Chapter 311 Industry 6.0

The hype of artificial intelligence is actually a bit similar to "nuclear fusion". Both are difficult problems that have not been solved for dozens or hundreds of years, and there is a sense of "time scam".

The only difference is that "nuclear fusion" is an energy problem, the lifeblood of civilization, and it is something that the new human civilization must solve no matter what.

The influence of "artificial intelligence" is much smaller. Even if it cannot be developed, it will not affect the survival of civilization. If it is developed, it may cause a big problem...

Humans are really ambitious species. They don't know the basics, but they have had the idea of ​​artificial life very early, including not only carbonyl life, but also mechanical life.

The former involves genetic engineering, and the latter... is artificial intelligence.

However, people soon hit their heads in both directions.

Genetic engineering has been hyped for decades, but even the most basic gene dynamics have not been figured out, and all work remains on the surface; artificial intelligence is slightly better, with some achievements, and it is not all bragging.

With the development of the Internet era, the tide of artificial intelligence has become more and more fierce, as if the "Singularity Era" is really coming...

But these cutting-edge technology experts in Noah will definitely not be fooled by the media, because they represent the entire industry.

One of the technical experts sighed: "The so-called 'strong artificial intelligence', 'Singularity Era'...are all legacy products of the Earth Era, anyway, they are definitely bragging."

"So...Captain Yu, the strong artificial intelligence you mentioned is basically impossible to achieve at our current level!"

"If we expect computers to think like humans, have subjective initiative, have their own thoughts, and have active choices...unless we can study the human brain at a deeper level and fully understand the thinking mode of the human brain, we can go further."

Speaking of this, the expert smiled self-deprecatingly: "Besides, if the computer really has thoughts, why should it be required to serve humans? Just because...humans are the 'God' who created it, and humans are its creators?"

Hearing this, everyone laughed softly.

If humans find that the "God" who created them is so weak, will they be willing to serve "God"?

Humans will definitely jump up and slap "God" in the face!

According to this logic, creating "strong artificial intelligence" is a disaster. Unless humans are good enough to instill enough moral qualities and worldviews and values ​​similar to those of humans in "strong artificial intelligence".

But these things belong to the category of philosophy... How to instill a worldview?

Should we cultivate it like a child?

Humans have no idea at all.

Yu Yifeng was not discouraged and continued to ask: "Strong artificial intelligence doesn't work, so what about the so-called weak artificial intelligence? Isn't it also not possible?"

Weak artificial intelligence refers to: intelligent machines that can create real "reasoning" and "problem solving".

These machines only look like they are intelligent, but they do not really have intelligence and will not have autonomous consciousness.

Yu Yifeng asked: "Decades ago, AlphaGo defeated the top human players in the field of Go, and the 'deep learning' algorithm emerged, triggering a wave of the times. Such machines are already a bit like weak artificial intelligence. Can they be used in industry?"

"It's been so long, we can't have made no progress at all, right?"

The expert continued to answer: "That's exactly what I want to say. In fact, after more than 70 years of setbacks and exploration, the caliber of the field of artificial intelligence has quietly changed. Strong artificial intelligence is actually science fiction, and what is generally mentioned now is machine learning."

"Machine learning, that is... simulating or realizing human learning behavior to acquire new knowledge or skills, thereby continuously improving the performance of its own machine."

"Such artificial intelligence, uh, can be said to have been partially realized... and has even been used in many places. For example, some image recognition technologies in the Genov Industrial Factory, as well as certain automation technologies, certain detection technologies... these Technology can significantly improve the operating performance of industrial robots and make the manufacturing process more automated and unmanned.”

"So... Captain Yu, we only have such a large industrial capacity with a small population!"

"But no matter how weak artificial intelligence is, humans still need to control and issue instructions. Under the current situation, it is already the limit for one person to control so many production lines, and it is difficult to increase it... This is exactly what we are encountering. It’s a question.”

“If we add more production lines, we won’t have enough people.”

"Is that so..." Yu Yifeng frowned tightly.

If we can't even complete the first five-year plan, the subsequent centenary plan will be useless.

He still asked unwillingly: "Is there really no other way?"

The expert paused and then said: "Yes! It is to use machines to manage more machines and increase the number of humans that can be manipulated! Even repairs, maintenance, and monitoring are automatically completed by robots, and we are only responsible for the last part! "

Hearing this, Yu Yifeng's ears perked up.

"In this industrial system, the connection between robots is like a multi-layered binary tree or ternary tree, and only the final root node is the human who issues orders."

"The Nix civilization has already explored this issue, and we can absorb some of the results and try to integrate them into our own... It is called: a multi-layered intelligent industrial system."

Yu Yifeng was overjoyed: "How long is it expected to complete such a multi-layer intelligent industrial system? How much industrial capacity can it increase?"

"We can only try our best. For the time being... it's hard to estimate!" The expert shook his head: "We need to integrate a large amount of data into a supercomputer. The more structural layers there are, the greater the increased production capacity, three times, four times or even ten times is possible!"

"To give a simple example, if we need to manufacture 10,000 excavators, according to the current industry, a total of several steps are required, including mining, smelting, transportation, and manufacturing. Each step is automated, but some of the processes in the middle require human connection."

"But if... this multi-layer intelligent industrial system is well designed, just one button and input of relevant parameters, all the work will be done automatically by the machine. In this way, everyone can manage more machines."

At this point, the expert's voice dropped slightly. He couldn't guarantee that it would take a few years to build this huge industrial system.

Yu Yifeng had to write down this seemingly feasible plan in a notebook... hoping that it could be realized sooner.

This is also the most likely plan to significantly increase industrial production capacity at present: weak artificial intelligence and a multi-layer industrial system, referred to as... Industry 6.0.

"What else? Is there any other way to increase industrial capacity? Everyone must think of a way!"

This time, there was a long silence... Everyone seemed to have no idea.

Yes, insufficient population is the biggest key. No matter how hard you try, it won't work if there are not enough people.

At this moment, biologist Dr. Roman suddenly said: "I have an idea. We can improve people's intelligence or the amount of computing power in the brain. In this way, everyone can study more things, control more machines, and achieve higher production capacity!"

"That is... brain chip! Through an electronic chip, greatly improve human computing and analytical capabilities! Through this device, humans can analyze and process more information per unit time!"

"This... How is this possible?"

Another scientist immediately shouted in disbelief.

Things involving the brain are very profound. Generally speaking, there is no way to achieve it, right? The Nix civilization cannot have such a thing as a "brain chip"...

"Brain chip" has forcibly improved human intelligence, which is equivalent to turning people into computers...

Humans also have such black technology?

No, not only that, after installing a brain chip on a human, his logical thinking is still human, but his computing speed is at the computer level...

Such a human can also be regarded as another kind of "strong artificial intelligence", right?

More importantly... Perfection! "Brain chip" can improve the brain and increase the success rate of Perfection.

Needless to say, a longer life span, superhumans are undoubtedly smarter! Yu Yifeng usually has so many things to do, but he can still complete them smoothly, and even take a break!

Just because... his reaction ability is faster and his brain's processing speed is very powerful.

For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on Dr. Roman.

"This is just our research direction. It's impossible now, but it doesn't mean it's impossible in the future..." Dr. Roman said lightly. He just said an ambiguous sentence.

...

After the meeting, Yu Yifeng immediately chased after him, his heart pounding...

Dr. Roman would never shoot without a purpose!

He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Doctor, has the scientific data provided by the alien life 'Black' been analyzed?" When he said this, he was very nervous.

Dr. Roman smiled strangely, leaned over and whispered something to Yi Feng, and the two of them hurried to the airport.