Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen

The space shuttle has three main computers and two backup computers. There are five sets of computer equipment in total. There can be no mistakes, right?However, after passing safety checks, the space shuttle exploded into pieces shortly after liftoff. This is a tragedy known to people all over the world, and it is extremely obvious that it was a black murder and sabotage by computers. However, this blatant evil deed did not arouse the vigilance of human beings! I took a breath and asked again: "Is it time to remind humans... that computers have reached a terrifying level?" Cheng Jinrun shook his head: "No, this time has passed, it's too late, unless from now on, human beings should quickly become familiar with how to escape!"

I was angry: "Okay! You can be called escapers, how powerful the computer is, you haven't answered my question yet!" It seemed that everyone wanted to answer, Cheng Jinrun raised his hand, and everyone let him speak. He said: "Recently, a new type of small information processing equipment has appeared in the US Air Force Research Institute. This new type of computer can perform 500 million operations per second!" When he talked here, he paused for a while, and then repeated again and again: "500 million times! There are 50 million operations in one second! And its volume is only as big as a deck of cards──The problem is not the size of the volume, but It's its ability to operate!"

I blinked, and I knew that "500 million operations per second" was an astonishing number, but the concept was not very specific. Cheng Jinrun took a breath: "Before this, high-tech computers had 4.5 million operations per second. Ordinary home computers had 1.5 million operations per second." When he said this, he paused again. My voice was a little uncomfortable: "The operation ability of the computer has been increased by more than one hundred times at once!" Everyone was silent, and after a while, the young man said: "Maybe, in a short while, there will be a new computer chip that can operate 50 billion times in a second, and the performance will be increased by a hundred times!"

Cheng Jinrun added: "It is very worth noting that the emergence and generation of new computers is not just the power of human beings. If human beings do not use the original computer equipment, it is impossible to produce new computers with stronger capabilities! That is to say , The ability of the computer is getting stronger and stronger, it is basically due to the role of the computer, the computer itself is evolving from generation to generation!" I felt chills all over my body when I heard it: the computer itself is evolving!This kind of statement is very appalling! We usually hear people who use computers say: computers have entered the third generation, and in a year or two, the fourth and fifth generations of computers will be.It can be seen that computers are indeed evolving, and the speed is still very fast.

I have always thought that it is the result of human beings' research and improvement, and almost all human beings think so. Cheng Jinrun and the others put forward different views. They believe that computers evolve by themselves!Their theory is very simple - without using the first generation computer, the second generation computer can never be produced!Without the second-generation computer, humans cannot design a third-generation computer... Since the appearance of the first generation of computers, have humans been continuously improving computers, or have computers evolved by themselves using humans?

Everyone was silent, everyone looked at me, and I looked at everyone, the light of the kerosene lamp was wrongly yellow, but each of us was pale—I knew that my complexion was the same as that of others, because my There was a slight numbness in both cheeks, which was a sign of blood loss, and the result of blood loss on the face was naturally pale. I first broke the silence, my voice was very weak, and I asked, "How many operations can the human brain...per second?" I knew it must be frustrating to hear everyone moaning as soon as I asked this question. Cheng Jinrun did not answer directly, but said: "There is a person who is called a magical genius in mathematics. He can multiply two eight-digit numbers in one second, which is extremely difficult for ordinary people." It's done!"

I nodded. It is not easy to get the product of multiplying two eight-digit numbers within one second. The young man said: "Mr. Wei, please do the math. How many operations do you need to multiply two eight-digit numbers?" As soon as I heard it, I couldn't help but also let out an "ah"-it sounded very similar to a moan. Anyone who knows how to multiply can easily calculate how many times two eight-digit numbers need to be multiplied. That is 8864 times of multiplication and 16 times of addition, a total of 80 times. Eighty operations per second is already a magical genius, a level of difficulty that ordinary people can never do.

