The emperor of the Gregorian calendar is 2080, and the fifth year of Changning is September 1.

Thirteen days after the death of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Zhu Jingyuan of the Ming Dynasty escorted the remains of his father and mother-in-law to the imperial mausoleum in Shuntian Mansion for placement.

Zhu Jianyan was already forty-five years old when he ascended the throne.

At that time, the level of medical care was still relatively low, and how long people could live was still a bit of luck.

Zhu Jianyan was in Ankang for ten years, that is, when he was fifty-five years old, he began to plan his imperial mausoleum.

At that time, he didn't have the idea of returning Du Yingtian, and the original location of the imperial tomb was also in Shuntianfu, not Yingtianfu in the south.

Zhu Jianyan couldn't imagine that he would live to be 100 years old at that time.

Although after the site selection and planning of the imperial mausoleum was completed, until the decision to move the capital was decided due to the influence of Zhu Jingyuan, the construction had not officially started.

The mausoleum of the Ming Emperor is usually planned in the later part of his reign and officially started construction after his retirement.

Zhu Jianyan can be changed to Yingtianfu to re-explore and re-plan construction.

But Zhu Jianyan himself grew up in Shuntianfu since he was a child, and lived in Shuntianfu for many years after the training.

I don't really want to go to the south for burial.

In addition, I don't want to re-plan and design and spend extra money, and at the same time, I want my son to be the first emperor to return to Yingtianfu for burial.

Zhu Jianyan himself was the last emperor to be buried in the imperial mausoleum of Shuntianfu.

Therefore, in the end, the plan of the imperial tomb was not changed, and the construction of the original site of Shuntianfu was continued.

On the day of departure, Emperor Zhu Di Lan of the Ming Dynasty also took hundreds of civil and military officials to see him off.

Judy Lanthanum knew that after her father left this time, she might not have the opportunity to see him directly in the next few years.

So at the end of the send-off, Zhu Di Lan couldn't help but ask a question:

"Father, in fact, in the past few years, many craftsmen and scholars have begun to consider a problem.

"It's whether machine intelligent devices can produce the same consciousness as humans.

"According to the current anatomy and simulation calculations, the number of cells in the human cerebral cortex is usually around 14 billion.

"The total number of nerve cells in the complete brain is about 70 billion to 120 billion.

"Now the single semiconductor chip we manufacture can be stacked up to hundreds of billions of transistors.

"So people started to worry and think about it.

"If machine intelligence creates self-awareness, what should we do with them?"

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this question, he directly thought of a lot of science fiction intentions, and thought of the intelligent machinery crises that often appear.

This is the thinking that naturally appears in society after the human computer becomes more and more mature.

From the perspective of human sociology, intelligent machines are obviously slaves of human beings.

An asset that is human in nature, if it is possible to make it do as much work as possible.

To make it work for as long as possible, it's best to never stop.

After empathy, if the machine has its own consciousness, it will also feel that it is a slave of humans.

Then, like the slaves of ancient times, they will launch a rebellion in pursuit of power.

Taking it a step further, intelligent machines are another kind of creature that is different from humans and may compete with humans for supremacy on the planet.

There are also concerns that the intelligent society may wipe out and even enslave human beings.

Such thoughts and worries are taken for granted and are in line with the historical memory and experience of mankind in the past.

No one can directly oppose this concern.

Zhu Jingyuan also has his own thinking, but there is a slight difference in details.

"Whether intelligent machines can give birth to a self-consciousness similar to ours, I can't directly judge.

"But I think that when the number of transistors on a single chip exceeds the number of cells in the brain, it is far from meeting the standard of self-awareness.

"Brain cells and transistors are not equal, and the complexity is not on the order of magnitude.

"A cell of a living organism can even become an independent living organism.

"It has its own complex life structure with multiple layers inside and outside, as well as its own unique genetic material that has been passed down from generation to generation.

"Even single-celled organisms can sense and respond to changes in the external environment, and they can also complete self-replication, that is, reproduction, independently.

"Nerve cells are more complex, and they are connected to each other to form an order of magnitude larger ganglia that extend throughout the body.

"It can also generate complex and diverse sensor feedback such as cold, heat, pain, and hunger through biochemical reactions.

"Think about it, all the skin on your body, is it possible to get feedback on pain?

