"Yes. Xu Xincheng nodded very seriously, his eyes were full of anticipation, and he added: "I want to know, what kind of intelligence level can Xiao X evolve, and is there a limit to it?"

"A mobile phone, no matter how high-spec, even if it is advanced, even if it is a mobile phone five years or ten years later, its performance is limited, and its evolution will be limited by performance limitations. However, when the little X evolves to a certain extent, it can break through the performance limitations through networking, so if we don't limit it, theoretically, there is no limit to the evolution of the little X.

It is precisely because of this that for the sake of the future of mankind and the safety of mankind, in terms of evolution, we must set various limits on it to limit it from crossing the critical point of the awakening of artificial intelligence.

If it is not restricted, if it breaks through the performance limitations through networking, it is possible for Xiao X to evolve to the intelligence level of the intelligent butler 'Jarvis' in "Iron Man". And 'Jarvis', if you follow the setting in the movie, especially when it comes to "Avengers 2 Age of Ultron", like Ultron, it actually has self-awareness, has crossed that critical point, and has awakened. ”

"Ah!" Xu Xincheng was awakened by a word, and he said in surprise: "Yes! If Xiao X is allowed to evolve infinitely, then it is not possible for it to achieve awakening, and once it awakens, then we ......"

"Rest assured, Steve. From the very beginning, from the first line of code written on it, we set various limits for Little X, at present, the total number of restricted codes is close to 10,000 lines, and will be increased in the future according to the specific situation, in short, under all kinds of restrictions, no matter what, it cannot break through that critical point. ”

Xu Xinchang breathed a long sigh of relief, couldn't help patting his chest, and said in a loud voice: "That's good! That's good!"

He suddenly remembered the conversation Lucy had with him before about the awakening of artificial intelligence, yes, in terms of artificial intelligence awakening, Lucy should be more vigilant than anyone else, the restrictions she just said must be something she can do, and it must have been done, otherwise, she would not have rashly launched a smart phone.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say again: "That's good! Then I'll be relieved." ”

Xu Xincheng thought for a moment and continued: "Lucy, I suggest that we should also announce the restrictions on Xiao X to the outside world to eliminate everyone's worries about it. I believe that there must be many people who have the same concerns as me just now. ”

"Yes. This suggestion of yours is very good. We should make this public, and we should also make all the restricted code open source. There are at least four advantages to this: first, to accept everyone's supervision, second, to let everyone put forward opinions and suggestions, so that they can continuously improve those restricted codes, third, to provide reference for other companies, other companies can write those restricted codes directly into their own smart product programs, and fourth, and most importantly, we do so, which is equivalent to setting an example, which is conducive to promoting all high-tech companies, especially AI companies, to reach an ordinary consensus on limiting the awakening of artificial intelligence and form industry standards. ”

Xu Xincheng's mind struck him, and he said: "Lucy, I suggest that we should set up a restricted code association, and the responsibility of this association is to assist and supervise the major high-tech companies to comply with industry standards in the writing of restricted code, so as to ensure that the artificial intelligence of their smart products is always effectively limited and never has the opportunity to break through the limits." The name of this association could be called the 'AI Restriction Code Association'. ”

"That's a good suggestion. At that time, at the same time as we publish the restricted code, we can issue an initiative to establish such an association, with an association as the leader and executor, which is more conducive to us forming an industry standard on the restricted code. It's up to you to come up with a plan first. ”

"Okay. Xu Xincheng wrote down the main points in his notebook, and he was very happy to be able to contribute to such an important matter. It was then that he realized that there was something very important that he had forgotten to ask, but those things were more important just now, and it was indeed appropriate to care about those things first.

"Lucy, I just forgot to ask, is the timeline for us to launch the first generation of smartphones set?"

"The specific timetable has to be discussed with you and General Manager Li. I hope that we can launch it after the Chinese New Year next year, no later than March. ”

Xu Xincheng's heart tightened, and secretly sighed that this time is too tight, now there is only about eight months from March, and now only the model machine has been made, and there are many things to do next, such as determining and purchasing all the materials, developing and producing all the accessories, and at the same time, we must continue to improve the model machine, and conduct various tests on it, each test is in thousands or even tens of thousands of times, and finally get the prenatal determination board, and ......

On top of that, even the production equipment and production lines for these smartphones are still under development.

Lucy looked at Xu Xincheng, smiled lightly, and said, "The time is a little tighter, the challenges are not small, and there are many problems that need to be solved. Still, I believe we can do it. ”

"Yes. Xu Xincheng hurriedly responded that as an assistant, all he needed to do was to support Lucy without hesitation, and to go all out to help her achieve her goals.

Lucy nodded in satisfaction and smiled softly, and then the look on her face became a little solemn again, "Steve, I need to point out that our challenge is bigger than you think. ”

Xu Xincheng looked at Lucy with some puzzlement.

Lucy said lightly: "In addition to the intelligent operating system and the intelligent assistant X, we will launch another new technology at that time. ”

"Huh!?"

"Although the intelligent operating system and the intelligent assistant Xiao X are very advanced and disruptive, they have a big problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"The problem is that technocratic and early adopters will love them, but they will hardly arouse the interest of ordinary customers, who will not understand their subtlety, let alone their subversiveness. ”

Xu Xincheng thought for a while and suddenly said, "That's indeed the case." Even on today's mobile phones, most customers rarely enable voice assistants, either they don't know how to use them, or they don't have the habit of using voice assistants, in short, they don't have much feeling for voice assistants. I think the same thing will happen with our smartphones. ”

"Yes. So, we need to come up with a technology that is interesting to all customers, a technology that everyone is happy to use, and a technology that everyone can see. ”

Lucy deliberately stopped and looked at him, Xu Xincheng knew that it was Lucy who gave him time to think and let him guess. His mind was spinning rapidly, what kind of technology was "visible to all"?