Earth Era

Xiao Yun was indeed scared at this moment. After the researcher told the technological level of the robot at this moment, Xiao Yun instantly speculated on these two possibilities. The first one may be scary enough. Think about it, a genius who can create ideas is followed by a group of replicating robots that can reach an unlimited number anytime and anywhere. With any new technology that can enhance their strength, they can be used at any time. How terrifying is it when they are applied to these robots?

But Xiao Yun didn't think that the first one might be scary, or to put it another way, compared with the second possibility, the first one might not be so scary.

The researcher obviously thought of this, but he just kept shaking his head and sighing: "Xiao Yun, the matter is not as serious as you think. The truth of the matter must be the first possibility. What you speculated The second possibility... just don’t mention it.”

Xiao Yun also sighed: "Yes... If it is the first possibility, we humans still have a little hope of winning, although this hope is also very slim. But if it is the second possibility... I think, we There is absolutely no hope for human civilization. We will inevitably perish in this universe just like the Martian civilization once did."

If it is because the genius keeps upgrading the robots that these robots can advance from crawling on land to interstellar navigation, then as long as this genius is killed, these robots will lose the ability to continue to improve their strength. In this case, human civilization has hope of defeating them. In other words, although these replica robots cannot completely eliminate them, these replica robots cannot completely eliminate humans. There is always a stalemate between the two and the possibility of surviving together. And human civilization continues to develop. As long as there is enough time and the technology of human civilization develops to a certain extent, human civilization will eventually have the ability to completely destroy these robots.

To take a step back, even if human civilization does not have the ability to assassinate that genius, a person's lifespan is always limited. After five hundred, six hundred or one thousand years, the genius will eventually die of old age. As long as he is dead, there is still hope for human civilization.

But... what if the increase in the strength of these robots was not due to the interference of that genius? In this way, even if the genius dies, these robots can continue to become stronger, and they can even become stronger faster than human civilization. In that case... human civilization will be completely and completely hopeless. . It is only a matter of time before it is finally completely destroyed.

This is the second possibility in Xiao Yun's speculation.

"The second possibility is that these robots have the ability to evolve themselves." Xiao Yun said quietly, "They can continuously upgrade their technology without anyone's intervention, just like...real intelligent life."

General Emerk said: "Xiao Yun, you mean that these robots may develop their own scientific system just like our human civilization, and then rely on this scientific system to continuously evolve and evolve. improve own abilities?"

"I don't know." Xiao Yun shook his head, "The evolution I am talking about does not refer to scientific progress, but only to the growth of strength."

"But without scientific progress, where will the increase in strength come from?"

Xiao Yun thought for a while, and finally sighed and said, "I don't know."

"The increase in strength must come from the progress of science. Although I am not a scientist, I still understand this simple truth." General Emerk flicked his fingers and then said: "Then... you tell me, How can a robot develop science? Can they also summarize, come up with groundbreaking thinking, propose new theories and continue to study it? If they can do this, tell me, they are still different from a truly intelligent civilization. What's the difference? Are they...still robots?"

"It's impossible for them to do this." Xiao Yun shook his head decisively, "Robots are always robots, and this cannot be changed. In other words, robots cannot have the abilities you mentioned. Robots will only follow the internal rules. Edited programs to perform actions, all its actions are preset, and there can be no new things - even some robots with self-learning ability, in essence, the actions they perform are nothing more than It’s just another form of presupposition.”

Robots with self-learning capabilities are nothing new. Such robots have appeared in human civilization hundreds of years ago. However, they are still robots and are still far from truly self-aware artificial intelligence. . The so-called self-learning is nothing more than classifying the acquired data through certain algorithms, and then improving one's work efficiency. In other words, they do not have the ability to create new data on their own, but only have the ability to collect existing information and process it.

And this happens to be the biggest difference between robots and humans. As long as this is not solved, robots will never become real life.

"Then let me sort out your thoughts." General Emerk said, "Robots will only act according to the programs that have been edited internally. They will never become a truly intelligent civilization, and they will never be able to act independently. Scientific research, and if you cannot conduct scientific research independently, you will not be able to improve your own strength. If you cannot improve your own strength, it will conflict with the current reality we are facing - because in reality, its strength is indeed improved. Yes. In this case, can your second guess be falsified? Furthermore, does it mean that... only the remaining guess is correct, that is, the so-called genius has always been among the robot army? Have you been upgrading technology for robots?"

"There are loopholes in your logical chain. Generally speaking, it is true that strength cannot be improved without improving technology, but do you know what I am most worried about?" Xiao Yun said quietly, " What I am most worried about is...that genius has found another way to gain strength that does not rely on scientific progress."

At this moment, even the researcher just now couldn't believe it: "Xiao Yun, what did you say? A way to improve strength without relying on scientific progress? Are you kidding? Or do you mean, these Robots are like those cultivators in novels. They can cultivate themselves and improve their strength. If this is not the case, then tell me, is there any way to improve strength without relying on scientific progress? "

"This is the most critical part." Xiao Yun said, "Frankly speaking, I don't know what this method is. After all, neither you nor me, we are not geniuses. And... one can create ideas, Can you guarantee that a genius who can overcome the technical and logical problems that have troubled us for hundreds of years and create a robot that can replicate itself infinitely will not be able to find this method?"

The scientific researcher just kept shaking his head: "This is impossible, this is impossible. I really have no way to imagine a way to improve strength without relying on scientific progress. Just like this robot, their material technology has never been They can only crawl on the ground and progress to the point of interstellar navigation. They have progressed from being able to only rely on their limbs to kill enemies at close range to being able to destroy Tarzan-class battleships in space. And now you say that their technology has not progressed? Their strength has produced Is this earth-shaking change due to other reasons?”

Xiao Yun did not respond to the researcher's words, but turned around, looked at the robot in front of him that had been disassembled into parts, looked at the place where the core chip was originally placed, and sighed and said: "I can guarantee that, If that genius found a way to "increase strength without relying on scientific progress," then this method must be reflected in those program code segments. It's a pity, it's a pity that this core chip was destroyed."

General Emerk said at this time: "According to Occam's razor, the more premises a hypothesis requires, the greater the possibility that the hypothesis is false. Obviously, the genius has been following the robot The group's hypothesis requires fewer premises than the hypothesis that these robots have the ability to evolve themselves. Then, I think the correct answer should be the first hypothesis. As long as we find a way to kill the genius, or wait until he slows down By aging slowly and dying, our human civilization can slowly gain the initiative in war and achieve final victory."

Xiao Yun pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "General, I have no way to refute your conclusion, and I don't have any evidence or ideas to confirm the hypothesis that robots can evolve themselves. It's just... I always have a feeling that I I think that the things created by that genius should not be as simple as this... I always think that the hypothesis that these robots have the ability to evolve themselves is more in line with my impression of that genius."

"Because he is a genius." Xiao Yun sighed, "If he doesn't come up with something shocking and shocking...how can he be called a genius?"

General Emerk patted Xiao Yun on the shoulder, and then said: "Actually, you are also a genius. You may not be able to think of things that a genius can think of. So... you use your wisdom to come up with a way for these robots to It’s a way to evolve yourself without self-awareness or a scientific system.” (To be continued~^~)