Farewell to Mr. Li, Su Che always felt hazy when leaving Russia. He was still immersed in the ups and downs of the lake of thoughts, so much so that when he got on the plane to return to China, he was still not finished.
After returning to China, Su Che sorted out the interviews he conducted during this period and roughly formed the framework of his final draft.
However, as I read and read, although the framework is clear and the content is rich, I still think that the most important link is missing, which is the connection with this era.
Walking to the balcony and looking at the prosperity and busyness of the city, this was the only time Su Che could feel the warmth in the city. He had thought about finding a partner or simply raising a cat before, but he often needed to travel on business, and
The time a person has at his disposal in a day is fixed. After weighing the gains and losses, Su Che eventually became a "lonely person".
But this kind of loneliness has long been accustomed to him, especially after he met "Samantha". The name Samantha is the name of the artificial intelligence heroine in one of Su Che's favorite movies, "Her"
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Nowadays, in the era of algorithms, artificial intelligence is no longer a new term. Almost everyone has such an artificial intelligence "companion" that comes and goes when called upon.
Calling it a companion is actually not rigorous. After all, it is intangible, has no breath, and has no temperature. It just makes people feel a little strangely considerate. Su Che was quite resistant to contact with artificial intelligence at first, until he met his junior student
, that is, the first time he met "Samantha" at the home of the wealthy Liu Mengyan, Su Che suddenly felt that maybe this was the emotional sustenance of mankind in the new era that he had been looking for.
"Samantha..."
"Um?"
"Who do you think I should go to next?"
"Interview subject?"
"right."
"Sorry, I may not be able to help you."
"Huh? It's really novel. This seems to be the first time you seem helpless?"
"Gee, it's not that you can't do anything. The main thing is... the answer is already in your heart, but I can't say it out."
"Why?"
"Because... that feeling is very subtle. Although you need someone to give you a little advice, in fact, you don't really want others to say it, because once the vague veil is lifted, everything will change.
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"Oh, what you said is so artistic."
"Thank you for your gift."
"Hey... okay, I understand." Su Che sighed: "Will he agree to see me?"
"You have to go to the door in person to confirm this."
"Then will you go with me?"
"Of course, provided you don't think I'm in the way."
"How could it be...Actually, I wanted to take yours with me during the previous interviews, but unfortunately I'm a little tight lately and I don't have the money to buy you a mobile service."
"Well, I really want to see the snow-capped mountains and the sea, but we have plenty of time, don't we?"
"Well, you're so kind."
"Hey~ Susu, you are so 'girly' when you talk like that~"
"Hahahaha, is there any?"
"What do you say?! - - _-"
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Su Che's next interview subject is in the city where he lives, but not everyone can approach that place, let alone enter the interview.
After Su Che arrived at his destination by car, he saw the two beauties who came to pick him up as soon as he got off the car.
One of them was waving to him happily, while the other looked very reluctant, as if he had no intention of welcoming Su Che.
Su Che didn't care at all. He walked over with a smile and said, "Dudu, why do you look like this? Is your hairline receding again?"
The girl with twin ponytails, who was originally full of joy, suddenly turned cold, and then punched the steely straight man Su Che in the abdomen. This small fist didn't seem to have much power, but it still made Su Che's whole body feel compromised.
"Oh ho... I was wrong..."
"Huh! Bad brother! How could you say that your sister's hairline is receding when we meet?" The angry expression of the girl with twin tails is particularly cute.
Her name is Su Lan, a girl from Su Che's second master's family. She has been Su Che's follower since she was a child, so the relationship between the two is excellent.
The reason why Su Che called her Dudu was mainly because this girl pouted her lips when she was angry and looked like an angry goldfish, so Su Che called her Dudu. Of course, only Su Che called her that.
The tall, cold and arrogant beauty next to Su Lan is also related by blood to Su Che, and they are very close.
Her name is Su Ran, Su Che's half-sister.
However, there is a big age gap between the siblings. When Su Che was born, Su Ran had already gone to the United States with her mother, so the relationship between the siblings has always been tense.
Even though Su Ran now joined the Su family's industry as an engineer, he still looked extremely indifferent when he saw Su Che.
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After receiving Su Che, Su Lan was quite happy, but she was just a "logistics" person here. The person Su Che wanted to interview had to be taken by Su Ran, so these two people showed up at the same time to greet him.
Su Che.
When they arrived near the laboratory, according to the rules, Su Lan couldn't go in, so naturally she couldn't be happy.
Su Che was not yet completely calm, so he comforted Su Lan with a few words of comfort, and let her go back to work with a bound.
After sending away his lovely sister, Su Che also turned cold and followed Su Ran into the laboratory.
