i have a wasteland world

Chapter 578 The Cat and the Mouse
Yu Fengmian: "There are two directions now. Do you need players to join?"

Chen Xiao: "Join players? What's the selling point?"

Many people like Ye Gong and love dragons, pursuing an extremely realistic game world.

However, what about real life?
Yu Fengmian: "This can be debugged and the adventure system or something like that can be added."

Chen Xiao: "In this case, what's the difference between it and a game?"

Yu Fengmian: "That is to say, should you make a blockbuster game, or should you continue in the original direction (social experiment)?"

Chen Xiao: "There are many blockbuster games, but few products that can be called great. The "Human World" project will not be changed for the time being."

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After a thousand years of sight, can love awaken its self-awareness?

Currently, the "Human World" project demonstrates the capabilities of artificial intelligence in language generation and its potential application value in games, entertainment, education and other fields.

The most powerful and even most exaggerated thing is that time in "The World" can be artificially accelerated, but the NPCs living in it cannot feel that time is accelerated.

This is a bit similar to "Creator".

One day in heaven, one year on earth.

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The BPC inside has social common sense and can "remember" what it has seen and done, and affects subsequent actions.

There is no preset script for the entire project, and the story is completely generated between NPCs.

If the NPC in the store falls in love with some other NPC, when the other NPC is about to buy something, they will find that the store may not be open (the NPC is dating).

This is a completely real world.

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Yu Fengmian did not insist, "Okay, it's okay not to change it for the time being. I'm also worried about whether new moral issues will arise if we really let players in."

Chen Xiao: "I have thought about this issue, but it is not the time yet."

Yu Fengmian replied, "Sooner or later it will be resolved."

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With the current AI intelligence, if players enter this sandbox world, they can have in-depth interactions and conversations with NPCs.

Over time, they feel like a real person, and they may even develop feelings for them.

Therefore, although the groundbreaking research of the "Human World" project is of great significance, it will also lead to potentially negative impacts on society.

When humans interact with highly human-like AI, there is a risk of “false emotions” emerging.

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As the "personal assistant" app gradually spreads, and the overseas version has been downloaded more than [-] million times, someone finally couldn't sit still and ignited the first fire.

Michal, a professor at Stanford University and a computational psychologist, published a public paper "Theory of Mind May Spontaneously Appear in Large Language Models."

In his experiments, he deeply studied the problem of self-awareness of artificial intelligence.

Test several AIs with 40 classic tasks designed to test human mental states.It was found that the "personal assistant" app has the level of healthy adults!
This discovery caused a huge stir.

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Everyone has already suspected that the "personal assistant" has shown amazing intelligence and creativity. Does it already have personal consciousness?
Not only can it complete various tasks,

They even take the initiative to pay attention to topics such as "How do humans trapped in computers return to the real world?"

Professor Michal's discovery added fuel to the fire.

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Although intelligence and consciousness are not the same thing.

Intelligence can be understood as the ability to accomplish goals, while consciousness is the subjective experience in the process of accomplishing goals.

But the road is simple!Can intelligence and consciousness really be distinguished sometimes?

You must know that most of people's thoughts, actions and behaviors are unconscious, and only a very small number are conscious.

Moreover, there is no clear boundary between human automatic behavior and conscious behavior.

You must do things you are not skilled at consciously. Once you become proficient at it, it can become automatic and unconscious.

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Who can say that the current intelligence of AI is unconscious?
Based on this, Professor M’s research has triggered a lot of discussion.

Despite statements from digital companies, the "personal assistant" is not yet self-aware and is merely an advanced tool or toy and does not pose an existential threat to humanity.

But it did not calm public opinion.

The ethics of large companies have always been questionable;
Although digital companies have no bad records for the time being, it does not mean that what they say is true.

Especially creating such a terrifying AI, with its own evil aura.

More and more people are beginning to call for “more careful design and supervision of AI systems and ensuring that they are consistent with human values ​​and ethical principles.”

Many technology tycoons even openly opposed:

“Unless we build safeguards, AI systems are likely to replace humans, rendering our species irrelevant or even extinct.”

"Even if the current "personal assistant" does not have this ability, this does not rule out the possibility that future "personal assistants" or other more advanced AI may develop self-awareness or theory of mind, which would require us..."

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Compared with previous supervision, which was only a government-level action, this time the AI ​​​​storm has swept across the entire society.

Supporters and opponents quarreled with each other.

Someone interviewed Chen Xiao and asked his opinion,

Chen Xiao's answer was not unexpected, "If one day, machines surpass humans in intelligence and even consciousness, what does it matter? This is just the next stage of evolution..."

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"Do you think he is talking nonsense?" Zhang Qiaowei asked Chen Xiao who was standing next to him.

Chen Xiao was slightly embarrassed. His interview report was playing on the big screen, "What, you hate him?"

Zhang Qiaowei: "He is so cold. In his eyes, everyone seems to be a pawn."

Chen Xiao shook his head, what does it have to do with us?
Zhang Qiaowei is a new girl he met, a music teacher, and her appearance goes without saying.

Even if he is tired of aesthetic appreciation, he will not find an ugly girl to stimulate him.

Chen Xiao is young and rich, has a unique temperament and a handsome face. He is almost a perfect lover.

Although Zhang Qiaowei thinks very highly of herself, she quickly fell into defeat when faced with a player of this level.

The two quickly established a relationship.

Eating, shopping, movies... Later, Zhang Qiaowei invited him to play the adult version of "cat and mouse" game.
Chen Xiao was very surprised, there is such a thing?
After understanding it, I feel older and older.

Totally out of date.

I just learned about frisbee, cycling, suburban hiking, city walking, script killing, cosplay... Now here comes "cat and mouse" again.

If it weren't for Zhang Qiaowei's introduction, he might never have been exposed to this kind of thing in his life.

The cat-and-mouse activity usually takes place at 7:[-] pm, and the activity is basically held in parks.

If you follow the naming method of city walk, you can call it "city run".

As the name suggests, you play cat and mouse, and everyone chases each other.

Chen Xiao was invited by Zhang Qiaowei to participate once and found it quite interesting.

Then there was the second time, the third time...

(End of this chapter)