Chapter 370 A drastic change in temperament

Chapter 370 A drastic change in temperament

Chapter 370 A drastic change in temperament
Jiang Miao and his wife boarded the exclusive tourist airship of the Blue Whale Airship Company and came all the way from their native Lingnan to Borneo.

For safety reasons, the airship was naturally chartered by the Hailufeng Group.

After the airship arrived at the destination, Jiang Miao and his wife got off the airship in a low-key manner. However, they did not stroll around, but first came to the local Hailufeng Hospital branch.

"Teacher, Master's wife, long time no see." He Youwei was waiting for the two of them in the underground parking lot.

Jiang Miao asked first: "Youwei, has everything been going well recently?"

"It's okay, Teacher, Master's Wife, let's go up first!"

"Alright."

Lin Shuya held He Youwei's arm, and the two walked beside each other, talking about something in a low voice.

Through the elevator, the group arrived at the hospital's office area, and the branch director Huang Wenxian was also at the door to greet Jiang Miao.

Jiang Miao noticed their nervousness and said with a smile, "I'm just here to take a look, don't be too nervous."

"Boss, it's almost noon now, why don't we eat in the cafeteria!" Huang Wenxian suggested stiffly.

"can."

Jiang Miao also didn't want to eat out. After all, safety was an issue. It would also cause trouble for the restaurant and make the security team busy.

Eating in your own hospital cafeteria can avoid many problems.

Although he and Lin Shuya came here for tourism, they were actually working as well, and they were inspecting industries in various places.

After all, Hailufeng Group has many industries within the Asian Union, and there are industries in almost every city. When Jiang Miao comes to travel locally, there is no way he can avoid these industries.

In a small private room in the cafeteria.

Jiang Miao and Huang Wen ordered the food first.

Lin Shuya and He Youwei chatted about every detail of their holiday.

After drinking a cup of lemon tea, Jiang Miao recalled Huang Wenxian's internal information, then asked with a smile: "Is Dean Huang a neurosurgeon?"

"Yes, boss." Huang Wenxian was a little flattered.

"You are classmates with Dr. Zhu Guowei from the Headquarters Brain Medical Laboratory, right?"

Huang Wenxian nodded slightly: "Boss, you have a really good memory. Guo Wei and I are both neurosurgeons. We studied for our doctorates together and interned together at West China Hospital."

"Dr. Guo Wei's research has made a great breakthrough recently. Maybe next year you will see him appear in the group's science and technology awards."

"Oh? I haven't heard him mention this. Maybe there are requirements for technical confidentiality!" Huang Wen first poured Jiang Miao a cup of lemon tea.

"It is indeed a technical confidentiality requirement, but it will be made public next month." Jiang Miao naturally knew the company's confidentiality requirements, so he specifically mentioned it.

After hearing that it would be made public next month, Huang Wenxian dared to continue asking: "He has been studying the mechanism of brain degeneration and special treatment techniques. Could this be a breakthrough in this area?"

"Ah."

When Lin Shuya heard the two talking about this, she also said, "Dr. Guo Wei's project has entered the clinical trial stage."

"It seems that he succeeded. I may have to attend his class next year." Huang Wenxian said half-jokingly.

Jiang Miao expressed his approval of this medical project: "Two of my relatives have participated in his clinical trials, and the results are quite good. It not only helps the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease reconstruct cognition, but also prevents further brain degeneration. This achievement can give many elderly people a new life."

This project is a new version of the previous brain neuron repair technology that has been further developed.

Not only can it repair the brain neuronal system of patients with Alzheimer's disease, but it can also prevent amyloidosis in the cerebral cortex through the implantation of artificial lymphocytes and nanotubes.

Cortical amyloidosis refers to the abnormal deposition of amyloid protein in the cerebral cortex.

These amyloid proteins are mainly composed of β-amyloid protein (Aβ), and their production and aggregation are related to multiple factors, including gene mutation, abnormal nerve cell metabolism, inflammatory response, etc.

The hormones secreted by the lymphatic system inside the brain are the main secretions that suppress amyloidosis in the cerebral cortex.

In the past, the medical community had not discovered the existence of a lymphatic system inside the brain, and believed that lymphatic secretions entered the brain through the blood-brain barrier. It was not until recent years that it was discovered that lymphocytes also exist inside the brain, and their existence is closely related to brain degeneration.

