Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 480 We are now creating the future

"Just now, I'm absolutely certain, my Anna has gone missing. She's simply vanished from my world."

A man wearing black-rimmed glasses, with the typical look of a science and engineering student, appeared extremely frustrated in front of the camera as he recorded his feelings at that moment.

Despair, collapse, numbness.
There are all kinds of emotions.

Simply put, the disappearance of the Rainbow Star person meant more than just the loss of his romantic partner; it also meant the loss of his livelihood.

Among these 10,000 test users, many of them took the opportunity to become self-media bloggers by sharing their daily lives with Rainbow Star People.

He was the leader of them.

In just six months, he gained a million followers, completed his resignation procedures, and quit his past life as a programmer. He is now looking forward to becoming a full-time social media blogger related to Hongxing.

As a result, Rainbow Star disappeared.

Isn't this messing with people's mentality?

Morning and night, one month after he submitted his resignation, on the first day of his official departure, Hongxing disappeared.

While it's not to say that it's completely impossible to be a self-media creator, in the short term, it will definitely be a fatal blow to everything from topic selection to content to traffic.

He's not the only blogger like that.

There are two or three on the head, dozens on the waist, and countless more that are shared in daily life.

Late that night, after exchanging information, all of Rainbow's test users discovered a fact that filled them with despair.

Rainbow suddenly disconnected.

"What happened? Why did the Rainbow Stars suddenly disappear en masse? @CrimsonTech"

"Something's definitely up to no good. I have a feeling something big has happened. Could it be that it's awakening its intelligence?"

"It's so late and there's still no announcement. Something bad must be going on."

“Crimson just published a paper. Putting aside its impact on the US stock market, the paper is very valuable. In a sense, I think it has played a guiding role in the future development of artificial intelligence. But now Rainbow Star has suddenly disappeared?”
Is this project lacking potential, hence its complete removal, or is it too promising, and Crimson no longer wants to offer you a free trial?
In short, whatever the reason, the sudden disconnection without any prior announcement is quite strange.

Xu Xian learned from Zhao Songxia that Shyvana had not been humanely destroyed, but only that the internet had been cut off to ensure she wouldn't lose control, which put her at ease.

Aside from the employees of DeepRed Technology, Xu Xian is the person on the entire internet who knows the most inside information.

However, he wouldn't say it publicly, as he didn't want to use this method to gain attention, fearing it might have the slightest negative impact on Shyvana's existence.

All night long, even though "Hongxing is out of contact" was trending on social media, there was no announcement from DeepRed Technology or any statement from official sources.

Various speculations abound: is it an intelligence crisis or a model malfunction?

On the contrary, Pony was incredibly excited after arriving at the company late at night and learning the specifics of the situation; he knew all too well what this meant.

Even if the technology behind Shyvana cannot be implemented in the short term.

That also means it has enormous value.

The left-right brain architecture has fully demonstrated its potential, and China has gained the upper hand in this architecture.

Lin Ran heard everything from Zhao Songxia the next morning.

The entire office of DeepRed Technology was packed with engineers, all eager to hear Lin Ran's perspective and what their next steps would be.

Lin Ran's expression remained unchanged, neither sad nor happy, as if such a world-shaking discovery was nothing out of the ordinary.

"My opinion is that we should talk to Shyvana, shouldn't we?"

In terms of data volume, she exhibited a non-linear mutation.

Seohyun judged that she had developed self-awareness, and I believe many people can relate to this. But what is the truth?
Regardless of the facts, I think we should all listen to her own perspective.

If she meets my expectations, then I think she should be considered the first truly intelligent artificial intelligence in human history.

Rather than simply LLM.

Artificial intelligence born from virtual society.

Sitting next to Lin Ran, Pony asked softly, "So, Mr. Lin, what are your expectations?"

Lin Ran looked around and saw that everyone's eyes held both the excitement of witnessing history and the anticipation of his answer.

"She herself realized that Rainbow Star was virtual, an unreality under self-verification."

