Author: Binary Sword Fairy

After a while, the call was connected.

"Mr. Darwin, I am Chen Yan."

Chen Yan's greetings were not exchanged for greetings from the other party, but only sharp questions——

"Mr. Chen, what do you think a chip is?"

Here comes the exact same question as when I asked the impostor. (Chapter 922)

At this moment, Chen Yan realized one thing - the reason why Lindsay called again was probably because he realized something - he probably felt that something was wrong with the counterfeit, and he might even be angry with the person who was standing next to him as the brains behind him.

The robot's Chen Yan was aware of his identity, so he called again to confirm.

How did he notice it?

The body of the general-purpose Hetuo is made of materials that can isolate radio signals, and Chen Yan cannot connect to the Internet because the product key was stolen. How did Lindsay sense that something was wrong with him?

Chen Yan realized that Lindsay might have another way. When Chen Yan thought of this, he naturally remembered the words he heard from Cyborg Quinn before (Chapter 739).

Chen Yan now thinks back carefully. According to Cyborg Quinn, it is not completely certain that Lindsay is dead. Cyborg Quinn saw that Lindsay was involved in the data vortex, but that does not mean

After Lindsay died, there was no way to confirm that Lindsay had lost all vitality characteristics at that time.

Now, Lindsay's reappearance has also confirmed Chen Yan's suspicion at this time - he may not have died at that time, but experienced something else.

It was this so-called "other thing" that drove him to ask today's question.

Regarding [White Snake], Chen Yan couldn't help but be very vigilant.

The 6nm chip allows Chen Yan to quickly summarize his past experiences, and think and express according to his own values ​​​​and worldview:

"A chip is an imperfect medium."

The other party’s voice raised a level:

"oh?"

Such an answer obviously aroused Lindsay's interest.

Chen Yan continued:

"I think the chip is some kind of medium - a medium that links carbon-based life and silicon-based life - I don't mean a medium in the physical sense, not a simple physical medium like [uploading consciousness], but... [a medium]

】This concept.”

Here he repeats:

"The chip is the [medium] itself, used to transmit [life], but it is not limited to material form."

The 6nm chip obviously cannot express his thoughts concretely.

Lindsay's serious voice came from the phone:

"Mr. Chen, before making the conclusion that [life is transmitted through media], I think we should first be clear about - [life] is an abstract concept.

In your world view, what exactly is life?

Is life a collection of organisms formed by the evolution and development of carbon-based biological functional organs?

Is it complete self-awareness that relies on connections and synchronization between neurons?

Are they the nerve impulses that make up all the subjective and objective behaviors of biological individuals?”

Chen Yan said:

"[Life] is the sum of all these elements. You cannot deviate from any life-related element to look at life alone."

Based on his different worldviews, Lindsay did not completely agree with this statement, but he did not deny it either, so he did not speak and quietly waited for Chen Yan to continue speaking.

"Based on this understanding, I believe that the chip is the material carrier of life and the medium for the transmission of life between different materials.

Now, the chip is the medium for the transmission of life from carbon-based to silicon-based. In the future, the chip may become the medium for the transmission of life from silicon-based to other material carriers.

I do not deny that the chip is the material carrier of life itself, I just say that the chip must have the nature of a medium - in our discussion, I am emphasizing the nature of the chip as a medium."

At this point, it has begun to become more abstract.

Lindsay understands what he wants to express, because Lindsay is specialized in this - before he researches and designs the [mimic neural network] of brain robots, he must first understand what life is and what kind of material can carry it.

Consciousness is one of the important components of life. However, these problems cannot be solved entirely through technology. They must be deeply analyzed through philosophical means and thinking in order to determine a relatively correct answer from a broader perspective.

"I believe that any creature that possesses the [life characteristic] of [subjective consciousness] must have its [material carrier]."

Chen Yan paused here, because the following conclusion was essentially contrary to his world view.

"I also believe that under the premise of continuous development of human society, neither chips nor carbon-based living bodies are the final destination of life, but are just media.

