"I'm just peddling a little pathetic desire. ”

--Han Zhou

Java National University of Science and Technology.

"I'm sorry, but once again you didn't pass the defense. The fat old man with a shiny head brushed a few strands of hair from his head.

Zhou Han's face turned red, and he ripped off his tie: "What's the matter, I didn't pass it, you old men are careful, why is it so difficult for me to complete my studies, labor and management have postponed graduation for eight years, and the children enrolled in the same class are all four years old, and I still soak in the laboratory every day and live with experimental data." ”

"It's not that we deliberately embarrass you, Xiao Zhou, artificial intelligence is the most challenging discipline in this century, different from the previous pseudo-artificial intelligence, in addition to machine learning, you also have to master philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, heavy tasks, your artificial intelligence works have been Turing tested, IQ and worms are at the same level, far from meeting the graduation requirements. ”

"Worms, I think you're a bunch of worms. Zhou Han roared angrily and slammed the door out, while several old professors in the arms of the conference room also sighed helplessly.

Thirty seconds later, Zhou Han rushed into the conference room again, forgetting to bring his work back.

The small boxy black box on the table, the outside of the box was covered with interfaces.

This is the carrier of artificial intelligence programs.

Different from the classical computer von Neumann structure, the structure of the artificial intelligence carrier is designed according to the surface consciousness and subconscious, and the lowest driver is an extremely complex program model.

This model is proposed by Kotlampe, an artificial intelligence expert in the mold country, which can simulate the most primitive over-reproduction, the instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and on top of this model, the most basic consciousness can be developed, and then a more advanced consciousness can be developed.

Artificial intelligence design is based on this.

Insiders call this black box "super brain", and Zhou Han and her "Catherine".

It doesn't mean much, just like an administrator named his computer, and the device was named "Catherine".

Zhou Han took a "flying" car and went straight back to his rental house.

He has little income except for a small weekly allowance from the University of Java, so he lives in the Rust Belt on the edge of the city – an area full of the unemployed and homeless.

Zhou Han lay on the bed and lit a cigarette, and the small room was soon filled with smoke.

He didn't turn on the light, and the scarlet cigarette butt flickered in the darkness with the gathered ash.

"Catherine" was right next to him.

The more Zhou Han thought about it, the more angry he became: "How dare you say that my artificial intelligence is a worm?"

I still can't sleep after tossing and turning, and there is little hope for the future, could it be that I really want to die of old age in this broken research laboratory?

Zhou Han was distraught, he got up and snuffed out the cigarette butt, put on his clothes, pushed open the door, and the bright moon fell on his still young face, and he had blue-gray stubble on his chin.

Zhou Han simply returned to the laboratory, thinking about how to clean up the next mess.

The building where the laboratory is located is still brightly lit, and it seems that he is not the only one who will not be able to graduate.

"Titer ~306 laboratory opens, welcome, lighting system on. ”

Zhou Han opened the door with an electronic card, and he stood in front of the messy laboratory door, with a mess in front of him, and all kinds of communication wires were coiled back and forth, like spider webs.

At the very center of the lab is a cylindrical petri dish that squirms like balls of flesh, like brains stacked on top of each other.

The Ball of Meat is a solid creature, with pain and the lowest level of neurofeedback systems, and most of Catherine's primary emotions are modeled after this Ball of Flesh.

Zhou Han connected the interface between the meat ball and Catherine, and Catherine's work indicator flashed immediately.

At this time, Zhou Han suddenly discovered a trace of abnormality, which was an anomaly in the opposite building.

The building opposite was the High Energy Physics Research Laboratory, and Zhou Han saw the window facing him suddenly burst into a dazzling white light.

The white light became more and more intense, and Zhou Han soon sensed that something was wrong, because the outside of the house soon became as bright as day.

"It's not good, there was an experimental accident!" Zhou Han's heart sank, his first thought at this moment was to run away, the farther he ran, the better, the opposite side was the high-energy physics laboratory, that is, there would be an underwriting on the other side, and he would completely believe it.