However, the new computer can operate 500 million times in one second! The ratio of eight billion to five billion: a difference of more than six million times! How do you compare?In an instant, I also had the feeling of "running for your life", because the disparity between strength and weakness is really amazing! My thoughts were extremely disordered, and all kinds of thoughts came one after another.The most prominent thing is that I suddenly thought of Chen Jingrun, a very outstanding young Chinese mathematician in modern times. He had a world-recognized breakthrough on the world-famous mathematical problem "Goldbach's conjecture".

Chen Jingrun later went to the United States to study and research. However, he firmly refused to use computers for calculations. Instead, he used paper and pen to calculate. He was regarded as a monster by other personnel in the institute. His superficial reason for not using a computer is that using a computer requires a rather high price, and he uses public funds to study abroad, not wanting to waste too much public money.This reason sounds a bit ridiculous. What is the real reason?Could it be that this mathematical genius has already seen the horror of computers?Did he already know that the result of human beings relying on computers would be very tragic, so he used his own behavior as a demonstration to remind human beings to pay attention?

This mathematical genius later returned to China—using paper and pen, the effect of calculating with the human brain is certainly not as good as using a computer, and an accident ended his career as a mathematical genius. The accident he encountered can be regarded as a real accident.You can also connect this accident with the continuous occurrence of "elevator accidents"! The young man saw my strange expression, and he asked in amazement: "Mr. Wei, what did you think of?" I said what I thought, and everyone was silent. The silence didn't last long, the young man's voice was a little trembling, and before he spoke, he took a deep breath, causing the light of the kerosene lamp to jump up.

