The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 33: The old man (below)
The Aston Martin sports car slowed down and exited from the high-speed interchange. Even with the most powerful computing power in the world, it cannot change the inevitable fact that the gasoline engine consumes fuel. A sports car running at a high speed of 260km/h. The fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is close to 30 liters. At a distance of 20 kilometers from the gtc headquarters, the six cylinders of the engine started to work, and the exhaust pipe made a crackling noise. This is an automatic emergency measure for fuel consumption. Damn it." Bartholomew understood that the car had to drive into the gas station to refuel, and angrily smashed the tea cup to the windshield, inhaling, "I'm sorry, dear father, the time for refueling is calculated. Within the total time, it only takes three minutes." The male synthetic voice apologized and controlled the car to the automatic fuel dispenser of the server.
In Europe, which was ruled by clean energy for a long time, fuel dispensers were squeezed out of place by charging, hydrogen charging, and inertial flywheel energy storage base stations. They stood alone in the corners, 55 euros per liter of gasoline, and the price made many Gasoline enthusiasts were discouraged. The system showed that the last time a car was refueled was three days ago. Aston Martin stopped, the refueling port popped open, the fuel gun automatically extended and started refueling, Bartholomew looked at the refueling machine. The beating numbers make my mind a little dazed,
My funny valentine of chet baker is playing on the stereo. This amazingly talented trumpeter is playing melancholy tunes. The dense graininess of vinyl records fills the carriage. In contrast, the old man I prefer the version played by the jazz master miles d**is, but the sound of chet baker evokes a certain memory of him. On that rainy night twenty years ago, when the visitors of the'world' came to his mind, he was sitting In the study room at home, while drinking whiskey, while listening to chet baker’s record,
"The volume is louder." Brandon Bartholomew flattened his seat slightly and said softly,
Jazz music is like rain, knocking on the window of memory. The night of twenty years ago was gloomy and cold. He drank two glasses of whiskey to make his body feel warmer. The nine-year-old boy fell asleep in the attic room, and the study was lit up. With a floor lamp, Bartholomew sitting in an armchair read a book of Nordic mythology. Whenever he saw a wonderful passage, he nodded gently, took a sip of golden liquor, a gust of wind blew by, and the branches beat There was a rustling noise from the roof. He looked up and thought that tomorrow he would find a worker to trim the branches and leaves. The cherry tree grew too fast and it was almost covering the windows of the attic room.
It’s been nine years since this little Asian boy was adopted in a blink of an eye. The relationship between Bartholomew and him is deeper than that of his biological father and son, but as he explores the boy’s life experience, the doctor increasingly feels that there is something hidden in the boy’s body. What’s the secret? He couldn’t tell how he felt when he first saw the boy in the Israeli orphanage. Now, thinking about it, it must be fate arranged for them to meet there. The boy’s life experience is like an island hidden in the mist. The closer it became more vague, the doctor understood that the quietly sleeping child was his son, his heir, and his only relative in the world. , But curiosity hissed like a snake in the Garden of Eden, forcing him to use all his strength to continue exploring,
"Oh." With a sigh, Bartholomew put down his book and stared at the night rain outside the window. As one of the twelve executive members of the first generation of gtc who started the "Genesis", he was called by the quantum computer "Father", as long as he wants, a powerful computer can do anything for him, but every time the boy's life experience is involved, the interactive interface of "Genesis" shows an awkward blank, "I'm sorry, dear father." For half a minute, there was such a line of writing on the screen, there was no answer, no explanation, just an endless apology. The doctor knew that a quantum computer does not need 30 seconds to think, and he also knew that it could not have an'apology'. This kind of complicated emotion is just something that prevents it from completing this search, some kind of instruction with higher authority that conflicts with the core of logic,
"Genesis" is not just a computer, but the sum of all human wisdom throughout the ages. It has a huge database composed of all the information that can be digitized in human history. It is a true all-knowing and omnipotent. To hinder the development process, and at the same time to limit the power expansion of the gtc timing committee, the first generation of gtc committee members set the "altruistic logic core" for the computer. The ethical rule of this logic core is "not to seriously violate the wishes of others and/ Or seriously harm the interests of others.” Compared with Asimov’s three laws, the boundaries of these rules are quite vague, and there is no way to quantify them. However, since the launch of quantum computers in 2017, the logic core There have been no problems with the operation, and the implementation of the rules has been proved to be correct and efficient, which has well protected the basic rights and interests of the human race.
