From Pittman's attitude, Bertila realized that the "synthetic brain" technology she had created seemed to be more important than she had expected - the "extraterritorial wanderer" who always thought one step ahead of others seemed to see some kind of broader development prospect in this technology, or...... Some kind of application for the future has already been arranged for it.

"May I ask?" She thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you going to do with these 'brains'?" Isn't it just about expanding the size of the Psionic Singer and creating more psychic aids? ”

Pitman gave Beltila a silent look, and after a moment of thought, he smiled and asked, "Have you ever been to see those rumbling factories?" ”

"Factory?" Beltila was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Of course - although I can't move right now, there are many factories in the entire Thorin region itself, and I've seen factories that produce clothing and metal containers, as well as factories that treat sewage and recycle ooze monsters...... Those machines are impressive. ”

"Yes, impressive, but maybe they could be even more impressive," Pitman raised an eyebrow, "Those machines are powerful and efficient, but they are still too little and too rough to do compared to dexterous craftsmen, and as a Gondor you should know how the magic workshop worked more than seven hundred years ago......"

"You're going to make the machines ...... Learning to think? Bertila finally understood what Pittman meant, and her eyes widened, "Using those synthetic brains?" ”

"Not only that, but we might even be able to make the factory learn to think," Pitman nodded, "Imagine a scenario where our factory is a giant steel behemoth, and this steel behemoth has a mind, and in the thinking device in the center of the factory is drenched in loyal wet parts, its nerve fibers spread along the pipes all over the workshop, and every machine is its end, and all the gears and levers are now dexterous, doing delicate things like the fingers of a craftsman, Workers and technicians are only responsible for giving instructions and designing more advanced workflows......"

Bertilla didn't speak for a few seconds, thinking that if she had a heart, it might stop beating for a moment, admitting that she was drawn to the sight Pittman described, but she felt an inexplicable ...... Wary. In the end, she shook her head and stared into the eyes of the chief druid of the empire in front of her: "How did I not know that you still have such exquisite skills in word choice and sentence formation?" ”

"Because His Majesty said these words, I will recite them again," Pittman admitted nonchalantly, "and he conceived of an amazing way of production...... But then again, he also highlighted the troubling parts behind the technology, such as whether these brains can lose control, such as whether they generate their own 'ideas', such as the role of humans in factories...... You're also a technician, and you've lived through the Gondor era, so you should be able to understand what Your Majesty is worried about. ”

"Indeed, I can understand - and thankfully he is already worried about this, and his concern has relieved me," Berthira said, exhaling like a human, "what should I say...... The future you've just sketched out makes me even feel a little nervous...... The tension was even worse when I imagined that the factories and machines were actually starting to think. ”

Then she paused, as if in thought, before continuing, "But it's okay, we don't really have to be that nervous. At this stage, the synthetic brain I created does not have the conditions to produce 'self-awareness' from the physiological structure, it is an auxiliary computing organ, which can quickly complete the induction and aggregation of huge data and undertake some work to transmit consciousness signals, but in essence, its neural nodes cannot think independently of complex problems, so unless we reset all the structures of the synthetic brain, we don't have to worry about these brains being suddenly stimulated to produce self-awareness and lose control.

"On the other hand, precisely because these brains can only perform computational tasks and execute simple commands, if they are really used to control machines, they can only do preset things and perform repetitive operations with low complexity, so we don't have to worry about the collective loss of human beings in the factory...... But the number of jobs will be reduced. ”

"Your Majesty's concern is not just about human unemployment, in fact it's not even a major issue," Pitman shook his head, "In fact, the biggest problem in factories everywhere is the shortage of workers, even if more than half of the machines will have the ability to run automatically in the future, there will still be a huge shortage of jobs...... But that's not what we're going to talk about today.

"Anyway, since the situation is as you said, then I am personally relieved."

Bertila looked Pittman up and down, she was thinking, and said thoughtfully, "Now that we've talked about this 'making machines think' topic, I have some opinions of my own......"

"You say," Pitman nodded immediately, "you're very professional in this area. ”

"It has nothing to do with the profession, I just think of something from the days of Gondor," said Bertila, the vines and branches behind her rustling against the floor, "You should know that humans created 'machines' that could think back in the days of Gondor—we called them 'Iron Men' back then, and modern puppet and puppet technology can be counted as remnants of this 'smart' technology. Of course, the Iron Man's Mind Core and the Golem's Arcane Core are fundamentally different things from the 'Synthetic Brain', but they also have similarities, such as...... There is a possibility that they will get out of control.

"And in the days of Gondor, we used to take a special approach to prevent the iron men from getting out of control."

"A special way?" Pitman suddenly showed a curious look, "What way?" ”

"I only know a rough idea - after all, my brothers and I were just minor nobles on the frontier, and what I'm going to talk about is the cutting-edge technology of humanity at the time," Bertila said slowly, reminiscing, "Back then, the Gondor Iron Men were all merged into a system called the 'Iron Man Network', which was like the common 'brain' of the Iron Men, and they had to operate under the control of this network, and the upper nodes of this network ...... And guess what? ”

"Upper node?" Pitman frowned, but then he thought of someone, someone as old as Carmel, "Wait, I guessed ......"

"As you guessed," Bertila nodded, "it's the Gondor royal family at the time, the Norton family.

