I Will Be The Crowned King

The latest website: "...On March 2, the simple and curious little Torre came to me again to ask me about the principle of the difference engine, and what the function of a machine that kept repeating math problems could do."

"Well, it just so happens that I think it's time to explain it to everyone, because it's not just the royal family, the truth-seeking sect, and even the truth society has begun to oppose me. I feel that it is a waste of time and effort. Money tinkering with this 'Isaac's big toy' is pointless."

"In all fairness, I understand them very well. They don't even know about the world, and they don't even know about it. Of course, they don't understand what it means when the real face of the world is presented in such a concrete way."

"When the breeze blows, what they feel is the strength, temperature, and direction of the wind...the combination of these factors, a complete feeling; what they can't 'feel' is the reason for the birth of the wind, the strength geometry, the temperature, from Where and why is it possible to 'feel' it all."

"All of this runs in a huge, sophisticated system, and this system...or the 'will of God' and 'law' that some people talk about, has completely exceeded the limit that a normal human can understand. "

"Of course, I think humanity will figure it all out, but I suspect that even that day, the sheer amount of knowledge will definitely exceed human capacity; as a whole, we will probably know, but as individuals , It is probably an honor to be able to see clearly in the event."

"So we have to simplify it all, down to a very few symbols as the basic unit, and then to use the combination between them to explain everything; we are not gods, but we can use a simple, crude, seemingly ridiculous , self-righteous approach, insight into God and the world God made."

"That's right, if the difference engine is really made, anyone who owns it and knows how to use it will be more qualified to call himself a 'Messenger of God' than the guy with the triple crown in the Holy See..."

Taking a deep breath, An Sen resisted curiosity and put down the unfinished translation: "I have a question..."

"You guessed right."

The technical consultant interrupted directly, showing an expression that seemed to have guessed what he would say: "These are not exactly the contents of Isaac's notes, some of them are inferred by me through the arrangement and combination of runes... um , there are about 10% of the brain supplement content."

Anson: "...why?"

"Because the ancient rune is a kind of... sigh, how can I describe it?" William Gottfried frowned, and suddenly "crack!" clapped his chin: "An overly concise text! You It can be simply understood as a combination of symbols, only expressing and stating meaning, but lacking basic decoration, let alone any grammar."

"If it's a pure literal translation, you'll see a bunch of words that don't make any sense, because the ancient runic text is not compatible with our language, and it was not created to communicate."

"But the Ring of Order, your technical advisor is an expert in ancient runes and is well aware of the megalomaniac life of Isaac Rand," William Gottfried continued, making no secret of it. Contempt for a saint:

"You're not the first to try to collect his notes, and probably won't be the last."

So that's it... An Sen nodded slightly, and continued to focus his attention on the note in his hand:

"Ask, what is mathematics, and what is it really good for?"

"The ring of order is on, I can't remember the first time I explained the importance of basic subjects to these potatoes! Why do people always want to apply knowledge at the theoretical level in their daily life; yes, mathematics is a tool , but would you use the steam core to heat the pie and boil the water - although it's really for boiling water!"

"To tell the truth, I really envy the dictatorship of Carlos more and more; if every time someone stands up to oppose, protest and question my research topic, I have to patiently prove, explain and debate for them, I probably won't be in a hundred years. Will go down in history as 'Genius Isaac', but 'Speaker Isaac'!"

"It doesn't matter, let them object, my dear prototype 'Babbage' will be finished soon, and there is no need to talk to them any more."

"The closer it gets to completion, the more I feel that the original design is still too conservative and naive; no way, when I was six years old, I still had some kind of fantasy about 'hand workshop' and didn't realize the division of work and process. Transformation is the real future.”

"Fortunately, for the current research, this computing power is basically enough."

"I think when the next meeting, I should be able to answer Xiao Tuo Lei's questions in a general way; the so-called difference engine is a tool that can process, calculate and store information; its underlying operating logic is based on some very basic Yes, you might even call it a crude 'pushback', but as long as there is enough information, it can answer all the questions you ask."

"You give the question, enter the conditions, then wait for the result of the calculation, and the long string of symbols at the end is the answer it gives; it is not God, but it can be a tool for humans to 'spy' on God."

"However, the amount of computation that this level of difference function can do is too small, and the efficiency is too low; it is necessary to increase the efficiency, and it is even better to be classified."

"The difference engine in the future should add some conditions to the underlying logic to process various types of information and further improve its practicability - for example, it is installed on the ship to measure monsoon and current changes, the temperature is high and low, and it is installed in the area near the volcano to measure The possibility of an earthquake, or to the banks, they can reduce the number of accountants employed from a thousand to twenty.”

"So you won't feel like I'm wasting your money anymore, potatoes!"

How much this guy likes the word potato... Anson couldn't help raising his eyebrows, turned over the first page of the translation, and a few large scribbled characters immediately caught his eye:

"...John's words woke me up, does the machine have the ability to think independently?"

"This is an astonishing question! I've been dawdling on the difference engine for over a year, and I haven't made as much progress as he raised on this question; the ring of order is on, which even makes me think his phrase 'plants are too Feelings' doesn't seem so stupid anymore."

"Yes, why can't machines have the ability to think independently, and why can't they have the ability to think?"

"If it not only mechanically follows the designed conditions and tediously performs a lot of useless calculations, but can accurately determine the answer I want based on the information, wouldn't it greatly improve the efficiency of the calculation? !"

