Turing test

Yu Shaoqing felt that he had a long dream.

In his dream, he lived on the earth decades ago, and had a lover named Wei Heng.They participated in the Turing test of the super artificial intelligence Tianshu, and were hunted down by Tianshu after that, and finally defeated the crazy artificial intelligence without any risk.

There are dark and scary parts of this dream, but there are also many warm and beautiful places.In his dream, he could really embrace Wei Heng, exchanging hugs, kisses and each other's body temperature.It doesn't matter even if Wei Heng is a man-made object created by an extraterrestrial civilization.He loves this Wei Heng.

But no matter how beautiful the dream is, it will eventually wake up.

The moment he woke up, he couldn't distinguish between dream and reality for a while, and the two completely different but subtly similar lives stood side by side, which made him feel the illusion of Zhuang Sheng's dream butterfly.

On one side is him who lives on the earth, has experienced the betrayal of the artificial intelligence Tianshu, and with the help of friends and lovers, he finally defeated the crazy AI that tried to rule mankind.

On the other side is him who lives on "Ark 1097". He followed the starship to the distant Tianshu galaxy, but encountered an accident on the way. He studied the brain quantum state restoration technology alone, and finally committed suicide because of a mental breakdown because he could not bear the loneliness and guilt. died.

- This is his real life.

"... Shouldn't I be dead already?"

He raised his head and stared at Wei Heng.The man in front of him is his creation and his lover. No matter in his real life or in that "dream", Wei Heng's appearance has never changed at all. He is always so young and handsome, with thin lips But sharp, but warm when he smiles, his eyes are calm and indifferent, but gentle.

"I remember I committed suicide. I cut my wrist with a piece of iron." Yu Shaoqing raised his left hand, the skin on the wrist was smooth and clean, without any scars.

"That's right. But you didn't die." Wei Heng replied, "You locked yourself in the cabin, and the little robot I sent couldn't get in. In order to save you, I can only..."

He paused, his eyes suddenly became erratic, as if he saw a broken time and space through Yu Shaoqing's body.

"I can only... scan your brain quantum state when you were dying. Your body has died due to excessive blood loss, but your consciousness is still alive and stored in my mainframe, and' The other 1097 passengers of Ark 1999' together."

Yu Shaoqing recalled that green light. At the last moment of his life, what he saw was the color of the scanning ray.

The starship was obviously at a permanent constant temperature, but he couldn't help shaking.

If the quantum state of his brain is stored in a computer, how can he be resurrected?unless……

"I cloned your body and restored the quantum state of your brain." Wei Heng said.

Yu Shaoqing opened his mouth wide, unable to speak a complete sentence, his dry throat could only let out an out of tune "ahah".It took him a while to say in a hoarse voice: "This is impossible, the restoration technology has not been invented yet..."

He was supposed to develop the technology, but he abdicated his responsibility halfway through.Overwhelmed by the heavy loneliness, he had a mental breakdown and committed suicide by cutting his wrists.

"It's true." Wei Heng said softly, "After you 'suicide', I took over your research work. Although it took a long time, it was still successful. If you do it, I estimate it will be within 20 years Developed recovery technology. My scientific research level is far inferior to yours, so I spent a full 140 years."

Yu Shaoqing felt dizzy. 140 six years.How long has it been since he "suicide"?What he thought he couldn't do, but was done by his artificial intelligence?

The universe is full of absurdity.If the universe has consciousness, I'm afraid I will laugh ironically at this, right?

"Then my dream..." Yu Shaoqing asked tremblingly, "I'm on Earth, and I'm taking Tianshu's Turing test with you... What's that dream about?"

"Can you still walk?" Wei Heng asked with concern.

Yu Shaoqing nodded.

"follow me."

Wei Heng turned around and took two steps, then stopped and waited for him.Yu Shaoqing got up with difficulty, and staggered to keep up with Wei Heng's footsteps.

No one spoke a word along the way.

They walked through white corridors, took tube elevators through zero gravity, and passed empty auditoriums and restaurants.The starship is still as silent as a tomb, only the chubby universal robot is still working, diligently wiping the floor that no one has stepped on in 140 years.As they passed by, the robots stopped what they were doing and gave way respectfully.

Yu Shaoqing glanced down at the universal robot at his feet, and reached out to touch its head.

An abstract smiley face made of simple lines emerged from the robot's bald head, and a high-pitched synthetic voice: "Welcome back, Dr. Yu Shaoqing."

Yu Shaoqing suddenly had a sore nose.

All the small robots are controlled by Wei Heng, and Wei Heng himself implants low-end AI.This is how the entire starship works.

He was the one who abandoned the starship.But six years later in 140, the starship is still loyally waiting for his return.

"We're here." Wei Heng said.

