Chapter 19: The Wisdom of Ants

From Jinling to Pengcheng, where Huaqiang is located, there is no direct high-speed rail, if Wang Yinan is alone, it is estimated that he will choose to take the high-speed rail to Jiangcheng leisurely, see the night view of the Yellow Crane Tower, and then take the high-speed rail to Pengcheng easily the next day.

But Zhou Hui didn't want to toss like this, "Why don't you appreciate the scenery along the way, the important thing in life is not the purpose, but the scenery along the way", Wang Yinan kept brainwashing Zhou Hui, but Zhou Hui is not a college student who is not deeply involved in the world, and this kind of chicken soup is obviously ineffective for her.

So Wang Yinan had no choice but to raise his hand to surrender, and after sleeping beautifully the next morning, the two of them flew directly to Pengcheng at noon.

Jinling to Pengcheng belongs to the branch line, and the passenger flow is much smaller than that of the magic capital or Huadu, so the flying planes are all small planes, just in time for the summer high-altitude currents are more ferocious, and Wang Yinan was scared so white that he grabbed Zhou Hui's hand and never let go.

The frightened Wang Yinan, after the plane landed at Pengcheng Airport without danger, breathed a long sigh of relief, his face was full of happiness for the rest of his life, and he almost thanked Dang with tears in his eyes, thanked the government, "As for it", the well-informed Zhou Hui gave Wang Yinan a roll of his eyes.

After a long time, Wang Yinan returned to normal, and as soon as the two walked out of the arrival gate, the person sent by Mr. Lu of Huaqiang's company was already waiting at the airport and took away the miniature brushless superconducting motor sample in Wang Yinan's hand.

Wang Yinan designed the module, it still takes time to manufacture, temporarily put aside the troubles, Wang Yinan and Zhou Hui stayed in the hotel next to Meisha for two days, the waves, the beach and cacti and coconut trees, of course, and the hot bikini on the beach made Wang Yinan feel good, he changed his magic every day, and finally put Zhou Hui's smile away, of course, after properly emptying his brain, Wang Yinan also felt that he was in a good state, and it was not a problem to come to a Professor Tao PK, forget it, Wang Yinan shook his head and vetoed this idea, Let's find one with a little more difficulty.

The next afternoon, the sun was just right, Wang Yinan was lazily lying on the beach basking in the sun (looking at the bikini girl), Zhou Hui swam back from the sea, lay down next to Wang Yinan, and looked at Wang Yinan looking at the sand in a daze, just like a fool, Zhou Hui asked curiously, "What to see, what's so beautiful about the sand",

"Look", Wang Yinan pointed to a string of black dots on the sand, "What is this",

Zhou Hui leaned over and took a look, "Ants, what's all the fuss about?"

"Ants are not simple", Wang Yinan shook his head, "A lot of scientific discoveries are related to ants, and there may be more scientists who study ants than people."

"Scientists who study human society seem to study ant society first, otherwise you will be embarrassed to come out and meet people",

"You know Herbert. Spencer", Wang Yinan asked,

"The British? A famous philosopher? Zhou Hui thought for a while,

"It seems that the Force of Star Wars was first abstracted according to Spencer's theory? He also developed the concept of agnosticism",

"Yes", Wang Yinan couldn't help but look at Zhou Hui with admiration, "Your level has exceeded 90% of science students",

"That is, after being with big scientists for a long time, the level must be improved a little, right", after a long time with Wang Yinan, Zhou Hui seems to have forgotten the meaning of the word modesty.

"Actually, I think Spencer is more like a scientist, an educator, and his greatest contribution is not philosophical, but scientific, especially in artificial intelligence," Wang Yinan said.

"This statement is very new, why, there should be no concept of artificial intelligence in his time", Zhou Hui was a little curious,

"Spencer was a thinker, the spark of thought can be ahead of his time, he has been involved in science, sociology, philosophy and even politics at the same time, and he has written a lot, but I think his most valuable ideas are the elaboration of the two paths of the formation of intelligence, the top-down path, and the bottom-up path",

"Of course, his original meaning may not be the formation of intelligence, for me intelligence can be interpreted to some extent as social behavior, so I have made my own interpretation of his thoughts",

Zhou Hui likes to listen to Wang Yinan's boastful talk the most, she feels that Wang Yinan at this time is the most manly, whenever this time, she sits next to Wang Yinan, looking at Wang Yinan with big eyes of worship, and the whole person seems to be saying, "Mmmm, use your knowledge to conquer me."

"What is top-down and what is bottom-up", Zhou Hui asked,

"Let me give you an example", Wang Yinan said, "a very typical curriculum in children's robot teaching",

"Suppose there is a car with an upright stick on it, what is the way to keep the stick upright while the car is moving, of course, the premise is that the stick cannot be fixed directly to the car",

Zhou Hui began to think seriously, "It's no problem if there are people in the car, you can keep straightening the tilted wooden stick",

"Very good, the general idea is correct, let's see how to do it", Wang Yinan is still a good teacher at some times, "according to Spencer's theory, there are two methods at this time, top-down and bottom-up",

Wang Yinan said, "I call the top-down method God's method."

