Chapter 1058： Make fire (1/2)

From Pittman’s attitude, Bertila realized that the “synthetic brain” technology he created seemed to be more important than he had imagined. The “outer-territorial wanderer” who always thought one step more than others seemed to start from here. Some broader development prospects are seen in the technology, or... some future applications have been arranged for it.

"Can I ask?" She thought for a while, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What do you plan to use these'brains' for? It should not only be to expand the scale of psionic singers and make more Mind assist device, right?"

Pittman glanced at Bertila silently. After thinking a little bit, he smiled and asked, "Have you ever been to those rumbling factories?"

"Factory?" Bertila was taken aback, and then nodded, "Of course-although I can't move now, there are many factories in the entire Solin area. I have seen those factories that produce clothing and metal containers. , And factories that treat sewage and recycle sludge...the machines are impressive."

"Yes, they are impressive, but maybe they can be more impressive," Pittman raised his eyebrows. "Those machines are powerful and efficient, but they can do what they can do compared to smart craftsmen. Things are still too little and too rough. As a Gondor, you should know how the magic workshop worked more than 700 years ago..."

"You are going to let the machines...learn to think?" Bertila finally understood what Pitman meant, his eyes widened, "Using those synthetic brains?"

"Not only that, we may even be able to make the factory learn to think," Pittman nodded, "Imagine this scenario-our factory is a huge steel behemoth, and this steel behemoth has a brain. The thinking device in the center of the factory is immersed in the loyal wet-work host. Its nerve fibers spread along the pipes in the workshop. Each machine is its end. All gears and levers are now dexterous, just like a craftsman’s. Fingers generally do delicate things, while workers and technicians are only responsible for issuing instructions and designing more advanced work processes..."

Bertila did not speak for a few seconds. She thought that if she still had a heart, it would probably stop beating for a while. She admitted that she was attracted by the scene described by Pittman, but she did not Feeling an inexplicable... vigilance. At last she shook her head and stared into the eyes of the chief druid of the empire: "Why didn't I know that you still have such a skill in wording and making sentences?"

"Because your majesty said these words, I will be responsible for repeating them," Pittman admitted indifferently. "He conceived an amazing method of production... But then again, he also emphasized this. The disturbing part behind this technology, such as whether these brains will lose control, whether they will generate their own "ideas", such as the role of humans in factories... You are also a technician, and you have experienced the Gondor era, you should Can understand what your Majesty is worried about."

"Indeed, I can understand-and fortunately he is already worried about this, but his worries relieved me," Bertila said, exhaling like a human, "what should I say Well... the future you just described made me feel a little nervous... When I imagined those factories and machines actually starting to think, the tension was even worse."

Then she paused, as if thinking, and then continued: "But fortunately, we don't have to be so nervous. At this stage, the synthetic brain I created does not have the physiological structure to produce the self. Consciousness' condition, it is an auxiliary computing organ, which can quickly complete the summarization of huge data and undertake some work of transmitting consciousness signals, but in essence, its neural nodes cannot independently think about complex issues, so unless We reset all the structures of the synthetic brain, otherwise we don't have to worry about these brains being stimulated suddenly to produce self-consciousness and get out of control.

"On the other hand, it is precisely because these brains can only perform computational tasks and execute simple commands. If they are really used to control the machine, they can only do pre-set things and perform repetitions with low complexity. Operation, so we don’t have to worry about the collective unemployment of the humans in the factory...but the job reduction is certain."

"Your Majesty is actually not only worried about human unemployment. In fact, this is not even an important issue." Pittman shook his head. "In fact, the biggest problem in factories everywhere is the shortage of workers, even if more than half of the machines will be owned in the future. The ability to run automatically, the job gap is still scary...but this is not what we are going to discuss today.

"In short, since the situation is as you said, I am personally relieved."

Bertila looked at Pittman up and down, she was thinking, and said thoughtfully: "Since we talked about the topic of ‘Let the Machine Think’, I still have some my own opinions..."

"You said," Pittman nodded immediately, "You are very professional in this respect."

"It has nothing to do with professionalism, I just thought of something from the Gondor era," Bertila said, and the winding vines and branches behind her rubbed against the floor, making a rustling sound. "You should know that as early as Gondor. At that time, humans had created'machines' that could think-back then we called them'iron man', and modern golem and puppet technology can be counted as the remnants of this'smart' technology. Of course, iron man's The mental core and the arcane core of the puppet are fundamentally different from the'synthetic brain', but they also have similarities, such as... both have the possibility of losing control.

"In the Gondor era, in order to prevent the iron people from losing control, we used a special method."

"Special method?" Pittman suddenly showed a curious look, "What method?"

"I only know a rough idea-after all, my brothers and I were just little nobles on the border, and what I want to say is the cutting-edge technology of mankind at that time," Bertila said slowly while recalling "In those days, the Gondor Iron Man was incorporated into a system called the'Iron Man Network'. This system is like the iron man’s public'brain'. They must act under the control of this network. The upper node... guess what?"

"Upper node?" Pittman frowned, but then he thought of someone, a rebel as old as Carmel, "Wait, I guessed it..."

"As you might guess," Bertila nodded, "It was the Norton family, the royal family of Gondor at the time.