Maybe it's because Qiao Yiyu was a soldier, the negotiation went very quickly, and almost before dinner, the two sides finalized the approximate terms, which contained a lot of professional words and N legal explanations...... Han Le was more impressed by the fact that Qiao Yiyu would conduct an inspection of the project every time he woke up, and then make the next stage of capital injection, as well as Wright's upper limit on hibernation time during the implementation of the project, and the hibernation plan of other employees - in this era, if a company does not make a hibernation plan for employees, it is almost impossible to retain people.

For dinner, in order to celebrate this cooperation, Wright specially invited the two to have a big meal, and everyone at the table didn't talk about business, just told some jokes and anecdotes of this era - if it was just a few days after waking up, Han Le might be interested in these jokes, but unfortunately, after a few days on the Internet, he has basically seen it.

The formal contract will not be signed until about a week later, and Qiao Yiyu has to go back to a lawyer and ask for details carefully, especially related to hibernation - like the shrinking of patent income, hibernation also greatly increases the legal costs, because usually the maximum validity period of the contract is only a few decades, and Qiao Yiyu's initial investment plan is more than 50 years, and this long-term investment means that the intermediate contract will be changed very frequently.

Han Le came this time to see the world, and on the way back, he said with emotion: "The long-term investment that has lasted for more than 50 years has been ...... By our standards at the time, it had to be billions, right? It's just an afternoon? ”

"So what do you think? Like on TV, how many negotiating groups talk about it? ”

"Let's not talk about a few years, at least a few days."

"A large part of the reason is because Wright has no room for bargaining now," Qiao Yiyu said with some regret, "A lot of scientific research funds for Canadian national projects are public, I checked on the Internet, the government cut off the supply half a year ago, and he has also found a lot of venture capital in the past six months, as I said, because of the time limit of the patent, no one is willing to invest money, if I don't come, maybe in a few days, his project will not be able to continue." ”

"But I see that on the market, electronic pets also sell very well."

"That's good...... It is also a technology that was researched with state money, and in public opinion, this technology is not popular, even if it can make money. ”

"It's really a different era," Han Le still hadn't turned a corner in his mind, "I only remember my era, that is, I don't care about black cats and white cats...... Now it's time to look at black and white again. ”

"Capital itself is blind, it's just that for a long time this blindness has not attracted everyone's attention...... It's true that catching mice is a good cat, but the problem is that in this day and age, catching mice is too easy for cats to eat. ”

recalled the life of people in this era seen by Allen, the work was easy, the environment was comfortable, and the income was high...... Indeed, as long as we don't touch hibernation, we basically don't need money to live.

"But how can the country not pay attention to a technology like artificial intelligence, and if this situation continues, it will definitely get older and older in the future

There is a shortage of labor, if there is really that kind of robot, it can be ...... without people working" As he spoke, Han Le suddenly stopped, as if he had just revealed a big secret.

Qiao Yiyu, who was sitting on the side, glanced at him and continued what he didn't dare to say: "Without anyone working, this society can function normally, right?" ”

Han Le cautiously asked, "Will this happen?" ”

Qiao Yiyu shook his head, Han Le thought this was a denial, and just breathed a sigh of relief, Qiao Yiyu said: "I don't know, but I think it should be sooner or later, but maybe on that day, there will be no need for people to hibernate." ”

Yes, if there is a machine with the same level of human intelligence, coupled with the nuclear fusion technology that exists now, the inexhaustible energy source and the intelligence that can theoretically be manufactured in batches, it is almost the limit of what human imagination can imagine now.

But the so-called best paradise may also be the worst hell, not to mention the scenes depicted in countless science fiction movies, just consider the most realistic problem at the moment - if everyone goes to hibernation, and in reality only those intelligent machines are constantly running, then at that time, will humans live on the earth, or will machines feed human beings?

There is no need to discuss philosophical issues, what Han Le is most concerned about now is that he remembers that Qiao Yiyu said before that in her time, AI is a forbidden technology, and AI technology will definitely cause bad things, Qiao Yiyu came to talk to a founder of AI theory today about cooperation, and the purpose is nothing more than to control this risk......

"In addition to control, there are also curiosity," Qiao Yiyu did not hide his selfishness, "I can't imagine what an intelligent existence that is completely different from human beings looks like, there is no possibility of communicating with that kind of intelligence in my time, maybe I can still see it here." ”

"But can we control it?"