"Every member of the Norton family undergoes neural modification during their lifetime, so that their brains can be integrated into the Iron Man Network like those Iron Men, and even after their death, their consciousness will be preserved and continue to function in the Iron Man Network in some form. Generations of Norton royalty have maintained absolute control over the highly intelligent mechanical soldiers of the Iron Man, in this way...... Although Gondor is now gone, until the day of the fall of the ancient empire, those Iron Man Corps have indeed never lost control. ”

Pittman opened his mouth before muttering, "How did this retention of consciousness remind me of the immortals......"

"Yes, they are different things, but they also have something in common," said Bertila, "and there are many miraculous things that we do today that the Gondor Empire did thousands of years ago. ”

Pittman's expression was a little complicated for a while: "No wonder Kamel and Veronica, and even His Majesty himself often say that the technological development in many of our fields is not 'creation', but only restoration and reconstruction......"

"That's why I rarely think of a specific technology today as a 'miracle,'" Berti tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled a little stiffly, "For me, the greatest miracle of the Cecil Empire today is not the technologies themselves, but the way you have found a way to bring them to all of humanity, and the ideas and spirit you have shown in the process...... This is what the once-prosperous Gondor Empire lacks. ”

"This is probably the biggest compliment you can give, it's not easy," Pitman sighed with a smile, "All in all, all in all, all this information you revealed is very important, although we can't create another iron man network now, we have a narrator neural network, and now we have the technology to connect those synthetic brains to the network...... What you have said is an important reference for us. ”

"But don't forget, neural networks are also risky," Bertila solemnly reminded, "If there's anything I've learned over the years I've been in the dark cult, it's that any technology has risks, there is no perfect and always effective security solution in the world, and as technology develops, risks are also developing and brewing at the same time - the Iron Man network of the past did not have problems, but in my opinion, it was only because the Gondor Empire had fallen earlier." At the end of the day, it's normal for technology to be risky, but the biggest risk is to sit back and relax, and if one day you really think that there is a technology in the world that is completely free of hidden dangers and no accidents at all, then that is really going to be a disaster. ”

As she spoke, her emotionless and spirituality eyes looked into Pittman's eyes without blinking, as if she were reminding the other party with her current state of being dehuman, strengthening her persuasiveness: "Please relay my words to Brother Gawain—although he may not need my reminders, I still hope that the voice of these reminders will always be there." ”

Pittman probably didn't expect the former Dark Sect Master to suddenly say such a feeling, he was a little surprised, but finally nodded solemnly: "I will—and I will also record what you said today and tell those researchers who have just entered the field of knowledge." ”

"That's good," Bertila finally withdrew her gaze from Pittman, she turned her head to glance at the cultivators lining the walls, and suddenly a slight smile in her tone, "Okay, let's relax, it's a little too early to talk too much about these things." After all, what you just described is something that has not been implemented at all, and before considering whether synthetic brain technology is risky, let's discuss how these brains should be connected to ordinary machines...... As far as I feel, the existing immersion pods and artificial neural cords don't work that well. ”

……

"It's normal for technology to be risky, but the biggest risk is to sit back and relax......" Gawain muttered to himself and couldn't help but shake his head, "It seems that Bertila is very cautious about the large-scale use of 'synthetic brains' - even though these 'brains' were originally designed by her." ”

Veronica, who was holding a platinum scepter, stood in Gawain's study, and smiled when she heard this: "The original synthetic brain was made by the Thorin Giant Tree, which is essentially an extension of Bertila's thinking, she can not worry, but if you want to mass-produce and promote this technology, the synthetic brain cultivated in the biochemical factory will not be controlled by the Thorin Giant Tree - it is normal for Berthira to be worried." ”

“…… The Society of the Dead had paid a heavy price for technology and that 'sit back and relax' mentality, and Bertila herself was part of that price, which changed her mindset," Gawain said, "She's the most brilliant druid, but she's now very cautious about anything she creates, even to the point of lack of self-confidence...... Although she has been careful to control this state of mind, it can still be seen in the choice of words in some of her lab reports. ”

"On the other hand, it's good that she's cautious," Veronica said softly, "to make the factory learn to think, to use artificial brains to control machines...... They may even be used to control weapons in the future, which is something that needs to be treated with caution. ”

"The Wet Servo gave me inspiration - since those brains can directly control the Dragoon Flying Machine, it can obviously be used to control other things as well," Gawain touched his chin, and on the desk in front of him lay the organized documents and materials, on a few pages of which were reports on the frontline operations of the Wet Servo and the Psionic Choir, and on the other pages sketched the concept of the "Synthetic Brain" controlling the machine and commanding the factory, "Actually, I was a little surprised, because it existed as early as the Gondor period" Iron Man's thinking machines, and some magic workshops also have 'spirits' that assist in production, and I thought that Bertila, who had experienced the Gondor civilization, would at least be more enlightened in this regard......"

"Even the Gondor people of the day didn't use real artificial brains to control those machines—a solution that no one had ever thought of," Veronica said, "and there are obviously more variables in biomass brains than mental cores or demons, and it's normal that those biomass brains are naturally unsettling from the perspective of ordinary people." ”

"yes, that's normal," Gawain laughed, looking at Veronica, "What about you?" And what do you think of it? ”

“…… It was also disturbing when humans first drew fire from thunder and lightning. ”

Gawain gave Veronica a deep look.

After a long time, he showed a smile: "I understand." ”

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