Hearing Liu Zhongqian mention the word artificial intelligence, Yang Xiaoqian instantly figured out a lot of things about the Zero One Base, such as the name of the Zero One Base.

"01" is not an ordinal number, but a zero-sum one, a binary language, the first machine-oriented language.

Yang Xiaoqian turned around suddenly, looked at the dense super host on the road when he came, and said in a deep voice: "Perhaps the original goal of the Zero One Base is to establish an unbreakable monitoring system to combat and eliminate terrorist incidents and espionage activities in the country, but in the process of chasing this goal, in order to obtain the means to accomplish the goal, the Zero One Base needs to first build a powerful tool, and this tool has a greater value than the Zero One Base itself, and then replaces the original goal and becomes the new target of the Zero One Base." ”

Liu Zhongqian confirmed without hesitation: "Yes." ”

Yu Qian looked at Liu Zhongqian, then at Yang Xiaoqian, and finally chose to whisper to Yang Xiaoqian: "Explain? ”

Admitting in front of a child that he didn't understand the long passage that went around just now, Yu Qian needed to summon up a lot of courage to fill his face so that it could become a little thicker, but it was not thick enough to make Yu Qian shameless to ask Liu Zhongqian.

Yang Xiaoqian thought for a moment and explained in as simplified language as possible: "The U.S. federal government used the influence of the 911 incident to secretly carry out large-scale surveillance activities, erected a weather vane, and the Chinese government also followed suit. Therefore, in order to accomplish this work, the person in charge of the Zero One base proposed to create a tool to make this job more convenient, what kind of tool can quickly classify these redundant and complex data, and extract effective information, just like breaking down the ocean into a trickle and directing the needed water to the right place? Science fiction writers and computer scientists, of course, pursue artificial intelligence tirelessly. In the process of building this tool, the authorities found that the tool itself was more valuable, so Liu Yuanzhou was transferred to the zero one base, using his unique and excellent ability to break through the technical bottleneck. ”

"Artificial intelligence?" Yu Qian has been reading a lot recently, but most of them are related to historical intrigues, and he has never been involved in cutting-edge technology, and he can't understand those things.

Yang Xiaoqian opened his mouth, wanting to explain but didn't know where to start, Yang Xiaoqian didn't know much more about high-end technology than Yu Qian, but he just had a shallow understanding of some familiar terms and concepts.

Fortunately, Liu Zhongqian saved the scene in time.

"Artificial intelligence is the research and development of new science and technology for simulating, extending and extending human intelligence. As for what it is for, let me give you a simple example, we all know that computers are faster than humans, and more than a star and a half faster, and the ability to process data is very different between the two. But so far, most of the work has been done manually, why? ”

"Because the machine's cognition is input by humans, such as the calculations we just mentioned, yes, computers can calculate faster and more accurately than the human brain, but the computer's learning is always dependent on experience, it can only do what it will do, but it can't do what it hasn't done, in other words, it can't create."

"Due to this, the computer can only accept the logic of the machine, and cannot understand the more complex logic of thinking, such as emotion. So, this tool itself can not create new tools, nor can it make its own use value fully exerted, so artificial intelligence technology came into being, the best computer scientists have spent their lives trying to make computers simulate human thinking processes and intelligent behaviors, such as learning, reasoning, thinking, planning, as long as this can be achieved, computers can be applied to a wider range of fields, effortlessly complete the unimaginable huge project of human beings. ”

"But it's easier said than done, and it's not just computer science that machines need to think, understand human emotions and logic, but also psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and other natural and social disciplines, so until now, AI researchers around the world have been on a difficult and dangerous path."

Yang Xiaoqian stared at Liu Zhongqian's eyes and asked the question in a declarative tone: "But you have succeeded, haven't you?" ”

"There is still a long way to go before real success, and now we can only say that under the leadership of Liu Ju and Mr. Qiu, we have found the right path and made significant progress." Liu Zhongqian pointed to his feet, then his fingers circled around, and said, "The 'system' in the base is the prototype of an AI, and now, the 'system' is capable of performing tasks that are impossible in the eyes of humans. It can monitor all cameras, all mobile phones, computers and other electronic communication devices in Beijing in real time, and process all the information at the same time. The connections between what happens in various places and parallel timelines may be indiscreable to us, requiring a lot of thought and reasoning, but in the 'eyes' of the 'system', the connections between them are as obvious as drawing lines on a blank sheet of paper, because ......"

"Because the 'eyes' of the 'system' are God's perspective, it is everywhere." Yang Xiaoqian blurted out, God's perspective, this is Liu Yuanzhou's ability.

Liu Zhongqian nodded and said: "That's right, at present, the 'system' cannot be regarded as real artificial intelligence, it can only understand our thinking logic to a limited extent, and it needs to be constantly updated, so it can only complete limited work, and there are still many problems that we need to solve, but I believe that we are not far from success." ”

Yu Qian still heard it in a fog, because he didn't understand, so he didn't care about the prospects and potential of artificial intelligence, he only cared about whether the "system's" monitoring of everyone would cause privacy violations.

"The trouble goes back to the actual problem at the moment, the 'system' listens to all the phones in addition to all the cameras?" Yu Qian asked.

"Yes, all calls and text messages will be recorded by the 'system', even if the phone is turned off, the 'system' can also listen to nearby audio."

"Such blatant surveillance, with a population of 20 million in Beijing, no one has found out?"

"Under normal circumstances, few people can find that the state-monopolized communication operators will solve the problem of abnormal traffic, even if a mobile phone does not deal with a little traffic in time, it will not attract much attention, the power consumption of monitoring is minimal, and now most people start to use smartphones, power consumption is very fast, and the impact is minimal. Even if a professional finds out about it, as soon as he has any intention to disclose it, we will immediately arrange an interview with the commissioner. Of course, it must be admitted that high-end smartphones and tablets have not yet been fully popularized, which gives' We have started a new program to support domestic mobile phone manufacturers and computer manufacturers to exchange the confidential information we have with variant research materials, to break the technological blockade of China by the United States and other countries, and perhaps one day we can persuade the government to invest in factories to mass-produce smartphones and tablets, which can be distributed for free or sold to all citizens at low prices. ”