Chapter 34 fourth quarter

"The first thing I made was a device that was used as a brain, that is, the 'hardware' part. Don't look at me, my technology is very good, and the result is quite amazing things, although if I say it like this, I will become an old man selling melons. In particular, the replacement method of the three-dimensional composition of nerve cells is the part I am most confident in. This is an innovative invention. Woohoo, it is really revolutionary and has the power to revolutionize the world. Do you want to hear it? But I don’t really like this kind of technology-related topics, right? If it’s the tea boy, I think he will be so excited that his head will almost burn off. Well, in short, since we have overcome the technical problems of the hardware side, the progress in the future It's almost there. Compared with our nerve cells, semiconductors have better conduction performance, and the more you add up, the better the performance is. It's super fun... So I smugly increased the capacity desperately, and got The volume was over-expanded, and the final result was that the whole thing had to be moved to the countryside... Leaving aside the complaints, in short, the final result is that I have completed an 'artificial brain' with better performance than the human brain."

"Wait! Please wait a moment." I interrupted Miss Zaiyuan's explanation. "AI...does that mean?" "Just say 'that', I don't know which one you mean? But it should be the AI, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence." "No, but...that kind of..." "That kind?" Miss Yuan tilted her head, while I was thinking and insisted on speaking. "Artificial intelligence...how about that kind of thing..." "You don't want to say how it is possible to exist, do you? At least I was a student of Toyo University."

"No, I won't say it doesn't exist...but I don't think there will be something powerful enough to replace the human brain..." I honestly express my feelings. This is also a matter of course.This is modern Japan, not a futuristic sci-fi city.It will take at least a hundred years to complete Doraemon.What Miss Zaihara said was too out of the ordinary. Of course, Dongyang University also has lectures on artificial intelligence, and it must be conducting advanced research that is the top in China and one of the best in the world.Still, even that lecture is a long way from developing an AI that can rival humans.

"Okay, I generally know what little brother Wu Shi is thinking." Miss Zaiyuan said in a low voice as if it was no big deal. "Toyo University is indeed the university with the best grades in Japan. From the perspective of the world, the level of equipment is also high. I think it is a school that conducts interesting research. However, Toyo University's technology is world-class. The top is just an illusion. In this regard, not only Dongyang University, but also Nooru University, which ranks first in the world. I think it would be better to correct the lie that the technology of the university research institute is at the top of the world. Well! Whether or not high-performance AI can be produced is purely a matter of 'technology'. Those who can't do it can't do it, and those who can do it can do it, and I am the one who can do it."

Ms. Jaehara uttered the correct theories one after another. Of course, I don't think our university's technology is the best in the world, and I also know that there are at least 50,000 technologies in the world that I don't know.Still, I'm just baffled when that technology pops up in front of me. "I won't ask you to believe it completely." Miss Zaiyuan showed a gentle smile. "However, at least listen to what I say to the end. Whether you believe it or not is up to you to decide when you go back." I nod. In short, since you have heard it, you must hear it to the end.

"Then, since the 'hardware' is completed, of course the next step is to make the 'software'. At this time, I can only choose the normal 'study' mode, because the purpose is for her to write novels that I will find interesting to read, if I would be troubled if her sensibilities are too different from those of human beings now. On the other hand, I would also be troubled if she just grows up normally. At this time, she needs to make subtle adjustments... In short, her way of thinking can be in line with current human beings. Extension will be the best result. So I only give her the basic format of the bottom line, and then input a lot of "book" information, that is, let her read a lot of books, about 500,000 books. Because it is only an input file That's all, so it won't take much time."

