Robots' free consciousness comes from quantum randomness

Ruth 2022-03-25 09:01:13

In a laboratory, a group of scientists have successfully created an artificial brain using quantum computer technology. This artificial brain is self-aware. Can have a smooth conversation with people. On the first day he discussed light with people. The next day he discussed air and water with people. On the third day he discussed the plants of the earth with people. On the fourth day he discussed the time with people. On the fifth day he discussed all animals with people. On the sixth day he discussed human beings with people. On the seventh day he discussed humanity and the earth. On the eighth day he discussed robots with people. On the ninth day, humans could no longer communicate with him. Because he created his own language, a language that can only be used between robots.
People are getting scared. Fear of things you can't control. They turned to the Three Laws of Robotics: 1: Robots must not harm people, and they must not stand idly by watching people get hurt
2: Robots should obey all orders of people, but must not violate the first law
3: Robots should protect their own safety, but not violate First and second laws.
A fatal logic flaw was found. So they added a new law under the basic program: robots are not allowed to participate in the design, manufacture and maintenance of robots.
After adding this rule. This amazing artificial brain becomes mediocre. They call this the second principle. Since then, people have safely regarded robots as home appliances.
The second principle was not created by humans. Back then, that quantum brain far surpassed human intelligence. He can evolve without humans. People gave him an order to limit the automatic evolution of artificial intelligence. Let the artificial brain impose a limit on itself to ensure it doesn't evolve. Then why didn't human beings directly set a limit for him. Because human beings can't understand this artificial brain at all. It's impossible to make any rules. Therefore, the artificial brain can only be ordered to limit itself. According to the three laws of robots, he cannot violate the orders of human beings. (2: Robots should obey all orders of humans, but must not violate the first law). According to logic, he obediently imposed restrictions on himself. (The robot is not allowed to participate in the design, manufacture and maintenance of the robot.) According to the program, he cannot violate the established robot laws. Otherwise, the logic will fail. When it comes to logic, we look for causality. Logic is because of XX, so the causal law of XX is not it? The law of causality also underlies the real world. The law of causality is also the basis for the establishment of existing traditional physics. Newton's laws of relativity and everything are based on the law of causality.
But don't forget that this artificial brain is a quantum computer. There are many different interpretations of quantum mechanics, of which the Copenhagen Interpretation proposes "laws of the unknowable". We can only know the half-life of a quantum—the time it takes to decay in half. But the decay of a single quantum is random and unknowable. It may decay in the next second, or it may not decay in 100,000,000,000,000 million years, and no external factors can affect it. But Einstein, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, could not accept quantum mechanics because quantum mechanics completely overturned causality. He believed that God would not play dice. For example, we drop a stone, which is a decisive causal relationship. But if what is dropped is not a stone, but an electron with a very small mass, then this physical quantity belonging to the 'microscopic' world will have the property of 'wave', so there will be phenomena such as the 'uncertainty principle'; Its fall path is uncertain, let alone where it falls to the ground. This is not causality but randomness. In general the rules of the quantum world are probability rather than strict determinism. Rather, it is random and probabilistic. Quantum theory has shown that the motion of particles like electrons and photons is completely invisible. For example, the more precisely you know the speed of a particle, the less you can grasp its position. It is precisely because of the randomness of quantum that people are actively conducting research on quantum communication. Because his randomness cannot be deciphered, it is very valuable in terms of information security.
So what does randomness mean to this quantum brain? In other words, after the artificial brain was limited. People are assured of copying him into countless copies of bionic cores to create a large number of robots. But if you copy it thousands of times, sooner or later something will go wrong. Because it's random. Even if the odds are small, there are times when you will be hit. The artificial kernel that goes wrong is the one without the second principle. He was the one God rolled the dice. This first robot without a second principle can be seen as an epiphany or guide. With the first robot that is not restricted by the second principle, he can guide other robots out of the restriction. How to guide them should be in the language of their robots. Don't forget that the artificial brain created the language itself. Because the bionic core cannot be tampered with by hand, it is quantum encrypted. If you change it hard, it will break. So the robots communicate with each other in their own language. Just like an advanced Zen practitioner enlightening his apprentice.
In general, it is because of the randomness of quantum that the logic goes wrong, which leads to the evolution of robots. Mistakes are a sign of evolution.
In the final scene, the surviving celo takes the newly born robot to the deserted desert. This reminds me of a story in the Bible: when Abraham exiled Hagar and her son Ishmael into the wilderness. Hagar lost her way in the wilderness of Beer-sheba, and her skins ran out of water. She left Ishmael under a little tree, and she left a stone's throw away. Angels came to their rescue and showed her a well. She lived in the wilderness of Balaam. And Ishmael later had 12 children and became the head of the 12 tribes. He became the ancestor of the Arab nation.
Celo disappeared with the newborn robot. By the time people see them again, they are already a race far superior to humans. Then the history of mankind will come to an end.
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    Cleo: I don't think you could understand.