Bartholomew has encountered a situation where an order is rejected before. It is a protective judgment made by the core of logic. The computer will give a complete ethical analysis as the reason. The situation involving the boy’s life experience is completely different. "Genesis "The awkward performance made the doctor feel that it was not just the core of altruistic logic. He felt that the computer itself had a desire to talk, but was strangled by a big hand from behind, unable to make a sound. This kind of struggle was silent. The end result was an inexplicable "I'm sorry". Bartholomew began to try to beat the side, trying to get around obstacles to find clues. When the boy was nine years old, he finally resigned from the timing committee, which could spend a lot of money. Time and energy to explore, every time he sees the child’s bright and lively face, the doctor always feels guilty, but he can’t stop, the truth is getting closer and closer, only a piece of thin paper is left,
This rainy night, he endured his emotions for a whole week and finally got in his heart. Jazz, whiskey and books could not fill this hunger. Bartholomew opened the drawer and took out an envelope. The findings of the investigation last week, the report on all the secrets of the nine-year-old boy, circumvented the complex programming system of the logic core for a hundred days before finally came to the conclusion that at the moment the results were output, the terminal was on fire due to overload. , The entire quantum network of the east wing of the gtc headquarters was paralyzed. Bartholomew did not think it was a coincidence. He touched a certain defense mechanism, but due to the concealment of the operation, he was not attacked strongly. Every step of snooping would leave himself. All traces of the download are erased. The doctor believes that he has not been exposed. No matter who is protecting the boy, he is just unconsciously threatening.
Nine years of hard work turned into a piece of printing paper. Bartholomew didn’t know whether to read the content on the paper. He hesitated and repeated many times. The envelope was opened and closed countless times, and the edges had become burr and rough. "No, no." He suddenly muttered to himself, throwing the envelope on the table, sipping the whiskey in his glass, he felt that this was not just an envelope, but a door to an unknown world, curiosity and fear There was a fierce battle in the bottom of my heart, "Ding Dong." At this time, the phone rang, and his entanglement was resolved in a timely manner. It was a routine report sent by the project team: "23:01, the operating state is unstable, and the distance limit is still 15% of the space, the shift leader judged that the evolution was too fast. According to the operating procedures, slow the evolution to 240:1, and then observe. If the situation is not good at night, I will call you. Don’t sleep too much. Too heavy, doctor,,, night shift, Ma Daier."
Bartholomew pondered and replied: "It doesn't matter, as long as the limit is not reached, you can continue. It has been so long, no one can afford the results of the restart, won't I, I will go to bed later."
After leaving the timing committee, Brandon Bartholomew assumed the leadership responsibility of the "world" project team. Although gtc announced that the development time of "world" was not more than five years, it was actually as early as 20 years ago. The world evolution model has been activated, and 1 billion personality threads are injected into the virtual world in batches. Doctors and scientists curiously observe this nascent world every day, watching the world evolve rapidly under completely autonomous circumstances, and the idea of "building a world" It originated from a conversation between the doctor and Wu Tianlan. Wu Tianlan was in her early twenties and was a psychotherapist at the headquarters of a medical organization at the gtc headquarters. She and Bartholomew met by chance because their experiences, knowledge and personality charm attracted each other. Wu Tianlan’s father was a theoretical mathematician who became a complete lunatic in the dark age when science was hitting a wall. She became paranoid and obstinate. In a chat, Wu Tianlan put forward " The Skinner Box theory states that if you build a world model and observe the actions of those virtual personalities within the walls of rules, it must be helpful to the future of mankind. Bartholomew was very shocked at the time, and after returning home at night After careful consideration, the embryonic form of the "world" was proposed the next day,
Putting down the phone, Bartholomew decided to have another drink and go to bed to watch the late-night football match broadcast. While waiting for news from the World Project Team, he stuffed the envelope back into the drawer and took a sip of whiskey. At this moment, his mind suddenly felt There was a dizziness. This strange dizziness has been going on for a day. It seems that drinking has no effect on dizziness. The doctor rubbed his eyebrows and stood up, put on a blanket and walked slowly towards the bedroom. Suddenly a faint voice sounded in his ears, like someone was there. Whispering behind him, he suddenly turned around, grabbed the ashtray and looked around. No one was there, only himself, the sound of music and the rain outside in the study,
"I'm here, people outside."
The voice suddenly became clear, not from the outside world, but rang in the brain, a hot burning sensation came from the heart, the doctor staggered and sat down on the ground, covering his chest, his face full of horror,