The wealthy Hailufeng Group has invested a lot of money in this area. In the past three years, it has invested a total of 34 billion yuan to make the relevant treatment technology so mature.

In addition to the drugs that can repair brain neurons, artificial lymphocytes are implanted to replace the aging native lymphocytes in the brain, so that the supply of lymph secretions inside the brain can be restored to the level of young people.

The former repairs neurons, while the latter restores the supply of lymphatic secretions in the brain. When combined, the two can restore more than 90% of the brain function of Alzheimer's patients.

Huang Wenxian was quite interested in this new technology for brain treatment: "How many cases have been done in the laboratory? What is the success rate?"

"It seems that we have done 300 cases, and the success rate is % at present. After receiving treatment, patients with Alzheimer's disease need to undergo two or three months of memory and cognitive reconstruction. Once the cognitive reconstruction is completed, they can basically return to normal life."

Suddenly, He Youwei asked a question out of curiosity: "Teacher, if cognition is reconstructed, will it lead to a drastic change in temperament?"

"That's right, this is one of the side effects." Jiang Miao did not deny the problem.

This is also the main side effect of combined brain remodeling therapy.

Zhu Guowei's team even performed more extreme operations on mice.

By artificially destroying the nervous system of mice through drugs, then using specific drugs to repair the neurons, and then through professional cognitive reconstruction therapy, the mice's cognition can be permanently changed.

In other words, this technology can actually be used on humans. All we need to do is use special drugs to destroy the neurons in the brain, and then repair the neurons and reconstruct cognition, so that a person's personality can be permanently changed.

Jiang Miao described some of the situations in the experiment to the group: "Among the current patients, the more severe the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are, the greater the probability that their personalities will be different from before after treatment; and the patients with newly developed Alzheimer's disease can restore their original personalities very well."

Huang Wenxian, a brain surgeon, frowned and said, "If this technology is obtained by some criminals, it may be very risky!"

Jiang Miao did not refute this point: "Problems in this area do exist. At present, we can only strengthen the control of drugs and surgeries to prevent people from illegally obtaining technology and drugs."

Lin Shuya sighed slightly: "Ah! Sometimes technology is a double-edged sword. Sometimes if you don't use it properly, it will hurt others and yourself."

New treatments could cure Alzheimer's, but they could also be used to completely brainwash people.

This is the two sides of technology.

Or maybe this is also the two sides of human nature.

"You don't have to worry so much. I will propose to the higher-ups to strictly control such matters. For example, the strict management of artificial intelligence and genetic modification technology this time was proposed by me." Jiang Miao said with a smile to comfort them.

"Ah? So it was the teacher who pushed this behind the scenes?" He Youwei was very surprised. Jiang Miao nodded and said, "That's right, I was the one who proposed this to the higher-ups. After all, the risks of artificial intelligence and genetic modification technology are too high. If we don't implement strict management before there are any major problems, it will be even more troublesome in the future."

He Youwei, who had seen heated discussions online in recent days, frowned and said, "Teacher, from what I've seen online, it seems that Europe and the United States don't plan to strictly control artificial intelligence and genetic modification. Isn't the risk there very high?"

Jiang Miao was helpless about this: "There is nothing we can do about it. Europe and the United States are independent forces after all. If they cannot engage in a hot war, they will secretly research artificial intelligence and biotechnology, and it will be difficult for us to stop them."

Several people had heavy expressions on their faces.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with Europe and the United States at its core, is indeed an uncontrollable place.

If their research cannot be stopped, there is a high possibility that problems will occur there in the future. After all, Europe and the United States are very lax in their supervision of laboratories, especially laboratories of private enterprises, which are basically blind spots in supervision.

Jiang Miao was very calm: "Don't worry! We are already making a plan."

"Are you already making a plan?" Huang Wen was stunned for a moment, then he seemed to think of something and his eyes focused: "It seems that not only the group is making a plan, but the consortium is also making a plan in this regard."

Just as Huang Wenxian guessed.

In fact, before the new law was introduced, not only did the Hailufeng Group set up a future crisis response office in its security department, but the consortium also did the same, setting up a special department to deal with such matters.

This is preparing for the future.

After all, the uncontrollable factors of European and American forces must be taken into account.

The strict restrictions on research on artificial intelligence and genetic modification technology within the Asian Union do not mean that other forces will be so obedient.

