"We humans are carbon-based life forms. There are countless carbon-based life forms that are the same as humans on the earth. However, the brand-new life form we are exposed to today is neither a carbon-based life form nor a silicon-based life form. It is
A very special, Li-based life form." At the 19th Research Report Conference, Zeng Yijie from China proposed a brand new form of life.
"Li-based life form? Professor Zeng, can you explain it in more detail?" The question came from an American researcher.
Zeng Yijie: "Of course you can, but before we explain the ion-based life forms in detail, we might as well first understand the advantages and disadvantages of our carbon-based life forms and silicon-based life forms."
As he spoke, Zeng Yijie showed two pictures, one was a picture of an antelope giving birth, and the other was a silicon chip.
"I think everyone knows that as early as the 19th century, astrophysicist Julius Sheiner of the University of Potsdam explored the possibility of silicon-based existence in his article, which can basically be regarded as the earliest proposal
People who believe in silicon-based life, but today, I am not here to discuss the origin of life with you, but to look at the deeper differences between carbon-based life and silicon-based life in an extended way." Zeng Yijie finished speaking and motioned to his assistant.
Then the two pictures behind him started to move.
"The scene of antelope giving birth should be familiar to everyone here. Even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you should have seen it in various natural science documentaries. But have you noticed that after the baby antelope is born?
It immediately began to learn to walk. Only in this way can it adapt to the environment as quickly as possible and avoid being killed by predators. But where did this talent for learning come from? In other words, how did it 'learn' so quickly?
Where are the walking ones?" Zeng Yijie gave up and turned his attention to the people in the audience.
This question is very easy to answer for those who study biology in the audience, but many people do not know the mystery.
Especially when Zeng Yijie called up the third picture, which was a photo of a human mother and her child, this "quickness" became even more prominent.
"It's because of genetic inheritance, or biological instinct." An Indian researcher in the audience raised his hand.
Zeng Yijie smiled and nodded: "Yes, this friend explained this speed in a concise and concise manner, but the problem is that humans should have more advantages in evolution, but why haven't humans developed this instinct? Even many primates
Do animal babies need a long time after birth to learn to walk?”
No one has answered this question.
Zeng Yijie continued: "If you don't have the answer, you might as well take a look at the modern scientific community's understanding of silicon-based life forms."
The screen turned again, the antelope and humans disappeared, and the silicon chip was placed in the center.
"The usual definition of silicon-based life forms is: life composed mainly of materials containing silicon and silicon compounds, which can be called silicon-based life. This is a textbook definition, relatively accurate, but not specific enough, so I will
Borrowing a bold hypothesis, we treat the silicon wafer as a 'living', real silicon-based life form, let's call it leo for now."
The audience couldn't help but smile when they heard Leo.
Zeng Yijie continued: "As you can see, Leo is a saucer-shaped young man with a silver body. He is good at reading and writing and has excellent memory. But the problem is that Leo is like a diary. What he records
is limited, so when his memory
When his memory is full, he either chooses to forget something completely, or he has to find a similar person with an empty head and transfer his thoughts to him so that he can record new things. This behavior should be familiar to everyone.
, it is the access and transfer of computer data, leo may just be a mobile hard drive filled with 'study materials'."
Yuluo, the assistant actually turned the silicon chip in the picture into a mobile hard drive.
Everyone laughed again, and Yougege, who was sitting at the front, also became interested.
"But obviously, if leo is just a mobile hard drive, then it cannot be called a living body, so I asked a cartoonist friend of mine to anthropomorphize leo." Zeng Yijie turned around as he spoke.
Looking at the big screen, the mobile hard drive turned into a silver humanoid with no face and full body. It looked a bit like the "Forerunner", but the "Forerunner" was pure white.
"At this time, Leo has various characteristics of humans, so how should Leo, a silicon-based life form, reproduce?" Zeng Yijie asked another very special question.
The problem of reproduction of silicon-based life forms.
Everyone looked at each other and discussed quietly.
Yougege looked at Leo in the picture, feeling inexplicably familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen such an image.
"Everyone, can anyone answer my question?"
The chatter died down, and then a young white woman raised her hand.
"I saw a friend who had the courage to raise her hand. OK, please give her the microphone."
Then the white woman stood up and said: "Professor Zeng, I am Qiudi from Italy."
