mesbooks Chapter 548 Electrical Signals
Chapter 548 Electrical Signals
As soon as the command was issued, the unfinished brain portion collapsed instantly, leaving only the completed portion, mainly the frontal lobe and the lower posterior part of the left frontal lobe.
This brain model is not the kind of PowerPoint presentation used to scam funding. It is precise down to every neuron and every synapse of a neuron. Furthermore, the neuron is not the smallest unit of this system; each neuron is composed of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of basic units. Most importantly, this system is dynamic.
Even so, this model is far from Sisyphus's ideal state. He envisioned that the system should be able to dynamically simulate the trajectory of every atom that makes up a neuron, or at the very least, be accurate down to the macromolecule level. However, he did not expect that his idea would exceed Turing's computing power. With the existing computing power, it could only barely simulate the release and reception of neurotransmitters.
In fact, it is possible to perform a static simulation of Turing down to the level of each atom. However, once the simulation becomes dynamic, the computational load increases exponentially. If storing a single change requires an atom, then even if all the atoms in the entire universe were used up, it would still be impossible to achieve this.
Although quantum computing can surpass the limitations of traditional computers, given the pace of technological iteration, realizing Sisyphus's vision may still take decades. If we were to force a dynamic simulation at the atomic level using Turing, it might take decades in reality to calculate a change of one second. In that case, it would be better to wait for a new computer to emerge.
As the command to operate was issued, electrical signal fluctuations appeared on the surface of the simulated, incomplete brain. Soon, a sound began to come intermittently from the playback device in the laboratory:
"Where...where am I?"
"Nice!" Sisyphus cheered excitedly, clenching his fist. He knew that prioritizing the development of language and thought modules was the right thing to do, even though it would increase some unnecessary workload, it would also be the first to show results.
Led by Sisyphus, everyone in the laboratory applauded, cheered, and hugged, except for one person: Sorenroth.
Amid the cheers, Sisyphus deliberately kept a watchful eye. Upon noticing the director's indifference, he immediately signaled for silence in the laboratory. Then, he cautiously approached Sorenrot and tentatively asked, "Ms. Sorenrot, do you have any comments?"
"If your research results only enable a system to ask a simple question, then the cost-effectiveness of this research is somewhat low."
Unfortunately, just after Sorenrot finished speaking, the same question resurfaced in the Kahar-Kandel system:
Where is this?
At the same time, the youngest and most beautiful female researcher in the team whispered to Sisyphus, "Boss! Boss! Something's wrong..."
After forcing a smile, Sisyphus hurried over to the researcher and asked impatiently, "What's wrong?"
The researcher used the mouse to gesture on the simulated brain, saying, "Electrical signals are inactive in some areas... there are shadows..."
Sisyphus had no choice but to order his men to temporarily shut down the system.
“Ahem, sorry, we haven’t had time to build up his memory-related structures like the hippocampus yet, so this poor fellow suffers from amnesia; he forgets what he’s said as soon as it’s out of his mouth.” Sisyphus quickly tried to cover up his mistake before returning to Sorenlot, and then continued to explain, “Ms. Sorenlot, you may not realize it, but you just witnessed the first question uttered by the first electronic life form. In the future, its significance in history books will be equivalent to Adam’s first cry.”
“Electronic life is a mature technology,” Sorenrot said, her tone remaining completely neutral.
"Forgive my bluntness, Ms. Sorenrot, but in my opinion, those electronic life forms of the past were not true electronic life forms at all," Sisyphus retorted. "In the past, there were only two ways to achieve data immortality: one was to write a program that was sophisticated enough to fool most humans, and the other was to use a mimicry program to mimic the target until those around him could not tell the difference. Although both methods can iterate and generate variables, they are still just pre-set programs."
Sorenroth listened, so Sisyphus continued, "These electronic life forms can generate variables, but the variables are always finite; it's just that their stored responses exceed human limits. I once downloaded the most advanced electronic life form at the time, ran it on Turing One, and had Turing One ask questions, which these electronic life forms answered. Indeed, at first, these electronic life forms seemed to exhibit complete freedom and randomness, but once the time frame was extended to a thousand years, ten thousand years, ten million years, I discovered that their answers began to follow a pattern and eventually showed a cyclical trend."
"In the end, I can confirm that these electronic life forms are not real life forms, but merely mimicking human programs. When faced with a problem, they may have ten thousand solutions, but if they ask the question ten thousand and one times, two identical solutions will inevitably appear, and if they ask it twenty thousand and one times, three identical solutions will inevitably appear. Of course, in order to make themselves more like humans, they will intentionally make the identical solutions appear less regular. However, as long as the question is extended enough, even randomness itself is no longer random. To the point that Turing 1 was able to determine where these so-called electronic life forms would make random decisions. Their degree of freedom is limited, only greater than the human lifespan, so in the eyes of humans, they possess true consciousness."
“Moreover, the very act of having Turing One ask questions was a trap.” Sisyphus pushed up his non-existent glasses. “Think about it, what real life form could remain mentally intact after being questioned for ten million years? Yet these electronic life forms are remarkably stable, even their anger and madness are predictable.”
Soren Roth nodded, seemingly agreeing with Sisyphus's critique of these electronic life forms, and then asked, "And what about your research findings?"
“I didn’t write any programs, I didn’t input any instructions to him. All I did was create a one-to-one copy of a part of my brain on the computer,” Sisyphus said. “It’s more of an electronic clone than an electronic life form.”
"If the thought of life is generated and transmitted through electrical signals, then we are exercising the power of the creator in a virtual network, creating a life from nothing for the first time. Of course, this life is not perfect yet, but it will be perfect one day."
Sisyphus was ready to answer any questions Sorenrot might ask about the significance or benefits, but Sorenrot interrupted, saying, "If what you're saying is true, have you considered the ethical issues involved... He's your clone; won't he be lonely leaving him alone in the virtual network?"
It was hard to imagine that such a naive and romantic question would come from the person before him. Sisyphus was stunned for a while before answering:
"Of course he won't be lonely. He's not old enough to understand what loneliness is yet. Once he can understand these complex emotions, I'll stay with him. And I also plan to try to create a body for him in the next phase once this phase of the experiment is successful, bringing him back from the virtual network to reality. To put it bluntly, it's just a clone. Cloning isn't anything special these days. It's just that with the original clones, we only planted the seeds and let nature take its course. Now we've replaced nature."
Sorenrote nodded and said, "I will remember everything you said today."