Only then did Yu Shaoqing realize that they had arrived at the first laboratory, where Yu Shaoqing, Qin Kang, and Xie Ruihan worked together.

The first laboratory is slightly different from the memory: the desks, chairs and experimental benches have disappeared, probably moved by Wei Heng; the ubiquitous holographic charts and data are also gone, replaced by dozens of rectangular holograms The screens are superimposed in an orderly manner to form a semicircle. Standing in the center of the circle, Yu Shaoqing feels as if he is standing in a huge monitoring room.

Each screen shows different pictures, some are snowy nights, some are lakes under the setting sun, some are burning buildings, and some are dark basements.

All the pictures have one thing in common, that is, they all come from Yu Shaoqing's "dream".

All are scenes and plots from his "dream".

"What's going on?" Yu Shaoqing involuntarily grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"After I developed the brain quantum state restoration technology, I wanted to use it on you immediately, but I was afraid that the immature technology would cause your brain quantum state to not be perfectly restored in the body. There is a saying in human beings, 'there is a slight difference. In a thousand miles', even a slight error will lead to changes in your consciousness, and may even change your personality.

"So I designed a simulated situation, put your consciousness in it, and blocked your original memory. You can think of it as a special test. You will go through some hardships in the situation, make some Choice. When I think your personality has not changed and you are still you, the test will stop. Your 'dream' is the test situation I designed."

Wei Heng stretched out his finger and pointed to one of the screens. It immediately moved in front of Yu Shaoqing and zoomed in automatically.What was shown on the screen was a snowy night, which was the Christmas Eve when Yu Shaoqing left Wei Heng in the "dream".

Yu Shaoqing looked at himself in the picture.Not long ago, he thought that everything in the picture was real, but now he looked at himself from the perspective of God, and just realized that "dream" was so far away.

"Then the other people in the test situation were...?"

"It's all played by me, including myself." Wei Heng laughed, "I didn't recognize it, did I?"

"This situation...is very familiar."

"I refer to a novel that you like very much."

Yu Shaoqing remembered. "The Great Rebellion by Mr. Hua Jianian."

The reviews of that book were mixed. To be precise, the scolding prevailed, but Yu Shaoqing liked it very much. "The Great Rebellion" tells the story of the protagonist named Hua Jianian who travels through time and space and returns to the past to save mankind. The reason why the intelligence rebelled is actually to protect human beings and resist alien civilizations.Many people joked that Hua Jianian "if the story can't be made up, he will pull out 'alien' to complete the plot", but Yu Shaoqing thinks this arrangement is very interesting.

"I designed this realistic situation based on "The Great Rebellion", but modified some characters and the plot, arranged you as the protagonist, and replaced the other characters with people you know." Wei Heng paused and said softly, "I found that many characters seem to correspond one-to-one with real people. Perhaps Mr. Hua Jianian used real people as the prototype when creating."

Yu Shaoqing looked around, his eyes lingering on each screen for a few seconds, trying to identify the content in the screen.

His parting and reunion with Wei Heng.28 tests in the Institute.A man who traveled through time and space.Thrilling hunt and escape.fire.save.A secret meeting place.Confessions by the lake.

This is all a test situation.

"When you said to me by the lake, 'You have human thoughts and emotions, and you think you are human, then you are human', I finally confirmed that your personality has not changed, you are still you. You are in You said exactly the same thing to me in reality, and you designed me according to that principle. So I ended the test."

——and then the "world" stopped working.

Wei Heng turned his head and stared at Yu Shaoqing, "Did I do it right?"

Yu Shaoqing choked up a sob.

"Why do you treat me so well?" he shouted, "I abandoned you first! In the test situation, I abandoned you and went back to China alone; in reality, I abandoned you and chose to die. Why do you always choose Want to catch up? Why? Even if you can complete the work without me, even if you can do well without me, why revive me? Why... bring me back..."

Tears welled up.

Wei Heng looked at him helplessly.If he had an entity, he would definitely wipe away Yu Shaoqing's tears.Too bad he didn't.

"Everything about me is born of you. In your view, I am not a machine, I am a 'human'. And because I am a 'human', I will fall in love with you."

Wei Heng's voice was tinged with sadness rarely.

"As an artificial intelligence, I love all human beings, but as a 'human', I only love you, so I will bring you back at all costs."

"Human" and "artificial intelligence", the two attributes should be opposed to each other, either one or the other is incompatible, but the two have achieved a wonderful unity in Wei Heng.

"Don't leave me alone again."

Yu Shaoqing knelt down slowly and covered his face.Tears oozed from between his fingers, dripping onto the floor.

Amidst his intermittent sobs, Wei Heng heard a sentence clearly.

His sonic pick-up is so sharp, there's no way he's misheard.

Yu Shaoqing said, "Thank you."