"Welcome to China again, Link!" Zhang Yun has more contact with the Link family, so she is closer in terms of title. "It's okay along the way. ”

"Very good. Not even a slightly stronger air current. The only trouble with crossing the Pacific is that you will soon have jet lag. ”

"I've booked a hotel for you, we'll go over now. ”

Zhang Yun got into Link's car. Link came to Tianhai City for the fifth time at this time. The first time he came to travel by himself, and on the way back, his plane almost had an accident. The second time was with Jessica and Hannah, and Zhang Yun was also the tour guide. The third time was the opening of the Aozette China branch. The fourth time was when he came on a tour with several children. This is the fifth.

Link was in the car and asked a few questions about the Chinese branch of Ozette. However, although Zhang Yun is a management person, she is not a core person, and she doesn't know much, so she can only provide some simple information. However, that information would also allow Link to corroborate the documents sent back to the United States by the bank.

The forum that Link was going to attend would start in the afternoon, and because of the time difference, Link immediately went to the company to inspect it, but went to the hotel to rest for a while.

After a short sleep, he woke up in the afternoon and went to the forum.

The theme of that forum was how to accelerate the translational application of intelligent programs. The main discussion is about the application standards and directions.

Now the trend of intelligent life in the world has become more and more obvious. For example, in Tianhai City, the number of manned taxis has decreased. And began to use a large number of unmanned tour cars.

Taxis are just to meet the needs of passengers at those transportation hubs. They usually carry large luggage that cannot be carried by a tour car.

The application of intelligent system in transportation is currently the most widely used field of intelligent application in the world in addition to industry. The unmanned transportation system was born out of the unmanned logistics system. So in this regard, Link is very vocal.

And Link and Carrick haven't stopped pioneering in smart engineering.

In this forum, he proposed that intelligent systems should be applied to some of the industries that are most urgently needed in people's lives.

In his speech, he said: "Whether it is the United States or China, there are many cases of single people living in them. And usually both husband and wife have jobs. And the work is still relatively busy. Housekeeping robots are one direction. But the price of an intelligent robot is still a heavy burden for ordinary working-class families. Why don't we specialize in developing professional housekeeping robots. ”

The housekeeping robot he was talking about was not a crawler robot. Rather, it's more like a humanoid robot.

In fact, such robots have been studied for a long time, but just accurately controlling the robot's movements is a big problem. For example, if you order to open the refrigerator, you may end up dragging the real refrigerator over.

The reason for this is because of the cost. Those companies are looking to work on robots that cost less. But with the cost savings, the robotic arm control of the robot is unlikely to be as precise as those of high-priced robots.

But Link has his own take on this.

"We can look at part-time workers, nannies, and so on. The cost of the robot can be more affordable. We can also make better robots. ”

On stage, he said: "The Strus R&D Center and Studio Carrick have jointly developed a robotic system that acts like a human. The entire robot is set up according to the biological structure of the human body. It will have two computers to compare and review the instructions, and at the same time determine the action instructions, so as to avoid incorrect instructions and injure humans. ”

In fact, the direction of Carrick's research is sex [3] love intelligent robots, because they need to have the most intimate contact with humans. So that level of intelligence is more demanding.

But Link felt that that kind of intelligence could lead to other types of robotic systems.

At the same time, this kind of robot is a limited work robot. Their intelligence is still unable to learn on its own, and can only rely on encoded instructions from humans to do their jobs. We can refine their libraries for a certain type of work, but we don't accept instructions beyond that scope. In this way, some people will use robots to harm human society. ”

Link's suggestion of intelligence limits also mentions that an intelligent robot may become a tool for some people to wreak havoc on human society.

"For example, if it is possible for terrorists to hijack robots and program them. Let the robots carry out terrorist acts. So these things, we have to limit the actions of intelligence. ”

Link came up with his own vision for the problem: "That's why I just mentioned that intelligent robots have two computers. The two computers must complement each other, pair one by one, and without one of them, the robot will stop working.