If European and American forces go too far in the research process and allow uncontrollable artificial intelligence to enter the Internet, it will be a disaster for human civilization.

Since we cannot stop the research of European and American forces, we can only make counter-measures.

Jiang Miao had secretly participated in several seminars before, which were to discuss and study how to ensure that everything is safe when out-of-control artificial intelligence occurs.

During several seminars, some radical people even proposed a plan to clean up the earth.

The so-called Earth Cleansing Plan means that once an out-of-control artificial intelligence appears, the earth's surface can be destroyed and a comprehensive cleansing of the earth's surface can be carried out.

The main cleaning methods include hydrogen bomb coverage strikes and gamma-ray burst comprehensive disinfection.

Although many people participating in the meeting opposed such drastic measures, no one said that they should not be used. Instead, they said that the risks should be considered before deciding whether to launch the Earth Cleanup Plan.

Obviously, everyone knows clearly in their hearts that the earth can be destroyed, but human civilization cannot perish.

If you have to choose one of the two.

They would inevitably choose to sacrifice the earth's surface environment so that human civilization can be preserved.

After all, everyone has anticipated the consequences of out-of-control artificial intelligence. Once artificial intelligence spreads to the global Internet, it will be almost impossible to eliminate the escaped artificial intelligence by then.

Destroying the earth's surface is the solution once and for all.

Therefore, in order to support this earth cleaning plan, the seminar also plans to establish an absolute safe zone on the earth.

For example, an underground safe base that does not use radio communications and intermediate artificial intelligence has a life-support system that can allow tens of thousands of people to sleep at the same time.

The reason why radio communication systems are not used is that once artificial intelligence gets out of control, it will inevitably invade electronic equipment through radio communication systems. All equipment that uses wireless communication is at risk of being controlled.

Therefore, in this type of base, only an independent internal wired communication system can be used, and at most only elementary artificial intelligence can be used.

All of this is based on safety.

Compared with the North Atlantic Community, which is backward in AI technology, semiconductor technology, and material technology, the Asian Community's vigilance against artificial intelligence is more obvious and intense.

After all, the various technologies within the Asian Federation are too advanced. Once they are used by out-of-control artificial intelligence, the consequences will be even more serious.

This is also the reason why Jiang Miao hurriedly proposed strict control of artificial intelligence.

Compared with the North Atlantic Union, where technology is stagnant, the risks on the Asian Union side are greater and time is more urgent.

If we say that the North Atlantic Union will experience an intelligent machine crisis, it will probably be around 2050 to 2060.

The time when the Asian Federation will face an intelligent machine crisis is around 2040.

Of course, if there is an intelligent machine crisis in the future, that is if humans leave it alone. Now that Jiang Miao has intervened, it is possible that the emergence of advanced artificial intelligence will be greatly delayed, buying more time for human civilization.

However, even if it can delay the emergence of advanced artificial intelligence, Jiang Miao and other think tank personnel participating in the seminar did not take it lightly.

The necessary preparations have been carried out in an orderly manner in secret.

The relevant scientific research projects under strict control have also been reviewed one after another, and are supervised by specialized personnel.

Now in addition to building a safe zone on Earth.

Companies with aerospace industries, such as Hailufeng Group, have also received a secret mission, which is to find alternative living space for human civilization.

For example, Blue Whale Aerospace, a subsidiary of Hailufeng Group, is now making great strides in its Venus exploration plan.

There is also the Guanghan Palace Base on the Moon which is being developed rapidly by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.

These are all back-up plans.

If the situation on Earth becomes truly irreversible, the Asian Federation will choose to destroy the Earth without hesitation, and then transfer the entire population to the moon base and Venus colony in outer space.

In particular, as a planet with gravity similar to that of the Earth, Venus's importance has become increasingly higher.

After all, the gravity of Mars and the Moon is too different from that of the Earth, making it difficult to ensure long-term human survival there.

Venus' advantage in gravity makes it stand out among the planets in the solar system.

Blue Whale Aerospace has now designed many models of Venus airships, and will undergo intensive testing next.

Next year, it will be possible to build the first floating city in the sky above Venus, laying the foundation for future human exploration of Venus.

Where will the future of mankind go?

No one has an exact answer.

Jiang Miao and other think tank members of the Asian Union can only continue to conduct simulations and deductions, trying to find a safe path for human civilization in the fog.

(End of this chapter)