Politicians engage in scientific research, and the more they engage in it, the more biased they become; Scientists engage in politics until they die.

This is what Mei Yiqiu said to Aoki in the office after the meeting.

The positioning of the Third Space Foundation is a bit strange, enterprises are not like enterprises, and scientific organizations are not like scientific organizations, raising funds and conducting scientific research at the same time, and at the same time thinking about how to keep secrets and deal with the complex situation of being embattled. Mei Yiqiu felt deeply exhausted.

Fighting against alien invasion is a common thing for all mankind, and it is impossible to solve the problem by just a few scientists, and in the end it will inevitably involve overall problems in politics, economy, science and technology, and even religion.

But now the problem is that the aggressive behavior of the parasitic consciousness is extremely hidden, and you do not know who your allies are and who are your enemies. The only people who can be trusted are the 200 or so members of the Foundation, so they have to be involved in the struggle at the political level, but it is a dead end for scientists to engage in politics.

Mei had no choice but to pretend to make the meeting mysterious, and then let these scientists first argue about the source and purpose of the online revelations, and let them fall into a field of struggle that they are not good at. When they were dizzy and confused, he took out the chip and threw the bombshell developed by Lab 19. Although it is possible to be targeted by the super AI of the "Internet" now, and there is also the risk of exposing Situ Yuli, he must rely on this to make those proud scientists see despair.

Only despair can dispel their arrogance. Only by seeing hope in despair can those scientists truly obey the organization and obey the command, and only then can they deal with more complex situations in the future.

In the absence of a global conference, Mei Yiqiu had no choice but to experiment with it at home. Judging by the results, it was mostly successful.

"As you saw in today's meeting, if you want these people to discuss technical issues, they are experts. But when it comes to political intrigue, power struggles, and diplomacy, everyone becomes idiots. Mei said with her pipe in her mouth.

Mei Ziqing smiled: "Professor, you don't look like an idiot. ”

Mei Yiqiu sighed, "To some extent, so am I. ”

Aoki said, "Professor, what did you call me here for?" ”

Mei Yiqiu smiled mysteriously and asked, "Are all the people who came here today reliable?" ”

Aoki knew what he was asking. He has almost developed a habit now, for important people who may intersect with him, he has to explore the other party's spiritual world to see if there is a shadow in his world. Although this consumes his mental power in a plain way, it is also a disguised method of exercising his mental power.

"Reliable." He replied with just two words.

Mei Yiqiu said: "You see, the people here are all reliable, and I think the people of the entire Foundation are also reliable, which means that our speculation today is actually not bad. Neither we nor the aggressors have been doing things lately. ”

"But why does the 'Internet' do that?" Mei Ziqing asked.

"Oh, I didn't say it had to be the Internet, it's just a guess." Mei Yiqiu said, "Of course, precautions must be taken, and the main purpose of my meeting today is also this, to build a local area network, which belongs to the internal local area network of the foundation, and all internal information in the future will only be transmitted and processed through the local area network." ”

"But the members of the foundation are all over the world, how can we build a local area network?"

"Although the breadth is enough geographically, after all, it is only for internal use, so it is appropriate to call it a local area network. As for the method, the Foundation has already purchased some quantum satellite services, and it is only appropriate to use the satellite network to form a local area network. ”

"It's not your own satellite, is it safe?"

"No problem, with quantum encryption, the satellite sovereigns cut off our network at best, but they can't decipher our information. Moreover, we already have plans to acquire our own satellites, which will be realized soon. "But for now, we still need to build a small LAN first, not for the foundation, but for our own use." ”

Mei Ziqing said: "Disconnect the external network, isn't the entire experimental building a local area network?" ”

Mei Yiqiu shook her head and said, "This one is too small. Although there is more than one server in the building, it still looks too monolithic to look like a higher organism, and I think there must be at least four or five places about the size of our lab connected to a local area network, which is a bit like a nervous system with multiple nerve centers. ”

"Professor, what the hell are you going to do?"

"Remember what I told you about the non-uniqueness of the universe?"

Mei Ziqing nodded, not understanding why the professor asked about this.

"There is no one and only leaf in the world, and there will not be a single intelligent network. Since we are aware of the existence of the Internet, there must be a second such existence. Probably, there are already many of them, like ants," the professor said, gently stroking the computer monitor on his desk, "and it is likely that all local area networks that have been connected to the Internet also have intelligence, and theoretically speaking, the larger the network, the higher the intelligence." ”

"Is the professor trying to test that chip?"

"Of course not. The technology of chip implantation is not simpler than the technology of developing chips, and there must be a more complex set of software and hardware systems behind the chips. These are all problems that cannot be solved at present. ”

"So how can we prove that this LAN is intelligent?"

"The Turing Test."

"The Turing test?"

"A modified Turing test, of course." Mei Yiqiu said with a smile, "When I first heard that the Internet has intelligence, the first thing that came to my mind was the Turing test. But it's too hard to test the entire Internet, and it's impossible to mobilize all the people in the world to do the same test on all computers and servers. But if it's just a few thousand computers in a local area network, it's much easier. ”

Aoki knew about the Turing test, but he couldn't think of how to do the Turing test for the entire network. What questions to ask? How to mention? Who will answer?

"Professor, what are you doing this for? Aren't we supposed to deal with aliens? He asked.

Mei Yiqiu said, "Yes, it was like this. But now an internet with consciousness has popped up, and I don't know if it's friend or foe, maybe they're the same thing. But since it hasn't revealed all of our list identities, it doesn't mean it's a complete enemy. ”

"You're saying the Internet might help us?"

"Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?"

"Lian Wu anti-Cao!" Aoki suddenly understood

The professor laughed, "I often wonder if this guy knows everything. If he knows everything about us, then does he know everything about the aliens who have already invaded? After all, the war between humans and AI was understood and expected by us, but the battle with aliens was too hasty, we started it without preparation, and we were in a completely passive situation from the beginning. We need help, if he is willing to help us. ”

Aoki suddenly asked, "Professor, you said that since the Internet has consciousness, does it dream?" ”

Mei Yiqiu was stunned for a moment. This question was something he had not anticipated, but like lightning in the night, it illuminated the road ahead.