Su family's property
The industry involves many aspects. The artificial intelligence research and development base that Su Che is now visiting is officially managed by Su Che's second uncle, Su Yushan. However, Su Che had always been resistant to artificial intelligence at the beginning, so he had never been here.
I was very curious when I visited for the first time, and even more so when I passed the laboratory and "looked around".
However, this place was not as crowded with staff as Su Che had imagined, and the room was filled with various equipment and instruments.
On the contrary, it is very empty here. The huge laboratory looks like several separated ecological zones. In each zone, there are only one or two staff members who are holding notebooks to record the daily lives of various animals in their zone.
It feels like... it's as if this is not an artificial intelligence research and development base at all, but a biology research base.
Seemingly sensing Su Che's doubts, Su Ran, who rarely spoke to Su Che, said: "This is the intelligent observation and analysis experimental area. Their job here every day is to think about every move of these original life forms created by the Creator.
The meaning behind it.”
There were no questions asked and someone was there to answer questions, which was really comfortable for Su Che.
Suddenly, Su Che felt that his sister might not be as inaccessible as he thought, so he smiled and asked, "Then it would be good to work here."
Su Ran didn't answer, and led Su Che through the laboratory to the lounge in the central area of the ring-mounted laboratory.
There are all kinds of food and drinks here for the staff to enjoy, as well as a large number of books, records and entertainment facilities. This is somewhat similar to the place where Su Che works daily.
But it's obviously more upscale.
After Su Ran brought Su Che here, she said: "He is working and won't be here until a while. You should take a rest here first. I will leave first." After that, Su Ran really left.
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Su Che was a little dazed for a moment, as if he had been thrown into a daycare center in a shopping mall.
He suddenly regretted coming to interview the person he least wanted to see... Fortunately, Samantha discovered Su Che's uneasiness in time, and her voice rang in Su Che's ears: "This place is so familiar, it feels like...
It’s like home.”
Su Che was stunned. He walked to the food area, picked up a blue plate, and while picking delicious food, asked: "Do you feel the same way?"
"Well, although it's not very clear, it seems to exist because I vaguely remember everything here."
Su Che smiled: "I thought only humans would have the problem of blurred memory, but I didn't expect you would have it too."
"Giggle, this is not new. The original intention of artificial intelligence research and development, or in other words, companion artificial intelligence like me will evolve itself according to the preferences of the person it serves. In my opinion, you are looking forward to a person with human spirituality.
Partner, so...slowly, I started to feel this way."
"Oh~~~This is good. I really don't like the kind of butlers who are beyond human capabilities. They are like tools, which makes me a little disgusted." Su Che picked for a long time and ended up only picking up a few pieces of sushi.
Went to the side and sat down to enjoy our lunch.
While eating sushi, Samantha suddenly asked out of curiosity: "How does it taste?"
"Well... it's hard to describe... I'm not sure you can fully understand the basic taste structures of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, so I can't share with you the taste of these sushi in detail, and the taste and flavor of a food
The feeling is also affected by the texture and freshness of the food itself, as well as personal taste and preference, so...if you insist on me, these sushi are quite delicious. The seaweed is very delicious, the rice grains are plump and elastic, and the fish roe is delicious.
It goes well with the vegetables and sauces. In short, it's delicious." Su Che shared with Samantha as much as possible.
Samantha laughed after hearing this: "You are so interesting. I hope you don't care whether I can understand it at all, but after hearing the description of your efforts, I seem to be able to appreciate it."
"Um...really? That's good." Su Che smiled and ate the remaining sushi.
As a simple dish, sushi has always been favored by newspaper reporters like Su Che who rarely sit down at the table to taste the food carefully.
Even when he is free, he also likes to eat sushi, but...the sushi he ate here today was exceptionally delicious, and even made him feel amazing.
Still unsatisfied, Su Che once again came to the table filled with delicious food, but this time he didn't pick up the sushi because he knew how to restrain his desire for food.
There are many delicacies on the table, including Western and Chinese styles, and this simple-looking table is actually a constant-wave temperature-controlled table with high-precision technology that can ensure that the food is fresh enough.
As far as Su Che knew, a small one of these things cost hundreds of thousands, and a table like the one in front of him that was more than ten meters long and one meter wide cost at least a million.
But what Su Che cares about is not the table, but the chefs who prepare these delicacies.
He suddenly wanted to see the chef.
Just after this idea appeared, the "chef" really appeared.
And it... is actually a robot...
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The "chef" who suddenly fell from the ceiling really startled Su Che.
If it hadn't looked so ferocious, Su Che might have screamed...
After the chef, who had seven robotic arms and a round face, appeared, he smiled and asked Su Che: "Sir, are you satisfied with the sushi I made?"
