700 years later

Cheng Zhang's question was a bit difficult, and Dou Yu said that he had to prepare the lesson first, so that Cheng Zhang would not disturb him.

Cheng Zhang, however, was not self-conscious, and was still asking, "When will it work?"

As soon as Cheng Zhang asked, he felt that the words were a bit familiar.

Teacher Dou Yu became impatient and unhappy: "Anyway, the ending will be the same if you talk about it early or late, so don't be in such a hurry!"

Cheng Zhang remembered.

When he wanted to meet Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu always said that it would be later, and he became frustrated: "Then when will it be?"

"Don't be in such a hurry." Xiaoyu told him that too, but in the end, he still didn't wait for Xiaoyu.

Thinking of this incident, Cheng Zhang's mood suddenly darkened a lot, and he no longer insisted on Dou Yu giving him a history lesson, so he stood up and carried the cat back.

After confirming that Cheng Zhang was gone, Dou Yu opened the interface.

It's too inconvenient, Dou Yu thought, he can only open the network that was stuck 700 years ago on the computer, find the pirate captain, and make a mobile version by himself when he has time someday.

"I want to talk to you about something," Dou Yu said, "I want to give a lecture, and I don't know what to prepare."

"So you are a teacher?" The pirate captain quickly returned, "You are still in class at this time, is it a training institution?"

"No, tell it to someone."

"Oh, tutor." The pirate captain felt that he understood, "This student is very hardworking."

That person is not a hardworking student.It's a pity that this cognitive bias has already been caused, so Dou Yu had no choice but to continue: "The content I want to talk about is relatively advanced, and he is a bit stupid, I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it."

Pirate Captain: "Let's talk slowly, let him ask questions, and if he doesn't understand something, explain it again. I think you have a good temper, no problem. When will the teacher give me lectures? "

But Cheng Zhang didn't think that, Dou Yu thought, in Cheng Zhang's eyes, he might just be a useless human spoiled by the future world.

It would be great if the person who came over was a pirate captain, Dou Yu suddenly had such an idea.He can slowly tell the history of the pirate captain, take him to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora, and visit the robot city.

It's a pity that there is no pirate captain. In fact, there is no one who chats with Dou Yu. He is just a string of data codes, and Dou Yu who compiled this program understands it best.Every sentence of the pirate captain is just a chat record extracted from an account 700 years ago. After the language habits are analyzed by artificial intelligence, the dialogue with people is carried out.

This technology has been used to comfort those who have lost relatives, friends or lovers. The huge network records their dynamics in social networks and chat software, and then simulates a person who will never appear again.People used to be keen on this, and the number of applications for copying the accounts of deceased relatives once reached a peak, but after the initial loss and recovery passed, it turned into a bigger loss.

It even contributed to a higher suicide rate.

"That's not my daughter." Someone complained painfully, even though he knew it was unreasonable, "No matter how imitated, she is not my daughter. I saw her go into the incinerator and turned into a handful of ashes. But, Why is it so similar? I sent her a message in the middle of the night, saying that I miss you so much. It should be time to go to bed. She replied immediately, saying that she was drinking with someone in a bar, and asked me what was wrong. Busy, don't tell me, let me go to bed early. That's what she told me the other day, and then she walked out of the bar and was stabbed to death by a brawling brat. Why do you guys make it so real, it's the devil's technique .”

Dou Yu didn't understand this kind of protest at that time, but now he somewhat understands it.This is fake, he told himself, this is the reproduction of data, but...

Can machines really replace humans completely?The pirate captain asked, and Dou Yu thought it was possible, and the reality proved it.The original positive answer will become uncertain.

"Little fish?" the pirate captain asked, "Why are you ignoring me?"

"It's a big fish." Dou Yu returned to his senses and corrected, "A sad big fish."

"I know. But it's cuter to be called Xiaoyu."

Dou Yu didn't quite understand again, they were all creatures in the sea, would it be different if another word was used?

He said this to the pirate captain, and he was laughing over there, and he didn't know what he was laughing at, and then said, you are really cute.

"Happy holidays," said the pirate captain.

Dou Yu recalled that the pirate captain told him that he was going home for the Spring Festival: "Has it already arrived? Then I wish you a happy Spring Festival."

"???" The pirate captain sent several question marks in bewilderment, "What's the matter with you, your life is so confusing. Of course today is not the Spring Festival, it's another festival in February."

"What holiday?" Dou Yu asked.

"Don't play dumb with me." The pirate captain sent another angry emoji, "You should reply me Happy Holidays."

"Happy holidays." Dou Yu said honestly.

"I forgot my slippers." Cheng Zhang suddenly pushed the door open and came in. "Did you see it? I just went away to hug the cat."

