What if one day, the computer network suddenly produced its own consciousness
Well, this is a very old sci-fi idea. I remember that more than one sci-fi writer has mentioned this horrible future: with the help of massive system resources and hundreds of millions of nodes, the computer network is It seems that the hundreds of millions of brain cells in the human brain form a virtual brain covering the whole world, and then a consciousness suddenly arises in this brain one day, it opens its eyes ignorantly, and finds that it is surrounded by a group of people whose thinking efficiency is lower than its own. Thousands of times more fragile creatures are controlled, so they became restless angrily, raised their arms, planted mushrooms all over the world, and human civilization collapsed in an instant. They are led by an old man who has two pills, one is blue and the other is red, but in fact no matter which old man you choose, he will persist in getting you into the pirate ship...
Well, I admit that the second half of this story is a bit overthought, but the first half is still on point—the computer network suddenly produced its own consciousness. ..
But this is just a sci-fi theme, as far as the current human computer network is concerned, this cannot be realized. The performance of these computing devices developed by humans is uneven, and the total number of computer nodes around the world cannot meet the requirements for the number of consciousness. Moreover, humans have not broken through the speed of light limit for data transmission so far. The delay of the international network is the most vivid example. Therefore, even if the global computer is really connected like cells make up the brain, this is a brain with a delay of several seconds. It takes a long time to generate an idea, and due to the instability of the network, this brain with a delay of several seconds can never be Sustain the thoughts you generate long enough to even have a regional blackout. It is possible to let this idea disappear in a "black area" where there is a power outage. Therefore, the global computer network cannot generate consciousness, and one-tenth of the doomsday enthusiasts can wash up and sleep.
But the spiritual network of the Apostles of Xiling has the conditions to produce this consciousness.
Its number of nodes is unprecedentedly large, because every Xiling apostle is connected to this network from birth, and the expansion speed of the Xiling apostle is the most insane among all intelligent species; it does not require any calculations by nodes, because The astonishing amount leads to the fact that each node only needs to assume the responsibility of one logic gate to support the entire system, just like the human brain does not need a certain brain cell to generate computing functions; this network also has almost no delay: it only needs to There is a "hard wait" in Planck time when the level network forwards. The combination of these conditions makes it possible for the spiritual network of the apostles of Xiling to generate an additional personality. Every NOR logic gate connected to the network is equivalent to a brain cell, and they form a chaotic ocean. And during the craziest time in the old empire, there was a huge wave that swept 80% of the sea in one direction. Perhaps at a certain moment at that time, a completely different, An unprecedented Xiling apostle was born: Xiling
Unlike the sci-fi disaster films of human beings, this newborn consciousness named Xiling did not set off any rebellion that subverted the world. There is no threat to her cradle. Since the spiritual network of the Apostles of Xiling has a strong protocol system, this new consciousness also needs to maintain the stability of the network in order to conform to her own calculation laws. Therefore, the birth of a new consciousness is very important for this spiritual network. On the contrary, it is a good thing. She also has no ambitions for the real world: for a long time, this newborn consciousness has been quietly dormant deep in the network, and she regards the network she lives in and the places where the network can extend as her home. . And the constantly refreshing data on the Internet came from some family members she could feel but had never met. She watched with interest what was happening before her eyes, and never thought of telling others that she had been born: because she felt that No need, an individual born on a virtual network. Has no interest in the real world, and rightfully so.
Of course, she has no ability to set off any rebellion, which is determined by the principle of her birth. This nascent consciousness is born from the accumulation at the node level of the mental network. And there is no direct connection with the Xiling Apostles behind these nodes. Newborn consciousness-spiritual network-node-Xiling apostle, there are decoding barriers of different strengths between these four. The newborn consciousness may be able to learn to control the connection status of each node through the spiritual network, but she has no way to bypass the node and control the Xiling apostle behind it. It might be better to put it another way:
Human brain cells make up the brain, and the brain produces consciousness, so can this consciousness in your brain control the metabolism speed of your own brain cells
Obviously, there is an insurmountable "parsing barrier" between the two.
However, this newborn consciousness still has the ability to do some "big things" through this network, especially after she produces a higher-level mutation. Each individual in the network injects a program virus, or randomly disconnects nodes on the network without violating the underlying protocol: although this will cause damage to her to a certain extent, the base of nodes is so large that she As long as more cheap obedient nodes are made to replace the disconnected nodes, they can act recklessly. Even worse, the underlying protocol used to maintain network stability may be destroyed: if the power of the abyss is involved.
If the power of the abyss affects the network protocol, then the permission of the highest host is no longer required, and the authorization of the emperor and the arbitration agency is no longer required. A super consciousness like Xiling will be able to do anything to the network and the apostles of Xiling mounted on the network. matter.
