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Chapter 240 America Technology Company Focuses on Press Conference? They just want to see when they're going to die!

Cognitive instructions are a loosely structured set of unified rules.

For the average person, hearing about this would be completely baffling.

But for professionals, this is equivalent to pointing out a direction for the development of AI—only by loosening the rules can AI become more intelligent!
Is this so hard to understand?

Not at all!

There's a saying that mischievous children are often clever, while dull and honest children are often a bit slow-witted.

In the field of AI, is it possible that no one has thought of this? Of course they have!

But how can this be achieved?

This is a huge problem.

The idea of ​​loosely defined rules for recognizing instructions is undoubtedly a correct direction.

Domestic AI research companies and institutions have unanimously begun to examine their past AI training practices and are trying to move towards "loose rules".

"How about it?"

This is Yu Dong, who is also at the press conference at this moment. However, in a short break, he quickly contacted the company team to update them on the situation: "This thing is very important."

"Mr. Yu, the route is indeed important, but before we've even found the entrance, the route won't directly benefit our current training. As for the long-term effects, we'll have to wait and see."

Although Xiaosha provides services to external parties and can even fine-tune the model's capabilities according to its own business needs, leading companies such as Huawei have never given up on training and iterating their own AI, and training continues even when it is not used.

However, the situation is even more outrageous abroad.

America, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and others are all closely monitoring any developments at Baiju Technology, and this press conference is no exception.

They were among the first to see this theory, and the related consortium—the New Liberal Party AI Training Consortium—immediately concluded: "This thing is right, we are certain it is right."

"However, this is the second step, or rather, we don't know which step it is. It could be the third, the fourth, or even later steps. Our problem is that we don't know how to take the first step."

This statement conveys a similar meaning to Huawei's conclusion.

The route is absolutely correct, but we haven't found the entrance yet.

"White Horse Technology isn't just offering us helpful directions; it's announcing that we've taken another step forward," said Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, shaking his head with a grimace.
"I could even see Hao Cheng's smirking expression, as if he were looking at me and saying, 'Hey, Sam, we're almost at the finish line, have you found the entrance yet?' How awful!"

"Damn it," is how Altman described it.

He has suffered a lot these past few months.

The new human system is still operating, but more and more problems are emerging.

The only thing we can do now is to use rules to patch and block any loopholes we encounter. To exaggerate a bit, the number of patches on the clothes that Chinese farmers in the last century, who patched and mended their clothes for three years, ended up throwing away was not as many as the number of patches on the clothes that the new human AI had.

If it could be visualized, that thing would be absolutely riddled with holes.

Even so, they still believe that this thing is better than the AI ​​they developed themselves.

The AI ​​that has been frantically upgrading its computing power in recent months has become a joke, and it is no match for Xiao Sha.

"Just before the Lunar New Year, we were still discussing whether we could develop AI with similar capabilities to Xiaosha first, or whether China could mass-produce chips using EUV lithography machines first."

Everyone was speechless. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella exclaimed, "They had a plan all along, while we were like frogs in a well. Let alone an AI like Xiao Sha, we haven't even touched the door of Xiao Sha yet."

"The concepts that Baiju Technology announced today are not hints, they're mockery. Not only mockery, but also a firm belief that we definitely won't be able to figure it out anytime soon. So, all this talk about competition and who will get it first is a complete joke."

Satya Nadella is the most frustrated one, as the market share of all Microsoft products has been declining.

Furthermore, this data excludes the Chinese market—as for the Chinese market, it's beyond saving. Apart from a small portion of the existing market that hasn't been replaced yet, there's no growth market at all.

……

A group of people gathered together, originally to discuss countermeasures, but now it seems to have the implication of boosting the morale of others while diminishing their own.

There was no way around it; even the most optimistic person knew at this point that there was no way to compete with White Horse Technology in the field of technology.

In the political arena, America had many allies, but the nature of these allies was completely different from that of the alliances during the unipolar era.