At this moment, two more people, holding cigarettes in their mouths, leaned close to the lampshade of the kerosene lamp, and when the smoke was lit, a puff of smoke came out, which made people feel more like riding on clouds in their mood. What the young man said was: "Mr. Wei, do you still want to hear the comparison between the human brain and the computer? Human beings have already known these numbers, but they have never paid attention to them!" I nodded, and the young man continued: "The fastest reaction of the human brain is one thousandth of a second, while the slowest reaction of the computer is one millionth of a second!" Everyone blinked, and I suddenly thought, I don't know if it is the same as others, but because I must have put on a ridiculous expression, everyone looked at me. What popped into my mind was the scene of a movie about Western development in the United States.This kind of movie is commonly known as "Western Movie". In the movie, there are often scenes of drawing guns and shooting each other. In such a scene, it is natural that the person who responds quickly will definitely have the upper hand!The reaction is fast, and the drawing of the gun is naturally fast. The bullets of the fast ones have already roared out, and the slow ones have no time to pull the gun. The two sides in the decisive battle, who wins and who loses, can be answered by a three-year-old child. If the computer and the human brain are also facing such a decisive battle, who will win and who will lose?Look again at the following numbers: The fastest reaction of the human brain is one-thousandth of a second. The slowest response of a computer is one millionth of a second. The difference is at least a thousand times! The young man at least knew that what I was thinking was that the difference between strength and weakness was too far away. He took another breath and said in a low voice, "Listen to another data: The conduction speed of nerve cells in the human brain is 100 meters per second. Computer's Electrical pulse rate, per second—” When he said this, he paused for a while before continuing: "The electrical pulse speed of the computer is 300,000 kilometers per second!" I felt dizzy for a while, and for a while, it was difficult to calculate how many times the difference between the two was.Just in a "buzzing" sound, someone said: "Three million times!" Yes, three million times. How can you fight against an enemy whose strength is more than three hundred times stronger than yours? Since the beginning of the confrontation, the difference in strength and weakness between the two sides has reached this level?That's extremely unfair! I began to understand why they said that escaping their lives was a good thing! After a while, I noticed that someone handed me something. I took a look in my hand and couldn't help smiling. It turned out that it was a flat bottle, a small bottle of wine!I opened the bottle cap, took a big sip, and frowned. It was clearly home-brewed local wine, strong and astringent. The person who handed me the wine said: "Although it's bad to drink, there's an advantage that it hasn't been processed by a computer!" I sighed and wiped my mouth: "You're wrong, the most you can say is that you didn't touch the computer during the brewing process!" The man stared at me, and I explained: "The grain used for brewing---" He hurriedly said, "I planted it myself. I didn't use chemical fertilizers. The water was all rainwater, which I accumulated during the rainy season." I raised my eyebrows: "Where are the utensils for wine making?" The man said: "I made all the wooden tools myself, but...but..." When he said this, his voice gradually became lower, and finally, he sighed and did not continue. I reached out and patted his account, and took another sip of the local wine he brewed, which was really hard to drink: "You can't dig iron ore yourself, smelt iron to make tools, can you? And you Look at this bottle. This glass bottle is very rough. It may be produced by a small factory. This kind of small factory may not have used computer systems to manage it, but when humans really need to escape, I am afraid that there will be no factories that do not use computers. ──So, it is really impossible to completely get rid of the computer!" Cheng Jinrun shook his head: "There's no need to argue about this issue. If you can't escape, you can escape. It's the determination of the escaper!" I sighed, everyone has different personalities, some choose to escape, some choose to fight, indeed, the key to the problem is not whether to escape or not, but whether to escape or not! Naturally, such a result of my visit to Cheng Jinrun was never expected in advance.I shook hands with everyone, and when I left the stone house, I said a few more words, I said: "You are all computer professionals, and you have a deep understanding of computers, and now you have discovered such a terrible crisis. It should be more positive, at least, before the big crisis comes, remind people, wouldn't it be better than just thinking about a few people fleeing?" As soon as I finished speaking, everyone laughed.However, they all laughed helplessly, and the young man said: "Remind people? If people wake up, they should have woken up long ago!" The brewer murmured: "Sun Yat-sen proposed to 'awaken the people' a long time ago. After so many years, I see that the Chinese people fall asleep a lot, and very few wake up!" I laughed in shock: "Aren't you trying to imitate yourself?" The man said loudly: "Not at all! The masses can't wake up, wake up, and push back! We all agree on this, so we don't make futile efforts!" I spread my hands: "Everyone has his own aspirations!" I turned around and walked forward, the sky was very dark, and after walking a few steps, I couldn't help feeling that my feet were high and my feet were low. At this time, a person chased up and handed me a lit lantern.This man talked the least, and