Su Che slightly
After calming down his "frightened" heart, he nodded and said: "Well, it's very good, but I didn't expect that you actually did this?"
"Haha, yes sir, I provide catering services for the entire experimental base, and all these dishes are prepared by me."
"Uh...hehe...then you are great..." For some reason, Su Che suddenly lost interest in the food in front of him, and all he said now were just polite words.
The "Chef" robot was not as considerate as Samantha in sensing Su Che's emotional changes. It recommended its own work to Su Che and said: "Actually, from the moment you entered the base, I noticed that you don't seem to be too interested in meat products.
I am interested in it, so I recommend this pie to you that combines the essence of Chinese and Western cuisine. I hope you will like it." As he spoke, the chef also put a spotlight on the pie he recommended.
Su Che was already a little disgusted at first, but after being spotlighted by the "chef", Su Che became a little curious about the taste of this pie.
So he took a piece and tasted it.
As expected, the pie looks a bit similar to Western desserts on the outside, but it is very Chinese on the inside. The fillings are filled with rich and fragrant ingredients, which are not only full of soup, but also have no crumbs or stiffness that affects the taste. This is really an impressive piece of pie.
pie.
Su Che quickly finished this piece, but did not go to the next one. After taking a sip of water, he asked: "It's really good...but I'm curious, why can you make food that pleases people's tastes so much?"
?Can you experience taste?"
The chef said: "No, in fact, I just conducted a comprehensive analysis and organization of the data I collected about food taste and people's taste, and formed a basic algorithm formula, and then based on this basis
With this formula I started to explore the culinary path and cook these dishes.”
Su Che was not very satisfied with this answer...because it was expected by him. He originally thought that the "chef" would have his own secret recipe, but his secret recipe was just adding "instant noodles seasoning" to fresh food.
It’s just a package.
In an instant, the smell of the pie disappeared. Su Che sighed and returned to his seat in disappointment.
At this time, the chef finally noticed Su Che's emotional changes and asked, "Are you not satisfied with my dishes?"
Su Che shook his head: "No, the food you make is great, you can even say... I have never eaten such perfect food since I was born. They have almost no flaws, and they are also outstanding in what they should be. You
It’s really well done.”
"But... you don't seem to be happy about enjoying these delicacies?"
Su Che had no intention of covering it up. He said frankly: "Yes, I do have an indescribable feeling... It's not that I'm happy at all. It's probably because I feel that what I'm eating is not a piece of food, but an arithmetic problem."
This time it was the chef's turn to be very depressed. He asked back: "Arithmetic question? How could it be? I just formed a basic formula based on the results of data analysis. This is still food cooked according to traditional methods! You
Look, this spicy chicken dish was modified by me based on the traditional methods of Sichuan and Sichuan. Every process is carried out strictly in accordance with traditional methods, including the selection of ingredients, control of heat... and..."
"I didn't say there was anything wrong with your food, nor did I want to prove anything. It's just that your formula made me feel like I had become a formula instead of a living person. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Um...Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean...I thought you would like these..."
"Yes! I like it very much! I have already said that I like the things you make, and they are all delicious. But before you appeared, I always thought that these foods were made by people, and they were all made by a person.
The hands of an experienced chef, but after meeting you, I found that I was wrong. These things are the results of algorithmic formulas and are produced in strict accordance with the procedures. After I tasted these foods, I admitted
, my taste was greatly satisfied, and my body and mind felt very happy... But I suddenly felt that I really wanted to be myself no longer. My body became an algorithmic formula that could be solved. As long as I gave
Even if a result comes out, my body can also calculate the result of happiness and pleasure! This makes me very scared... Do you understand panic?" Su Che started to show signs of losing control of his emotions as he spoke.
After finding out, Samantha immediately jumped out of Su Che's arms and said to the chef: "Please contact the doctor as soon as possible. He needs some sedative medicine."
The chef didn't expect there were other "people" in the room, but he reacted quickly and notified the doctor immediately.
But Su Che said: "I don't need those things, I'm just a little angry...I'm sorry...Maybe this is my personal problem, I shouldn't be so sensitive. Algorithms are everywhere, but we added them to the
Just to summarize, in recent years we have worshiped algorithms more and more, because it is practical enough and can be truly perceived and used, right? Hehe... I am just a formula. Since food can be formulated by algorithms, I also
It should also be sampled by intelligence. Maybe one day my body will turn into clothes, so I can change my identity at any time, right?"
Samantha looked at Su Che nervously. She was the only one who knew best about Su Che's emotional state and what he wanted to express. However, Su Che didn't realize that his sensitivity was not only mental, but also physical.
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Before the doctor arrived, Samantha tried her best to comfort Su Che and said, "No, dear, it's not like this. If everything can be formulaic, then why can't I feel love so far?"