Chapter 659: Successful Copy
At this time, even Xu You himself had not thought of a very good direction.
Such topics have not had much technical support before, and have only appeared in some science fiction novels and movies. These plots lack theoretical support and are not of much reference value.
Therefore, Xu You wanted to find these partners he trusted most to discuss the research direction together.
After listening to Xu You's words, everyone fell into deep thought for a moment and did not rush to speak.
After a while, Lin Shi was the first to raise her hand and speak:
"I think we can start with mice and find a way to simulate the neurons of mice through computers to see if we can edit a similar structure in the computer. Next, we can try to connect the organism to the computer through a brain-computer interface. Finally, we can conduct experiments on the human brain..."
Lin Shi’s idea is somewhat similar to the processes of various previous medical experiments. It can be seen that Lin Shi has indeed put a lot of effort into this.
After listening to this, Xu You nodded slightly and said:
"There is no problem with the general direction, but it lacks some details. For example, what specific method should be used for simulation, what kind of effect should be achieved in the end, etc...."
At this time, Lou Song said:
"This idea sounds a lot like using artificial intelligence to simulate the human brain. The two have different ways of thinking. Even if a person's consciousness is perfectly simulated by a computer, it is difficult to make this uploaded consciousness think and do other activities like a human, right?"
"Lou Song, you are right. With current technology, it is indeed difficult to make artificial intelligence think completely according to human habits. But what I want to achieve is to transfer the uploaded consciousness to another life form. The computer hardware here only serves as a storage device."
After hearing what Xu You said, Lou Song suddenly understood.
Lu Zhiyao also added an explanation after hearing this: "It's probably just like the time travel in online novels. The uploaded consciousness can be transferred to other bodies, or it can be transferred back to your own body. Of course, this includes not only memories, but also all other brain neuron details..."
After some discussion, several people have determined a general research plan.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!"
Following Xu You's agreement, Cui Ying opened the office door.
"Teacher Xu, there is something I want to report to you."
Cui Ying has completed the task that Xu You just assigned to her in the shortest time possible.
But Cui Ying was not sure whether she could say this matter directly in front of so many people.
"Teacher Cui, if it's about the lab I just told you about, you can just say it here."
"Okay. Teacher Xu, I have already communicated with you about the laboratory. The school is arranging people to clean up the laboratory and prepare the instruments. It is expected that we can enter the laboratory to conduct experiments tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing the news, Xu You and others showed delighted expressions.
Xu You was very satisfied with Cui Ying's ability to do things. The speed was even much faster than Xu You expected.
Of course, this is largely due to Xu You’s very high status.
When the school learned that Xu You wanted a laboratory, it immediately attached the highest importance to it and arranged this matter as quickly as possible.
Early the next morning, several people came to the laboratory and began preparing for the experiment.
Of course, this time , Xu You and his partners did not only participate in the experiment, but also invited several other industry experts.
At the beginning of the project, everyone followed the general plan proposed by Lin Shi and first studied the brain neurons of mice.
The mouse may look like an animal with low intelligence, but in fact its neurons are very complex.
Xu You conservatively estimated that if he wanted to store all the neuronal data of a mouse on a computer, it would take up about a TB of space.
Of course, this is just simulating these neurons using a computer without any complex operations.
The complexity of human neurons is far greater than that of mice. If we want to store human "consciousness" in a computer, the space required is astronomical.
Fortunately, we have quantum computers as a powerful helper. As long as the research direction is determined, many problems can be solved by quantum computers.
After a period of experiments, people have successfully studied the "consciousness uploading" technology of mice, which can upload the consciousness of mice to a computer and copy it to another mouse.
The other mouse that had been transplanted with a new "consciousness" seemed to be possessed by another body, and its behaviors and habits were very similar to those of the previous mouse.
However, because the two mice have many physical differences, there are still some differences in their specific behavioral details.
Theoretically , as long as the bodies of these two mice are exactly the same, complete replication can be achieved.
In the following period of time, Xu You contacted Gao Mi again and asked Gao Mi to use the technology of totipotent stem cells to cultivate some mice that were exactly the same as the original ones.
When the experiments on "consciousness uploading" and "consciousness replication" were conducted using identical mice, the experimental structure surprised everyone.
These mice exhibited almost identical behavioral habits, making it difficult for anyone to tell the difference between them.
The success of this experiment marks a milestone in humankind's progress in the field of consciousness uploading.
The subsequent research work will transition to the study of the human body.
This time, Xu You and Lu Zhiyao will be the first subjects to be studied, and the project team needs to copy their brain neurons onto a computer.
From mice to humans, the complexity of neurons has increased by hundreds of millions of times. For this reason, the project team specially prepared a large number of hard drives to accommodate this massive amount of data.
However, after the consciousness is successfully uploaded, the subsequent consciousness copying work cannot be carried out for a while.
After all, when a new consciousness is implanted into a human body, it is as if it has been possessed by another body, and all the memories of the previous body will disappear.
However, experiments to clone one's own body cannot be carried out unless special circumstances arise.
Otherwise, we will face some ethical issues.
