Yamamoto quickly explains, "Human memory itself can be read and copied, just like a hard disk. But you know, just having a hard drive, there's no way to work directly. It needs to be powered on and requires a certain driver. ”

"The quantum algorithm of 'self-awareness' is equivalent to the running software of the hard disk, which cannot be forcibly read or copied, but can only achieve the overall transition. It must rely on memory itself in order to be fully functional...... Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense. Software and hardware are indispensable. ”

Ichiro Yamamoto opens the computer screen in the laboratory, and there is a "mouse" uploaded by consciousness on it.

This "mouse" was in a daze in the computer, not moving, as if it was stupid.

"You see, that's a rat's self-awareness."

"It's motionless, and that's because there's no connection between self-awareness and memory...... There is no body, not even instinct, so I can only stand here in a daze. ”

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Why is there a mouse on the screen...... And not something else? ”

This question sounds a bit outlandish, but it's incredibly important.

Since it has been detached from the body itself and has become a mass of two-dimensional data, why is it that a mouse is still a mouse, and not a cat or a dog or something, maybe it can become a human?

"Oh, this one is set randomly. It's a virtual body that we add to the mouse's memory...... Of course, it can also be set to be a cat. Yamamoto was stunned for a while, pondering for a while before saying, "It's just data, although there is no way to directly observe the core, but you can observe the external performance." If we give it a virtual body, we can know what it's doing. ”

"There is no problem with observing this virtual body, and it will not affect the collapse of 'self-consciousness'. If you observe the internal data, it simply dies. ”

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while and said with a wry smile: "It's really quantum mechanics...... If you cover up with a layer of skin, won't the function collapse? ”

"Yes, once observed, the function collapses and loses its randomness.

"In this way, even God can't predict what humans will do in the next second?"

Yamamoto nodded, "Theoretically, it's impossible to predict what kind of thoughts will arise in the next second." However, it is still possible to read minds...... Because there is no way to directly observe the algorithm itself, but the data generated by the algorithm, that is, memory, can still be observed as long as you are careful. ”

“…… It is even possible for us to change people's personalities by modifying our memories! But there's also a self-aware matching pattern...... Mr. Zhang Yuan, please support this technology. ”

As he spoke, this guy began to become fanatical, and all kinds of cranky thoughts made Zhang Yuan's back chill.

Well, this guy Yamamoto has no traditional morality at all, and he doesn't think about what kind of panic these technologies that snoop on privacy, or even modify privacy, will cause to the public.

Zhang Yuan thought hard for a while, and quickly rejected some of his requests. What are you kidding, although the new civilization pursues progress, but now releasing these technologies is the rhythm of pit yourself to death!

"To really realize these functions, I don't know if it will take the year of the monkey, and now it's just with the help of the technology of the Gaia civilization...... Whether it can be imitated is still a question. ”

Zhang Yuan patted the other party's shoulder and signaled him to be down-to-earth and not to think about one step to the sky all day long.

Then there were all kinds of comparative tests, and the consciousness of the poor mouse was tossed and turned over and over.

By connecting the "self-awareness" to the memory storage area, the rat quickly regained consciousness from its original sluggish appearance.

It was stunned by the blue light on the backdrop, and ran wildly, but how could it run to a safe corner in such a place?

I just ran like this for a few minutes, and I didn't know what was going on, and my consciousness seemed to get tired. It gradually stopped.

Yamamoto pressed a button, the "self-awareness" and memory storage area were disconnected again, and the mouse turned into a demented image again, as if nothing had happened.

"Because the brains of mice are relatively simple, self-awareness and memory can be easily separated, and it is more difficult for monkeys and the like."

Several staff members reset the data in the memory area to its original state.

Reconnecting, the rat began to spread its feet and run wildly again, the whole reaction exactly the same as the previous time.

However, in these two repetition labs, Zhang Yuan keenly sensed some differences, and there seemed to be subtle differences in the movements of the rats.

He began, "In other words, even if you have the same memory as a basis, the same sense of self, you will react differently, right? ”

Yamamoto replied, "Yes, that is, the so-called life itself...... Randomness! But this randomness is not random random, but fluctuates within a region. ”

Zhang Yuan asked again: "So, what happens when you match the memory of one mouse with the self-consciousness of another mouse?" ”

"There's a good chance you'll be a fool...... But if the memories of the two mice are mixed with a certain regularity, there is a small probability of success. Why it succeeded, we don't know yet. It's possible that it's like a fantasy of the soul, where one devours the other. ”

After watching this experiment, Zhang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable, memory and self-awareness, this may be the most inexplicable and incomprehensible black technology that human beings are currently exposed to......

How can I say that the top scientists in the entire laboratory, like the dark wizards in fantasy stories, are trying to manipulate - the soul?

Stuffing the "self-consciousness" of one living being into the memory of another living being, this kind of experiment...... What's the difference with the Dark Wizard Soul Plug?

Of course, science is science, a methodology, not the so-called empiricism.

Quantum consciousness is not a soul; Repeating experiments is not for the sake of torture, but for the sake of better exploration of nature.

"So, Professor Yamamoto, what do you mean by looking for VR game testers here?"

Zhang Yuan frowned, and asked again: "If you want to use humans to do experiments on self-consciousness, it is not allowed...... Even just reading human memories is a serious violation of privacy, and I hope you will be aware of and abide by laboratory discipline. ”

"No, no, no!" Yamamoto hurriedly waved his hand, "I still know this." ”

"VR game testers, mainly to test the background space after self-awareness is uploaded...... That is, the technology in the virtual space. It's not so easy to create a truly habitable environment. ”

"Background space?" Zhang Yuan remembered that it was a space full of blue points of light, where he could feel gravity and breathe, but the overall feeling was very monotonous.

"If you want to expand this blue space into a virtual world that is almost indistinguishable from the real world, there is still a lot of content to be filled, including various physical rules, as well as scene settings such as houses, air, and gravity. As you can see, the mouse on the screen moves a little weirdly, and that's because the rules of physics don't match reality...... Relying solely on memory is certainly unreliable. ”

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