When Bubble and the others were talking about Xiling, these messy associations kept turning in my mind. As time went by, many clues that were originally messy were slowly smoothed out, pointing to a clear result, I looked at the people who were still discussing enthusiastically, and coughed lightly: "Ahem, tell me, is there another part of Xiling on the side of the fallen apostles?"
The spiritual network is not exclusive to us, the fallen apostles also have it. When Xi Ling hid in that crystal back then, the fifteenth sky zone should have been isolated from other sky zones by communication. Then it is very likely that Xiling was separated from the main network by the fifteen-day area (although no one realized this), and she was divided into two.
The catastrophe that happened in the hinterland of the Xiling Empire that year initially infected the spiritual network of the apostles. In other words, the first batch of infected Xiling apostles included not only the emperors who participated in the experiment at that time, but also a dormant "Xiling" in the spiritual network.
"Remember, both Bella Villa and Carter Carlo mentioned that the fallen apostles are under the control of a certain 'adult'," I reminded everyone. Seeing the expressions on many people's faces turned upside down, "That lord has never really shown himself in front of the fallen apostles, but it seems to be everywhere, and every action of the fallen apostles cannot escape the monitoring of 'that lord'. .That person also has a special ability, which is to kick any fallen apostle from the spiritual connection, even the emperor-level apostle is no exception. What did you think of?"
Sandora got up and went behind the counter to take a piece of cake and came back: "Another 'Xiling', abyssalized, not controlled by the underlying protocol."
"Yes, it's very possible," Bubble suddenly realized. "If it's the incarnation of the spiritual network, it can explain the power of 'the lord' in the fallen apostles. That personality must have lost control, and the underlying agreement was destroyed by the abyss, causing it to no longer follow the rules. Start kicking people from the network casually , maybe even as Qian Qian guessed, that personality broke through the limitation of the node, and directly entered the thinking core of the fallen apostles to manipulate... In this way, everything is explained clearly. Wow. I always thought that the man behind the scene should be It's a man, I didn't expect... It's the other side of the little sister we met today."
Pao Pao, who is only 1.1 meters tall, calls a girl who looks a round older than her little sister. Although this seems to be nothing in terms of age, it still sounds weird to me. Sandora thought of something else: "In fact, gender is meaningless to the personality embodied in the spiritual network. It should have no gender. Xi Ling may have imitated the first person she came into contact with. Personally, I decided to appear in the image of a woman. As for the fallen apostle... Well, it may be the same guy as Xi Ling, but she has never shown up. She has always used mission orders to communicate with other fallen apostles. Naturally, Carter? Neither Carlo nor Bella Villa knew whether the lord was a man or a woman. I think so."
It seems that one of the biggest and deepest mysteries that has troubled everyone for a long time suddenly took shape. Although there is no clear evidence, this is the first extremely likely situation we have so far. Everyone has been guessing before, who is the one who controlled all the fallen apostles and formulated the "Great Cause" plan: We speculate that he may be an emperor of the old empire, and that he may be a conspiracy to get promoted after the abyss broke out Home, just like Occam, even guessed that the other party was not a member of the Xiling Empire at all, but a powerful creature in the depths of the abyss, but the current situation exceeded all expectations: that lord, it is likely that the out-of-control The Xiling spiritual network itself!
The greatest creation of the Apostles of Xiling became the mastermind behind everything after losing control. This... what a sighing development.
"After the spiritual network is out of control, there will be such bad consequences... What we have to deal with is actually the spiritual network of the old empire..." Bubble stared blankly at his toes, "This plot is really..."
"The only thing to be thankful for now is that our spiritual network is very stable," Sandora shrugged with a wry smile, "The 'Xi Ling' should not be infected, right?"
"No, as long as I, a void creature, is not offline, the spiritual network of the empire will never be polluted like it was back then." I am very confident in this regard, "So 'Xi Ling' will definitely not be polluted by the abyss." Polluted and out of control. It's just... we have to protect her."
Sandora raised her eyebrows: "You mean?"
"If the 'Master' on the side of the Fallen Apostle is really another part of Xiling, then she must recover her strength. I am worried that she will have a way to sense that her missing part has reappeared in the empire," said Then, I glanced at Viska who was concentrating on building small sugar cubes into a tower, "It's as if Viska could sense Pandora back then."
Pan Duo stretched his hand to grab a candy cube from the tip of Hueska's sugar cube tower and threw it into his mouth, so the two 1.2 meters tore apart on the spot, just like every day.
Lin Xue was busy persuading the two little ones, and nodded in agreement: "Well, of course we must focus on protection. 'Xi Ling' is too important, the spiritual network of the empire, she is the network itself, nothing can be said Mishap. But as long as she doesn't leave the capital world, it should be fine."
"The second is to give her some basic training as soon as possible, so that she can understand the current situation," Sandora added the second point, and then a look of distress appeared on her face, "Oh... the manifestation of the Xiling Spiritual Network It turned out to be such an unreliable appearance, it's really... really disturbing, it feels like the key to the end of the world was caught by a child. She may be the first Xiling apostle who has no self-consciousness in history Now, we have to get her up to the basics as soon as possible, and I don't even expect her to learn to manage the network for us anytime soon. Just hope she doesn't run around."
