After walking around for a while and seeing that there was no valuable discovery, Jiang Nan simply said to Wu Hao: "I'm here to explore the secrets on behalf of the audience this time. You shouldn't let me go back disappointed. You posted it before
What about the new technology in that video? Don’t you want us to see it?”
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "Of course, we are all ready, please come this way."
As he spoke, Wu Hao took Jiang Nan and others to the testing center in the middle of the laboratory, then took out a small microphone and handed it to her and said: "This is our latest smart voice assistant. You can try saying hello to it." Jiang Nan nodded and took the microphone, but held it in his hand for a long time without speaking. Finally, he turned to Wu Hao and asked, "What should I say?"
"Anything is fine, this is a disguised test for us." Wu Hao said with a smile.
Jiang Nan smiled when he heard this, thought for a moment and then said into the microphone: "Hello, I am Jiang Nan, nice to meet you."
After Jiang Nan finished speaking, a young and beautiful female voice came from the vertical speaker not far away: "Hello, Miss Jiang Nan, welcome to my home."
"Huh?" Jiang Nan was a little surprised when he heard this, and then asked Wu Hao: "Can it identify the user's gender?"
Wu Hao nodded and said: "Yes, everyone's voice is different in tone, color, and frequency, and the same is true between men and women. This system can collect and analyze the user's voice information to determine the user's gender. We have this accuracy
Ninety-nine percent of them can do it, and the remaining one percent have a special voice, so it is difficult to distinguish."
"Can you briefly introduce yourself?" Jiang Nan asked with a smile into the microphone.
Soon, the speaker rang: "Hello, I am 14 (一四), Mr. Wu Hao's personal assistant. Nice to meet you."
"Is 14 your number?" Jiang Nan asked.
The speaker replied: "No, 14 is my name. Miss Jiang Nan, what can I do for you."
"Um, what do you know?" Jiang Nan said more interestedly.
The speaker sounded: "My job is to provide daily information services for my owner, Mr. Wu Hao, and to provide relevant services to the best of my ability for visitors. I can adjust the air conditioning temperature, light intensity, and put in the bath water for you.
Play TV channels, order takeout and read news, weather forecast, etc., what do you need?"
"No, thank you, can I ask you a question?" Jiang Nan glanced at Wu Hao standing next to him, and then said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth.
"Of course, I'll be happy to help you."
Jiang Nan put away her smile and said seriously: "Will you hurt humans?"
"Sorry, I didn't understand what you meant."
"I said, will you hurt humans?" Jiang Nan repeated, slowing down her speech.
"Sorry, I can't understand you."
Jiang Nan was a little confused when he heard this, then turned to look at Wu Hao and said, "Is it evading the question or refusing to answer?"
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "It's not that we avoid or refuse to answer, but that we didn't set relevant answers for it, or even included questions in this area for it."
"Well, didn't you set up the Three Laws of Robotics (Note 1) for it?" Jiang Nan said in surprise.
Wu Hao shook his head and said: "Let's talk while walking."
"Okay!"
Jiang Nan nodded and then walked outside with Wu Hao, and said anxiously: "Can I understand that you are avoiding this issue?"
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "This is not avoidance, but our current technology is not up to that level, so there is no need for this for the time being."
"But I think your technology is very advanced. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have realized it was an artificial intelligence voice assistant. The thinking logic is very fast and meticulous, and the language is very natural." Jiang Nan
said.
Wu Hao explained with a smile: "Actually, it is an AI voice assistant, but it is slightly more humane than other voice assistants."
"Isn't humanization the characteristic of an intelligent robot? From this point of view, isn't it an intelligent robot?" Jiang Nan asked another sharp question.
Walking into the arranged recording scene, Wu Hao explained with a smile: "Humanization actually has many meanings, and it is not exclusive to intelligent robots. For example, we sometimes say that a dog or a cat behaves more humanely.
Do they have human command thoughts?
AI, artificial intelligence, is actually divided into many categories. What we are currently exposed to or using can be called weak artificial intelligence, while what we long for and what everyone is worried about is strong artificial intelligence."
"What's the difference between the two?" The two sat down, and the makeup artist began to help them put on makeup. Despite this, Jiang Nan continued to ask him.
Wu Hao smiled and said: "Different intelligences, different thinking structures and ways of thinking.
In my opinion, strong artificial intelligence has its own independent personality, can think independently, and has its own soul.
As for weak artificial intelligence, it is just an imitation of human thinking, and there is a huge difference between the two."
"Soul?"
Jiang Nan showed a puzzled expression: "How should this be understood? Does it belong to the field of science or theology?"
Wu Hao smiled and waved his hand: "As for the understanding of the soul, we are actually still at a very preliminary stage. If you check the relevant materials and classics, you will find that there is not much difference between the understanding and definition of the soul between science and theology.
The boundaries are blurry.
What I’m talking about here actually refers to independent consciousness, which is the key to judging whether a machine or a program truly has human characteristics or humanity.”
Hearing Wu Hao's introduction, Jiang Nan nodded, and then asked him: "What about your smart voice assistant? What stage has it reached? Does it have human consciousness?"
Wu Hao shook his head and said: "No, it's just a program. To put it bluntly, it actually responds to what the user says or commands it sends.
There are tens of millions of such responses, and the advancement of our technology is to select the response that best fits the actual scenario from these tens of millions of responses, and express it in a way that simulates the voice of a real person."
"So it's just a smart voice program." Jiang Nan looked at him and said.
Wu Hao nodded and smiled: "Yes, it is a smart voice program. But everyone's expectations for it are too high, so there is controversy and fear."
"You mean this is people's fear of unknown things." Jiang Nan summarized the meaning of his words.
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "No, it's people's fear of themselves."
[Note 1: Three Laws of Robotics”:
1. Robots are not allowed to harm people, nor are they allowed to stand idly by while people are being harmed
2. Robots should obey all orders from humans, but must not violate the First Law
3. Robots should protect their own safety, but must not violate the first and second laws
Later, the Zero Law of Robots was added: Robots must protect the overall interests of mankind from harm.]