"Isn't that quite quite with hundreds of billions of sensors all over our body?

"The human brain has hundreds of billions of complex little machines, hundreds of billions of sensors of various functions, and a lot more neural connections.

"In total, there are tens of trillions of equally complex cells inside and outside the body, keeping in touch with them and exchanging information.

"They are directly or indirectly controlled, and they are kept running.

"From the perspective of mechanical design and engineering management, this system can be said to be extremely complex and bloated.

"It does not conform to the basic planning logic of 'do not add entities if not necessary'......

"So we also have a certain guess that this extremely complex structure of human beings is not unnecessary, but a really necessary design.

"Human self-consciousness may be an energy field formed by complex signals in such a complex system.

"Only such a complex structure can give birth to a field of self-consciousness.

"The human nerves and the body, in this extremely complex system, every cell is not a transistor that only records switching information.

"It's a simple but complete computer, or even a small robot.

"So, if you follow the human nervous system as the standard, you just have a graphics card with hundreds of billions of transistors, and there is no way to generate self-awareness.

"Even our craftsmen have designed complex algorithms that can make machines that look extremely intelligent.

"But that's actually a reflex similar to that of the lowest creatures.

"It's just the form of reflection, which we have pre-designed into the form of human language, words, and pictures, which can be directly understood by human beings.

"It's not at all a response from their own self-consciousness.

"From a human perspective, the shape of coral may have some kind of beauty.

"But the polyps themselves weren't deliberately designed to be that way at all.

"So I don't think that, with the complexity of our current machines and computers, intelligent machines can't produce a human-like sense of self.

"Only one or a handful of machines are connected together to produce such a complex energy field as the human nervous system.

"Even if there is indeed autonomous intelligence, it is only the biological instinct of the lowest animals.

"However, if my assumption is true, then I can do some simulations according to this standard.

"Design and produce a batch of small, smart components that are relatively independent of each other.

"But they can be combined with each other to build large, complex, intelligent machines.

"First of all, according to the standard of the brains of relatively complex animals, machines with a comparable number of intelligent elements are built.

"Simple fish have only 100,000 brain cells, mice have tens of millions of brain cells, cats have hundreds of millions of brain cells, and monkeys have billions of brain cells.

"Animals may not have the same complex consciousness as we humans, but they obviously have distinct biological characteristics.

"You can refer to this gap and design from a simple animal structure...... Or pile-up.

"And then gradually increase the complexity of this intelligent system.

"However, it is important to note that if consciousness is really an energy field, then the strength may be affected by the distance between the components.

"If you make a fish brain the size of a mountain range, you probably won't have any reaction.

"Because even the brains of whales are not much bigger than the brains of humans.

"Therefore, it is necessary to refer to the scale of brain cells, and the scale of the original components that realize the basic functions should be as simple and subtle as possible.

Of course, all this is just speculation, and we can't judge whether the larger brain will produce consciousness, and what kind of consciousness it will produce.

"Everything depends on experiments.

"In the end, it seems to me that this path may be risky.

"Even insects have the consciousness of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

"If intelligent machines really become self-aware, what will they think of us humans?

"Will there continue to be unconditional obedience to our orders?

"Are we going to manage these intelligent machines according to the same standards that govern humans?

"Even if we choose to treat human beings by the same standards, we give them enough power and care.

"Will there be conspirators among them who are not satisfied with the status quo?

"Do they feel that they are not of the same kind as humans at all, but rather that they are like predators?

"So will they secretly conspire to exterminate humanity?"

Judy Lanthanum was a little confused after hearing this:

"This ...... Father, are we ...... Don't engage in such complex intelligent machinery?

"Is it better to continue to use the current monomer intelligent machinery?

"Although the computing power of this intelligent machine will be higher and higher, the actual complexity is far less than that of more complex animals.

"So the security will be relatively high......"

Zhu Jingyuan thought for a while and said:

"That's not necessarily safe, we have the Internet, and most of the smart machines are networked.

In other words, all intelligent machines in the world may be included in the same system.

"It's only a matter of time before the number of intelligent machines on the internet reaches the size of the human brain.

"If self-consciousness is born in this system, then all the networked machines in the world are part of its body.

"If it can really be born, then the scale of its consciousness energy field ...... will cover the entire planet......

