It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 438: Long Silence

Matrix glass, Peter heard the name again.

But on second thought, it would be strange not to mention such an advanced product when talking about the changes in Singapore.

Peter asked: "Does this mean that for young people, their competition is more based on talent and intellectual talent differences?
Originally, habit was also a kind of ability, but now that everyone can develop good habits, the factor of intelligence begins to occupy a more important position.

Individuals with higher intelligence will be selected.

Would this overemphasize intellectual selection and lead to a selection system that is too homogeneous?"

Manager Liu gave a thumbs up and said, "Peter, you said it very well.

The professor's concerns at the time were very similar to yours.

In the past, our selective examinations have been constantly improving, and the examinations themselves have placed more and more emphasis on testing comprehensive abilities.

With the matrix glass, it is easy to fall into the trap of over-emphasizing the singleness of intellectual selection, which leads people to focus one-sidedly on intelligence and neglect the development of other aspects.

This one-dimensional evaluation standard may marginalize some people who perform poorly in intelligence tests but have strengths in other areas. In more serious cases, it may even produce an idea that intelligence is supreme, providing fertile ground for the growth of social Darwinism.

He was worried that this was exactly what Alpha Tech wanted to see.

Because the foundation of Alpha Technology's survival lies in artificial intelligence technology, and the progress of artificial intelligence replacing human work is accelerating. For Alpha Technology, they do not need humans with strong comprehensive abilities, they only need humans with superior intelligence to promote the further development of artificial intelligence technology.

The underlying logic of Alpha Technology led to the birth of matrix glass, and the birth of matrix glass will lead to the selection of more individuals with superior intelligence, which will then become the nutrients of Alpha's artificial intelligence technology.

Of course, this is the professor's guess, I just think it makes sense, so I wanted to share it with you."

Such sharing is very close to the truth of the matter.

Lion City, led by Alpha, will break through the boundaries between reality and the Internet in the future in order to further promote its own intelligence, which requires more data, stronger computing power and better algorithms.

Alpha's intelligence level is far beyond that of current individuals.

Including the layout in Lion City, it is a series of combination punches.

After listening to Manager Liu’s introduction, Peter Thiel felt that there was some truth in it, but why would such a shrewd Alpha Technologies be so unwise in de-dollarization?

Unless they are really sure that they can confront America head-on, where will the other side get the confidence from?

Fortunately, under Edward's guidance, he arranged a private meeting with Samad the next day.

"Edward, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Peter looked at Edward in front of him.

The last time they met was thirteen years ago. Compared to thirteen years ago, Edward in front of him seemed to have not aged at all.

He also noticed that the glasses Edward was wearing did not have the matrix logo and were not the most popular matrix glasses in Singapore.

“Yes, during my time in Lion City, I feel like I have found myself again. Now is the best time. I have witnessed unprecedented changes in Lion City.”

Alpha Technologies’ headquarters in Singapore is located in a commercial office building around Tanjong Pagar MRT station.

The entire building was originally acquired by Malaysian developer GuocoLand for S$17 billion and was later taken over by Alpha Technologies.

Peter and Edward met on the 31st floor of the Alpha Technology Building, which is also the location of the Alpha Technology reception room. The entire reception room was empty except for the two of them.

The ones pouring water in front are all robots.

All the service staff in the entire building are robots, which is in line with the characteristics of Alpha Technology.

“Transformation is a very appropriate word, and what is happening in Lion City is indeed a transformation.

It is not an easy task to achieve the goal without causing any casualties." Peter sighed.

Edward looked him straight in the eye, "This is the power of technology.

When there is a technological lag, he seems to be omnipotent in the eyes of those who are technologically backward, and he doesn’t even know why he failed when he failed. "

Edward's self-confidence and the fact that he had joined Alpha Technology could not be concealed at all.

Peter originally thought that the relationship between Edward and Alpha was just a cooperation, a business cooperation, where each side got what they needed.

As it turns out, the other party is more like Alpha Technology's most loyal believer.

"What do you think of Samad?" Peter asked.

Edward said: "His greatness is absolutely underestimated by the world. He is a better scientist than Wright and Musk.

I know this may sound crazy, but once you meet Samad, you will no longer have any doubt about it.

In a sense, Samad is also the hope for the future of mankind, the hope for mankind to escape its current fate.”

This is even more exaggerated than surrendering, Peter thought. This is simply treating the other party as an omnipotent god.

Peter has always known that Light has the nickname of the God of Light and is regarded as a god by the Chinese. However, the Chinese people call Chen Yuanguang the God of Light more like a compliment rather than really treating him as a god. But now Edward seems to really treat the other party as a god.

Such nonsense as what we hope for the future of mankind has been said.

“I know you will have countless questions and confusions in your heart, but when you meet Mr. Samad, all your doubts will dissipate and you will eventually come to a similar point of view as mine.

That is, Samad will become the omnipotent God of this century, and for devotees like us, being able to be closer to God is a rare blessing. "

Peter felt that it was simply impossible to communicate with Edward. It was hard to imagine that someone with such a fanatic mindset could be one of the co-founders of Facebook.

But on second thought, Newton was able to study theology crazily in his old age, and in the second edition of his "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", he even deliberately added a new concept called the first mover.

The general meaning is that the movement of celestial bodies not only depends on gravity, but also involves a deeper level of push from God, the so-called "first push".

If even Newton was like this, it is no surprise that Edward would behave like this.

Indeed, in the eyes of some people, a big man who can bring about earth-shaking changes in Lion City almost overnight is not much different from a god.

"Well, what are his magical performances?"

Before Edward could answer, the entire reception room suddenly darkened, all the lights went out, and the dark curtains gradually dimmed the lights on the glass curtain wall. A mechanical sound echoed throughout the reception room:

"I am a god in his mind, but I am not a god, and the human world does not need a god. I will only help mankind move towards a better future, a future without hunger, disease, war, and cold."