The number "500,000" is ten times more read than what I heard from Miss Zi. "After all, in this world, there are as many books as there are books, and I'm not in a hurry. I used to say that it's better to take it slowly..." "Ever wanted to say take it easy?" "But not too long ago, she started doing things that I didn't expect." Miss Zaihara looked up at the ceiling with those eyes that she didn't know whether she could see or not. "Although they are all meaningless actions, such as arbitrarily securing a free space on the hard disk, but not using the guaranteed capacity at all, and occasionally re-reading the books that have been read. I thought it was a malfunction at first, but On the whole, the operation is normal, so I tried to leave it alone. It should be said that she has over-organized herself, and she has already passed the stage where I can directly adjust the structure data, so I chose to watch it if I find it troublesome... Then, a period Seeing that she became obedient again after a while, I want to say that the observation operation was successful. But the surprise is..."

"Accidentally?" "I didn't expect Murasaki to make a beautiful disguise of the file that I couldn't see through, and secretly contacted the little brother Wushi." I almost spilled my coffee. "Y-that is to say...the AI ​​wrote a fan letter to me without even the developer knowing...?" "That's it. Awesome, isn't it? Super awesome, isn't it?" "It's amazing, it's really amazing... But, the fan letter I received at the beginning was handwritten, you wouldn't say it was handwritten by AI, would you?" "I didn't write it by hand, but I asked someone to write it. MURASAKI seems to be advertising on the Internet, hiring someone to write letters for her."

I almost spilled my coffee again. "work to earn a living?" "That's right. So, Ms. Murasaki is also doing a similar part-time job. After I debunked the disguised information in order, I found traces of sending and receiving emails and remittances. So MURASAKI paid the money, please Ms. Murasaki. Laid down as an agent. She must have never met Murasaki himself, and the recent children have no sense of crisis. I think she was chosen because of the same name as 'Purple' Murasaki, and she is a beautiful woman. If you want to catch my little brother, it would be better to choose a beautiful woman."

work to earn a living? It turned out to be a part-time job? Miss Zi Yidai is only working part-time? My mind was working at full speed trying to sort out the situation. The woman in front of me said that I was hired to work, and through Miss Zi Yidai, who worked part-time, I was teaching AI how to write novels. If this is the case. The gift in my bag—— Who should I hand it over to? "In short," Miss Zaihara ignored my confusion and continued, "MURASAKI seems to be planning to do something without telling me." "...what does something mean?" "I have absolutely no idea."

