they didn't expect this person to be able to talk to the long-respected Dean Lano Discuss issues as equals.

Of course, this is just their wishful thinking. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is not an exaggeration to say that Frege is pointing out Lano.

"But I still have a question." Lano frowned again, "According to this statement, it is not necessary to use the sentence that contains the paradox to conduct the test?"

"If the criterion for judging whether there is free will is 'whether to lie', then let the intelligent body just say a few words casually?"

"There are countless kinds of algorithms contained in an intelligent agent. The higher the level, the more languages ​​it can master," Frege explained. "In 1000 million sentences, only one sentence may be a lie. What about that sentence?"

"Don't forget that they are the same existence as us. If you want to judge their habits, you only need to start from the human beings themselves."

He still didn't forget to emphasize his original intention. If the leader, Lano, can take the lead in accepting his point of view, then the status of mechanical life in the galaxy, or at least in the Galactic Federation, can be effectively guaranteed.

Lano pondered for a moment, and then took the lead in applauding.

Everyone in the audience wanted to applaud a long time ago. This young man has already proved himself in his own way.

The applause didn't last long, Frege smiled and raised his hand to signal them to stop, "I don't dare to compare with Dean Lano, but regarding the applause... I, like him, don't like it very much."

"Ha ha……"

Lano also returned to the stage with a smile, "Klazexing, oh no, it's really an honor for all of us to have you as the No. [-] figure in the Galactic Federation!"

"Where where..."

Frege had long been immune to this cliché, but when he saw his fanatical eyes, he couldn't help doubting his own opinion.

Lano reached out to shake his hand, and then extended an invitation to him very sincerely:
"I still have a lot to say to you, how about going to my research institute?"

(End of this chapter)