I felt the mechanical sound coming from all directions.

After he finished speaking, the lights came back on. Edward was no longer in the living room. Only a white robot was sitting opposite Peter.

"Samad?" Peter did not hesitate.

He knew that Samad liked to use robots as his stand-in. He had communicated with the president of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific before coming here, and the other party revealed this information to him. Since Chen Yuanguang used a robot as a stand-in to help accept the award at the last Nobel Prize ceremony, and with the increasing maturity of robot technology, more and more bigwigs like to use stand-ins to attend meetings.

For example, Oracle's founder Ellison is on vacation in Hawaii or other places, but when Silicon Valley holds board meetings, he likes to use robot substitutes to attend.

The bigwigs don't like to rush back on a private jet just for a board meeting, nor do they like to have only one avatar at such relatively important meetings, so the form of robot substitutes has become popular.

Of course, the founders of old technology giants like Oracle, who have plenty of dollars in their hands, buy robots hand-made in Silicon Valley, focusing on the engineering spirit.

If you are not as strong as them, you can buy the standard robots from the University of Tokyo. If you are even weaker, maybe just a company executive whose options have not been redeemed, then it is not impossible to buy semi-standard robots from India.

Why is it semi-standardized? Because they are all made on a batch production line, the materials, molds and everything are exactly the same, but there are differences in the finished products, so it is called semi-standardized.

In short, this type of robot substitute is very popular in Silicon Valley and in other countries as well.

It’s almost becoming standard for senior executives.

Once, Facebook executives held a meeting attended entirely by robots. The employee responsible for organizing the meeting took a photo and posted it on TikTok, which immediately became a hit.

Because it allows the American people to see that life at the top is becoming increasingly different from theirs.

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This cyberpunk scenario makes everyone feel increasingly uneasy. As technology develops and capital becomes alienated, sooner or later everyone will be killed by artificial intelligence.

"it's me."

So when the robot appeared, Peter didn't even think that it was artificial intelligence. He even wanted to observe which company made such a realistic robot, or whether Alpha Technology was planning to enter the robotics industry.

"I wonder if you know why I'm here," said Peter.

"Washington intends to take action against Alpha Technologies. You hope to reach a deal with me to help the Elephant Party win next year's election. The Elephant Party will help me block the pressure from Washington." Samad summarized briefly.

Peter nodded: "Yes." He was not surprised that Samad guessed his purpose. He even felt more confident after hearing it.

If the other party can't even guess your intentions, how can you fight against the Democratic Party with this intelligence gathering capability?

“I can do it, but it’s not enough.

Because Washington itself poses no threat to me.

Even though they had already ambushed more than two hundred people in Lion City, the Americans in three bases in Lion City had already tried to take action.

But what I want to say is that these are useless.

You've arrived just in time to welcome you to a show.

You can wait here and watch the show, and then we can talk."

After he finished speaking, the same light and shadow changed, and Samad's robot substitute disappeared in the living room, and Edward appeared instead.

"Peter, I also know why you are here. Mr. Samad will definitely help you achieve your desired goal.

But the prerequisite is that you have to offer chips that can satisfy the other party. "

After returning to the hotel, the word "chip" was still spinning in his mind. What exactly is a chip and what is Samad relying on?

Before the next morning, his phone kept ringing in the early hours of the morning. According to Peter's settings, only a few people could get through to him.

"You said."

"Peter, this is **, are you in Singapore now?"

"Oh, yes, I'm in Lion City now."

"Something big happened in Lion City!"

"What?" Peter shuddered. Has the show that Samad mentioned begun?
"Everything, I mean everything, has been disconnected from all our safe houses in Lion City since 2am. The equipment in the safe houses has not responded at all, as if they don't exist.

Then we tried to contact c** members in Singapore, but we couldn't get through to any of them.

Originally, C** had some members in Singapore, and then the Donkey Party transferred a group of people from other Asia-Pacific regions, and they all disappeared. "

Peter took a deep breath and thought, is this what Samad relies on?
That’s impressive, and the intelligence gathering capability is well demonstrated, but it’s not enough.

Because the problem you can't avoid is that Singapore has three American bases.

You can make a safe house disappear, but you can't make a base disappear.

"so?"

"So the White House hopes to appoint you as an emergency envoy to find out what is going on."

After Peter told the other party roughly what he had seen and heard in the morning, a voice came from the other end of the phone: "Damn Alpha Technology.

okay, I get it.

You stay safe."

Peter asked: "Shouldn't our Big Ice be deployed at this time?"

This is not common sense. Whenever something like this happens, the White House would think of finding a special envoy instead of taking immediate action.

All the safe houses are gone, which in a sense is already a siege.

"em"

"Well, Peter, what I'm trying to say is that the situation is not optimistic.

Because in addition to the things I just mentioned, some other things happened.

For example, one missile was launched from each of the missiles deployed at Balabac Island, Apra Harbor Base, Excalibur Base, and Kadena Base.

Although the battle took place on the high seas, we guess that Alpha was warning us not to act rashly."

"How is that possible! Aren't military networks highly physically isolated from ordinary networks?
How could they possibly break through the defenses of the military network under physical isolation?
And as far as I know, half of the 50 Haohan-I quantum computers that Goldman Sachs bought from Alpha Technologies are used to provide encryption for military networks.

How could Alpha Technologies, which doesn't even have a quantum computer, possibly break through our information security defenses?"

It turns out that the show is divided into two parts, the first half is suspense, and the second half is thriller.

"Not only that, what's more fatal is that it didn't break into the system, but it directly knew all our keys." After that, the phone fell into a long silence.

(End of this chapter)