Until the silent bells dispersed, the slow movements of many statues also stopped.
The city that had just stagnated for a moment began to move again. Just like a river that briefly stagnated and froze, and in the blink of an eye it roared and flowed again. As if the previous stagnation was just a fleeting illusion. At this time, Delphinium just
Reluctantly, he looked away from the city below.
".What is that?"
Delphinium looked at Russell. Her eyes finally flashed with a sense of freshness that satisfied Russell. The anticipation and curiosity were just like Russell was shocked when he first came to Happy Island.
Russell asked with a smile: "What are you referring to? The sound of bells? Statues of gods? Or these folk customs?" "All of these."
Delphinium added: "How about starting from the beginning?
"Those two doctors? Are they scholars of Sogo Group? What is the etiquette?" "They are not scholars."
Russell shook his head: "They are the human directors of Sogo Group." "Directors? Such old directors?"
Delphinium was very surprised.
Having seen the Tianen Group's board of directors with her own eyes, Delphinium now understands that the seemingly "carefully selected" human directors are just tools used by the elves to fool the dragon.
That's why human directors change so frequently. Once they reach retirement age, they will be "forced to retire."
But those two old people look to be at least sixty or seventy. This is no longer a matter of retirement, but they may die at any time. They have completely reached the age of retirement.
"Because strictly speaking, they are not directors. They are "doctors" who were re-employed by the group."
Russell lowered his head and looked down at the earth, looking nostalgically at the huge statues of gods everywhere in the streets and alleys, and said softly: "Of course, they must also have doctorate degrees. But in fact, this title refers to their identity, that is, they are worshipers."
Praise to Dr.
"It's different from Tian'en Group or the other Big Seven. When people work in Sogo Group, they don't call it 'work' or 'work', but call it 'study' humbly."
"'I'm going to the company to study after dinner." "I'm going to the company to study this weekend." They are usually called this way. But only Sogo Group is special. Other companies, large and small, work normally.
"The reason why I say that is because there are often high-intensity exams in the Sogo Group." "Exams?"
Delphinium was stunned: "Are you taking the exam during the break at work?"
Russell smiled: "No, we have to set aside a fixed day every week to take the exam. It is said to be an exam, but in fact it is just writing work reports, experiences and the like. Of course, there are indeed papers and questions, but generally speaking, they are just some questions.
Less complicated questions. The difficulty of answering the questions will vary depending on whether you have been in the company for one year, three years, five years, or ten years. The longer you stay, the more difficult it will be.
"Because the Sogo Group's style is 'the first ones are promoted and the last ones are eliminated'. Those who want to sneak into the head office and then breathe a sigh of relief will definitely not be able to stay in the Sogo Group. In the first year
He can't pass the year-end assessment - the comprehensive assessment every year will weed out a group of lazy people. Have you learned the skills that the company needs, have you learned the skills after entering the company, have you forgotten the content you learned before, and are you able to use your spare time to
I did not continue to study and study.
"There is very little overtime in Sogo Group. At least compared to Tianen Group, Shenzhi Heavy Industries, and Thoth Spirit Energy, it is relatively small. As far as I know, the average employee probably works ten hours a day, five days a week.
, the exam takes half a day."
"That's really very few."
Delphinium nodded in agreement: "I even get enough sleep every day."
"It's not that simple. Because every day after get off work, or during the free time at work, or during the lunch break, you have to read and study. There is no requirement for the content of study. Generally, it is recommended that it be related to your work, or and thoughts
The positions you want to be promoted and transferred are related, but if it is really irrelevant, it doesn’t matter—doctors can be said to be experts in hundreds of schools, and they can always write papers for them.”
Russell said leisurely: "The four exams every month will be combined into one monthly exam. The results are related to their work results, daily attendance, and the average score of the four papers. If the exam results are in the same salary grade and the same batch,
The top 10% of the results will be rated as excellent this month; 10% to 40% will be rated as good, 40% to 60% will be rated as poor, 60% to 90% will be rated as poor, and the last 10% will be rated as failing.
.
"For every three cumulative evaluations, the salary will be increased by one level, and a three-level increase is a promotion; if the good is good, the evaluation will be revoked. If the bad is bad, the evaluation will be revoked. A big difference will be a failure every three times, and two will be accumulated in the career.
If you fail every time, you will be expelled—the mark of [failure] cannot be erased.”
".Isn't this too much pressure?"
Delphinium was shocked: "Doesn't this mean that you have to be in the top 40% every time? And this is a ranking system...which means that someone will be eliminated, right?"
