Avatar No. 2: "Why don't we put a suicide switch in the consciousness of the transcendental?" Wouldn't it be possible for the transcendents to delete their consciousness without going through the firewall without going through the firewall? ”

Virtual Personality No. 3: "But isn't the process of installing a suicide switch itself a kind of transformation of people's consciousness?" How many people can accept this approach? ”

Avatar Four: "Yes, I'd rather give up absolute security than to install a suicide switch for consciousness modification, at least I believe that human beings are still morally alive, and no one will try to read or tamper with the consciousness of others." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and immortality is really a thing that makes people think about it very scary, I think everyone should have the right to decide the length of their own life, we can decide for ourselves whether to carry out neural transmission to obtain eternal life, but at the same time, after the neural upload, we can also decide for ourselves whether to end our own life. ”

Yang Haidao: "In this case, considering the problem of suicide, then we still use the quantum firewall to protect the consciousness, and at the same time retain the power of the suicide management committee to bypass the firewall to delete the consciousness of the transcendent in reality, just in case, we stipulate that when the members of the committee delete the computer that stores the consciousness of the transcendent, there must be at least three people to work together to supervise each other." It also stipulates that all bypassing firewalls is illegal. ”

Avatar Four: "I can accept this rule. ”

Lu Ze said: "We still have to think about one point, Lan Ye talked about the problem of interstellar travel before, the spacecraft piloted by the transcendent does not need to be loaded with hibernation devices and life-sustaining equipment, whether from the perspective of safety or technology, the transcendent is obviously more suitable for interstellar exploration and colonization than ordinary people." But we can imagine a scenario where for some reason the ship's engine fails, and it can't be accelerated, slowed down, or repaired, and the spacecraft can fly forever in the open space, and the transcendent will never be able to return to human society. And the computer that preserves his consciousness is very durable, and the remaining energy of the spaceship is enough to support the operation of this spaceship for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years, doesn't that mean that this transcendent must also suffer in endless loneliness for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years to get out of the sea of suffering? ”

Avatar Four nodded: "Although the possibility of this happening is very small, we must take it into account, otherwise it will be terrible if it does happen." ”

Avatar III: "I think we can design a suicide device, such as a bomb, that can physically destroy the computer in the spaceship that holds the consciousness of the transcendents after receiving a suicide signal, so that we can solve the problem of not being able to commit suicide." ”

Avatar 4 asked rhetorically, "Since all spaceships can malfunction, it's not impossible that this bomb or other suicide device will also fail over a long period of time, right?" Or maybe the Beyonder didn't want to kill himself, but the bomb exploded accidentally, so didn't he die unjustly? ”

Avatar Three: "According to you, if the consciousness is not modified, a suicide switch is installed so that the transcendents can delete their own consciousness on their own. The firewall was only removed before the Beyonder left the solar system. ”

Yang Haidao: "The method of removing the firewall can be achieved, we first install another firewall between the spaceship host and the Star Spirit Network, and then remove the firewall between the transcendental consciousness and the spaceship host, we can ensure that the transcendent's consciousness will not be invaded, and the same as the deletion operation in the case of suicide, it is stipulated that the operation of removing the firewall must be carried out under the supervision of at least three people." ”

Virtual Personality No. 3 sighed: "That's all it can be." ”

At this point, the discussion of the contradiction between the transcendent's right to suicide and the absolute safety of transcendental consciousness has ended. Although there is no perfect solution, Yang Hai's plan does minimize the risk.

And Lu Ze did not raise this problem to solve it in the first place. Lu Ze didn't know that his title of "Father of the Star Spirit Network" had such a great influence in this era, so he came up with this question, the purpose was to let all the conference participants have an understanding of his ability, so as to increase the weight of his words in the following speeches.

And to raise this question later, I also thought that it would play a role in improving his status in people's minds. Judging from the results, at least now no one will treat him and Lu Li as the object of jokes.

Yang Haidao: "Then now enter the link of modifying the core rules of the Star Spirit Network, and then Lu Ze will be the spokesperson to propose the modification plan of the core rules of the Star Spirit Network." ”

After hearing Yang Hai's words, all the virtual personalities fell silent.

Lu Ze's expression also became serious.

Although there is no "garden" community to oppose neural uploading in the conference, Yang Hai and Alice have also solved people's doubts about neural uploading in the previous discussion, and at this time, if Lu Ze's proposed modification plan is just to let Lu Li or the transcendent be recognized by the Star Spirit Network and have the identity of a human being, it can be passed almost without discussion.

But the modification plan that Lu Ze and Yang Hai discussed at the beginning was by no means as simple as including the transcendent into the category of human beings!

Lu Ze closed his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, he finally began this speech, which was later jokingly called "opening the door to a new world":

"I am very honored to be able to participate in this Star Spirit Network Conference with all of you."

"A hundred years ago, when I fantasized about the future in the form of science fiction, I saw more of the ugliness of human nature. However, a hundred years later, what I have seen and heard from awakening to the present tells me what a free and enlightened era it is, especially Alice, who sees in her all the best human qualities such as purpose, perseverance, courage, faith, and insight. ”

The emergence of the Beyonder marks the beginning of a new era in which neural upload, genetic modification, artificial intelligence, and more technologies are transforming humanity. A door to a new world is opening before us, unfolding a completely unfamiliar world before us, a nightmare for some, and a paradise for others. In this new world, we can upload our consciousness to a computer, we can freely reshape our genes, and we can build machines that can think. In this new world, we can have wisdom beyond any genius in the past, we can overcome the effects of disease and aging on human beings, and we can have infinite youth and vitality. In this new world, we will be able to effectively control our desires and emotions, avoid anger and hatred over small things, be able to discover more beautiful things from the subtleties of life, feel more joy and peace, and even experience magical states of mind that we could not have imagined in the past. ”

"However, it is a reality that cannot be ignored that no matter how we think about it, this new world is more or less rejecting the definition of 'human' that we now base ourselves on humanism, religion, biology, etc."

Lu Ze took a deep breath, and then asked loudly: "So, I want to ask everyone, is it possible that in this new world composed of genetic engineering and digital thinking, the word 'human' no longer has any meaning?" ”

Lu Ze's words echoed in the venue.

There was no avatar to answer, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

Lu Ze's problem was like a dark cloud floating over the new world, making this beautiful world lose all its brilliance in an instant.