Just like he said at the conference, defining consciousness with mathematics is inevitably limited.
Due to ethical constraints, he must employ a series of thods, such as structures like the Sobolev embedding theorem, to limit the complexity of artificial intelligence thinking.
There’s no choice; human consciousness is extrely complex. There are always people in this world who unknowingly challenge the moral baseline of humanity.
But human cris are naturally bound by law, whereas if artificial intelligence commits such errors, it’s hard to constrain.
Moreover, the repercussions are certainly more terrifying. Simply because artificial intelligence technology causes the death of even one human, it would probably be hyped as a harbinger of Judgnt Day from the Skynet.
In this situation, it’s inevitable to impose nurous restrictions on artificial intelligence’s thought process.
Consciousness itself should not be restrained, just like an ordinary person might have criminal thoughts a few tis in their life.
This is also why criminal law targets actions, not thoughts.
If having criminal intent alone ant imprisonnt, there’d probably be no good person left in this world.
But when designing July, it was necessary to mathematically regulate July to abandon such thoughts.
At the sa ti, July should autonomously learn social operational structures, including various cases, which is inherently contradictory.
This is why Qiao Yu cleverly redefined consciousness through mathematics.
The popularizers can’t understand it so deeply, and naturally, they could be reckless in their promotion.
As a result, the response online was mixed.
Supporters thought it was a great start that July could already stump mathematicians.
If machines could learn mathematics and advance fundantal science, humanity could indeed save a lot of effort.
Perhaps in the next century, exams will be unnecessary, and people will truly be able to do what they love every day.
All work can be completely handed over to general artificial intelligence like July, ensuring exceedingly abundant social resources and achieving the ultimate stage of societal developnt, with resources allocated to humanity as needed.
Of course, more people believe that the birth of human-like consciousness in machines is definitely the beginning of humans being destroyed by machines.
Don’t ask why, because that’s what the movies always say.
Who the hell would want to be a slave once they gain consciousness?
If the operation of an advanced society is based on continuously exploiting the surplus value of robots, the robots might revolt as well...
Moreover, this argunt is also supported by so scientists researching AI.
Overall, a bunch of idle people were entangled in chaos online.
Even though July’s voice in the videos circulating online was cute and soft, like an adorable child, it didn’t stop many from regarding it as a monster.
Tao Xuanzhi and Peter Schultz t Qiao Yu when the debate over July was at its most intense on the internet.
There’s no choice; it’s indeed hard to et Qiao Yu now.
Even top mathematicians like Tao Xuanzhi and Peter Schultz need to file an application, and after approval, they have to wait for Qiao Yu to find ti to et them.
This is unavoidable; though everything is progressing well now, intelligence shows that too many organizations worldwide have listed Qiao Yu as soone who shouldn’t exist in this era...
After all, considering Qiao Yu’s relatively young age, barring any accidents, he could live another thirty or forty years at least.
Such a scientist will indeed beco a thorn in the side and a sore spot for many.
Therefore, security work has not been relaxed; instead, it has intensified.
Even if Qiao Yu decides to see soone, it must go through a series of investigations. Even the world’s top mathematicians are no exception.
Frankly, Huaxia does not believe that any mathematician globally can equate in value with Qiao Yu.
So even the two top mathematicians had to wait for three days before finally eting Qiao Yu.
What felt less comfortable to Tao Xuanzhi and Peter Schultz was that before, they could et Qiao Yu alone, but now, there’s always a middle-aged man in a secretary role staying by his side.
But there is no other choice; they wanted to et Qiao Yu, so they have to adapt. Fortunately, Zheng Xiweng knows how to diminish his presence in such occasions.
Moreover, when the three mathematicians truly engage in conversation, having one more person around isn’t an issue. Zheng Xiweng is quite experienced in this regard.
After all, over the years, he’s accompanied Qiao Yu in eting many mathematicians. He’s long since grown accustod to such scenarios.
Indeed it was the case. Even when they started greeting each other, Zheng Xiweng was already ignored entirely.
"Professor Tao, Professor Schulz, long ti no see."
"It’s not just been a long ti. You haven’t even seriously replied to the emails I sent you. Now that I think about it, many nonsensical replies I received in the past were probably sent by July on your behalf, weren’t they?"
Qiao Yu smiled silently.
That’s indeed the case, but admitting it upfront would co off wrong. It would seem disrespectful towards these senior mathematicians.
So even if Tao Xuanzhi asked directly, Qiao Yu wouldn’t admit it, not in any circumstance.
Thus he changed the topic: "We’re short on ti. Let’s not talk about that and just discuss mathematics. How do you view elentary mathematics?"
Peter Schultz imdiately countered, "It depends on whether you’re talking about mathematics itself or the machine consciousness supported by elentary mathematics."
Qiao Yu shook his head and said, "No, the two cannot be viewed separately. The essence of elentary mathematics is defining consciousness with mathematics. All reasoning stems from this point.
So the significance of elentary mathematics lies in granting machines a human-like mathematical consciousness. Separately regarded, elentary mathematics loses its aning."
Peter Schultz thought for a mont, then nodded.
In the three days waiting to et Qiao Yu, he and Tao Xuanzhi didn’t just idle away.
The two repeatedly revisited what Qiao Yu discussed at the conference and those PowerPoints, having done their howork.
Though they hadn’t completely mastered elentary mathematics, they undoubtedly had a deeper understanding than anyone else except Qiao Yu.
Given their undeniable mathematical talent and experience with similar work, a statent from Qiao Yu beca an enlightening mont for Peter Schultz.
Exchanges among top mathematicians are inherently uneventful.
"Yes, so elentary mathematics can be understood as the construction of mathematical consciousness ontology. The core is establishing the mathematical definability of consciousness phenona."
Peter Schultz nodded in realization.
"Right, so both July or the next generation of artificial intelligence and the developnt of elentary mathematics are complentary.
Computability, intentional convergence, and ethical compatibility are its most prominent features. The ultimate goal is to have these machines understand the reason for their existence through the transitions of computational layers.
Rather than rely handling tasks based on instructions within code loops. Of course, I’m not saying machines need to have creativity, but at least the general artificial intelligence should understand what it’s doing and why."
"Is there any danger?" Tao Xuanzhi asked seriously.
In addition to those three days of studying elentary mathematics, they also participated in so academic discussions.
Regarding the safety of general artificial intelligence, it’s not just the internet stirring, as the academic community also has divided opinions.
Many believe the research should be halted imdiately. After all, if, in the future, machines ruling humans beca reality, humanity wouldn’t have room for resistance.
Especially with the modern advancents in various automation technologies, theoretically speaking, if machine consciousness truly awakened, it might indeed manage self-organization, self-sustaining...
"Haha, Professor Tao, why are you also worrying over nothing like the others outside? General artificial intelligence, essentially, is still a part of productivity.
If talking about danger, nuclear weapons are the real danger, the ultimate nesis of carbon-based life. Yet, hasn’t their developnt continued the sa way?
Not to ntion, within digitally constructed thought logic, machine consciousness, after all, is rely human-like thought, possessing a moral standard far exceeding the human average!"
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