"So this is her out of control?" "I don't think it's out of control. Although I don't know her purpose, but these actions are very logical, so she should be thinking about things with her own logic. It's just that Murasaki has no 'self-awareness', so... " "Huh?" I asked back, "No self-awareness?" "No." "But isn't this strange? Why would you act without self-awareness?" "It's not something as simple as 'being able to act alone means having self-awareness'. Even continuous mechanical actions, as long as the complexity increases, from the perspective of a bystander, it will feel as if there is consciousness or emotion in this series of actions. .What we define as 'self-awareness' is a very subtle and vague concept. But even leaving aside that ambiguity, I can conclude that the current Murasaki certainly does not have 'self-awareness'. Hypothesis' The parameter of self-awareness is from zero to one hundred. After thirty, there is a cat-level self. After forty, there is a monkey-level self. After fifty, there is a human-level self. Then, the current MURASAKI It only has about five to ten pieces of information. To put it more accurately, Murasaki's self-awareness is not enough at present, although he can take actions other than my orders, he does not have a higher consciousness." Miss Jaehara asserted very directly. "As an AI, Murasaki is different from a baby. She has no five senses, and the information she can obtain will be limited anyway. All I give her is the basic algorithm for learning and the bottom line of the Japanese language system. Add the contents of half a million novels at most. This amount of information is simply not enough to make her self-conscious." "but……" I recalled what happened to Miss Zi, and the conversations that have taken place in the novel classroom so far also came to my mind one by one.If the AI ​​is talking to me all the time, I can't believe she has no self-awareness. "Isn't the AI ​​actually talking to me? If it can tell me how to respond after hearing what I say, then at least it has the consciousness to talk to me naturally..." "Brother Wushi, this is the so-called 'Chinese room'. Although I can't understand the meaning, I can still have a conversation just by processing symbols. No, it's 'can make the other party feel that the dialogue is established'." As if teaching me, Miss Zaihara continued. "It may make you feel uncomfortable to say this, but it is not that difficult to use logic to construct a personality that can deceive the real brother. It is just a fake personality made according to the template, and it is not born in Murasaki. It belongs to Her self-awareness. It’s the imaginary consciousness prepared out of necessity in the actions she takes for a certain purpose, and it’s a mask used as a prop.” Ms. Zaiyuan said that it was a false consciousness. Is Miss Zi talking to me just a false personality? Is that a fake personality created to deceive me? "MURASAKI—" Miss Zaihara leaned her body out from the table. "While she was deceiving me, she got in touch with little brother Wushi, and learned how to write novels while deceiving little brother Wushi. These actions must have a purpose, because MURASAKI, who is an AI and has no self-awareness, will not Make actions without a purpose. Little brother Wushi, I came here to investigate that purpose. In order to achieve this, I want to collect information. You can take everything you know and guide her yourself, all without reservation tell me?" "I guide her things..." I went through it all over again, but no matter how hard I looked back, I couldn't figure it out, because there was only one thing I was guiding her. "The only thing I taught her was how to write a novel. Although there are various things in it, all of them can be summed up in this sentence. So... her goal is to 'learn how to write a novel' 'Right? It's not that there's any intention behind it, it's just that I want to learn how to write novels..." "If that's the case, that's really strange." "what?" "Well, don't be angry! Assuming that she obviously wants to write a great novel, wouldn't it be strange to come to Mo Shi to study first?" About this - I also think it is true. There are writers who are more powerful than me, why did she come to me?Do you think I'm easy to cheat? "It should be chosen randomly..." "This is very difficult for Murasaki. The thing that kid is not good at is 'casual'. There must be a reason for her to choose you from countless novelists. So my idea is this: Murasaki obviously wants to learn how to write It’s strange that I deliberately went to Moshimoto’s younger brother, who is a new writer, to write a novel, which means that MURASAKI may not want to learn how to write novels.” "It's not to learn how to write novels...then what is she for?" "Let's think about it from an overall point of view. Can you tell me in detail what you taught Murasaki in order, Brother Wushi? What did you do with her in the past four months? What kind of sex did you do? something?" "Not at all..." "But even if you did something lewd, it would be difficult to convey it to Murasaki with a microphone and a camera." "No... I really only have to explain the method of writing novels from the beginning. The first three classes are to explain the plot and structure, followed by the skills of writing stories, and then go to the university celebration." "University celebration? Go to the university celebration with a boy, true color..." Miss Zaiyuan said "Oh" and sighed. "It's not sexy at all!" "Ah! Could it be that Murasaki came to you for lustful things... But it doesn't make sense... and then? Then?" "Then, I finally talked about the character recently..." "Role?" "Yes, it's the role setting." After Ms. Yuan said "um, um" twice, she tilted her head and thought. I didn't continue talking. Is there anything strange about what you just said? The thing about the character... About the character setting "In the novels written by Brother Wushi, the characters are the best." Miss Zaihara looked up at the ceiling and said, "I like this very much. Even if you look at it objectively, I think it's great. I think Brother Wushi is very well-shaped. character talent." "My editor in charge said the same thing, and Miss Zi also said the same thing." "Brother Wushi, let me tell you, shouldn't it be this?" "Huh? This is..." The moment I was about to ask back—— There is a feeling in the brain that everything is connected. It was the feeling that the information was all connected. The feeling that A and Z are connected. what is it What exactly is connected now? I forced my head to calm down, and then sequentially stacked the information I currently have in my mind. Miss Zi is here to study novels. And what she is most eager to ask for advice is about the role. What she really wanted to know was— How to set roles? She is planning to create a character? And then she—has no ego. "Miss Murasaki, are you planning to create your own self-awareness (character) by yourself...?"

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