One of the programs in the computer must be strictly limited. It is not allowed to read or write the program in any way. Even intelligence itself doesn't allow that kind of operation.

For example, if you set up a program inside this computer, once there is any modification to the data, it will automatically crash. In this computer, the legal provisions of various countries are stored, and any action of the robot will first filter the corresponding laws. If the intelligent behavior conflicts with the law, the instructions of another computer will be forcibly stopped by that computer. ”

The plan he proposed sounded feasible, but everyone at the meeting felt that it was technically difficult. Since Link has put forward this idea, he should already have an eyebrow in the software.

But what about the hardware?

How can we not guarantee that the computer that controls the norms of intelligent behavior will not be borrowed and modified? How can we all need something that is as difficult to destroy as the black box of an airplane? Let's not talk about the cost of such a thing, let's talk about how the robot can accommodate such a thing.

Link came up with an idea: "Use a barometric pressure sensor. The case containing the computer is vacuumed, and as soon as air enters, the computer self-destruct program is automatically started. When it comes to the cooling of the computer, I don't think it's technically a problem. ”

The idea he put forward was not easy in terms of technical difficulty. But it also caused concern. In particular, how to control intelligence to serve only human beings without destroying human society. The idea he put forward is probably feasible.

Even if the intelligence self-destructs, it will not give it the opportunity to be used to harm society. That's extreme, but it's a good direction.

And the biggest problem in the development of human intelligence is this, worrying that intelligence cannot be limited, and will eventually endanger human beings themselves.

Of course, the intelligent specialization proposed by Link is not considered to meet the needs of human society.

The production cost of a high-level intelligence is certainly high. If intelligence only does certain things, it will definitely be very disadvantageous in terms of marketing.

Link is only expressing his views in this discussion-oriented forum. And the forum, naturally, is to express their own opinions.

However, this forum was also interviewed by reporters. Link's opinion, whether correct or not, will not go unnoticed in his capacity.

After the two-day forum, Link did not return to the United States immediately after. He's now used to buying gifts to take home when he's not in a country. To Jessica and the children, to the Hans family and him. I will also buy some small gifts to give

And now he has to buy an extra one. Because he has an extra child. Although Avril wasn't with him, it was also his child, and he didn't want to favor one over the other.

Knowing that Link planned to stay in Tianhai City for one more day, Zhang Yun invited him to her house to finish eating: "My boyfriend admires you very much, he is the chef of a five-star hotel, and he can make the lowest Tianhai cuisine." ”

Link is not polite.

It must be said that the cuisine of each place has its own characteristics. For the average person and a true foodie, the difference is knowing how to use the tongue to distinguish the taste of a dish.

Of course, everyone's tongue taste buds are not the same. So foodies also have to be talented.

And Link is clearly not a foodie. But it's not the first time he's eaten authentic Tianhai cuisine. I already know how to taste this dish. At least he knew what area of his tongue to taste different tastes.

This meal was eaten at Zhang Yun's house.

Before Link came, he didn't expect that Zhang Yun's family seemed to be very rich. It is said to be decades old. There is a distinctly European style.

It was a small, two-story building. There are not many such houses in Tianhai, especially in the urban area.

Such a small courtyard, judging from the real estate price of Tianhai, is worth at least 100 million.

After they finished dinner, Link didn't leave immediately, but chatted with Zhang Yun and her chef boyfriend.

Zhang Yun's boyfriend came back from a study tour in Europe, and his conversation was quite funny. It's not like there's nothing to say.

Link asked about the origin of the house as he spoke.

Zhang Yun said: "It was built by an Englishman before the liberation of China. Later, it was bought by my ancestors. It was taken away by the government, but it was later returned to my family. ”

She said and went to the TV cabinet to get a picture and said, "My family is actually in business, of course, it's just a small business for you Link." My family's business was started by my great-grandfather. He started his business in his fifties. This is a family portrait taken by my family at the end of the last century. The old man in the middle was him, and when the photo was taken, he was almost eighty years old. And I wasn't born yet. ”

Link took the frame and was about to say something, only to see that a person he thought of was also in the picture.