"Of course, there must be a lot of pre-work that needs to be done—a lot of pre-conditions need to be set, the underlying logic of the difference engine needs to be optimized, and a huge information library needs to be established, larger than 10,000 royal libraries. "

"John looks like he's looking at a lunatic after getting my thanks; it's so fresh, I thought they'd already thought I was a lunatic."

"It doesn't matter! A lunatic is a lunatic. When the day 'Babbage II' is born, the entire world of order will look at me highly - although I don't care about flowers, applause and those longing eyes, really, not at all. ."

"The problem is that this will probably take far more time than 'Babbage' I, and the amount of calculation that needs to be done in the early stage is at least a hundred times more; even with the assistance of a difference engine, the workload is far more than one person. normal life expectancy.”

"Even with the most optimistic estimate, it will take at least sixty to seventy years. With my current quality of life, it should not be an unexpected result that I will die suddenly at the age of fifty after more than ten years."

"I may need to seriously consider the proposal of that old friend before."

Anson was completely shocked, so shocked that he was completely speechless.

That's right, Saint Isaac... that is, Isaac Rand was indeed a genius, invented the steam core, participated in the design of the difference engine and thousands of inventions that shocked the world and even a hundred years after his death, Countless epoch-making theories have been created...but!

artificial intelligence?

Is this really the brain hole of a person who is still using coal to boil water?

Not only that, listening to his tone is not just thought out, but has even been put into practice... Anson finally understood why William Gottfried became so vigilant.

So far, at least the difference engine used by the Church of Order, as far as he knows, may exceed the "Babbage" in St. Isaac's mouth in terms of structure and computing power, but it is essentially the same as the prototype of that generation. There is not much difference, there is no change from quantity to quality.

And "Babbage II"... No matter whether it has been completed or not, St. Isaac's theoretical achievements for more than ten years will fundamentally break the absolute monopoly of the Holy See in academic and knowledge.

Provided, of course, that the church doesn't get it all.

With deep shock, Anson continued to look at the last part of the translation; this section is shorter than the previous one, with a lot of ancient runes in the middle, and William Gottfried wrote and crossed out. The content, apparently not yet fully translated:

"...February 2nd, today is a somewhat special day. My good friend of the Old God School suddenly reminded me that it is futile to master the three major magics at the same time, and I am destined to fail to achieve perfect evolution."

"I really hate this guy more and more, always telling me the truth when I'm about to find out!"

"But it doesn't matter this time, because I actually gave up the possibility of mastering the three major magics at the same time... It's like combining three completely different logics into one, you may have some advantages in the early stage, and problems are inevitable. ."

"And the three different evolutionary paths have allowed me to collect enough data, plus the existing preconditions, which are enough for the most basic deduction work."

"... After data comparison, I found that the three paths have their own serious drawbacks, of which (crossed out) is the most obvious. I think it should be closely related to the order and time of its birth. It is very likely that from the very beginning, it There is an unavoidable shortcoming (crossed out)…”

"Since (a large section of content is crossed out), then the key lies in the attitude towards the world? Objective existence, consciousness existence, self existence; how to define the concept of self existence seems to directly affect the development of subsequent paths …”

"...On January 5th, there was a lot of useless data again. I seem to have entered some kind of bottleneck period, and it's time to study something else to change my mind."

"Xiao Tuo Lei came to me again, and excitedly talked about the latest research results of the theoretical school; they believe that the world and human beings are one, and our existence is like the organ of this world."

"I'm not interested in the brainwashing remarks of these religious madmen, but this kind of idea may be worth a try... Well, the world and human beings are one. If it is based on the concept of 'I am the world', there may be some new breakthroughs..."

Seeing this, An Sen continued to look down, and found that there were only a bunch of runes that had not been fully translated, and black lines that had been crossed out all over the pages.

"The following content involves a lot of content related to the old gods and evolutionary pathways. I am not an expert in this field, and it takes time to translate."

Taking the translation from Anson, William Gottfried said casually: "Of course, if you really want to improve your efficiency, you can ask a trusted spellcaster to help, but the level must be at least the level of a blasphemous mage, and It is enough to have some understanding of the three major magics."

Not only is a blasphemous mage, but also proficient in the three major magics at the same time, I need to know this kind of person... Anson smiled and nodded:

"No, I still trust you more."

After reading the translation, the two exchanged the information they had on the content of the difference engine. The technical consultant seemed to be very scornful of the "artificial intelligence" mentioned by St. Isaac, insisting that he did not think that the other party had any research results... Wait until Anson felt the mouth When my tongue was dry, it was already half past three in the afternoon.

After saying goodbye to William Gottfried, Anson left the munitions factory and was about to tell Talia about the fourth path of St. Isaac's deduction in the translation, but he was outside the factory gate. Was stopped by the little secretary.

"already left?"

"Yes, just at noon today, Miss Talia and Her Royal Highness Freya have left Beluga Harbour, and there are no extra people traveling with them except the driver of the car." The little secretary replied faithfully:

"She told me not to tell you about it right away, so..."

Anson directly raised his hand to interrupt his defense: "Do you know where she went?"

"No, Miss Talia didn't tell me." The little clerk shook his head: "But she mentioned a general direction and said that as long as you tell you, you will understand."

"What direction?"

"She said... That place is very close to Winter Torch City."