Chapter 1104 The Vortex of Public Opinion

CNN studio.

In response to recent hot events, CNN made a talk show.

Not only Fanoan, a famous visiting professor of psychology at Harvard University who bombarded Xingkong Technology on social media some time ago, was invited, CNN even invited a former colleague of Professor Mier, the core developer of the phantom system.

When the host asked about his views on the phantom system, Professor Fanoan made no secret of his hostility in his words, and said in an affirmative tone.

"There is no doubt that this is a technology full of risks. It has neither undergone rigorous clinical trials nor strong supervision, but the organ it involves is our most sensitive and fragile brain."

"Imagine, if what is presented in our brains is not just horror movies, but something scarier than horror movies or horror games, and even directly controls and even tampers with our memories and thoughts through scientific means, what will it mean? I can't describe it in a few words, but what is certain is that our future will be darkened by the advent of the phantom system."

"I don't know what kind of coercion or temptation the beta testers have received, but I think a normal person would never agree to hand over his brain to a dangerous organization and put it on an instrument for random research. This Not only irresponsible to oneself, but also irresponsible to society!"

Hearing Professor Fanoan's speech, the host had a surprised expression on his face.

"Is this a bit too exaggerated? Our reporter learned during the interview that the phantom system of Xingkong Technology does not include the above functions."

Professor Fanoan: "It's not an exaggeration at all! It doesn't exist now, but it doesn't mean that it can't be done in theory, and even if they do, they can't tell you. In fact, I consulted Professor Mier in the My colleague from the Swiss National Center for Neural Network Research, Prof. Burki... the one sitting next to me. He and I share the same opinion. We agree that this is a dangerous technology, and all parties concerned should be called on to boycott it. .”

The host looked at Professor Burki.

"Is this true? What's your point of view? Professor Burki."

The camera cuts from Professor Fanoan to Professor Burki.

Facing the host's question, Professor Burki nodded with a positive expression, and then continued in a serious tone.

"The views that Professor Fanoan said are exactly my views. In fact, virtual reality technology has always been one of the key research projects of our Swiss National Center for Neural Network Research. That's the direction."

"He was an excellent academic, but the ideas he advocated did not go our way. At a time when we insisted that technology should serve our society, not make it worse, he chose to leave and go to to Huaguo."

"I don't want to blame him for his betrayal, but what I can't accept is that in the face of our accusations, he not only has no intention of introspection, but even insists on continuing his own evil experiment with the support of the official forces of China."

"This makes us sadder than betrayal!"

As one of the core developers of the phantom system, the name of Professor Mier is not unfamiliar to most people who follow the progress of virtual reality technology.

When he heard that even Professor Mier's colleagues at the Swiss National Center for Neural Network Research expressed concern, the host's face finally showed a dignified look, and the guests in the audience were also in an uproar.

Less than an hour after the show aired, excerpts of the video were uploaded to YouTube, and circulated widely on Facebook and Twitter.

All of a sudden, criticisms about the "Phantom" system and Starry Sky Technology's beta test were raging, and the developers involved in the project were all affected.

Judging from the sharp swords pointing at it, Xingkong Technology seems to have been pushed to a disadvantageous position in this public opinion war. The pace of developing overseas markets has not yet begun, and it has fallen into such a huge public opinion storm.

At the same time, in the office of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Professor Mier, who watched the video, was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and angrily called his old colleague Professor Burki.

"Do you know what you're doing!"

Hearing the roar from the receiver, Professor Burki, who was sitting in the waiting room of the airport and was about to return to Switzerland from the United States, smiled slightly and said in a relaxed tone, "Take it easy, my dear Mier Professor, how are you doing now?"

Hearing his old colleague's irrelevant tone, Professor Mier became even more angry, and said through gritted teeth, "You still have the nerve to ask me! What happened to that CNN interview! Others don't understand neural networks. Don’t tell me you don’t understand the structure! How can the nonsense you say about brainwashing come true!”

This kind of upside-down speech not only hurts Xingkong Technology's corporate image and its own academic reputation, but also hurts the public's confidence in this technology, and even all scholars engaged in research in this direction.

If he's telling the truth, that's fine.

But the problem is that speeches such as brainwashing or mind control are purely confusing right and wrong. This is not something that can be accomplished through virtual reality technology at all!

Even though the neuromodem can feed signals into the brain, it is still the brain itself that makes the judgment call. In essence, its function is the same as eyes and ears, it is just a repeater for receiving external signals.

However, in the face of Professor Mier's condemnation, Professor Burki's tone was indeed full of relaxation, and he even said with a smile as if nothing had happened.

"What's impossible? Even TV and newspapers can do things, I believe your phantom system will do it more perfectly."

Professor Mier said with a gloomy expression: "You are playing with words."

"What the public needs to know is the truth, and I told them, as to whether word play is so important," said Professor Burki with a smile, "Honestly speaking, if you really cherish your reputation so much, in fact You still have a choice."

Mier: "...what way?"

Professor Burki: "Curse darkness for light."

Mier said coldly, "Are you dreaming?"

Not angry at the refusal of his old colleague, Professor Burki, who was sitting in the waiting room and talking on the phone, shrugged.

"Recognize the reality, buddy. Xingkong Technology is trying to build a virtual reality network based on cloud computing technology that is independent of the traditional Internet. Do you know what this means? It is almost inevitable that they will face such troubles now."

"Of course, I don't deny the greatness of neural access virtual reality technology. What you have studied will have a huge effect in the near future, and even directly promote the transformation of our society."

"However, when this change is not in the right hands, it is dangerous."

"Now, we all agree that the first-generation system has many hidden dangers, which are full of dangers to the public, so we need to jointly develop a safer and more conservative second-generation virtual reality system with the international community. The Lord is willing to pay for this... Do you understand what I mean? I sincerely suggest that you seriously consider joining us. For you, drawing a line with the Chinese people is the best choice—"

Professor Mier scolded angrily: "Do you think I will agree to you? You despicable and shameless villain!"

Surprised by Professor Mier's scolding, Professor Burki was slightly stunned, but only for half a second, and then said with a smile.

"Each each other."

Then, the phone hung up.

Listening to the blind voice coming from the other end of the phone, Professor Mier slammed his fist on the table.

"hateful!"

At this time, footsteps came from outside the office.

Knocking on the door of the office, a researcher in a white coat walked in.

"Professor Mier."

Taking a deep breath, trying to calm down his emotions, Professor Mier asked.

"What's up?"

The researcher said: "This is a new experiment plan, and the project management department of Xingkong Technology asked me to send it to you."

A new experiment plan?

Is now the time to experiment?

After patiently accepting the proposal, Professor Mier frowned and glanced at it twice.

Pupils shrink slightly.

At this moment, he finally understood why the top executives of Xingkong Technology were so calm...

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