Zhang Yuan is quite busy these days. Unreal Labs has been looking for the next breakthrough direction, magnetic field sensing and personal brain systems. Through large-scale popularization over the years, they have been basically perfected and have achieved very good results. Results.
But scientists like them will not stop because of this. People have been thinking: What is the next breakthrough direction?
After a long discussion on certification, the expert team found several possible breakthrough points.
The first is neutrino perception. Neutrinos are ubiquitous in the universe and are extremely penetrating. Right-handed neutrinos can also transmit information to a certain extent. The effects that neutrinos can participate in are mainly weak interactions, which are very different from conventional electromagnetic interactions.
In essence, human beings' current perception capabilities, whether they are sounds or images, almost all rely on electromagnetic interactions. So scientists had a big idea. If a certain kind of perception relies on "weak interaction", what would the universe look like in this kind of perception?
However, with the current technical level, it is almost impossible to integrate this kind of perception ability into the human brain.
Because the human neutrino receiver is at least as big as a house and there is no way to shrink it! No matter how hard Zhang Yuan and others try, it is impossible to shrink the neutrino receiver into a chip. In this case, there is no way. Unless there is a huge breakthrough in basic science, we will try this direction again.
The second direction is dimension perception ability. The space and time in which human beings live is itself distorted. According to current human understanding, the essence of gravity is the distortion of space and time. Now people can indeed perceive gravity, but if the gravity they feel is quantified into the distortion of space and time, Then a huge qualitative change will occur in human cognition!
In other words, this route attempts to "touch" the universal gravitation among the four major forces.
Unfortunately, this is too difficult.
Zhang Yuan once felt the truth from the universe, but he didn't know how to reproduce it. This is on a different level from the difficulty of sensing magnetic fields...
As for the third direction, the strong interaction, one of the four basic forces, this route is even more illusory. At present, there is no such possibility.
Then there is only the fourth direction left, which is to continue to make breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. On the one hand, it can continue to improve productivity and reduce human workload. On the other hand, it has great reference significance for future human brain transformation.
This direction has been quite successful. With the robot database purchased from the Dyson sphere, it is developing steadily. However, there is a deep gap between the ultimate goal of "strong artificial intelligence". If we cannot cross this gap, there will be no qualitative change.
"Well, all the work is very difficult." Zhang Yuan scratched his head, feeling a little distressed. For a while, humanity's cutting-edge technology was a little stuck again.
But soon, he put his troubles behind him. This is the normal state of civilization. It is very rare that someone wants to achieve a big breakthrough after decades.
"Unreal Labs is basically out of business. Are you making any good progress there?" Zhang Yuan took a sip of coffee and asked casually.
After get off work, it is quite interesting to have a drink in the coffee shop and chat with old friends.
"Don't think about doing all the work yourself." Li Zhendong said with a smile: "I heard that the new education method has repeatedly reported 'good news', paralyzing many young people. Let's go in and receive education sometime. ?"
This paralysis is truly "paralysis". According to various investigation reports, after the students returned home, they were all devastated and had a great change in their mentality.
Generally speaking, the results of this new education method are quite good, but it also inevitably brings some negative effects. Some people whose mental endurance is not strong enough have even developed various psychological problems...
"The advantages outweigh the disadvantages!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "We can't stop this project just because a few people have problems."
Naturally, various voices in society continue to argue about this.
Some people think that certain restricted scenes should be blocked, such as brains, intestines, bone marrow and the like. It would be better to block them a little or add some mosaics to avoid scaring children.
High school students are indeed just kids... kids who are very passionate but have little knowledge.
But some people think that since these scenes are things that really existed in history, why should they be blocked? If it is blocked, the educational significance will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
A researcher from the Unreal Lab is complaining so far, "I am definitely opposed to stopping this kind of education. It is also very complicated to design each scene. These virtual worlds have to be used repeatedly and cannot be a real world made of life... Sometimes, the world of reuse is more difficult than the real world!"
They had to handle all the things related to the virtual world, and it took them many years of hard work. All NPCs use the latest pseudo-human algorithm and look almost like humans.
What students are currently experiencing is part of the history of Western Europe and Eastern Europe, followed by the more brutal modern history of East Asia and the world war that killed tens of millions of people!
Until I graduate from college, I no longer need to accept this kind of virtual world education...
When Zhang Yuan was young, he disliked the modern history of East Asia very much. He felt that it was too heavy and everything was boring to read. I still don't like it, no one likes the era when the weak are ravaged, but I can calm down and study it carefully.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten!
Whether you accept it or not, the history of mankind is a real history of suffering. Without dedication and sacrifice, there will be no progress.
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"drop--"
Just when everyone was chatting happily, the sound of emergency communication suddenly came to his ears. Zhang Yuan's heart moved. It was the captain's office that sent the meeting notice.
He quickly stood up and said to the colleagues around him: "I've been informed, let's go first."
Since the underground living area of the entire planet has not yet been excavated, everyone is staying in the temporary work area, so the journey is not too far. It takes only ten minutes to reach the captain's room by rail train.
While riding the train, Zhang Yuan thought of a more troublesome question: If there is a real underground living area around the world in the future, and everyone's work locations are thousands of kilometers apart, what should they do when an emergency meeting is held?
No matter how fast today's transportation is, a distance of thousands of kilometers will still take a long time.
"Or simply transform into a remote holographic meeting? Or use virtual world technology to hold meetings? This is possible."
When he walked into the captain's room, he found that the atmosphere inside was very silent, as if something big had happened. Several military experts stood at the front with serious expressions, saying nothing.
Zhang Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he asked Li Zhendong, who walked in together: "What's going on?"
"I do not know either."
These soldiers are basically not responsible for internal affairs meetings. The appearance of these guys shows that it is most likely not an internal problem of civilization, but an external problem!
The beating speed of his heart was accelerating. Zhang Yuan frowned and sat down, thinking about some issues: The new human civilization stayed in the void of the universe, and its basic defense measures were quite good. It did not emit any conspicuous light, nor was it too huge. of thermal radiation. In theory, it is difficult to be discovered by other civilizations.
The nearest star is 0.2 light-years away, and the number of photons is extremely rare. What's more, there are no cosmic strings nearby, so the probability of encountering aliens is too low...
Soon, relevant information was distributed.
Zhang Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.
It is the largest "South Pole Star" space telescope on the planet, and it accidentally observed something remarkable: just a few hours ago, an unknown object with a mass of about 2.3 times the Earth came from a position 0.19 light-years away from the Hope battle star. , flew over.