Chapter 182: Ethical Issues
"To answer my first question first: Do you remember who you are?" The professor asks the first question, which involves the existence of "self-awareness" and is crucial.
Zhang Ruien, who only had one head left, thought about it for a long time before he stumbled to remember his name.
Zhang ...... Ryan? These big words are displayed on the screen. It was this clear answer that caused a small cheer to erupt in the ward......
"Father and mother's names, remember?" The professor asked again unhurriedly.
"......" Zhang Ruien pondered and meditated. His mind was still a little trance-like.
After a while, Yu Yifeng had already hurried over from the captain's room.
It is difficult for new human beings to have a major safety accident, and it is impossible to say that they do not care. He, a leader of civilization, has come over because of this incident, I don't know how many times. No way, the population is small, and everyone's safety must be taken seriously.
Fortunately, the current means of transportation are convenient, and it will take more than ten minutes to arrive......
A medical staff was outside the door and introduced the whole situation to Yu Yifeng: "After the preliminary test, the memory is missing 30%, but the main body of the memory is still there. The logic is chaotic, and it needs to be recovered slowly, as long as you come into contact with more people or things, the brain can return to normal in about a week...... Theoretically, it's more flexible than before! ”
Hearing this news, Yu Yifeng also breathed a long sigh of relief, and his family could finally explain. It's nothing to lose a little memory, people are almost dead once, and you can't force too much.
"How are you feeling right now?" In the medical room, a professor was still asking in detail.
After such a period of conversation training, Zhang Ruien's language organization ability has improved significantly, and his eyes blinked vigorously: "I feel ...... Two ...... appeared Two consciousnesses, very strange...... Indescribable feeling. ”
"I feel like time has slowed down a lot again......"
The expert smiled and said: "It's good to get used to it, the other consciousness, in fact, is the auxiliary brain, which will help you to do computational thinking." As long as you get used to it, the two consciousnesses will gradually merge. ”
"Of course, there's a menu function in it, and you can also turn off some of the functions you don't like. Here's how it works......"
“…… As for the slowdown of time, it is due to the illusion that your nerve reflex speed and calculation speed are greatly accelerated. Because of the acceleration of the brain's computing speed, it indirectly feels that time has slowed down a little. ”
“…… Can't move...... Under the weather. Zhang Ruien was stunned for a while, and then said.
He only had one head now, and he couldn't do anything but open his eyes and mouth, and he knew he wasn't feeling well.
Professor Nakatamura smiled and said, "It's good to feel uncomfortable!" I'll fit you with a mechanical bionic, and you'll be discharged in a week! ”
……
In this way, a week later, the first semi-siliconized new human "Zhang Ruien" was officially discharged from the hospital, almost in a lively way, and there were no traces of injuries or abnormalities on his body.
The major media cheered to report on this "rescue incident", and the families were almost grateful, crying with excitement.
In order to reduce a series of ethical troubles, the development of the auxiliary brain, especially the part of biological experiments, is very secretive. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, what they see is only a compatriot being saved, and they do not associate it with anything else.
But in the eyes of the real insider, the success of this example has a deeper connotation, which is tantamount to thunder on the ground!
"Weak intelligence barrier!"
Of course, this transformation has also brought about a series of ethical issues that need to be solved urgently.
The first point is that Zhang Ruien is no longer a "human" in the normal sense, his entire body is made of cloning technology, biochemical technology and mechanical technology.
For example, the "eye" is the latest electronic compound eye structure that allows for a wider field of vision. Speaking from a large size, he could see with his own eyes a line of small print a few kilometers away; Speaking from a young age, you can see tiny, less than a micron of bacteria!
These functions are not possible for ordinary people to do.
His entire body, including the endoskeleton and organs, can easily withstand huge acceleration, and can even survive in the universe for a short time!
It's just that for the convenience of life, many functional modules have been temporarily closed. If every bacteria and mite can be seen very clearly, Zhang Ruien will definitely go crazy directly.
On the other hand, the only part of the brain that has been inherited from the "previous body" has also been almost completely transformed. The dendrites and axons between neurons are covered with a special substance by nanoworms, which can transmit bioelectric signals more quickly. Even some of the connections between cells have been partially modified.
After this transformation, coupled with the various functional modules built into the auxiliary brain, it can make people unbelievably "smart...... Theoretically, Zhang Ruien will become smarter because of a blessing in disguise.
But this series of questions is also what this council needs to focus on: Is such a transformed person still a new human citizen? Do they have the same rights?
If so, does the definition of a new human citizen need to be revised? Is it just a brain, or a modified brain, or even only a part of the memory, a real person?
In addition, there is a more important question: should such assisted brain modification technology be promoted to a larger scale to help the entire civilization cross the intellectual barrier? Does this technology transform a person's personality, character? Is it good or bad for society as a whole? Are there a series of hidden dangers, and do they violate current ethics and morals?
Blah blah blah, there are so many questions.
Don't think that these issues are not important, they not only involve the crossing of weak barriers, but may also trigger a series of social phenomena in the future.
Once the transformation of the whole nation is carried out, there will be no room for regret. The necessary caution should still be exercised. If a weak barrier is crossed and the entire civilization is in chaos, the gains outweigh the losses.
Soon, Yu Yifeng held a large-scale plenary meeting, and almost all senior government officials and developers participated in this meeting.
"You don't have to be inhibited, just speak freely." Yu Yifeng finished the whole topic and sat down quietly.
The atmosphere in the conference room is still relatively relaxed, after all, this long-term and extremely difficult technology can finally come to an end, and it is a break drawn with the words "research success".