The artificial soul computer placed in front of Tang En was completely different from the computers on Earth. From the outside, it looked more like a rigid combination of a prismatic crystal and an artificial soul carrier. The output interface was a magic projection receiver. Of course, this was different from the television used at home. It was positioned as a monitor.
The data storage used the crystal data storage technology provided by the Dragons. This technology had always been used in the crystal cards of the Star Diamond Bank and the storage of customer data, but the goblins had never explored its potential. Now, Tang En was using it as a hard drive.
The input terminal was not a keyboard, but a holographic interface made using magic energy projection. There was already a more complete text command input interface, but there was no strict standard yet. The interface displayed now was a sample used by Klot and the other engineers, and it was very complicated.
This computer did not have anything like a mouse. Instead, it used a receiver to identify the user's mental power and determine the positioning instructions. From this point of view, this artificial soul computer seemed to have surpassed the existing home computers on Earth from the very beginning.
However …
It had only been two or three days …
Tang En could not help but feel emotional when he saw the artificial soul computer in front of him. Creating a computer was not a simple matter. In order to develop a computer on Earth, who knew how many prerequisites were put into the technology tree. Countless manpower, material, and financial resources were used to slowly transition from punched computers, magnetic tape computers, and electron tube computers to transistor computers. In the end, in the high-magic world of Prandal, these foundations were directly skipped. What was even more incredible was that it only took two or three days to create a prototype …
But what kind of computer was this artificial soul computer?
An electronic computer? This thing did not use any electricity at all.
A biological computer? This thing did not use biological characteristics such as proteins and nucleic acids to calculate and store data.
A quantum computer? This thing did not have the parallel exhaustive calculation characteristic of a quantum computer … But the existence of a soul body was quite similar to the quantum state of a qubit, which was between existence and non-existence. The principle it used to calculate data should be similar to quantum algorithms, right?
So, this was a special artificial soul quantum computer?
… This world was really too unscientific.
Tang En looked at the thing that could be considered an artificial soul quantum computer and asked curiously, "This thing can already be used?"
"Yes, we did a simple test last night after we finished the project."
Although he had been working all night under Haste for a long time, Clotho was still full of energy and did not feel tired at all. This was all thanks to the tea brewed from the leaves of the World Tree provided by Tang En. Drinking a cup could immediately sweep away fatigue and replenish energy. It was definitely the best choice for working overtime all night.
Tang En's spirits were lifted. "Open it and let me see."
Hearing this, Clotho immediately turned on the artificial soul quantum computer. Without a sound, the projection suddenly ejected an image. The projection was pitch-black at first, followed by a ball of light. That should be the image projected by the artificial soul.
"Hello, artificial soul 'Eve' at your service. How may I help you?"
The ball of light kept flashing, and at the same time, a voice that was neither male nor female came out of the speaker. Tang En looked at the screen in surprise. This was the first time he had seen an artificial soul in action.
"So it's possible to talk to artificial souls directly!"
Wasn't this function almost on par with artificial intelligence voice assistants?!
Yu Si Disa nodded and added, "Only simple conversations can be realized. Anything too complicated won't do."
"Why? Our technology hasn't reached that level yet? "
"No, it's …"
Histisa hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "This is the will of the gods … Don't forget, we were sealed because we studied souls in depth."
Tang En suddenly understood. "In other words …"
"It's not that it's technically impossible, but it can't be done. If artificial souls are really given the same level of intelligence as human souls, it's a complete violation of the Realm of Gods …"
"I understand."
Tang En's heart was filled with amazement. Even though Eustisa and the others had not created a true intelligent artificial soul, from what she had said, the Eustisa family probably had the technical ability to do so. Even if it was not a true soul like that of a human, it was probably very close. That was why they had alarmed the gods back then.
"What functions does Eve have now?"
"Because time is too tight, we only had time to input some simple algorithm instruction sets, which can achieve some data simulation calculations. The other functions can be slowly improved when we remember them."
Tang En nodded slightly. Perhaps this was another advantage of the artificial soul quantum computer. It could be disassembled for maintenance and upgrade at any time, unlike electronic computers, where the instruction set was written into ROM (read-only memory) and could not be modified again unless it was reproduced.
