The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 436 "The Turing Test"

"Turing test?"

"You know what the Turing test is."

"I... I know that in the test, the human interacts with the computer, and if the human doesn't realize they're interacting with a computer, then the test passes."

"And what does it mean if you pass the test?"

"It means... you are making artificial intelligence?!"

Luo Chen, who was dressed slovenly and had stubble on his chin, put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at the young man in front of him with a half-smile: "I have created... one, and you will be the one in the Turing test in the next few days." .”

"Wow..." Lu Xiao was a little excited, and there were whispers in the small theater.

As a sci-fi fan, Lu Xiao naturally knew about the Turing test. The last episode of "Black Mirror II" quickly brought up the topic, which made him very excited.

"Black Mirror II" seems to adopt the same story arrangement as the first season of "Black Mirror". The first episode is based on the existing technology in modern society, mainly the Internet as the background of the story. Sci-fi elements of the current technological level.

But the theme of this episode is quite fresh, with the Turing test as a reference, it is about artificial intelligence.

DreamWorks has produced so many sci-fi works so far, but not many of them talk about artificial intelligence, that is, "Matrix" and the TV series "Suspect Tracker".

The male protagonist is a young employee who has just entered a high-tech company. He is inexplicably assigned to a project team. When he is arranged in a postmodern sci-fi building in the forest, he finds that this level is very strange. The so-called "team leader" of Gao's project team is the boss of this company.

The boss is played by Luo Chen. Although the fans present basically know that Luo Chen made a cameo appearance in "Black Mirror II" and also knew that it was in the last episode, when Luo Chen appeared in a new look with a beard When it was on the screen, it still caused restlessness in the theater.

The appearance of a first-line star in a low-budget online movie will still give the audience a kind of Easter egg-like surprise. Lu Xiao's girlfriend Yu Xiaoling is a fan of Luo Chen, so she is a little emotional.

This house in the forest is the boss's home and his secret scientific research base.

The whole building feels quite sci-fi, with geometric architectural elements everywhere, which is extremely futuristic. The whole building is surrounded by large floor-to-ceiling windows, and the oncoming post-modern aesthetics is very impactful.

This makes Lu Xiao instantly enter the future world where absurdity, treachery, mechanical beauty and classical beauty are integrated.

And the plot that followed did not disappoint him.

This so-called "project team" is actually only Luo Chen and the male protagonist, and the content is to conduct the Turing test on artificial intelligence.

The man mainly conducted a Turing test on a robot, and told Luochen the result a week later.

This is a very strange task. Not only the audience felt that "there must be a conspiracy", but the hero also asked the company boss why he chose him with some anxiety when he was excited.

Luo Chen's reply was that the male protagonist is a genius, which reminded him of himself when he was young. Not only was he admitted to university at the age of 16, but he was also a direct blogger. He also studied artificial intelligence. Young people are also more creative. The test brought a different kind of surprise.

In addition, the male protagonist graduated not long ago, has no deep experience in the world, and has uncomplicated interpersonal relationships. Luo Chen has already made negative remarks to the male protagonist.

The male protagonist had a car accident with his parents when he was a teenager, and his parents died. After that, he received funding and was admitted to a prestigious school through a work-study program. During his college years, he not only worked a part-study program, but also received scholarships every year. Good conduct and trustworthy.

Although this "Turing Test" task will sign a non-disclosure agreement, no matter how big the agreement is, it is just a piece of paper. Even if the contract is breached, it will only lose money in the end.

An artificial intelligence that may pass the "Turing test" is of great significance and immeasurable value. Once a person whose character is not good enough is leaked to external competitors, he will be quite troublesome.

Therefore, Luo Chen not only wins over the male lead with affection, but regardless of whether this task is completed or not, he will promote the male lead to be the deputy director of the artificial intelligence technology department and give him shares, and once this achievement is disclosed in the future, the male lead can share it with him reputation.

This kind of pie in the sky still can't completely convince the hero.

The male protagonist wonders if Luochen is worried about keeping secrets, why not conduct the "Turing Test" by himself?Why pull in an outsider?
Luochen University started its own business and established such a large high-tech company. It is also a well-known technological genius. It is impossible for it not to be able to do the Turing test.

"I'm her creator, and I can't test it, and I can't get reliable results from it."

Luo Chen's words answered the male lead's question, and from the male lead's point of view, they were not unconvincing.

The dubious male protagonist still didn't stop his inner excitement and curiosity.

As a rising star in the field of artificial intelligence, being able to get in touch with an artificial intelligence that "may pass the Turing test" in the words of his boss is an irresistible temptation for him.

Even if he didn't fully trust this "pie that fell from the sky", he still planned to meet that "artificial intelligence" first.

Under the leadership of an intellectual woman who seems to be the boss's secretary and also seems to be the boss's lover, the male protagonist finished recording the fingerprint and iris information - the male protagonist has been granted certain permissions to freely enter and leave this building that is both a home and a scientific research base Part of postmodern architecture.

