Inheriting Company: Starting from Building the Iron Suit - Chapter 24
Chapter 24: The ‘Meta-universe’ in the Future Puzzle!
“This kind of artificial intelligence will definitely be of great help in people’s lives,” Yamashita Seishi said.
“Yes, indeed. Artificial intelligence can become a considerate butler and solve all the chores in the house. At the same time, it can also become a very professional bodyguard…”
Anderson looked at Yamashita and expressed his agreement. To achieve such a function, it could be solved by loading a different chip.
Hearing Anderson give those two examples, it also aroused the imagination of others.
“Maybe it can be a professional driver and assistant!”
“An accountant who can quickly calculate accounts and a financial assistant who can analyze data!”
…
Everyone began to discuss among themselves and their eyes shone with a strange light. It was as if they could already see the artificial intelligence robots with different jobs performing their tasks in the streets and alleys.
Suddenly, Yamashita Seishi thought of something that made him feel despair and fear.
If that time came, would all the world Go champions be taken over by a bunch of robots that could calculate through algorithms?
If such a thing happened, would it mean that all types of games would be plunged into darkness?
“Anderson, if such an AI really appeared, would a Go player like me also be eliminated? Just like the game just now, after I made the first move, perhaps in the eyes of the machine, the outcome had already been basically decided. It was just a matter of time.
“No matter how I change, artificial intelligence will always be ahead of me. I will always be behind.”
When Yamashita Seishi said this, there was a hint of frustration on his face.
But he had no choice.
This world was a world dominated by technology.
Since this artificial intelligence technology had already been developed, this meant that it was only a matter of time before it became popular globally.
He could not stop it.
When the others saw Yamashita Seishi’s expression, they thought about it carefully and suddenly discovered a huge problem.
It was not just Go. If this artificial intelligence really appeared, a large number of people in the world would lose their jobs.
Even Go, a game that required an extremely high IQ to reach its peak, could be crushed by artificial intelligence.
What about other professions that did not require high technology and intelligence?
One could foresee that once they reached that stage, there would be robots everywhere.
The intelligent mechanical era.
Was such a future really what they wanted?
Everyone immediately looked worried.
“Anderson, I have a very important matter now. I want to know your opinion.”
William’s face suddenly became very serious. He stared at Anderson, hoping to get a good answer.
“What is it?”
Anderson looked at William in confusion.
The others were also stunned by William’s sudden change in attitude.
What was going on? Even Joseph, who knew William very well, was puzzled.
William took a deep look at Anderson and said, “Anderson, I remember that you mentioned before that this artificial intelligence could even solve human emotional problems.”
“And this time, when you made it, you added some knowledge about human society and human psychology, right?”
“Yes, I had this idea and I did add such a program function to Robot No. 1,” Anderson replied with a normal expression.
“What I want to know now is, if artificial intelligence is really born, will there be any issues regarding human safety?” William finally voiced his thoughts.
Hearing William’s words, the other researchers present immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
If artificial intelligence had an intelligence that surpassed human intelligence and was allowed to gain the ability to understand human emotions, then it was very likely that it would have self-awareness.
The more dangerous thing with something like that was that it would most likely rebel against humans and create danger for human society.
Once such a thing happened, it meant that the machine had the same or similar creativity as humans, self-protection awareness, emotions, and spontaneous behavior.
“Yes, there is indeed a chance that such a thing will happen.” Anderson touched his chin and nodded slightly.
“Anderson, I’m serious. If such a situation really happens, the research on artificial intelligence must stop here. It absolutely cannot continue,” William said seriously with a frown.
Joseph saw that Anderson’s relaxed look did not seem to be worried about this matter at all. He asked with a smile, “Anderson, do you have any other ideas?”
“In theory, the things that Dr. William is thinking about is indeed very likely to happen,” Anderson explained. He then paused and continued confidently, “But in fact, there’s no need to worry about this matter because I won’t let such a situation happen.”
“Can such a thing be guaranteed?” William asked.
“Of course, in terms of understanding of artificial intelligence, no one in this world will surpass me! As long as I don’t allow it, those intelligent machines will not be able to have the creation and continuation of their own consciousness! So you don’t have to worry about such a problem. When I designed it, I had already considered this point.”
After listening to Anderson’s explanation, everyone slowly heaved a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Joseph’s assistant, Jack, voiced his doubts, “Anderson, if that’s the case, then we don’t need to associate artificial intelligence with human emotions at all!”
The other researchers also thought of this but did not want to voice it out.
Anderson definitely thought of such a question, but he still chose to do it. There must be a reason for this.
Under everyone’s doubtful gazes, Anderson finally voiced his thoughts.
“Because this is a very important function. The biggest reason I created artificial intelligence was to develop a universe that can connect to human consciousness. I call it the meta-universe!”
When Anderson voiced his thoughts on the ‘meta-universe’, everyone present could not help but think of a mysterious great world under the starry sky…
“Your thoughts…have already exceeded our imaginations…” Joseph sighed.
“Sigh, it will be the young people’s world from now on. We are already old.” William also sighed.
Meanwhile, Yamashita Seishi slowly sighed.
At the same time, the soldiers beside O’Neil were no longer depressed.
They had already understood what kind of existence was competing with them just now.
Maybe this was the tip of the iceberg in the future puzzle of the meta-universe..