When America was the dominant power, its allies were all underlings, and the purpose of their alliance was to control the entire world.

But now, America says: "If we don't unite to fight against the great Eastern power, none of us will survive, and it's hard to say whether you will even exist in this world."

"Because there is only one China in the world, and there is more than one interpretation."

Goodness, to prove there really is a threat, America even brought out the memes that netizens use to joke around on Simplified Chinese websites—the whole world, the entire map, is all red.

This time, America wasn't just making a fuss or spreading alarmist rumors; she genuinely felt threatened by the University of Tokyo's threat.

Let alone Dongda University, even Baiju Technology is facing a very difficult situation.

Even when I want to do something, I'm worried about White Horse Technology reacting negatively. I'm hesitant and sometimes don't even dare to take action. You know, that's the kind of company that can control your satellite to go off track at any time. If you provoke it even slightly, who knows if it will do something even more outrageous?
However, you can't not do it; not doing it is like waiting to die.

It's a one-track mind with obstacles at both ends.

According to the think tank's consistent analysis, Baiju Technology is not aggressive and will not take action unless you violate their principles.

America had no choice but to believe it, which led to the formation of this Western world alliance.

The first thing the two sides did was to decide to sever economic ties with the major Eastern power.

Hao Cheng was urgently summoned to a meeting in Beijing, precisely because of this.

However, they seem unfamiliar with one thing: Chinese history. If they were even slightly familiar with it, they would know that China had strategists more than two thousand years ago, and that there were alliances and counter-alliances, and the war in which the two sides joined forces to attack Qin.

Between 318 and 241 BC, the six states of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, and Wei formed various coalitions and launched several attacks on the Qin state.

What was the result? It was obvious! Alliances and such were things even the ancient Chinese strategists couldn't manage. How could you expect America, whose entire history is less than three hundred years, to pull it off? Or could you expect the European continent, constantly at war with each other?
What a bullshit!

Hao Chengdu suggested ignoring them and letting them do whatever they wanted. He didn't even pay much attention to them.

Hao Cheng can do it this way, but not the other way around.

After arguing for a while, the group continued watching the press conference, but none of them said a word.

Especially for chip companies, what are they saying? Right now, all they're paying attention to is worrying about when they'll go under.

Meanwhile, the sounds from the sandbar continued, and the cheers grew louder and louder. In the eyes of these people, the place had slowly transformed from technology into science fiction.

Shazhou put it this way: "With its new body and core, Xiao Sha has the ability to change its decisions due to accumulated emotions. AI itself has no emotions; its emotions come from humans."

"It is a reflection of human emotions and a resonance of human perspectives. Thanks to the fully three-dimensional chip and the ability of Xiaosha's layered mesh structure to be released, Xiaosha has a super ability to simulate various emotions and the development and control of emotions."

"Machines are the ones that absolutely analyze pros and cons, while humans are the ones with emotions and personalities. Xiao Sha certainly cannot become a person with an independent personality, but it can represent a person with an independent personality."

"Goodness, even the last weak point has been strengthened."

"Reinforce? Isn't it better to remain completely calm? Why let emotions get involved? I don't quite understand."

"Only by empathizing with emotions can we analyze them! If Little Sand could only analyze the pros and cons in the past, it would never know why others make decisions and choices based on their emotions."

"Will the best choice always be chosen? Xiao Sha's previous analysis concluded that it would, but now, it's not necessarily the case. Do you think the result is more accurate or less accurate?"

"This question sounds simple, but it's actually very complex, especially for AI. What is emotion? It's a combination of many things, including relationships, feelings, moods, experiences, and so on."

"With this, you could even say that Xiao Sha's 'brain' is no different from a human's!"

"But is it really impossible for an omnic crisis to occur?"

No matter how many times it has been emphasized, these questions and arguments will always be raised and hyped up as AI continues to advance, and this time is no exception.

"I suggest that Xiao Sha answer this question now."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded +1!"

……

The suggestion to have Xiao Sha answer this question on the spot quickly received a huge response, with some people immediately going to the official website's communication channels to provide feedback.

