Although more than half a century has passed, Han Le's past living habits still stubbornly dominate Han Le's biological clock. At around 9 o'clock in the morning, when Qiao Yiyu came to knock on the door, Han Le was still asleep. As he opened the door, he muttered: "Didn't you say it was in the afternoon?" It was true that the formal conversation was in the afternoon, but the other party did not He couldn't stand it anymore. After being drunk and hungover, Dr. Wright was tortured by insomnia for another night. Then he hurried to the hotel at 8 o'clock in the morning. After seeing Qiao Yiyu, he very enthusiastically expressed that he would do his best to her. friendship. The land price in the city center of Vancouver is now very cheap. From what Qiao Yiyu learned last night, the only people living in the centers of these big cities are the so-called "poor people" of this era. Most of these people were hibernating before. Because of the lack of money to continue hibernating and the understanding of this era, they are unwilling to accept the jobs arranged by the government - only these big cities can make them feel some kindness in this world. It is said to be a big city, but in this era it is almost synonymous with slums. When I came here last night, except for the highway, everything was dark, so I couldn't see many details. When I turned around in the morning, Han Le discovered that in the steel Many traces of green have appeared in the jungle - due to lack of maintenance, the power of nature is awakening here. On the neat artificial lawn in the past, all kinds of flowers and plants are doing their best, and every inch is crowded in a messy way. In spaces with dirt, outside the glass curtain walls of high-rise buildings, green vines wantonly declare their ownership of these human creations. There are gaps everywhere in the smooth cement roads. Occasionally, a few pedestrians are seen passing by on these roads, but They looked more like primitive people walking through the jungle - inadvertently avoiding these plants as they walked. Why people after the hibernation era are willing to live underground - the big reason is that the maintenance of underground cities is simple, especially considering the long period of hibernation - no weather changes, no wind consumption, very few plant growth But it's almost impossible to do it on the ground, because time will change everything beyond recognition. Compared with the surrounding "green buildings", the building Dr. Lane and his colleagues are in is much better. The emergency spraying yesterday seems to be effective, but it still looks like an old building. When Han Le followed him into the office, he saw employees sitting in front of a large area of ??computers, some of them still chatting with each other, and what was displayed on the computers were almost all lines of code - from the scene, it looked like that A typical tense and orderly work scene. But this skill is fine for fooling Han Le, but it is far worse for dealing with Qiao Yiyu. The ability of the intelligent assistance system to distinguish visual images is unimaginable for people in this era. At a glance, the approximate code on the screen can be seen. You can almost get a rough idea of ??the content Qiao Yiyu smiled, turned around and asked Wright: "What are they doing?" "Oh, this is a new project we have taken on, to make electronic pets have higher capabilities. "Smart simulation level." "Electronic petscan they only simulate animals now?" Qiao Yiyu knew that this was true, but it was not what he sawbut it didn't matter, before she came. You know that there is a big problem with Wright's current research direction. His previous research focused too much on commercial value, such as making electronic pets intelligent, character simulation for online games and other applications If we go by history, Wright should have been in his Without money to pay for hibernation, when the old man has nothing to do, that is, one hundred and twenty years later, he will finally change his direction and really make some achievements, but he will no longer be able to enjoy the glory of the results. However, he is still a little disappointed. Qiao Yiyu originally thought that there would be some surprises this time - although historically, Wright only made achievements in his old age, it is difficult to say whether he had similar ideas when he was young. In this era of business Since modernized intelligence can simulate animals, she thought that the laboratory would always be more advanced. But looking back, in an era of high informatization and commercialization, what can be seen on the market is generally the highest technical level - in the information industry of this era, there are not many so-called Technical reserves. While walking around the company, listening to Wright introducing the latest results to them, Qiao Yiyu translated and introduced it to Han Le. After going around for a while, Han Le's excitement was gone - the so-called intelligence here is also It's just an advanced simulation, or a more complicated program. Judging from the history that Qiao Yiyu knows, it is very slim to hope that real intelligence will be generated through this path. However, the conversation between the two gave Wright the illusion. When he sat in Wright's office, the doctor almost thought that the inconspicuous Han Le was the real boss, or in other words, a person who was very influential to Qiao Yiyu. . The assistant poured them a cup of hot cocoa and closed the officeThen he went out the door, and then it was time to talk