"As the name suggests, this is the method adopted by the omniscient God on this problem, God knows all the physical laws of this world, and there are super sensitive sensors, when the car begins to accelerate and decelerate or turn, God detects acceleration or angular momentum through sensors, calculates the force that the stick is about to receive, and then calculates where the stick is located, and how much force should be exerted to cancel out the force on the stick", Wang Yinan concluded,

"With this approach, the stabilization of the stick can be achieved through a well-written, omniscient program and high-precision sensors" (a Laplace).

"Then there is another way", Zhou Hui asked,

"There is another way, which is the bottom-up method, or the ant method," Wang Yinan said.

"Let's assume that there is no God in the car, only a thousand or ten thousand ants, they gather under the sticks, and they are given the task of keeping the sticks vertical, of course, maybe they can't understand the concept of verticality, in short, it is to keep the sticks at a distance from each ant, not too close, not too far, not too far away",

"Ants also have their own simple biosensors, although not accurate, but you can also feel whether the car is accelerating or decelerating, or turning," Wang Yinan described vividly.

"Every ant tries to keep the stick at a distance from itself, and from countless failures, they begin to learn that when the car accelerates, they should push the stick so that it does not smash at themselves, or they should pull the stick so that it does not move away from themselves."

"They don't know physics, and they can't calculate, because because of their poor brain capacity, there is simply no way to understand such complex theories and concepts",

"They're just constantly being trained, what to do when they slow down, what to do when they accelerate, how to exert force when cornering."

"After a long period of study, maybe a few days, maybe a few years, suddenly one day, you will be surprised to find that these thousand or 10,000 ants, their whole is vaguely made people feel that there is a thing called intelligence, no matter how the car accelerates, decelerates, or even turns, the wooden stick can still stand firmly on the car with the joint efforts of the ants."

Thinking about the scene described by Wang Yinan, Zhou Hui actually felt a little frightened, "Is this conjecture or fact", her voice trembled a little.

"At least half of the truth is that scientists have not experimented with ants, after all, it is too difficult to teach ants the concept of keeping their distance," Wang Yinan said.

"But in the computer simulation experiment, scientists used 10,000 simple program units to simulate ants, and each unit can only accelerate and decelerate or turn according to the simple information received, to determine their own strategy, and the strategy is also very simple, that is, the magnitude and direction of the force applied to the wooden stick, and then use the speed of the wooden stick falling as punishment."

"After a long period of simulation training, these 10,000 program units can easily keep the stick vertical, and the overall control efficiency is not much worse than that of the omniscient God".

Zhou Hui grew her mouth and couldn't close it for a long time, and after a long time, she said leisurely, "I finally know why the church burned you scientists."

"Why",

"Because you mortals, you are always bold enough to spy on the realm of the gods."

Is Wang Yinan a mortal, I think it's obviously not, such a mortal, it is estimated that even the gods will retreat.

The next night, Shen Wei's call came first, "A hundred gadgets have been made",

"You ask someone to take a late flight to Pengcheng Huaqiang, and someone will pick him up at the airport", Wang Yinan advised,

Next, Wang Yinan called Mr. Lu and asked him to send someone to the airport to pick up things, and Wang Yinan himself, as an evil capitalist, of course went to sleep happily.

On the morning of the third day, when it was almost lunch, Mr. Lu's call finally arrived, "It's done", Mr. Lu's voice was very tired,

"What's wrong with you, listening to the voice is weak, as if someone has been XXOO",

"Don't say it, I lost my money to do your order, the best machine, the best engineer stayed up for three days in a row, and finally completed your requirements",

"Rest assured, as long as the thing is satisfied, the cost will not be disadvantaged to you",

"What about the control of this thing, super troublesome, my best engineer said, there is no way to make so many control units work in harmony",

"Don't worry, I've been ready for a long time, you just need to prepare the data interface for me",

"It's ready, the way of standard memory image, you can directly follow the RAM addressing, you can get the ground clearance of each unit, as well as control the attitude of each hole",

"You all go and take a rest, come over now, let's witness the miracle together in the afternoon", Wang Yinan said excitedly,

"Is what you asked them to get is a gift for me?" ,

"Isn't it cool, let's say okay first, I won't want it if it's not cool",

"What does the gift given to me have to do with the story you tell? Why is it the wisdom of ants, is the gift a cart with a wooden stick, that's too Lo, I definitely don't want it",

On the way to Lu's head office, Zhou Hui almost annoyed Wang Yinan to death.

"Have you ever heard of that curious donkey", said Wang Yinan,

"Do you know how that donkey died",

"It wasn't in the tree that killed her, it was her own saliva that drowned herself",

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Well, the whole world is clear, except for Wang Yinan's ears are a little red, everything is peaceful.

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