After taking a cursory look at the room where he was going to live for a week, he couldn't wait to urge Luo Chen's secretary to show him the artificial intelligence that was about to be tested by him, wishing he could go to work right away.

An empty window spans an empty room.

The male protagonist looked at a claw mark on the glass, and his heart trembled, and then he saw a figure slowly pacing from the corridor on the left side of the glass.

"Pretty..." Lu Xiao in front of the screen couldn't help murmuring, and then turned slightly to look at his girlfriend Yu Xiaoling who was sitting next to him.

He was slightly relieved by his girlfriend's reaction, and Yu Xiaoling was still staring at the screen in front of her, as if the appearance of the "robot" had attracted her full attention, as if she hadn't heard his exclamation.

Lu Xiao's praise is not purely due to the beauty of human appearance.

It is a kind of beauty between human and non-human.

The robot is a female, covered with human skin from the forehead to the neck, presenting a human face. There is no hair on the forehead, but a silver fishnet-like metal wraps the entire head.

Only the hands and feet are covered with skin, and the arms, legs, and body are all mechanical.

Among them, the entire abdomen and legs below the chest are even transparent.

Can you see simple and sci-fi mechanical equipment in the transparent glass belly, and silver streamlined bones in the transparent legs?

This partially covered human skin, partially mechanical shape is not scary, but has a unique sci-fi beauty.

The face of the robot is a pure, clean face with rather delicate features.

A pair of watery eyes seem to reveal a thousand words of emotion.

There is a kind of intimacy of the girl next door in the beauty.

But it's a little different from real people.

Lu Xiao has read a lot of films, so he can judge that this should be a face created by the combination of real face and cgi technology.

Usually such a face is prone to the uncanny valley effect, but this robot in the screen does not make him feel like the uncanny valley, but has a surreal beauty.

Under the ethereal music, the hero and the cautious robot like a little white rabbit started to communicate.

The robot is named No. 17, and it has only been one month since its birth.

From the male protagonist in the name and the audience in the theater, it seems that she may be the No. 17 robot made by Luo Chen, and there may be sixteen more ahead.

No. 17 is indeed a product that Luo Chen is quite confident that it is expected to pass the "Turing Test". The communication between No. 17 and the hero went from stumbling to smooth.

From astronomy to geography, No. 17's knowledge is quite profound, which is not beyond the man's expectation. The knowledge of the robot will be there as long as the input is made. The most shocking and surprising thing for the man is that No. 17's speech is not rigid. Clearly thoughtful, self-aware.

The two sides have even talked about some emotional and philosophical topics that have no standard answers.

If it wasn't for the fact that the other party has a non-human body, the male lead would have found it hard to imagine that he was a robot.

And when the male lead was conducting the "Turing Test" on No. 17, the screen cut to Luo Chen from time to time. Luo Chen was in the monitoring room, watching and listening to the conversation between the two, while recording something on paper.

Although it makes sense logically, after all, this is not a private conversation, it is a "Turing test", and it is normal for Luo Chen to listen to the conversation between the hero and No. 17.

But Lu Xiao felt that there was something wrong with the company boss played by Luo Chen, the creator of artificial intelligence.

With the passage of time, after two days of "conversation test", the male protagonist chatted with No. 17 very speculatively, and the relationship became more and more intimate, and he was shocked by the humanity displayed by No. 17 many times.

On the 17th, there will also be confusion, sadness, and beautiful imaginations, and you will feel bored, draw pictures, and even dream.

The male protagonist asked No. 17 where he would like to go if he went out one day.

Number 17 answered with some yearning and anxiety: "I'm not sure...there are too many choices...maybe it's the busy sidewalks and intersections in the city."

"crossroads?"

"Is it not good?"

"No, I just didn't expect you to choose..."

"I just feel like intersections condense and summarize everyday human life."

"You want to... observe other people?"

"Yes."

"We can go together."

No. 17's eyes seemed to be shining: "Then...then it's settled."

Yu Xiaoling and her boyfriend looked at each other in tacit understanding, what a good guy, who is throwing dog food?
Humans conduct Turing tests on artificial intelligence, and then it becomes a love affair between humans and machines across life forms?
At this moment, the room suddenly fell into darkness, the warning sound of power failure sounded, and then the room was full of red lights flashing.

The male protagonist and No. 17 faced each other across the glass, the male protagonist was a little panicked, and saw No. 17 on the other side of the glass stretched out his hands against the glass, his expression was a little panicked and anxious, and his voice was a little hurried, facing the male protagonist said:

"You're wrong, don't believe him, don't believe anything he says!"

Immediately after the red light disappeared, it seemed that the power failure had been repaired, and the white LED lights turned on again. The male protagonist looked at No. 17 on the opposite side of the glass with some surprise and confusion, and sat back on the chair again, with the same expression as before the power failure, showing tranquility smile.

It seems that just now was completely the hallucination of the hero.

(End of this chapter)