about business. Qiao Yiyu interrupted Wright's beautiful thoughts about the future and said bluntly: "I'll just say it if I have something to say, doctor. To be honest, if you want me to I am not optimistic about continuing to increase investment in existing projects I believe that many investment companies have already given you similar answers. " Wright's head sank - the thing he was most worried about seemed to be about to happen, but. He still said bravely: "I sent you our marketing report before. In the market, our technology is completely original. In the future, the demand for electronic pets by hibernating people will" Qiao Yiyu shook his head, He spit out: "Your algorithm patent will expire in 20 years at most. In the era of hibernation, do you think 20 years is a long time?" Wright was stunned in place, and his full words suddenly stopped - this Miss Qiao Obviously not the kind of ancient people who knew nothing about technology as he imagined. Yes, the patent period was this fatal factor that made the four or five venture capital firms he talked to refuse to continue to inject capital - hibernation prolongs a person's lifespan. Life span, relatively speaking, means that all time factors other than human beings have been greatly shortened. The same goes for technology, patents And judging from the current situation, almost no government in the world will pass legislation to extend the patent protection time, because the total population of the current society itself is insufficient. If the only productivity is limited by patent factors, then the living People are really working for sleeping people - on the contrary, many countries have introduced laws one after another to weaken the interests of patent owners in disguise - the interests of patents are in the future. According to common sense, the government is drinking poison to quench thirst. But in another world From a high point of view, people are the root of everything. If we can't retain the current people, what future is there? Therefore, there is a situation like Wright's in the current scientific research field. On the one hand, the government gives them support and if they can achieve important success, they will increase their efforts. On the other hand, commercial capital begins to abandon this kind of innovation, and Wright's so-called "electronic intelligence" "Pets" do not rely on both sides. In the government's view, this kind of thing is a disguised occupation of people's emotional field - society itself is closed enough, and everyone's computers and mobile phones have taken away all social time from everyone. Electronic pets If the government uses taxes to support such technology, public opinion will be scolded. "Doctor, I don't know if you have ever considered human-like or superhuman intelligent programs," Qiao Yiyu tried. "The current chip technology has almost begun to touch the ceiling of Moore's Law. In my opinion, it is as close as the human brain." The complexity of chips of equal weight, both in terms of information storage and reading capabilities, has completely surpassed the human brain by several levels, but why is AI technology still imitating so far IMHO, your program can only imitate animal behavior. "High, but even mammals in nature can carry out such imitation." "Beyond human intelligence" Seeing that his last hope was about to come to nothing, Wright's face was full of gloom, but he still reluctantly continued this. This is not new. topic, "Maybe when I was a college student, I had such technical arrogance But the deeper I study the field of AI, the greater the difficulties I see. You are right, the chips The level of complexity and sophistication is not comparable to that of the human brain, but this complexity is controlled. Even if all the computing units of the entire Internet are included, it is still a controlled collection, from the smallest circuit to A complex program with millions of lines, no matter how voluminous the execution content is, has a clear purpose. But intelligence is different. The human brain is the result of billions of years of creation. Intelligence itself is a complete miracle of nature. . I dare say that even if God created the universe, he would never believe that he could create intelligence - I have long passed the age where I think I can surpass God. " "Do you think this is impossible? "Qiao Yiyu was a little surprised by Wright's pessimism - it's like a person goes back to Newton's time and hears Newton himself saying that he thinks gravity is incomprehensible, "But I have read a paper you wrote, and it says Exactly" "I know that my paper won me many awards," Wright laughed dryly, "but now even I think it is just a joke." In that paper, Wright just proposed a series of ideas. The imagination of AI models is nothing more than the optimism of youth. "I don't know if the possibility you mentioned exists or not." Wright shrugged and drank all the coffee in his cup. He almost accepted his fate. "Back to this business, if the investment project you are concerned about is You need to reach the level of human intelligence. I can only say that not only are you in the wrong place, but you are also looking for the wrong person. " "Maybe," Qiao Yiyu said to herself softly, maybe history will change, maybe the people of her time will change. Great men have become unknown in this era, but, "What if I insist on this direction? And I hope you will lead it." Wright's hand holding the coffee trembled slightly due to excitement. He asked in disbelief: "How much money are you prepared to invest?"