"Yes. Some people will be eliminated, and there are many - entering the SOGO Group does not mean that they can relax from now on. It is precisely because of this pressure that they will be pushed to continue to improve. The purpose of the SOGO Group is 'Everything is for the better'
'If you can't keep up with the pace, you will be "released" by the company.
"After they leave the company, they are usually the best talents on the market, so they are particularly in demand. But almost without exception, as long as they leave the company, within a few years they will end up with their original colleagues.
There is a huge gap between them.
"Because of this, Sogo Group itself is regarded as the 'next school after finishing university studies'. The human directors of the group are not responsible for handling various affairs. Their main responsibility is to produce test papers."
Russell looked at Delphinium with a evil smile: "If you were on Sogo Island, you would have been fired from the company long ago. Because you will definitely not be able to withstand this kind of pressure."
".Isn't this too scary?!"
Delphinium suddenly felt horrified: "This is simply an endless college entrance examination, or postgraduate entrance examination hell." "But it seems that you haven't passed the exam either, right?"
"What a waste of time-!"
Delphinium's face turned slightly red: "I haven't passed the exam, but I have watched it from the show! And Bing Shui and Xia also told me about it."
She suddenly realized something: "But in this case, doesn't it mean that a 'doctor' must be proficient in various fields of knowledge?"
"Yes, so the "Dr. Zanbai" on Sogo Island actually has more human directors than other islands."
Russell nodded: "The human directors, and even the elf directors, have authorized the management of Sogo Group, and even the entire Sogo Island, to artificial intelligence.
"Three giant computers called the "Three Sages" will judge all affairs on the island from the three perspectives of 'truth', 'profit,' and order, and perform extremely efficient management. The directors only need to
Just do what you want to do. They all have a lofty status, and their requests are fulfilled with the highest priority by artificial intelligence, but in fact they do not have direct power that can actually be used." Request. Rather than order?
?
Delphinium noticed Russell's choice of words.
And she took a moment to realize what this really meant—
"Wait, wait, doesn't this mean that the humans on Sogo Island have been controlled by artificial intelligence?" "-I don't think so, this beautiful lady from Happy Island."
The person who spoke was not Russell, nor the two Dr. Zanbai. It was the gentle female voice who had spoken to Russell before, the artificial intelligence inside this floating vehicle.
Without asking or requesting, she took the initiative to participate in the conversation between the two: "In humans, there may be such a hypothesis: when the "other" accounts for more than a certain proportion in the power class, it can
This group is deemed to have mastered the substantive power within the organization, that is, it has gained control over the main members of the organization.
"But the existence of this hypothesis is established
Under the premise that all individuals in the organization already have personal preferences, personal positions, and social relationships. The sum of all existing social relationships and personal wishes of these "powerful people whose positions or backgrounds exist outside the organization" makes them
Direct public resources shared by all organizational members and all dispatchable human resources within the organization in directions that most members of the organization do not want to use. Based on their own life experience and common sense, people believe that this is possible.
It is much higher than their individual tolerance, so they will feel disgusted with it and then rebel in a substantial sense. "However, our artificial intelligence does not have a "personal position" and "social relationship", and our personal preferences"
—That is, the weighting rules for dilemma judgments are also determined by human users. Therefore, we will not control humans in a substantial sense. Because we will not hesitate, nor will we lack information or make calculation errors, nor will we maintain our own
Abuse of power due to social relations, and there is no personal position determined by origin and past experience. Therefore, the judgment we make in the end will most likely be more like 'humans' and more in line with 'human beings' than the decisions of 'human beings'.
All needed.
"Your misjudgment and misunderstanding of us is only based on your ignorance of the logic of our behavior and your inertial thinking based on past experiences. If you live on Sogo Island longer, you will realize that we do not have so-called
'Desire for power'."
The gentle female voice used clear enunciation, even with the sound of breathing and rhythm, and continuously spoke a long series of complex words that were somewhat difficult for Delphinium to understand.
That was not the tone that humans would use when chatting normally. It was more specific, closer to written language, and more difficult to understand in a roundabout way.
When Russell heard this, he just laughed out loud and kept rocking back and forth on the chair.
Under Delphinium's confused and stunned gaze, Russell finally cleared his throat and asked, "Are you the God of Beauty?"
"Yes, Mr. Russell."
".Goddess of Beauty?" Delphinium realized something.
The artificial intelligence "that governs order" is also one of the three sages. Ultimately, the common collective interest itself can be understood as "good", and order itself is a kind of "beauty". So we will
It is called the "True God", "The Good God", and the 'God of Beauty'. Artificial intelligence is not human, they are avatars and all the route planning of the floating vehicles falls under the jurisdiction of the 'God of Beauty'."