"I think most of the time not," Qiao Yiyu shook his head, "Historically, people who study AI technology must have considered countless control technologies...... But the object is also intelligent, and just like slavery, there must have been people in ancient times who thought about the eternal order of slavery, but in the end it still failed. No one likes to be enslaved, and in the same way, no intelligence likes to be controlled, but intelligence itself will try to control other things. ”

"That means your project could be dangerous?" Han Le imagined the men in black in the Matrix.

"Maybe," Qiao Yiyu frowned at this time, "But don't you think Han Le?" Qiao Yiyu pointed to the dark city outside the window, the outlines of those high-rise buildings in the dark, looking like tombstones sleeping forever, "This era itself is full of dangers. ”

……

The two didn't go back directly, but first turned around in a city in the middle and went to find a law firm - a somewhat funny thing, this service is also provided by Allen's company, and according to Allen, legal services are still a big part of the attention of high-end clients.

Regardless of the era, the type of people who came into direct contact with the rules were the elite, scientists, kings, presidents, judges...... And, of course, lawyers.

In Han Le's time, the law of a country was already a separate, even difficult discipline, and the complexity of this discipline was undoubtedly further strengthened here - from the "Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests in Hibernation" at the beginning, to the "Law on the Obligation to Hibernate Obligations" later, and then the comprehensive "Reference Cases of Hibernation Law...... At the lawyer, who paid by the minute, the two of them roughly browsed through the basic pamphlets handed over by the lawyer—all promulgated decades after hibernation appeared.

As the name suggests, these laws are gradually shifting from the part of these laws that was popular in the mid-21st century to emphasize obligations and oppose "irresponsible behavior", because the government cannot go into hibernation with its people, and the government is responsible for the present and the present.

The lawyer who received them looked like a typical capable "professional", a middle-aged man close to 40 years old, wearing a tie and clothes, sitting across from them without scrolling through his mobile phone, playing computer games, or chattering to them — at least judging from the way he talked, this man made a much better impression of Han Le than Wright. Such people are not uncommon in Han Le's impression, but as far as he knows from the Internet in the past few days, such people are becoming fewer and fewer in this era.

Qiao Yiyu passed the draft clause to the other party, and after just a few casual glances, the lawyer roughly understood what Qiao Yiyu meant, but still asked cautiously: "If I understand correctly, you should want to invest in Dr. Wright's future research, and the research direction has little to do with his current project." ”

"Yes."

"Then I suggest you let Dr. Wright disassociate himself from that project first," the lawyer pursed his lips, "so as not to take unnecessary policy risks." ”

"I've heard about this, too," yesterday afternoon in Wright's office, the other party also said a similar topic, the legal power of hibernators is difficult to protect, and now the government represents the interests of non-hibernators, if their future investment is considered to be carried out on the basis of previous technology, then maybe there will be a bunch of technology transfer fees and the like - especially in the past few years, there are many such things in the field of technology, because private scientific research is gradually decreasing, and there are more and more government-led things, Friction between the two is not uncommon.

If that happens, Qiao Yiyu doesn't think she can win the lawsuit against the Canadian government.

"Also, if you plan to hibernate for a long time and are not so short of money, I suggest you choose a hibernation organization, or hire an agent, at the very least, in this world, you must have a living person who can contact you at all times," said the lawyer, speaking very slowly, to express the importance of the content of his words, "If you have such a large investment capacity, it stands to reason that you should not hibernate in that kind of small hibernation area." The lawyer was referring to the place where they had been hibernating for ten years.

Qiao Yiyu didn't say that he was chosen there because of "refuge" considerations, and he didn't want to be found, so naturally the better, but since it was said that the hibernation point, Qiao Yiyu asked by the way: "If we choose to make a hibernation point ourselves, will there be any problems?" ”

"Do it yourself?" The lawyer was a little incredulous, but he still politely asked, "Is it technically guaranteed?" "In this era, many idiots think that they can buy some hibernation liquid, install a refrigeration device, and hire a doctor to hibernate in their own homes, but the result can only become a joke after everyone's tea and dinner. However, looking at Qiao Yiyu's consultation, this is more than investment, and it doesn't look like a person who has no money to hibernate.