This meant that there was almost no limit to the expansion of an artificial soul quantum computer unless it reached the computing limit of the artificial soul. However, since the artificial soul's computing method was similar to a quantum state, it would be difficult to reach its computing limit in the foreseeable future.
But at the same time, this also meant that after an artificial soul quantum computer was sold, there was basically no follow-up hardware upgrade, only software upgrade …
Considering the current development of the mobile phone communication network in Prandal, it was likely that the system software upgrade of this magically modified computer could be achieved through the wireless network in the future …
Tang En's expression was quite strange. As soon as this magically modified computer was born, it embarked on the path of cloud upgrade.
"Let me demonstrate some of the simple functions."
Clotho cleared his throat. "Eve, switch to computing mode."
"Yes, Mr. Clotho. Entering computing mode … Please input the preset instruction."
After entering computing mode, the projection display projected a holographic keyboard in front of Clotho. At the same time, the light ball in the projection disappeared, replaced by a black background with some white text displayed on it. The text was mainly to remind Clotho and the others to recall the preset instructions, which included various functions such as query, help, formula input, and so on. They had considered quite comprehensive.
"Since it's just an engineering prototype, there's no need to consider too many superfluous things. These preset instructions are just for our own convenience."
Clotho began to tap on the keyboard — it was not appropriate to call it tapping because there was no sound. But due to the interference of magic, tapping on the projection keyboard also gave Clotho a feeling of power feedback, so it did not feel like he was tapping on air.
Clotho chose a simple preset instruction, which was a formula for calculating trigonometric functions. Then he entered the data, and almost at the moment he confirmed the execution of the instruction, the result was already out.
Tang En's mouth twitched. "Say, even if you want to test it, you should choose a representative one … This function has already been calculated in mental arithmetic …"
"Uh, I just want to demonstrate the functionality … Then what do you think should be used for the demonstration?"
What should be used to test the computing speed of the computer?
Was there a need to think about it?
The principle of computation was different, and there was no need to test the floating point computing speed. Of course, it was …
"Of course it's Super Pi. Uh, I mean, of course, it's calculated using the Prandal Cylinder Ratio (Pi in Prandal)! You should know that the Prandal Cylinder Ratio is an infinite non-cyclic decimal number. The time needed to calculate a fixed number of digits will be able to show the performance of this computer. "
In fact, calculating Pi on a computer was, of course, not as simple as one might think. It involved a very complicated algorithm. Don't believe me? If you don't believe me, don't memorize the value of Pi. Try to ask for Pi and see how many digits you can get …
The iterative formula used on Earth was developed by many mathematicians through painstaking effort. What Clotho and the others wrote was the algorithm developed by the dwarf ancestor, Prandal Cylinder Ratio.
No matter how good or bad the algorithm was, at least the result would be the same.
Tang En, a layman, was completely blinded. He only knew how to memorize the digits of Pi, but to ask him to study the specific algorithm … Kill him.
After a pause, Tang En said, "This algorithm may be used more in the future, so you'd better package the algorithm separately and make it into an executable program."
Clotho looked confused. "I understand the package separately, but what does an executable program mean?"
"It's a fixed set of instructions. As long as it's executed, it will automatically start to calculate."
Tang En briefly explained the concept of a program. Clotho immediately understood what he meant. "Got it. We'll slowly work on this later. Now, I'll let you see the calculation of Prandal Cylinder Ratio."
As he spoke, he began to input the instructions. His speed was a little slow, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, they had tinkered with the keyboard by themselves. Even they had not mastered it yet.
After a while, he finished typing. He glanced at Tang En and began to execute.
The projection only paused for a moment before it started to flash numbers like a waterfall. It was too slow to say that it was a waterfall because the numbers displayed on it were too fast. They had completely connected into white lines!
The projection quickly dimmed and Eve's voice sounded. "Warning, the calculation data is too large. The data is about to overflow. The data is about to overflow —"
Before she could finish speaking, there was a crisp "kacha" sound. The storage crystal used as a hard drive could not handle the amount of data and directly exploded!
Eve said calmly, "The storage crystal is damaged. The calculation has been terminated."
It exploded? Tang En was dumbfounded. It was just calculating Pi and the hard drive exploded?
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