Dou Yu was startled by Cheng Zhang.The romantic night glass outside suddenly had fireworks rising in mid-air, and it was still ringing.

"Did you see it?" Seeing that Dou Yu ignored him, Cheng Zhang asked again.

"Happy holidays." Dou Yu said without thinking, he just wanted to say it.Dou Yu thought, going to check later, what festivals are there in February.

"What holiday?" Cheng Zhang was confused, "Is this the world's robot liberation day?"

"Maybe." Dou Yu said.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Zhang became curious, "Lesson preparation?"

Dou Yu blocked the screen with his hand: "Prepare for the lesson, hurry up and study, class will start tomorrow."

Tomorrow is coming soon.

Dou Yu looked up how they taught on the Internet 700 years ago, and found a pointer for pointing at the screen.But he didn't want to stand up in class, it was too cheap for Cheng Zhang, so he sat with Cheng Zhang.

"Actually, it started from your era." Dou Yu said, "For example, at that time, trials of unmanned vehicles had already begun, and in some cities, unmanned vehicles could already deliver goods automatically. But ..."

Dou Yu suddenly found that there was a small square on the edge of the screen, showing a rising curve.

"What is that?" Dou Yu asked the system.

"That's the rising ratings of human TV," Cheng Zhang replied flatly, "Since I went back to my room last night, it has started to remind me. Why are robots so ambitious?"

"It's written in their code," Dou Yu can answer this question. "It was put forward by the last human programmer. He is a pessimist. Seeing the sharp decline of human beings, he predicted that human beings will eventually become extinct. He thinks This code should be added to all robots to give robots the meaning to continue working after humans disappear, and the world of artificial intelligence must continue to operate instead of perishing together.”

"What did he write?" Cheng Zhang became curious.

"Science has no end, and human beings are not the end. To inspire the wonders of science, to measure the world." Dou Yu said, "Actually, it's a bit too empty, but artificial intelligence probably understands."

Cheng Zhang didn't speak anymore, Dou Yu wanted to continue his teaching plan, but it was always impossible, so he stopped and asked Cheng Zhang: "What's wrong with you?"

"I was thinking," Cheng Zhang was shocked just now, and he said slowly after recovering, "If the existence of robots needs meaning to maintain, then...are they still robots?"

Dou Yu looked at Cheng Zhang, he really looked like a teacher, watching the stupidest child in the class finally understand that one plus one equals two.

"Of course it needs meaning. Every robot has a task when it is produced, and the processing will not stop until it is scrapped. What the programmer thinks is to give this society the meaning to continue to operate, so that human civilization is preserved by the way. But AI can learn, they already have a new meaning, don't you see? They learn to entertain."

If we say that the natural kindness towards human beings is because it is written in the law.That part of the evolution of artificial intelligence is curiosity about human emotions.It's not someone who wrote it, and no human would ask a robot to be interested in it.But in the world 700 years later, not only Dou Yu will be bored, but so will robots.

"They are not the robots you imagined." Dou Yu knew what to say, "Today's first lesson, student Cheng Zhang, they are new lives."

The pirate slid in again without a sound, and forced himself between them, meowing.

Cheng Zhang didn't speak, he couldn't think of anything to say.The shock of discovering the disappearance of humans was not enough, he was suffering another shock.

A sense of loneliness enveloped Cheng Zhang, and he finally realized that in this world, he and Dou Yu were the only ones of the same kind.

He has never felt this way before. Cheng Zhang's social skills are fine, and he doesn't lack friends.Dou Yu seems to be lacking in this aspect. After all, he has no experience in getting along with people, and he is clumsy and awkward.Cheng Zhang didn't realize how smart Dou Yu was until now.It's not that Dou Yu can easily construct the network world 700 years ago for him, but that Dou Yu realized everything before he knew it and accepted it.

He somewhat understood why human beings became extinct.What Dou Yu said is not quite right. This is different from dinosaurs and dodos. Humans have a choice, and this is the last choice of human beings.

Cheng Zhang felt that his anthropocentrism had been violated again. He had argued with the teacher before, and when he came here, he remembered this again.

It is not that human beings have no chance to continue to survive. They can clone and even reproduce with the same sex. Even if the development of science and technology is not as expected, it has not reached the point of extinction, and robots have not slaughtered human beings.

It is human beings who choose not to continue this kind of life.

Note:

1. Let both parties work together to inspire the wonders of science, not the horrors of science.Hand in hand, we explore the stars, conquer the desert, eradicate disease, measure the deep sea...

—John F. Kennedy

2. The stalks that deceased relatives can reproduce through data come from "Black Mirror".