It was not a secret that Professor Mo Xuan was working on artificial intelligence. For example, the 'grandpas' of educational artificial intelligence that Li Yao saw in the Tinder Base that played with the children were all open to the public.
Other than Professor Mo Xuan, a lot of crystal processor specialists in the Federation were also working on artificial intelligence. The R&D center of 'Civilization', led by Professor Xie Wufeng, was also designing more vivid artificial intelligence for the new DLCs that were getting more and more complicated and enormous to serve the players.
The game assistants' Xiaoming 'and' Wenwen 'were their masterpieces, but they were far from the limit. The' Waiters' in the latest generation of the game, with their unique algorithms, were already able to simulate the behavior and language of human beings to a certain extent. It was barely possible to distinguish the real from the fake, but it was still within the scope of the law.
However, the super artificial intelligence Hyper Spirits, which boasted a database ten thousand times larger than that of regular artificial intelligence and adopted the brand-new algorithms provided by the extraterrestrial devils and the operation logic that was a hundred years ahead of the Federation's, were entirely different.
Professor Mo Xuan had produced nineteen Hyper Spirits in total. Other than the two failed experiment subjects, the other seventeen were used to hack the important nodes of the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus and to interfere with and infect the mainframe crystal processors. They were the key to the whole scheme.
Although the scheme of the extraterrestrial devils had failed, the regular artificial intelligence 'Deviant Spirits', the evolved super artificial intelligence 'Hyper Spirits', and even the crystal processor laboratories where the Hyper Spirits were generated, had to be found without leaving anything behind.
In that regard, Professor Mo Xuan's repentance before his death was of great help to Li Yao with the experiment data.
Based on the detailed experiment logs and the control patterns, the investigation team traced the clues and finally found the super crystal processors where the 'Hyper Spirits' were bred in the beginning after three months. Then, they locked onto the core data features of all the 'Hyper Spirits' and grasped the methods to control them.
Today was the day that the core database of the last 'one', or rather, the last 'segment' of the Hyper Spirits had been extracted. The underlying logic of the Hyper Spirits had been reconfigured, and the only person who modified the information had been reconfigured from Professor Mo Xuan to the investigation team.
"This is the No. 14 Hyper Spirit, codenamed 'Moonlight Bringer'."
Professor Xie Wufeng had already connected his mini crystal processor to the super crystal processor that supported the operation of the Hyper Spirits, allowing him to access part of the permissions and the interface remotely. He tapped on the mini crystal processor quickly. A streak of blueness immediately formed into the appearance of an indifferent woman in a veil on his wrist.
"In order to report to the bunch of officials in the Senate, we have redesigned its interactive interface so that it can understand most of the non-standard orders and respond in a way that laymen can understand. For example, this …"
Professor Xie Wufeng paused and asked, "Moonlight Bringer, what was your last mission?"
The shadow of the woman in the veil replied casually without any hesitation, "My mission was to hack the mainframe crystal processor of the 'Space Jump Command Center' of Hundred Flowers City and control all the sailing routes of space jumps around Hundred Flowers City so that the starships that were transferring from Hundred Flowers City to the Tian Yuan Realm would jump to coordinates that did not exist under my guidance."
While she was talking, the veil on her body suddenly turned into mist, from which ocean-like data, equations, and runes popped up. They were all the specific methods to hack and control the crystal processors.
Lines of equations slid down at a speed of five hundred lines per second. Even with his dynamic vision, Li Yao felt that his head was dizzy. He remarked in amazement, "Is it really possible to control the transportation hubs of the entire Federation and make a lot of starships obey its command?"
"According to the preliminary analysis of our specialists, it is possible," Professor Xie Wufeng said.
"The extraterrestrial devil inside Professor Mo Xuan's body was probably born in the era of the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago. You know that the Star Ocean Imperium was the peak of the development of the civilization of mankind. A lot of the technologies of the Star Ocean Imperium were directly derived from the legendary 'Investiture of the Gods'. They were the real primeval technologies!
"The extraterrestrial devils that got in touch with such technologies, or were born to sabotage such technologies, had a much deeper understanding than us in the fields of artificial intelligence, sabotage and control of crystal processors, infiltration and defense of the Spiritual Nexus, and so on.
"The seventeen Hyper Spirits each boasted a database that was as vast as an ocean, the most delicate architectures, and the most marvelous algorithms. To be honest, even with the efforts of all our specialists, we still haven't figured out the mysteries in them after three months.
"However, once we fully grasp their mysteries, we will certainly be able to improve the standards of the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus of the Federation by a hundred years. I have no doubt about that."
"Indeed."
After studying the experiment logs left by Professor Mo Xuan, Li Yao had a deep understanding of the matter. He did not dare underestimate the horror of the extraterrestrial devils at all.