"Hello Qiudi, do you have any good ideas to share with everyone?"
Qiudi is a linguist, somewhat similar to Yougege's status in the research group.
She said: "I have a somewhat immature hypothesis. If there are really highly intelligent silicon-based life forms, then I think they should also be able to understand things like emotions, so I think they should also
There will be ways to make each other happy physically and mentally, and under this promotion, they will reproduce like human childbirth..."
"hehe……"
Before Qiudi finished speaking, a middle-aged uncle from the United States couldn't help laughing.
This was very rude, and he himself felt a little embarrassed.
Qiudi blushed, but Zeng Yijie encouraged her: "Well, what next?"
Qiudi looked at everyone's reactions and plucked up the courage to continue: "But...as Professor Zeng said before, silicon-based life forms are completely different from human memory carrier models. They are more specific and relatively
Limited, so... I think their delivery should be in a state of 11=2&0."
"11=2&0?" Zeng Yijie was startled, and then asked thoughtfully: "Can you explain this state?"
There are many people who are also attracted by this 11=2&0, including the American uncle who suddenly laughed before and his expression became serious.
Yougege took out the operation board and wrote down the formula status mentioned by Qiudi on it.
"The 1 I am talking about is a relatively primitive individual state, such as leo, and his lover, another individual with whom he has a symbiotic relationship, can also be regarded as 1, but the two 1's are different.
It only represents individuals and does not
It represents the knowledge, personality, etc. each possesses." Qiudi's statement is a little complicated, but it is not difficult to understand.
This is just like a man and a woman. They can both be labeled as "a person", but this does not mean that they are the same unit.
"Well...then what does 2&0 in the result of this formula mean?" Zeng Yijie asked again.
Seeing everyone looking over, Qiudi felt confident. She continued: "2 is the new silicon-based life form produced by the union of leo and his lover, but this new silicon-based life form will completely include leo and his lover.
Everything about his lover, this inclusion is a near-perfect transmission, not just like us humans, who just inherit the appearance, skin color, hair color, and some temperament of their parents, but from the moment they are born, Leo's children
Having everything his parents have, to be more specific...for example, if Leo can drive, his child will be able to drive as soon as he is born, and Leo's lover is a pianist, then his child will be a pianist when he is born, I mean...
…Can everyone understand?”
Everyone nodded silently, this is not complicated, because this is how current artificial intelligence evolves through inheritance.
And if you can understand the inheritance evolution of artificial intelligence, then this "0" will be easy to understand.
It is the part of the growth space that the newly born silicon-based life form has.
Yougege also understood, but her thinking was relatively complicated...a bit.
"Okay, thank you for your explanation."
Qiudi sat down, and her companion couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
But after saying so much, we are still discussing the characteristics and differences between carbon-based life and silicon-based life forms. What does it have to do with the Li-based life proposed by Zeng Yijie?
Of course, Zeng Yijie will not really go astray. He has actually already clarified the difference between carbon-based and silicon-based. He just needs to use Qiu Di's words and everyone's own thinking to deepen the impression.
After this preliminary work is completed, he can formally explain the "Li-based life form".
"霊, the same as 'spirit', in Chinese characters, it can represent gods and ghosts; it can also represent spirit and emotion; therefore, you can regard 霊 as a 'soul', or as our emotions." Zeng
Yijie said, showing the first two pictures again, and continued: "In our Chinese culture, there is a saying that all things have spirits, which can also be understood to mean that everything has emotions.
But emotion is a very special thing that is specific to each of us, but cannot be directly observed using scientific means."
At this point, as soon as he finished speaking, someone raised his hand and said, "Professor Zeng, I would like to kindly remind you that emotions can actually be observed."
Zeng Yijie asked calmly: "Are you referring to the adrenaline produced in the body when excited?"
The man nodded: "Yes."
Zeng Yijie said with a smile: "It is true that adrenaline can make us feel excitement and other emotions, but I think it is not a specific emotion that can be observed, but more like a simulation experience hall for people to experience.
The smoke released by feeling the reality! What's more, anger is an emotion, and adrenaline is feedback, not adrenaline first, and then the emotion of anger. Therefore, feelings cannot be created through adrenaline.
From direct observation, we can only infer that people with a large amount of adrenaline in their bodies must be very excited at this time."