The terrifying pure white pillar of light rushed towards Zhou Han impartially, Zhou Han covered his face with his arms, and in addition to despair, there was also resentment towards the idiot opposite.

Countless high-energy particles swept through Zhou Han's body like a hurricane.

Faintly, Zhou Han only heard a few staccato sentences.

"The 234th Quantum Transport Experiment Failed ......"

"It's not good, the emitter is so energy, the energy exceeds the threshold, and the ...... can't be controlled"

"Activate the contingency plan to cut off all power ......"

"The quantum transmission device is charged at the end of the function, and the internal capacitor of the device is being reversed, and the quantum transmission device will work in three seconds. ”

"Mom~ Quick, take the fire axe and split this thing, hurry up, I can't control it. ”

......

A very strange feeling spread throughout the body, not as painful as Zhou Han imagined, on the contrary, a sense of tranquility permeated the whole body.

"Did you die so nonsensically? Poor I didn't even hold a girl's hand. ”

The magnificent and fantastic scene fell into the depths of Zhou Han's retina, indescribable, Zhou Han felt like a gust of wind, penetrating the wall, flying towards the night sky, countless scenes distorted and transformed, soon, the whole picture of the earth appeared in his eyes, and it was constantly getting smaller, basketball, table tennis, peas, and finally even the sun of all things became a small bright spot in the vast nebula, at this moment, the grand plan of the entire galaxy was unfolding to him.

Although Zhou Han is a researcher of artificial intelligence, he still has a good understanding of physics, and he knows that he is driving towards the depths of the universe at the speed of light with this storm of high-energy particles.

I don't know how long it was, an hour, a year, or even ten years, a hundred years.

Zhou Han has been in a state of half-dreaming and half-awake, and when he passed through the Capricorn Galaxy, Zhou Han was dazzled and found that there seemed to be something abnormal beside him, but his vision could not move, and he was not even sure whether his body existed or not.

The ion storm passed by a large star, and the huge gravitational pull distorted the ion storm.

Zhou Han's gaze from the side was revealed.

Zhou Han was startled, there was a woman beside her, her long black hair wrapped the jade body, her face was extremely delicate, her eyes were slightly closed, her nose was red and her lips were red, and her face was white, like a newborn baby.

Zhou Han looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became, this woman seemed to have seen it somewhere, but for so many years, he had never come into contact with any women except for the old aunt who sold breakfast.

"This, isn't this a fictional character from 'Catherine'?!"

Typical AI systems will create a virtual guide character to make human-computer interaction more convenient.

Zhou Han directly used the character model of the most popular virtual singer "Daisy Avril" as a guide for his own design of artificial intelligence.

But at this moment, the virtual character made of laser projection was vividly displayed in front of his eyes, how could he not be surprised.

John Zhou is a complete materialist, he naturally does not believe in such things as ghosts, snakes, and gods, and unless what appears in front of his eyes is an illusion, her existence cannot be explained in any way.

Zhou Han mentally calculated everything he had experienced, he encountered a quantum storm, it is impossible to return to the original world, quantum transmission can cross not only the distance in space, modern science has also proved that quantum transmission is also unique on the scale of time, which means the possibility of time travel.

Quantum teleportation is even capable of crossing the walls of the universe and cosmic space, which is the only way known to mankind to traverse the multiverse.

"Could it be that she is a combination of the ball of meat in the laboratory and artificial intelligence?" Zhou Han suddenly thought.

But it seems that it can only be explained in this way, whether "Catherine" is carried in a cold chip or in a body made of cells, there is no essential difference.

But quantum transmission must be bidirectional, that is, the sender and receiver must exist at the same time for quantum transmission to continue.

"Where's the end? At least it won't stop me from graduating. Zhou Han sighed lonely.

Zhou Han closed his eyes, except for the fear of the unknown, there was only a sense of relief left in his heart, he felt like he was lying in a small boat, the boat was floating on the sea, countless brilliant starlight was the jellyfish wandering in the dark sea, krill, the sound of waves, the salty smell of the sea breeze seemed to be hitting him wave after wave.

Catherine was beside her, as if she was in a long sleep, and the two of them drifted together towards the borders of the universe.