"It's truly immaculate …"
Looking at the vague 'Moonlight Bringer' that was enshrouded in the infinite smoke of data, Li Yao could not help but ask, "Professor Xie, you are a specialist in virtual life. In your opinion, can such a powerful 'Hyper Spirit' be counted as a virtual life?"
"It's still far from it," Professor Xie Wufeng said.
"Yes," Professor Xie Wufeng said. "Its computational analysis and logical deduction abilities are far beyond the level of ordinary people, but that is not the difference between a human being and a non-human being. It is a 'super artificial intelligence' at best, not a real virtual life. You will know the difference after I ask it a few very simple questions.
"Moonlight Bringer, tell me all the information about the sailing routes near the home planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector. Everything."
Without any hesitation, almost the moment Professor Xie Wufeng said the last word, the illusionary fog around Moonlight Bringer turned into brand-new streams of information and flashed at a high speed again.
Professor Xie Wufeng did not even bother to look at it. He asked her a few questions about the features of a few planets, the best sailing routes, and the energy consumption of the starships quickly. They were all questions that even the specialists involved would have to ponder for a moment. Moonlight Bringer gave perfect responses in the blink of an eye.
"Very good."
Professor Xie Wufeng nodded in satisfaction and said, "Now, tell me the name of your favorite singer."
The smooth and stormy streams of information a moment ago were immediately frozen.
Moonlight Bringer stared at Professor Xie Wufeng in a daze. Her lifeless eyes were even more rigid than before. After being stuck for a long time, tremendous data flooded out again, glittering.
It was the ranking of the singers and singles with the highest number of downloads and listens in the entire federation in the past ten years, fifty years, and a hundred years. Through all kinds of delicate algorithms, the 'favorite' singers in the hearts of listeners in different regions, different professions, and different age groups were calculated. Detailed introductions of the singers and critical comments on the songs were also attached. It was another ocean of data.
"No, no, no," Professor Xie Wufeng said.
Professor Xie Wufeng said. "I'm not asking who the most beloved singer of the federation is; I'm asking who 'your' favorite singer is. You don't have to give me so much information. Just give me a simple name. A name!"
The streams of data before Moonlight Bringer were frozen again. As if caught in an infinite loop, she was silent for a long time.
"It doesn't matter if you don't like music," Professor Xie Wufeng continued. "You only need to tell me that 'you' do not like music or any singer. That will be an answer, too."
Moonlight Bringer looked at him. The data was still frozen, and there was no answer.
"Look."
Professor Xie Wufeng turned around and said to Li Yao and Long Yangjun, "It can tell the best sailing route to jump between seven planets in a row, but it cannot tell the name of your favorite singer. It is not a human being. It does not have the concept of 'self', much less the 'like', 'love', and 'hatred' that are extended from 'self'.
"It's just a very advanced tool at best. It doesn't have the ability to evolve into a 'virtual intelligent life form'. Only cells can evolve into a human being. A stone can never evolve into a human being, no matter how big or hard it is."
Looking at Moonlight Bringer, Li Yao had an uncanny feeling. There was no telling whether it was relief or regret. Taking a breath in relief, he said, "It seems that there is still a long time before we create a real virtual life, isn't there?"
"Not just a long time. It is practically an eternity away," Professor Xie Wufeng said with a bitter smile.
Professor Xie Wufeng smiled bitterly. "At the very least, we know right now that even the extraterrestrial devils that live inside Professor Mo Xuan and Lu Qingchen are incapable of creating real virtual lives, not to mention us.
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Why do you say that?"
Professor Xie Wufeng opened his hands and said, "Isn't it a simple logic? If the 'virtual life' that you mentioned has a similar definition to ours, it must have a soul, feelings, and feelings, right?"
Li Yao frowned. It was a major question whether or not intelligent lives had soul and feelings.
However, by the standards of human beings, if human beings intended to create a virtual life as a 'child civilization', they should have such things, shouldn't they?
"The extraterrestrial devils feed on the soul and feelings," Professor Xie Wufeng explained.
Professor Xie Wufeng explained. "If the extraterrestrial devils can create a virtual life with soul and feelings, why would they bother human beings? If they create a virtual life on their own, they can hide in a certain virtual space and feed on the virtual life. Wouldn't all the problems be solved in that case? Why would they bother to fight against the Pangu civilization and the civilization of mankind? "
Li Yao blinked quickly. It did seem to make sense.
Professor Xie Wufeng smiled. "Forget it. We won't be able to reach a conclusion on such a groundless question even if we discuss it for decades. I've invited you here today not just because of the No. 14 Hyper Spirit 'Moonlight Bringer' but also because of the other two …"
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