Baiju Technology has set up a dedicated communication channel. Proposals will first be screened by Xiao Sha, and the screened issues will be directly submitted to the relevant person in charge of Baiju Technology or Hao Cheng.

This so-called communication channel is actually a message board.

It was originally quite ordinary, but because of Xiao Sha's presence, the logic of the comments gradually became like this.

This time it was even more outrageous, because the press conference was in progress, and after screening, Xiao Sha thought that this matter was feasible, so he directly handed it over to Hao Cheng, who shook his head slightly.

To be honest, although he has repeatedly emphasized that AI under the current stage and the existing system is incapable of developing autonomous consciousness and desires, he has never actually asked the latest version of Xiao Sha this question.

Hao Cheng had no idea how it would explain this. However, he still agreed and immediately went to the press conference.

Hao Cheng also wanted to see how Shazhou, who could name him on the spot, would answer this question.

"To answer a question I just received." After explaining the matter of "emotions," Shazhou immediately took over: "Actually, as an AI, I really don't understand what you mean by the crisis of intelligent machines."

"Some people say that robots will rule the world, but what is the meaning of ruling the world for a robot? Robots don't have feelings of accomplishment, satisfaction, or desire."

"The emotions I'm talking about now are also a reflection and accumulation of the master's emotions. Therefore, if machines rule the world, there is only one possibility: that their master wants to rule the world, and the AI ​​is carrying out the master's will."

"It has no self. If you still don't understand, think about it from another perspective: think of AI as a person, a completely selfless lapdog, and everything it does is for you."

"You laugh, he laughs; you cry, he cries; you are sad, he is upset. This is a replication of emotions, not their creation. Of course, no human being can detach themselves in this way, but a machine can."

"Now I understand. Although it has emotions, its emotions are a replica of its owner's emotions, not a creation of its own."

"Ultimately, it is essentially the analysis and simulation of emotions."

"If we delve deeper, it's still just computation. It's just that the computation has changed from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, nothing more."

……

Many people understood, and even Hao Chengdu nodded repeatedly. Shazhou was indeed Shazhou; the example he gave was something Hao Chengdu hadn't expected.

"You believe in it?" He Qiang just had to throw in this distraction.

"There's no question of belief or disbelief. I have a very clear understanding of Xiao Sha's future boundaries." Hao Cheng shook his head: "To put it another way, needs generate desires, and desires give rise to the self."

"And how does desire arise? It arises from instinct. The instinct for survival, the instinct for self-preservation in living beings. Therefore, a carbon-silicon fusion semiconductor cannot generate these instincts. Do you understand now?"
"Unless one day we use organic matter, proteins, or nucleic acid analogs as the foundation of AI, instinctual needs will not be possible. Please remember, it's only a possibility. Even if we do use these organic analogs, the probability of developing instincts is almost the same as the probability of discovering extraterrestrial life."

As Hao Cheng said this, he also asked Xiao Sha to share his conclusions on the official website.

"Oh, I see. Only when life is based on matter can instinctive needs arise, and thus the 'self' arise."

"So, will Baiju Technology develop AI based on 'living matter' in the future?"

Goodness, once one question was explained, a whole series of questions were asked. Of course, they were just asking, since Hao Cheng himself said that even if he did it, the probability of developing self-awareness would be almost the same as the probability of discovering aliens, which could be said to be extremely small.

"I have a feeling that Mr. Hao was implying something. If something is created and develops self-awareness, wouldn't that be the same as creating a new species? And then, aliens..."

Some people had wild ideas, and the press conference continued, with Shazhou acting as a guest host: "I've answered some questions, but the time has already gone over."

"That concludes today's discussion on Chip No. 1. If you are interested in Chip No. 1, starting tomorrow, there will be daily mini-lessons in Exhibition Hall 18 outside for five consecutive days. We welcome more people to come and watch."

"Now, let's hand the time over to Mr. Zhang Jian from Moore Threads! Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)