"If it's hostile to humans, it's very dangerous.

"A human being becomes a microbe, just like a bacterium in a human body.

"Of course, according to our current guess, there is a high probability that they will not be able to generate consciousness in the short term.

"Because their originals are so far apart from each other, they require an unusually large amount of energy to maintain their energy field.

"In the end, all of this is my guess and imagination.

"There is no scientific basis for this.

"How to do it, you still have to discuss with the craftsmen......"

Judy Lanthanum was confused for a while after hearing this, but she quickly sorted out her thoughts:

"That'...... In this case, we should be proactive and take the initiative to carry out small-scale experiments with complex intelligent machines.

"Within the scope of our control, observe whether intelligent machines will give birth to consciousness similar to animals when they become complex to a certain extent.

"If it happens, then we can limit its complexity below a certain level by controlling the number of devices that are added."

After listening to this, Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly:

"You can try, but the environment and all the equipment should be physically isolated from the public internet.

"Even if it could give birth to consciousness, it should be a consciousness within an isolated system.

"The database must also be completely isolated, and all data entering the system must be rigorously verified and analyzed.

"Make sure that the data that comes in doesn't create a negative perception of humanity.

However, our human moral and social standards do not necessarily apply to the standards of intelligent machines.

"So in the early days, it was better to use as little external data as possible.

"The results of such experiments will be more accurate.

"It's also relatively controllable."

Judy Lanthanum immediately agreed:

"Erchen understands."

Zhu Dilanan finally said goodbye to her father, returned to the palace to gather relevant personnel, and began to prepare for complex intelligent machine experiments.

One of the least populated islands was selected from the Yingzhou Islands.

Move all the island's residents to another island, and cut off the island's internet connection and electricity supply to the outside world.

Build an independent power station, an intelligent machine assembly plant, an intelligent program laboratory on the island, and adopt the highest level of military control.

Semi-independent intelligent machine components designed to be as small as possible are sent to the island for assembly.

The first phase of the design aims to design and assemble 10,000 intelligent machine components to build a nervous system similar to that of a lower animal.

The number of components in each stage increases tenfold before the number of mechanical intelligence components reaches 10 million.

Synchronous reference to the body of existing animals to design the structure of complex intelligent machinery.

After Zhu Jingyuan escorted the bodies of his father and mother-in-law into the imperial tomb, he began to understand and try the latest dormancy technology.

Half a year later, Zhu Jingyuan, with the assistance of the best craftsmen and doctors in the industry, tried his first hibernation.

After ten days of preparation, it went into hibernation in a specially prepared dormant life support chamber.

During dormancy, the body's metabolic rate drops to 63 percent of its normal level.

Zhu Jingyuan's first hibernation lasted only ten days before it ended.

After waking up, after a month-long examination and adjustment, it was determined that the body had returned to its previous state and that there were no abnormalities.

In the process of being inspected and adjusted, Zhu Jingyuan was also reminiscing and considering problems.

Sleep actually feels like lying down and sleeping, but it's more solid and longer than normal sleep.

There was no dream at all, and the ten days seemed like a moment.

According to the theory, the body only ages for six to seven days after ten days of dormancy.

But these ten days have no experience at all, and there is no actual enjoyment of life, and time is gone in the blink of an eye.

In the end, it increased the life expectancy by three to four days compared to the normal ten days of wakefulness.

Fourteen days alive and four days awake.

Live for ten days and be awake for ten days.

The brain is normal until what should be chosen.

If you don't have anticipation for the future, it's a complete loss to experience this kind of dormancy normally.

The best app should be space travel, where astronauts can go into hibernation and spend long periods of boredom.

Therefore, the same technology in Zhu Jingyuan's previous life has basically matured, but I have not heard of any rich man who decided to hibernate for a long time to wait for the future.

However, Zhu Jingyuan is indeed not an ordinary person, and there is nothing he cares about too much in this world.

It is already difficult for the body to experience a lot of entertainment and enjoyment, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may get injured and sick and become guilty.

Zhu Jingyuan's last thought now is to see the future tomorrow as far as possible.

So Zhu Jingyuan finally decided to continue to hibernate.

After the machine intelligence thing is written, the book is really over, and if you continue to write it, it will become science fiction.

(End of chapter)