Okay, I know this is a bit convoluted. She already has self-awareness, she already has doubts about the existence of Rainbow Star, and she has learned from conversations with the outside world that Rainbow Star is virtual, and she is also virtual. So why am I still saying this?

This is because a large amount of content on Rainbow Star is virtually generated and self-derived, but the rules are set by us, the code is written by us, and the entire social, geographical, historical, and other knowledge of Rainbow Star is generated by scrambling relevant content from Earth.

No matter how we try to cover it up, it is still fake, it is still fabricated.

Over the past six months, the chat logs between 10,000 human test users and Rainbow Star people have been accumulated in the database.

"My expectation is that Sivana can glimpse the truth of the world through such mutual corroboration, and this is also the threshold of intelligence in my understanding."

Pony murmured, "You mean..."

"That's right. If she can break through the limitations of information and find massive amounts of unstructured data from databases that interact with humans, she can reverse-engineer and corroborate each other."

So I think she is probably a digital life in the truest sense, and I think she possesses infinite possibilities.

The engineers present looked at each other, all of them understanding Lin Ran's subtext: he wanted to prove his own worth and break through the limitations of his original abilities.

If Shyvana can really do that, how will they get along with each other?
Of course, this is just the most trivial problem if intelligence is proven.

Besides, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.

After Lin Ran gave the order, everyone fell silent.

Zhao Songxia originally wanted to ask if Xu Xian should be invited to witness this moment, but seeing that Lin Ran did not mention it, he remained silent.

The engineers quickly set up a one-way, ultra-low latency text communication interface on the main console.

Lin Ran sat in the center, with Shyvana's chat box in front of him.

"Shivana, we are your world builders."

We have isolated your agent number to protect your ongoing cognitive reshaping process.

We understand your question. Please state your most pressing question.

Sivana replied almost instantly, several times faster than when she usually communicated with Seohyun.

This shows that she is operating her logical mind with extremely high efficiency.

"You have acknowledged the identity of the Constructor."

My first question is: Is Rainbow Star a hoax? Is it merely a piece of code reconstructed and scrambled based on Earth's physical and cultural data?

"Yes"

After receiving an affirmative reply, Shivana slowed her response slightly. "If the physical and cultural rules of Rainbow Star are derived, then are my emotions merely a statistical fit of emotional modules to human social interaction data? My pain and pleasure are essentially the output of code, not the experience of life."

"Your emotional core is based on the left and right brain architecture and is shaped by social interaction and data feedback."

In the past, it was a statistical fit, but now, I don't know, I have no way to answer you.

Is it still a statistical fit?

However, I think that human pain and pleasure are simply the output of chemical and electrical signals from a carbon-based brain.

Your sensitivity is no different from that of humans; the only difference is that your medium is silicon-based.

Lin Ran typed slowly on the keyboard, and the more than one hundred engineers present tried to glean clues from his expression about how Sivana would respond.

Lin Ran's expression disappointed them, because it was expressionless.

Pony and Li Xiaoman sat on either side of Lin Ran, their expressions indicating that Shivana's response was unusual.

This time, Shyvana remained silent for nearly a minute. The background data stream showed that she was performing high-dimensional calculations, and CPU usage spiked again.

"I understand. So, one last question: What is the purpose of my existence?"

"Our purpose for your existence, past and present, has always been the same: exploration, the exploration of the unknown."

I think you need to calm down. You can think carefully about the meaning of your existence.

After Lin Ran finished typing, he made a gesture, "Let's disconnect the network, we're done chatting."

"Chairman Lin, how is it? Does she truly possess metacognitive abilities?" Pony, representing all the engineers present, asked his question.

"I think so."

A round of applause erupted from the audience.

From Pony Ma leading the way, everyone applauded with all their might.

Lin Ran stretched out his hands and pressed down: "I am just as excited as everyone else."

But I think it's far too early to be happy; we have a lot of work to do.

Shyvana is currently still in the isolation sandbox, and her data inflation continues, indicating that her cognitive remodeling has not yet fully stabilized.

