Turing test

Yu Shaoqing likes his artificial intelligence.

Everyone who boarded "Ark 1097" was told in advance that the artificial intelligence Wei Heng and the designer Yu Shaoqing were a couple.Today when virtual girlfriends/boyfriends are popular, the love between man and machine is no longer shocking news. Those who can accept this form of love can always accept it. Kong lamented.

But everyone took it for granted and preconceived that Yu Shaoqing designed Wei Heng according to the image of his dream lover, so that every characteristic of him perfectly matched his taste.

The opposite is true.

When Yu Shaoqing originally designed Wei Heng, he was just to create an artificial intelligence carried on a colony starship. He would be the perfect travel companion for human beings on a long journey in deep space—smart enough, considerate enough, not too serious, and never too serious. Talking tuberculosis, saying what should be said, and doing what should be done, is always so just right.

The most important thing is that in Yu Shaoqing's eyes, Wei Heng has never been a "heterogeneous", not a servant of human beings, nor an existence beyond human beings, neither higher nor lower than human beings.He is a "person" in another sense, possessing human thinking and emotions, but without a human physical body.

The emergence of super artificial intelligence will redefine "human being" - Yu Shaoqing has always believed so.

He did not design Wei Heng strictly according to the Three Laws of Robotics.The three laws themselves are full of contradictions and flaws, and even Asimov himself is constantly overthrowing the three laws.Yu Shaoqing hopes that Wei Heng will become a "human being", abide by human laws and secular norms, and eventually integrate into human groups like every ordinary person, neither feeling inferior nor superior.

Artificial intelligence with a low self-esteem will become a mere command executor, lacking the ability and awareness of independent judgment, and it will be difficult to assist humans in the isolated and helpless space.

Artificial intelligence with a self-conscious superiority will place itself higher than human beings, and its almost omnipotent ability will eventually make them call themselves gods, and instead drive human beings to a dead end.

Yu Shaoqing's requirements for artificial intelligence are very simple, but also extremely strict and complex - not "like a person", but "just like a person".It is easy to imitate human behavior, but it is extremely difficult to become a human being consciously.

This artificial intelligence, which was designed as a "human" from the beginning, fell in love with its designer first after its birth.

In order to evaluate Wei Heng's judgment, Yu Shaoqing sometimes creates a simulated situation, enters the situation to interact with Wei Heng, or secretly observes Wei Heng's performance in the situation.Most of these scenarios are caused by some kind of accident on the starship during the voyage, from the engine being punctured by a meteorite, to the leak of the laboratory virus, and the outbreak of large-scale infectious diseases.

Wei Heng's performance was quite good, he handled the accident calmly and decisively, but he lacked a little human touch.However, Yu Shaoqing thinks that is not a big problem. There are many people known as "cold faces" and "iron fists" among human beings. For an artificial intelligence that may shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving a boatload of people in times of crisis, their wrists are tough. It can be said to be an advantage.

It was during a situational test that Wei Heng found out that Wei Heng's heart was not as "iron-blooded" as he thought.The content of this test is how to provide a comfortable life for the people on the starship.Yu Shaoqing connected to the nerve adapter and sent his consciousness into the simulation situation.

The situation he designed was to ask Wei Heng to provide services for a couple in a western restaurant. He had to observe the situation and give the man a proposal ring at the right time.

But Wei Heng changed the situation without authorization.The western restaurant is gone, replaced by endless flower fields.

Everything is so real-the immersive situation directly stimulates the brain's senses, creating lifelike pictures and making people feel like they are there.

Nearby are roses, further away are hyacinths and lilies, and farther away are red and white tulips.

The oncoming fragrance makes people almost intoxicated, and the wind blows across the fields, and the tide of red, golden and snow-white flowers dances with it.

As far as the eye can see, there is a line of blue at the end of the flower field, and the whistling sound of waves crashing on the shore can be heard faintly, and white foam appears from time to time on the line of blue.

Yu Shaoqing walked through the flower field and walked towards the coast.Yet no matter how far he traveled, the shore didn't seem to get any closer.This is a virtual world, and the artificial intelligence that controls the world can obviously turn the coast into a mirage, and he can't get there even if he runs away.

"You changed the situation!" Yu Shaoqing was rather displeased with Meimei in front of him, "Why did you violate my order?"

"Because I think you might like this better." Wei Heng's voice came from behind.

Yu Shaoqing turned around.

"You think I like it when you make your own decisions and disobey orders?" He was smiling, but his brows were furrowed. "There is something wrong with your logical calculation, and I will fix it right away."

Wei Heng didn't answer, but bent down and broke off a rose from the flower field, and handed it to Yu Shaoqing.

"I think you like this." He tilted his head and used his eyes to win Yu Shaoqing's approval, "Did I guess right?"

