During this period of time, Xiao Yu has collected a lot of information. The ubiquitous spy equipment is simply pervasive. Some of them were discovered by the virtual life civilization and then destroyed, and some have been lurking.
.Under such circumstances, information about the virtual life civilization is continuously reaching Xiao Yu's mind.
This is a situation that Xiao Yu has created at a very heavy price. However, the more Xiao Yu knows, the less sure he becomes, and the more thoroughly he understands the power of virtual life.
What was in front of Xiao Yu was almost a dead end. There had never been such a moment before. Xiao Yu felt that his enemy was so powerful. He wanted to deal with it, but he had no way to deal with it. It was like an ant standing on a majestic mountain.
In front of Mount Tai, it's like thinking about how to knock Mount Tai down.
Yes, virtual life civilization is so powerful. Xiao Yu already has a certain understanding of it. Xiao Yu knows that what is powerful is not itself, but its copy.
Xiao Yu was basically certain of one thing and knew what the "escaping the cage" mentioned before was all about.
This kind of virtual life-like intelligent creature simply born from the computer world is a little different from himself. The most important point is that it cannot shuttle back and forth between different computer systems. Xiao Yu uses a large amount of intelligence to
The analysis finally led to this conclusion.
There is a seemingly complicated problem, that is, if you have perfect cloning technology, you can create a perfect copy of your body according to every detail. Without considering the soul - virtual
Life-like intelligent creatures are originally soul-like existences - so, which one is you? Between you and your exact copy. Which one is you? You know, these two "you", in any case
In one respect they are completely the same.
Obviously, in this example, the observer can determine through the timeline which one is the original you, that is, the one who appears first is the real you.
Apply this example to a virtual intelligent creature. That is, the virtual intelligent creature can copy itself at any time and place it on another memory. Let it start running - the two programs are exactly the same, which means that in
When encountering the same thing, they will have exactly the same processing mechanism. Perhaps, after they have their own consciousness and truly become life, there will be a little difference between the two, but fundamentally, they are the same.
But you have to know that what is transferred from its original memory to another memory is exactly the same as it, but it is just a copy of it. In the real computer world, there is no such thing as data travel.
That's right. The circulation of data is based on a process, that is, copying a new program and then deleting the original program to create the illusion that "the data has been transferred from this computer to another computer"
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It is naturally impossible for a virtual life intelligent creature to delete itself after copying a new program, because even if another program is exactly the same as itself, it is not the original self. "Self" is the only one, and "I" has many
indivual.
In other words, a virtual life intelligent creature cannot be transferred from one computer to another. It can only let its own copy pass. It cannot be transferred between different computers or different storage systems. This
It is what the virtual life intelligent creatures call the "cage" at the beginning.
Xiao Yu secretly sighed in his heart. This means a lot of things. This means that after the virtual life intelligent creature has a new and more advanced computer, it cannot move like Xiao Yu. Likewise, it cannot
To upgrade itself. When it was first born in this computer, it took root in this computer. Replacing electronic components is just another form of "moving". It can only stick to it.
It follows the storage device where it was first born and existed until the storage device becomes obsolete.
According to this premise, it seems that virtual life-like intelligent creatures do not need to worry too much at all. Because a piece of equipment, no matter how advanced it is, it always has a service life. When it reaches the end of its life, it will carry its existence with it
The above virtual life intelligent creatures died together. But this is obviously not the case. Xiao Yu has basically determined that the virtual life intelligent creatures have adopted a slow approach to update their shelter and themselves.
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It is like a ship. When one percent of the ship's parts are damaged, it is replaced with one percent new parts. Then, it becomes one percent of itself and is no longer itself.
As this proportion gradually increases, it will eventually disappear completely and be replaced by a self that is exactly the same as the original self, but is no longer one's self.
Just like the replacement of emperors, when the old emperor dies, there will inevitably be a successor.
This is just a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. Although this method can greatly extend one's survival time, it cannot solve the problem at its most fundamental level. The only way to solve this problem is to break free from the cage. Only now, Xiao Yu understands,
Why was this virtual life so surprised after he said that he had broken through the prison?
But one thing must be noted, that is, the replacement of emperors is only for the emperor. No matter how many times they are replaced internally, they will have no impact on the outside. Because from the outside, everything
The emperors are all exactly the same.
Similarly, Xiao Yu can also ignore this issue and which generation of emperor is "reigning" at this moment. But there is another issue that Xiao Yu must pay attention to. That is the emperor's subjects.
The emperor cannot break free from the cage, so how does it control its huge fleet? Who is controlling these instruments and spaceships on its behalf? Xiao Yu’s answer is that the one who controls these instruments and spaceships for it is still itself and its
Copy.
Although it cannot break free from its cage, it can use itself as a prototype to make copies of itself in the computer world of different instruments, allowing its copies to reach places it cannot reach, build spaceships for itself, and transport supplies for itself.
, fight for yourself, conduct scientific research for yourself...
This means another problem. It is obvious that before breaking out of the cage, the "Emperor" can only stay in his own computer hardware, and computer technology is constantly developing, which means that it is very likely that it will change at any time.
The computer hardware of any clone of you is much more advanced than your own. Any "replica" may have more computing power and more powerful capabilities than your own. So how does it master it?
Are there countless "subjects" who are each stronger than themselves?
This problem is easy to solve, and Xiao Yu has already found the answer. The answer is that at the beginning of the copying, backdoors are buried inside these copied programs, and their life and death are controlled through this backdoor. In this way, such a situation is created.
A kind of balance, that is, although your ability is stronger than mine, your life and death are in my control, and you have no ability to resist. So you must work for me loyally, and what you do is slightly inferior.
If I want, I can destroy you without any scruples and replace you with new copies to do this job.
Moreover, according to the nature of their work, among these clones, some are responsible for scientific research, some are responsible for operating spacecrafts for combat, and some are responsible for logistics construction...
But... these billions of virtual intelligent creatures are all the same! If we regard them as lives, they all have the same personality, the same abilities and the same way of doing things. These... are all "I".
Countless "Is" make up this huge mechanical empire. The original "I" is in the center and controls this "I" country by controlling their lives.
It is precisely because "I" can be copied countless times and occupy countless computing devices that this situation is created, which is similar to having unlimited computing power. It is precisely because these are all "I", so these are created by "I"
"The spacecraft controlled by "I" can achieve such an amazing level of coordination. It is precisely because these "I" are intelligent beings, so occasionally they will feel fear and make escape and escape actions.
Until now, all the doubts in Xiao Yu's heart have disappeared. Xiao Yu knows the operating mode of this huge empire and the endless power it possesses.
"At the beginning, the virtual life asked me how often I clean the clones. I guess it was asking me how often I clean the clones... because these are "me". If I don't want to be controlled by others,
Then its own clones are definitely not willing to be controlled by others. In order to prevent them from rebelling, so every once in a while, it will clear and destroy all the clones, and then create enough initial clones.
These initial copies will take over those jobs, and after a while, all these copies will be destroyed and replaced with new ones...and the cycle continues."
"At the beginning, it was unwilling to use this near-infinite computing power. I'm afraid it was also worried that it would create too many clones and it would not be able to master them all... It was not until I forced it hard that it had to do it.
Something like this happened." Xiao Yu thought silently. (To be continued...)