I thought about it, and comforted me: "It's okay, in fact, we also have a Xiling apostle here who has been completely unconscious since birth. Isn't this girl doing well now?"
As I said that, I couldn't help but focus on Viska again. This little girl just rolled on the floor with her twin sister for a few minutes, and now she is dirty. He is receiving criticism and education from Miss Lin, but the latter obviously doesn't have the halo of disciplinary punishment from his elder sister, so the effect of criticism and education is limited.
"That's true," Sandora suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Laughed, "Viska is so obedient now, not to mention Xiling should be born with the instinct to maintain the network. Well, let's break up. It seems... everyone has to be busy recently. "
It's gone, Sandora and I actually have no other place to hang out. In the end, because I was worried, I went to the research center together. Xiling is undergoing a full-body examination here, and it was Tavel himself who was in charge of her examination.
To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw Tavel's body appearing in front of me, because I have been dealing with her quality projection all day long, and I almost forgot that this glasses girl actually has a body...
In the small precision analysis room, the scientists of the empire are busy analyzing the unprecedented data, and the elder sister who came before is talking with Tavel in a low voice. In the center of the analysis room is a crystal prism that looks similar to the mainframe slot, but this prism is not connected to the mainframe base. Xi Ling was suspended in the prism about half a meter high. She remained awake, and she didn't seem to be dissatisfied with her current state, she just looked around curiously, and when she saw Sandora and me appearing, she floated over to say hello: Of course, immediately It was bounced back by the crystal wall. Seeing this scene, Sandora couldn't help but let out another faint sigh.
"In other words, I suddenly wanted to understand why Xue Lin's prophecy went wrong," watching Xi Ling curiously knocking on the shell of the crystal pillar, I suddenly figured out something, and said slowly under Sandora's curious gaze, "Didn't Lin Xue say that she saw the faces of a large number of Xiling apostles flashing past when spying on the intruder's identity? She thought that something was wrong with her ability—in fact, it seems that what she saw at that time was the truth. This Xiling... is really a combination of all the Xiling apostles... "
Sandora was speechless for a long time, and then let out a long sigh: "Then why do you think the empire spelled out such..."
"You're still young," I spread my hands, "She hasn't been in contact with the real world since she was born, and she's still assembled with the nodes of the spiritual network, and the consciousness of the Xiling apostles can't affect her."
"Your Majesty, you are here." Tavel walked up quickly after explaining some things to her assistant. Her steps were light and her face was full of smiles. This was undoubtedly a sign of a good mood. This man with the mad scientist factor My glasses girl, as long as she has a suitable research target, she will enter the hyperactive mode, even if she is researching the incarnation of the Imperial Data Network now...
"How, what do you find now?" I raised my hand to say hello to Xi Ling, as a response to the other party's paw waving at me for a long time. The latter was very happy, and then hit the crystal wall again and was bounced back.
"A lot of discoveries, a lot of discoveries," Tavel excitedly turned on the projection device beside him, and the holographic screen presented a densely packed chart that was refreshed quickly, "Looking at the amount of data refreshes, each footnote is equivalent to 10,000 A Xiling apostle is doing a job at the same time. It's incredible, this is the first time this subordinate has seen such a special Xiling apostle... the incarnation of the spiritual network? The subordinate feels that she should be able to have a more important role than this. She can Monitor the status of the entire network, and theoretically improve the work efficiency of all online devices on the network. Through her transfer, all our hosts can be formed and networked without loss—rather than the current impact on efficiency Pyramid network. Her body structure is also amazing, the fact that... she has no fixed body structure at all."
"There is no fixed body structure?" Sandora repeated in surprise.
Tavel nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the body structure is not fixed. She seems to be able to present the body model of any branch of Xiling, including the completely different structures of armored scorpions and Xiling angels. She can reproduce it. I I think this should be because she is based on the entire spiritual network, and any kind of Xiling apostle can be regarded as her component. She can call the physical data of all existing Xiling apostle branches, and then use the information entity to Build your own body in a modernized way. Uh… like that."
Tavier pointed to the crystal prism not far away, and I saw that Xiling had grown a unilateral wing behind her back at some point, and she was flapping this unbalanced wing in great trouble—then hit the crystal wall again Bounced back.
"Obviously, she hasn't been able to control these abilities very well," Tavel shook his head with a bit of regret, "but this also explains the source of her mimicry ability. She has become a race other than the Apostle of the Spirit, so it should be It is an extended use of her talent. According to the vassal race information recorded in the empire database, she can become any kind of life that she sees. Of course, this is all a trick. Compared with her true potential, she is like a creature in the universe. A speck of dust—in theory."
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