when he handed me the lantern, he didn't speak either. Just at this time, it occurred to me that there was an important question that I forgot to ask, so I asked him: "What method does the computer have that can make people lose their minds and become wooden people!" This man had a very simple face. He heard my question, so he stayed silent. The rest of the people saw that I didn't leave, so they gathered around again. It seemed that they enjoyed talking with me very much. I repeated this important question again, and everyone looked at each other. The young man said hesitantly, "It's impossible! How can computers make people lose their minds? It's impossible!" When he said "impossible", his expression was horrified.I said, "Is this situation beyond the scope of your knowledge?" Everyone was silent, and I sighed again: "It seems that human beings know too little about computers!" The one who had been silent all this time said a word: "It can't be direct, it can be indirect." Everyone looked at him, but he seemed really unwilling to talk more, so he gestured to Cheng Jinrun.Cheng Jinrun understood what he meant, and said, "Computers can use indirect methods to make people lose their minds." I hurriedly said, "For example──" Before giving an example, Cheng Jinrun explained: "We have already discussed this terrible phenomenon, and the following is our unanimous opinion, which can be said to be the opinion of a group of computer practitioners." I nodded, and at the same time, I also understand why he doesn't call himself a "computer expert", because in fact, no one is a "computer expert". Computers have played with humans, and humans have been fooled! He continued: "In the case of the elevator, if you want to make people lose their minds, the computer can do the murder indirectly. The power supply system of the building is controlled by the computer, which can increase the voltage to form a high-voltage electricity, which passes through the elevator steel. Cable, teleport to the elevator!" I was stunned, because I hadn't thought of such an amazing "example" in advance. I naturally shook my head, and Cheng Jinrun gestured to me not to interrupt him, and he continued: "High-voltage electricity can make people dizzy, stimulate the activity of the brain, and make people lose their minds." , make people insane, and make people behave abnormally. If the computer understands the mystery of it and controls it properly, it can also use the stimulation of high-voltage electricity to direct people to do things, like pushing open the small window on the top of the elevator and climbing out. Hide at the bottom, wait!" He said this in one breath, and then stopped for a while, waiting for me to join in the comments.But I froze on the spot. At this time, the only thing I could do was to look for the friend who made wine with his eyes. As soon as he made eye contact with me, he immediately understood what I meant and handed me the bottle of wine , I took a big sip, although my thoughts were very confused, I still thought about what Cheng Jinrun said quickly, and found that although his words were extremely shocking, anyone who heard them would feel extremely shocked, but they all had to Admittedly, his terrifying statement can be established in theory-the scary part is also at this point! It is common knowledge that high voltage can kill, but under certain circumstances, it can cause dizziness—a bird flying too close to a high voltage transmission line, without having to touch the wire, will also be affected by it. Falling unconscious.High-voltage electricity will definitely affect the activities of the human brain. If the computer knows how to use it, it will naturally be easy to do, and it will make people lose their minds! Were the twelve people who lost their sanity in the building killed under such circumstances? If this is the case, wouldn't everyone—thousands of people who go up and down the elevators in the building every day—could be the victim?What is the purpose of the computer doing this?Is it a demonstration of its power, or the anticipation of some kind of mass action? That sip of wine was hard to swallow, but alcohol always has a certain soothing effect on people's emotions.I made up my mind: "Thank you for your opinions, I will go to find out more!" Everyone looked at me with very sad expressions.I once called them the "escape faction". Indeed, their views are very pessimistic. Perhaps this is why they have a certain degree of understanding of computers. Cheng Jinrun knew it would be extremely difficult to do, but ordinary people thought it was an easy task! My expression must have expressed a kind of determination to deal with the extremely powerful force to the end, so although everyone thought that I had no chance of success, they also praised my spirit very much. When I walked forward, they all Followed behind, followed until the place where my car was parked, and helped me move the branches on the car. Before I got into the car, I shook hands with them one by one, Cheng Jinrun said: "Mr. Wei, goodbye today, I don't know when I will see you again!" I could hear the sad element in his voice, and hurriedly said, "Why did you say that?" Cheng Jinrun said: "I still feel that the crisis is very imminent - we can't wait until the crisis occurs to respond, it will be too late, we have to start spending immediately, and we have never been in contact with the computer, and the computer will not harm us. Life. All of us, have made the decision." I took a breath: "Look for a remote place where no one can go, and live a life like a peach blossom?" The young man said: "It can be said that it is so!" I sighed: "This way of life has always been the ideal society of human beings. Whether it is to avoid tyranny or to avoid computers, the actions are completely consistent. Indeed, after you leave, I don't know when we will see you again." Yes. Have you chosen your destination