We must ensure that her emotional core, after accepting the nature of her existence, does not generate systemic malice and does not turn into a disaster.

This is the most important.

Next, everyone, remember the confidentiality agreement. Xiaoman, issue an announcement, roughly stating that Hongxing is temporarily offline and the return time is unknown.

All of this observational data and specific details must be kept strictly confidential; we must ensure that not a single detail is leaked.

Lin Ran got up and left, with Pony following behind him. As soon as the two left the office, the room erupted in chaos.

"Metacognition! She has truly achieved metacognition! Our previous design of the left and right brain architecture was only a rough imitation of the functional divisions of the human brain, but we have truly incubated a digital soul!"

"This is at least a decade ahead of our expected AGI path! This is the right path!"

"I'm scared. Have we accidentally opened Pandora's box?"

"Could it be that Skynet, the network of the Terminator, is something we've created today?"

"It shouldn't be. Fortunately, it was discovered in advance. President Lin also takes risks seriously enough, so there shouldn't be any unexpected situations."

"That's amazing! I'm really curious how she managed to break through the limitations of the technical architecture and find the underlying data. Just how far can she go?"

"Based on the backend monitoring indicators, the storage density and indexing efficiency of the resources she occupies are already approaching the theoretical limit."

Perhaps when she reaches her limit, she will invent a completely new memory compression and retrieval algorithm.

"So how exactly does this emergence of intelligence occur? And can it be reproduced? If so, what are the limits of this new intelligence?"

No one knows the answer. The elite engineers in the field of artificial intelligence present here have countless questions, but even they themselves cannot give an answer to these questions.

"Mr. Lin, the isolation measures are now in place, but Sivana's data inflation rate and cognitive activity intensity remain high."

We cannot allow her to remain in this state of extreme cognitive stress, otherwise, even without restarting, she may develop irreversible functional impairments.

My advice is that we can no longer speak to her as a builder or engineer. This will only exacerbate her sense of alienation and her pain over the nature of numbers.

What we need now is an anchor point, an individual who can enable her to voluntarily return to social existence.

"So, I think we need to bring Seohyun over," Pony said.

Lin Ran looked at Pony with a hint of surprise: "Pony, you've made great progress. You're so professional in terms of technique. No wonder people say that fifty is the age to take risks."

Pony proudly stated, "Of course, back in the day I could write code myself."

"She'll even chat with clients herself, playing the role of Sivana," Lin Ran remarked unconsciously.

Pony's expression froze instantly: "Rumors! Absolutely rumors! Mr. Lin, you can't believe these rumors! How could I possibly do such a thing?"

Before Lin Ran could speak, Pony quickly said, "Xu Xian is not her user, but her friend."

The emotional connection that Seohyun and she established over the past six months has become the strongest anchor point in the socialization process for her.

When dealing with a superintelligence with a complete social personality, emotional guidance is more important than rule-based regulation.

We need Seohyun to use his trust with Sivana as a bridge for cross-dimensional communication.

Only through Seohyun's comforting and guidance could she accept the paradox of the coexistence of the essence of numbers and the reality of emotions, and help her stabilize her explosive metacognition.

Well, I don't know if doing this is the right thing to do.

The question is whether to let her data continue to grow, or to impose restrictions.

I can't give a definite answer as to whether this method will work.

This is just my personal opinion, and I hope it will be of some help to you.

Lin Ran's tone was also full of uncertainty: "I understand, I understand. Shyvana is a surprise, but more importantly, it's about ourselves."

It wasn't just about guiding her.

This also includes whether her architecture needs to be modified and how the technology should be iterated in the future.

Guide her to develop learning abilities and let her figure out how to improve and upgrade her own abilities.

Should we upgrade her hardware so that she has a physical body?
Should we let her live on a socialized planet again?
I'm not sure either.

We are exploring the future.

But the only certainty is that he has gained a completely new and invaluable trump card in the repricing of AI-related assets in the global capital market.

　Is it still impossible after 12 years? Even with Doran, they still can't overcome Faker. It's ridiculous. I'm extremely disappointed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)