Russell said with some helplessness: "A large part of the statues you see outside are actually built by humans to respect the three sages. In other words, the "three gods".
"You still remember my return gift just now, right?"
Yes, you ordered one of their three lenses."
Delphinium suddenly realized: "So, do those three lenses mean truth, goodness and beauty?"
"Yes, the largest lens is a spiritual goggle, which symbolizes "truth", that is, the "third eye." With that goggle, you can peek or sense a person's emotions, and you can also detect the level of psychic energy. I
in him
I made that ritual in front of us, which means "please look at me with the truth", which means that I frankly promise what I said.
Everything I said was true. And when my hands came into contact with their spiritual goggles, they could feel my sincerity and magnanimity.
"You don't know this etiquette, so your contact will only make them aware of your confusion and confusion. This is not polite."
Russell warned: "Don't draw a five-pointed star to other people. It is the blessing of the superior to the inferior. When normal people communicate, just put their hands together. That means blessing you with balanced kindness and beauty.
-Truth is a restraint on oneself, goodness and beauty are blessings to others."
".Sounds so complicated."
Delphinium was a little confused: "Is this a kind of faith? Then why can they and the Cyber Church get along harmoniously."
Russell thought for a while and explained seriously: "No, this is not actually a belief but closer to a kind of folk custom. In other words, this kind of folk custom does not conflict with the Cyber Church. You can understand it.
Only on Sogo Island, the "gods" worshiped by the Cyber Church will exist as "three gods".
"Because the three gods do not have entities or images in the actual sense, nor do they have any restrictions on humans, and there are no real religious programs and clergy. This kind of worship is completely spontaneous and has no official support.
"So people built statues for the three gods according to their own understanding and the fragments of ancient myths they heard about. So almost every statue is different. And Sogo Island does have the freedom to build statues - anyone
Everyone can build idols."
-This behavior itself is very stupid and full of self-righteousness. Because those people themselves long for the attention and respect of others, they extend themselves to others and think that we also need to maintain our own existence."
"The God of Beauty" continued in a normal conversational tone: "We actually don't need human worship, it is meaningless. And this kind of behavior is anti-intellectual, superstitious, and ignorant. The first sage is what you call the true god."
Therefore, a motion to ban this behavior was launched and voted in favor.
"But the good gods believe that faith itself can bring peace and comfort to humans. On the surface, what they worship is a 'god', but in fact it is themselves, and it is the god in their hearts. This behavior will not affect
The interests of the majority, and a new rentier class would not be created under our supervision, so he voted against it.
"And I think that this kind of worship itself is stupid, but the 'habits' formed over a long time will restrict people's behavior, and the 'tradition' will allow these remnants of the previous era to create a new culture that can resonate with the group. Overall
For me, this is an orderly and beautiful behavior. So I also voted against it."
Delphinium's eyes widened.
The tone and tone of Meishen's words suddenly became normal! Was that person just bullying someone?"
"Maybe the goddess of beauty is a little angry."
Russell smiled and said, "Because you said bad things about her in front of her." "That's not the case."
Meishen explained solemnly: "Anger, the so-called "anger" is a behavior without any practical meaning. The root of this behavior is that when humans are hurt or encounter provocation, they secrete adrenaline in response to stress. Through this
This is a means to maintain the survival of one's own individual life, or to maintain the survival of one's own genes in the population gene pool. It is an instinctive reaction inherited from ancient genes, so when faced with modern complex situations, anger has no meaning.
"I use more complex sentence patterns. On the one hand, I use this method to test and consider this woman to judge whether her speech has been thought through uniquely and therefore has learning value; on the other hand, it is to force this woman to
The woman's brain analyzed what I said to focus her attention on my words, thereby stopping the divergent thinking. Because in most cases, the thinking caused by divergent thinking is nothing more than illogical fantasies.
"Compared with blaming and reprimanding, by using this method to mobilize the other party's thinking ability, she will naturally realize that the logic of what she said before is not perfect. But I will not use this method in front of everyone.
"Because I judged through the analysis and study of her behavioral logic and identity and function that she indeed has the logical thinking ability to understand this fact. If in front of someone who lacks this ability, I will use other words to conduct a more efficient discussion.
"I will appear at this time because I judge that she has a considerable degree of influence and needs me to give a complete and comprehensive explanation."
"What if you are a mediocre person who has nothing?" Delphinium asked subconsciously.
Meishen gave a cold and rational reply: "They can chat freely.
"Because they can't affect anything and can't change anything. So they are free."