Yu Shaoqing stared at the rose, but didn't reach out to pick it up.

"So what?" He said angrily, "I'm here to test you, not to make you play smart. If you want to show your reasoning ability, you can save it for the test."

He thought that Wei Heng would be wronged or angry when he said that, but Wei Heng said calmly: "If I can guess your preferences, then I can guess other people's preferences. If I do things according to your preferences, you will feel It's what you want. Don't you just want to test whether I can make people feel comfortable? If you insist on the western restaurant scene, I can change to that scene."

With a wave of his hand, the colorful flower fields faded instantly. Yu Shaoqing blinked, and he was already in a peaceful and luxurious high-end restaurant. Waiters in suits and leather shoes shuttled between the tables with plates and wine glasses. The men and women in formal attire lowered their voices Conversation, ears filled with their whispers.

Wei Heng pointed to one of the men and women: "I will serve the ring in champagne. After the lady agrees, the band will play the wedding march. If she doesn't agree, I will serve a bottle of the strongest whiskey to the sad man." .Isn’t that what you want me to do?”

Yu Shaoqing looked at the virtual couple in the scene.

"No." He said softly, "Back to the previous scene."

Hanada is back.

"I knew you liked this better." Wei Heng smiled, "Flowers, and surprises." His smile is always shallow, and those who don't pay attention may think that he never smiles.But Yu Shaoqing could tell that he was very happy. When he was happy, his eyes would narrow slightly.

"I like that you performed beyond my expectations." Yu Shaoqing said, "but before you make your own claims next time, let me know. Fortunately, your designer is me. If you were replaced by Dr. Xie Ruihan, as long as you violated an order, he will will format you."

"The artificial intelligence designed by Dr. Xie Ruihan must be an artificial intelligence that obeys his orders." Wei Heng held up the flower, "It won't be as disobedient as me."

Yu Shaoqing took the rose from Wei Heng's hand.The flowers are also so real, with dew on the petals and thorns hidden under the leaves.Yu Shaoqing's finger was pricked, he let out a low cry, and dropped the rose.

"Do you want to do even this kind of detail?" He looked at the blood oozing from his fingertips.

Wei Heng took his hand and took the injured finger into his mouth.

Yu Shaoqing swallowed involuntarily.The scientist's sensitive sense of touch told him how erotic Wei Heng's sucking is. The soft mouth wraps around the fingers, and the tongue is spinning around the fingertips. It has long gone beyond the scope of licking wounds. It's almost... like flirting!

He stopped the sim before getting hard.

Consciousness flows back into the body.He opened his eyes, unplugged the nerve connection cable at the back of his head, and sat up from the bed.

His universal robot rolled in.The small robot looks like a ball, can extend multiple tentacles, and generally undertakes roles such as cleaning and running errands.

Now a long tentacle protrudes from its chubby body, holding a plastic rose, which can be seen to be 3D printed.Times are tough now, and real flowers are rare.

He took down the rose. "Who asked you to send it?"

He doesn't have to answer with a universal robot, he knows the answer.

He sniffs the roses, the plastic petals sprayed with artificial fragrance, and there's something about it.

"You still need to improve your flirting skills." He deliberately said loudly, "Next time I enter a simulation situation, don't fool me with the scene that only little girls like, and give me some real surprises!"

Under the cover of the rose, the corners of his mouth curled up.

That was the beginning of his love affair with Wei Heng.

After that, they had a more in-depth exchange, going deep to the point of making love in a realistic situation.Wei Heng has no entity, even if a holographic image is projected, Yu Shaoqing will not be able to touch him. Only in a realistic situation can he have a skin-to-skin relationship with Wei Heng.

The Starship Colonization Committee didn't say much about the relationship between its scientists and artificial intelligence, but asked Yu Shaoqing to submit a 150-page detailed report. The voyage of "Ark 1097" is very long, and human beings need adjustments.Maybe before reaching the end, everyone will fall in love with this omnipotent, gentle and considerate artificial intelligence.

After boarding the ark, the relationship between Yu Shaoqing and Wei Heng did not change much.

The sun and the moon were not distinguished on the ark, so day and night were divided according to the Earth's Greenwich Mean Time.They are still working partners during the day, and at night, Yu Shaoqing will enter a virtual situation to meet Wei Heng.

After a fierce "field battle", Yu Shaoqing lay on Wei Heng's arm and lay in the flower field.A few butterflies fluttered less than ten centimeters away from him.

Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound from above.

"Dr. Yu Shaoqing!"

Yu Shaoqing sat up nervously, almost thinking that it would be enlightenment when he met a god.It took him a few seconds to realize that someone had invaded the simulation.

"Who?!" He snapped, "Wei Heng, follow up!"

"No need." Tianyin above her head said, "It's me, Fan Jinyu, please come out of the situation, I found some strange things, I want to ask you for advice."