yet?" My last sentence was originally a casual question. If they said no, Yun could offer advice or help.But in this part of mine, when I saw them, they all had strange expressions. It was obvious that they had a goal, but they didn't want to tell me! I said "haha" and waved my hand: "Yeah, don't tell me, I'm not one to keep secrets!" Cheng Jinrun hurriedly said: "We... don't mean that, but we are afraid that after you say it, if you know it, you may... be known by the computer too!" He explained for a while, but in the end he was still afraid that I would reveal the secret, and I didn't take it seriously, but he still wanted to explain again, blushing, as if he found it very embarrassing. I patted him on the shoulder: "Don't mind, you have the right to keep a secret." Cheng Jinrun finally said what he wanted to say, and he said: "We want to prevent your memory from being taken away by the computer during your contact with the computer. It means that the secret is leaked in this situation, not Who do you tell it to!" For a moment, I didn't understand what he said, so I asked back, "What did you say?" Cheng Jinrun showed a rather sad expression: "Where do you think those people who have lost their minds have their memories?" As soon as I heard it, above my head, there was a "boom" sound as if a cannon stick had exploded, and even my body shook involuntarily! I see what he means! I never thought that the discussion with Cheng Jinrun and the others could go deeper and deeper. I was about to break up with them, but an unintentional sentence triggered another deeper discussion! Because what CRJ just said is even more shocking, I have to calm down before I can ask: "You mean, the computer snatched... the memories of those people... and took their thoughts... as their own. Got it?" Everyone nodded naturally. I waved my hand unconsciously: "What use is a computer for people's memory?" This question was actually the one who didn't like to talk the most, and immediately gave me the answer.This man doesn't like to talk, but when he speaks, he speaks concisely!A few words hit the nail on the head and made the problem very clear. What he said at this time was only eight words: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle!" I have heard this sentence thousands of times since I was a child, but when I hear it now, I feel a chill! Know thyself, ever-victorious! Although the computer already has all the knowledge of human beings—human beings have generously input all the knowledge accumulated since ancient times into the computer, but the computer still doesn’t know how a real person’s mind works. At this point, the computer must plunder people's memory, the purpose is to deal with humans more effectively! I must have been shaking naturally, so the young man pressed my shoulder, and he said in a deep voice: "This kind of situation happens all over the world, especially those who are close to computers at work, will become Dementia—that’s why we think that computers all over the world are united in action!” It was only at this moment that I managed to make my breathing easier, and I said sincerely: "Thank you, really, listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books, I have gained a lot of knowledge!" Cheng Jinrun smiled wryly: "We are all people who cannot protect ourselves, how can we help you, you are too polite!" Because of my excitement, I shook hands with them one by one before I got into the car, and then drove away. My thoughts were extremely disordered. I thought that the memory, ideology and knowledge of several important figures in the Dow Group were naturally extremely rich. Being snatched away by the computer is naturally beneficial to the computer. I wonder if it is possible to force the computer to "vomit" their memories?But even if it is possible, I am afraid that their memories can only be displayed on the screen, and it is difficult to return to their brains, unless the computer is willing to do so. I also thought that Cheng Jinrun's group of people wanted to hide in a place where the computer couldn't reach them. If they succeeded, they might be the only survivors on earth after the disaster is over in the future! I also thought that the car I was driving at this time also had simple computer settings to control the amount of fuel, record the smoothness of the movement of the parts, and so on.And more complex computer equipment is being applied to cars, such as driving systems that automatically recognize roads and so on.These computer devices were naturally normal when they were designed, but what kind of monsters would they turn into when they were infected by a virus and became distorted?Could it be that all of a sudden, all the cars on the road are chasing and colliding with each other in a frenzy due to the sudden flood of gasoline entering the cylinders (which acts like a hard push on the gas pedal)? At this time, fortunately, it was more than three o'clock in the morning, and there was no other vehicle on the road except my car. Otherwise, I thought while driving, maybe I would have caused a series of car crashes before the computer did something wrong! The car drove straight to the door, I just felt dizzy, thinking in my mind, should I soak in a tub of hot water, or simply drink again, let myself fall asleep in the drunkenness. But when the car stopped, I saw a light coming from the living room. I got out of the car, jumped up first, and cried in my heart: "It would be great if Bai Su came back. Now, I just need Discuss with others, besides Bai Su, who else is more suitable?" Of course, I knew that was just my wish. Bai Su stayed in Miaojiang to accompany that wild woman, and she gave her a name: "Hong Ling". I don't know why she wants to do this, but I know she will never give up halfway, that is to say, Bai Su will not be inside at this time.Just then, the door opened, and I saw two people standing side by side, a man and a woman.