The Unreal Laboratory, despite having branched out into many different departnts, has seen a trend of interdisciplinary crossover in recent years.
As for the "Personal Intelligent Brain System," it erged as a minor tool after internal collaboration and had been tested on soldiers, significantly improving individual combat capabilities.
In the process of use, it turned out to be quite handy, and after years of improvent, it beca viable for widespread adoption. So, it is a product of military-civilian integration.
The main function of the "Personal Intelligent Brain System" is to "digitize" and "modularize" all perceived information. It automatically processes the information received by the human brain and then feeds this processed information back to people.
Take a simple example: when you see a table with your eyes, you’ll instantly know the exact length of the table, down to the milliter.
When you touch it with your finger, you’ll also directly know its surface temperature.
If you exert force to lift the table, the system can also provide feedback on the weight of the table.
Of course, this kind of asurent is not precise, because human perception itself is not very accurate. The "Personal Intelligent Brain System" only processes the information perceived by the body, organizes it, and quantifies it, rather than adding information out of nowhere. If you don’t lift the table, it won’t know how heavy it is; only after lifting can it provide feedback on exactly how much strength the muscles used.
Dr. Li introduced from the podium, "...this system can also help check bodily conditions, link up with biomitic devices inside the body, and so on. It’s a highly efficient tool."
"Of course, that being said, even without this system, many skilled workers can still visually estimate distances, and there are many people who can precisely perceive temperature by touch, but these abilities require long-term training to acquire. Now, with the personal system loaded, training is no longer necessary; the difficulty of becoming a skilled worker will be significantly lowered."
"Moreover, it can influence muscle control to a certain extent... So people have very flexible fingers and can thread a line through a needle’s eye in seconds, while others have clumsy hands and may take a minute or two to achieve the sa. With this system, muscle control will beco much more accurate."
Slides with images and charts played on, depicting comparisons of personal overall qualities of human soldiers after equipping these new technologies. Without wearing Power Armor, overall shooting accuracy had increased by 23 percentage points, a remarkable improvent.
"...Let give another example; if you lick arsenic with your tongue, the Personal Intelligence system will instantly identify it as poison. Arsenic mainly affects the nervous system and the perability of capillaries; it irritates the skin and mucous mbranes. Such effects are distinguishable by the Personal Intelligence system. It knows that so of your nerves have died!"
"But if a toxin specifically destroys platelets, or red blood cells, the system is powerless. It only knows that the body as a whole lacks oxygen. Without sufficient information, it can’t make an imdiate judgent; it has to rely on professional dical chips."
...
Zhang Yuan sat below, watching Dr. Li introduce the new features of the Personal Intelligence system.
"Professor Zhang, it sounds like quite an achievent! Is this just a toy too?" Qin Journalist from the Deep Space Daily approached and asked quietly.
Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "Haha, it’s just a saying. Any technology that doesn’t add information or speed up the flow of information is just a toy."
"The design and perfection of Magnetic Field Perception took the entire Unreal Laboratory a thousand years, while this intelligence system only took a few decades. The bulk of its developnt was completed during those ten years of warfare. Compared to that, it really is just a toy."
Straight talk, it was still incapable of enhancing human intelligence; it was rely convenient and increased work efficiency.
Efficiency, when viewed on the scale of an entire civilization, is extrely important, but in terms of value, it still falls short of intelligence. Low work efficiency can be gradually compensated for with ti — the universe has plenty of ti. But with low intelligence, your potential is capped, and so things may remain unsolved for a lifeti...
Zhang Yuan sighed, "The human brain is indeed a very fragile system; it will collapse if it operates too swiftly or receives an overwhelming amount of information, making every step of the work difficult... I feel that these two things have already matured."
A Deputy Captain said, "Old Zhang ans that since this technology has already erged, we definitely need to utilize it. However, the current number of experints is still not high, just tens of thousands of tis, right? Directly promoting it to the future 850 million babies carries risks. I think we could start with adults, accumulate enough data, and then promote it batch by batch."
Indeed, a new technology for the future population of 850 million could not tolerate any flaws.
Zhang Yuan nodded, "That definitely won’t be a problem; as long as we get approval, we can start experinting imdiately. Currently, with the laboratory’s productivity, we can conduct 5,000 surgeries a day, all controlled automatically by robots... With more experintal subjects, we’ll have more data."
"The significance of Magnetic Field Perception is greater, but it’s also more difficult for the public to accept. The Personal Intelligent Brain System, on the other hand, I think won’t have any issues catching on—it will beco popular very quickly."
The Captain smiled and said, "Let’s take it slow, there’s no rush. Who doesn’t want to be smarter, after all!"
Qin Journalist was listening on the side, eagerly jotting down their conversation. She was more interested in the personal systems, "Professor Zhang, it’s like a personal computer... so can I write so diaries in it? That way, they’d never be found by others. Does it have this kind of feature?"
Zhang Yuan shook his head, "These minor features are still being perfected step by step. If there’s a personal need, it’s not difficult to add them on."
"But we have to see the public’s feedback and then make adjustnts. However, when it cos to brain chip stuff, storage space is quite limited and we won’t make it overly complex, so less important things are not incorporated, effectively reducing error rates. Things like writing diaries, only a small portion of people have that habit, I don’t think it’s necessary..."
"This system can also be linked with other systems, and its functions are already quite complex. If there are various bioengineered organs in the body, like a bioengineered electronic eye, its use would be much more powerful. The human body’s biological organs, on the other hand, can’t bring out its full functionality."
Another legislator asked with confusion, "Won’t it help people think?"
Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "No, it won’t make people smarter nor dumber. It’s just a handy, efficiency-improving tool. If you don’t control it, it won’t think for you, and you can even turn it off."
"Right, if we’re really going to popularize these technologies, we’ll also need to write a textbook on Personal Intelligence, and begin teaching it to kids."
"That’s certainly no problem!"
The conference this ti took an entire day, and the basic population and education policies were thoroughly discussed.
With the advent of War Star, the population was definitely set for a massive expansion. With more people cos more geniuses, higher productivity, and humanity cannot give up eating for fear of choking.
However, the specific details could not be hashed out in just a day or two; many more etings would be needed for discussion.
As for the two new technologies, they had already obtained approval and would be used in the new generation of newborns.
Zhang Yuan rubbed his temples, contentedly leaving the room.
...
The very next day, a heavy-hitting piece of news bombarded the headlines of major dia outlets, with a very serious title that didn’t attract much attention—"Guidelines on Updating Personal Assistant Brain Device."
In fact, people were usually cautious of such solemn titles, but this news was ubiquitous, visible on any app, and even network gas featured scrolling banners.
Playing a ga and getting killed, the screen would pop up with "Guidelines for Updating Your Personal Assistance Brain Device". Login to the ga interface, and there it was again, the guideline, unavoidable.
Discussion quickly heated up.
The content wasn’t complicated; there were two options.
First, people could undergo surgery to gain the ability of "Magnetic Field Perception".
After acquiring this ability, people could "grasp" magnetic fields, becoming a Sixth Sense.
"Grasp" is a new verb to describe magnetic sensation, similar to seeing, slling, or hearing.
The whole adaptation period was about 30-50 days, after which one could generally use it flexibly.
Second, people could undergo brain surgery to add a "Personal Intelligence Brain System," which is sothing even more interesting.
These were all optional items that you could get updated at the Hospital or not; it was entirely up to personal freedom.
"The Personal Intelligence can’t play gas? I still want to lie in bed and play gas with my eyes closed. Can’t it connect to the internet? I strongly suggest adding internet connectivity!"
Soone started a thread on the official forum.
"That’s nonsense; it wasn’t invented for playing gas! It’s a virtual work computer. Which scientist would use precious storage capacity to store gas? And after playing for so ti and getting bored, would you have to undergo surgery again to delete them?"
"Of course it can’t connect to the internet, connecting your brain to the internet would spell doom at the first sign of a virus! Idiot!"
"I see, I finally understand the safety chanism involved."
"Unreal Laboratory, aweso!"
This topic was buzzing all over the net; a second’s refresh would an a page of new posts.
Zhang Yuan browsed these posts with great interest, also taking the ti to popularize so knowledge. As a well-known public figure, each of his popular science articles garnered hundreds of thousands of likes, and by the way, he would receive thousands of private ssages every day.
Reply?
Of course, he didn’t reply; to reply to every single one, he might as well not do anything else all day.
He couldn’t even be bothered to look.
But browsing the lighthearted posts was quite interesting...
The number of sign-ups exceeded his expectations...
Every era has its adventurers, those willing to try sothing new, and this era seed to have an extraordinary number. Due to the limited capacity of the hospitals, the appointnts for the first week filled up quickly.
You’re still hesitating?
Sorry, please queue for the next week!
"It seems everyone is quite enthusiastic."
Suddenly, there were more than 30,000 testers, and the laboratory colleagues were extrely nervous. Even though they believed the technology was mature, one couldn’t be sure of the outco... With big data, there was always a chance of soone’s unique constitution causing an exception.
Should a safety accident occur, the impact would be extrely negative, creating unfavorable public opinion.
To set a good example, both Zhang Yuan and Lin Xuanxuan had naturally completed the surgeries long ago.
It would be a joke if the developers themselves didn’t use the new technology; how could they expect others to trust it? This was like an eye doctor who touts laser eye surgery as reliable, then goes around wearing glasses—no one would fully trust them!
Now that they had undergone the surgery, there was nothing left to criticize.
The researchers all awaited the impact this new technology would have on humanity...
[So Evaluations of Magnetic Field Perception and the Personal Intelligence Brain System!]
Two days later, an internet celebrity nad "Primary Eternity" wrote this review. This writer, a well-known figure in the New Human Fleet, had a substantial following.
"Hello, folks, I’m Primary Eternity, and I’ve just co out of the operating room to bring you firsthand information!"
"Magnetic Field Perception is sothing we all have when we’re just born. It gradually recedes until we basically forget the feeling. Now that sensation has reappeared... ahaha! I find it hard to describe the feeling, my imagination falls short."
"As for the Personal Intelligence Brain System, it’s even weirder. Suddenly, I beca a Level 8 chanic capable of manually asuring data! Do you know the weight of this bottle of Coca-Cola? After I took a sip, it’s left at 366 grams, and its temperature is 26.3 degrees Celsius."
On the video, the netizen asured the weight of the Coca-Cola with an electronic scale, displaying 366.32 grams, almost identical to the estimate.
"Of course, it’s not as capable as a Level 8 chanic; the precision isn’t high, but it’s still a very powerful feature. And in the future, this system will beco stronger and stronger!"
"...I forgot to tell you, today while playing basketball with a buddy, I don’t know what happened, but I fell six tis in ten minutes. Due to having a new sense, I was even unstable walking. But I blew my opponent away! Even without adaptation, my shooting accuracy was ridiculously high, right from the start, I sank six three-pointers in a row!"
"Let show you my nimble moves, I feel like I have the talent of a basketball player..."
The video showed a plump figure making shots, and indeed, he was pretty accurate.
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