So here comes the question. Under my assumption, as long as human society continues to develop, life will continue to be transmitted in different material carriers. This kind of transmission has no end, because science and technology will continue to develop, even if we encounter

There will always be breakthroughs in theoretical bottlenecks - the development of modern society has proven this - under such a premise, life actually has no final destination.

If such assumptions and speculations are true, life will continue to be transmitted and evolve through different media—including but not limited to chips—which is exactly the process of life finding its own way out."

Chen Yan summarized it here:

"The above is my understanding of [chip]."

After a moment of silence, Lindsay sighed:

"Although such a judgment that does not involve chip technology at all is very unprofessional, it almost explains some of the essential attributes of the chip. Mr. Chen, it is really not easy for you!"

Chen Yan didn't feel shy because of such a compliment mixed with ridicule, he just returned the compliment:

"Talking about professional matters in front of experts is bound to make people laugh. It's better to talk about things that experts don't usually think about. At least it can provide some ideas from different angles, right?"

Lindsay changed to honorific:

"So, let's get down to business - what do you think of the development of the chip itself?"

Chen Yan was not ashamed. He simply expressed it clumsily in his own language with the help of the 6nm chip:

“We return to the chip itself:

According to normal circumstances, the emergence of creations such as chips is based on the computing needs of huge amounts of data, and most of these needs come from the private sector - people's need for large-scale operations led to the creation of chips.

From my personal perspective, after the chip was born based on such market demand, and until now, it has had an ultimate goal - to build a bridge between carbon-based life and silicon-based life - that is, a medium.

Let's not talk about the change in this demand, but just talk about the demand itself - this demand has caused the development of chips to change its thinking, and the basic goal has changed from 'providing computing power to humans' to 'being able to fully accommodate

and the consciousness of digitalized carbon-based life'.

I think what we need to understand is that when we speculate on the future development of chips based on this point of view, we will inevitably come to different conclusions than before."

The voice on the other side of the phone has completely calmed down, no longer as impatient and impatient as before:

"What conclusion?"

Chen Yan replied:

“First, the basic architecture of the chip serves the compatibility between [consciousness] and [brain-computer], not to obtain and release more computing power for data calculation and processing.

Second, someone must have some kind of demand that led to the emergence of the chip industry. This kind of demand definitely did not come from the private sector, because it is difficult for people to survive, and people do not even have access to computers.

Third, rapid development reflects the intensity and exuberance of this demand, which is why the chip industry can develop so rapidly, so [chips] will get closer and closer to the direction of [life media] - my very unconservative prediction

For a moment, Mr. Lindsay, I think that someone, or a certain group of people, who controls huge resources in society is about to die, so they are looking for a way to survive, and brain robots that are not perfectly compatible with consciousness are obviously not them.

The kind of possibility you want!”

A brief silence.

"Almost right."

Chen Yan heard the clear emotion and repeated it again:

"You are almost right, Mr. Chen.

But your mistake is not because there is a problem with your inference, but because your vision has not reached the point where it should be.

Your vision is too narrow, so you are confused and can only vaguely feel that the [chip] is the [life medium], but you can't describe what it is specifically - for you, it is the [life medium]

It’s still an abstract concept.”

Chen Yan said sincerely:

"Mr. Darwin, can you give me some advice?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was a little honest, which was an emotion that Lindsay had never revealed in her previous chats with the impostor:

"Actually, I don't know much about it. I've just seen it but haven't experienced it myself, so I still have to study it in the future!"

The embarrassment didn't last long.

"As for the other question Mr. Darwin asked, I have something to say."

"oh?"

"[Life is a closed loop of logic] (Chapter 922) - I think this sentence is great! Because what I am experiencing personally just verifies this sentence!"

"oh oh?"

"That counterfeit - my backup, Mr. Darwin has already met him and roughly knows what he is like. I can tell you now that although he has almost the same knowledge as me, in terms of character - in terms of values
To be continued...