Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 473 - 227: The Intuition Algorithm of Machines

Indeed, Jarvis had successfully replicated Wang Qi's thought processes, the rational parts to be exact, without any emotional or goofy elements. Even when asked to tell a cold joke, Jarvis would dutifully recount a few of the most famous ones from Shenzhou.

It knew nothing of lines like "If the heavens had emotions, they too would age," or "Startled from a near-death illness, he abruptly sat up," or "Let me share with you some life experiences." Wang Qi shook his head at this sight, relieved that he hadn't named Jarvis after either of the famous droids, R2-D2 or C-3PO.

This boring fellow would certainly tarnish the most glittering names in the robotic comedic world!

The Turing Test was completed shortly after. In a world capable of creating souls, the purpose of the Turing Test wasn't so much to determine whether a magic artifact had will but rather to evaluate the performance of this acquired will.

Moreover, this test was not decisive but just one of several indicators of the performance of an acquired will.

The Turing Test went on for two hours. Only after that time did more than half of the people identify Jarvis.

"Since it's a newly-formed will, it's not surprising that the information it holds is limited and imperfect. However, Jarvis has the ability to learn, and with the help of the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, it could grow rapidly, so that's not a concern," Wu Chengdao noted. "That said, Jarvis seems to have a strong learning capability. But Senior Brother Wang, the final adjustments you made seem to have limited its learning abilities?"

Wang Qi nodded, "Jarvis can freely store knowledge, but it cannot modify its own behavioral guidelines or add its own motives."

"So you're limiting its potential for development," Wu Chengdao commented, not quite understanding, "Among the several pseudo postnatal wills developed by the Immortal Alliance, Jarvis has outstanding learning capabilities — and that's a testament to your exceptional talent. It's a waste not to make full use of it."

Wang Qi insisted, "We have backups of undeveloped pseudo postnatal wills. It's not impossible to create another Jarvis, but what I need is a personal assistant that suits me, and only I can adjust this assistant."

With so many weirdos on the internet, what if Jarvis learned bad habits?

On Earth, where energy indices are fixed and life forms are uniform, humans absolutely cannot compete with artificial intelligence in one aspect — affinity with the internet. When artificial intelligence combines with the internet, it can rapidly break through the physical limits of an individual computer's intelligence, evolving at the speed of light into a "super artificial intelligence," and easily surpassing human comprehension.

However, this concern does not exist in Shenzhou. Here, anyone can elevate the essence of their life through cultivation. To Shenzhou cultivators, "super artificial intelligence" is merely a demon beast with a higher starting point. And the most powerful calculator of the Immortal Alliance, the Immortal Artifact Level Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm merged with the grandmaster chess player Feng Luoyi, would not be easily overtaken by any ordinary acquired will.

And then... there were the stupid super artificial intelligences that harbored thoughts like "The human form is a hindrance to human evolution" and "Humans are prone to self-destruction; I must save them" that started wreaking havoc in movies, comics, and novels.

"Next, we'll move on to the second test," Wu Chengdao said while flipping through the records of the Turing Test, "The test will assess 'problem-solving abilities.'"

Just as people generally measure each other's intelligence by their ability to solve tough problems, the same standard could be applied to measuring an acquired will.

Bao Xiaoya curiously asked, "What should we use? Chess?"

She was no longer bringing up arithmetic problems.

Wu Chengdao shook his head, "Most chess games are finite zero-sum contests. Even if we consider games like backgammon that incorporate the randomness of 'Dice Rolling,' they are still finite. In such games, the number of possible situations is limited, so humans can't compete with calculators that have superior computational power and can exhaustively enumerate possibilities."

"But," argued Bao Xiaoya, "because the amount of computation is so colossal, exhaustive enumeration is impossible, right?"

"It is precisely because the required computation for exhaustive enumeration is so vast that there exist approximate algorithms known as 'the way of chess.'"

Wu Chengdao shook his head, "But it's meaningless, almost algorithmic, Jarvis just needs to load enough game records to analyze it. Victory in the game of Go is meaningless."

Su Junyu's eyes lit up, "Indeterminate Card? This game is filled with uncertainty, and in terms of complexity and diversity, it is greater than traditional chess."

To humans, board games were just leisure activities; they believed Go truly tested intelligence. But for machines, it was the opposite; Go, which could be exhausted of possibilities, posed no difficulty, while board games filled with uncertainty seemed terrifying.

Although in theory all possibilities in board games could be exhausted, the computation involved would be much more extensive.

"Indeed, it's a good idea. I might give it a try when I get back," Wu Chengdao pulled up a document and read aloud, "But here, the significance of 'game theory' is very limited, whether zero-sum or positive-sum. The act of game theory is just calculation under certain rules, and learning it is very simple..."

Shang Nancheng added, "Moreover, game theory isn't all there is to intelligence, nor is it all there is to problem-solving capability."

Professional software, honed to pass certain random tests, could certainly not be considered artificial intelligence.

"The capabilities referred to in the Acquired Will test of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion actually include these two—the judgment beyond problems and intuition," Wu Chengdao flipped through the question set, then posed a peculiar question, "A Flying Sword pierces through a mountain—because it is made of the essence of metals? Who does this 'it' refer to? The Flying Sword, or the mountain?"

Pronoun reference, a common linguistic phenomenon, occurs when an object first appears in a particular context and is represented by a specific noun, but on subsequent appearances, a pronoun is used in place.

For humans, understanding this question is very simple, as it is "common sense" or "instinct". But for an Acquired Will that fundamentally is a calculator, making such judgments still requires a certain level of expertise.

And besides, Jarvis, personally modulated by Wu Chengdao, had not been loaded with a similar question bank. It could only rely on itself to answer this question.

"Flying Sword, teacher," Jarvis responded.

"Gao Liulan says to Jinzhi Palace, 'Thank you', because her consolation made her feel much better—who feels much better? Gao Liulan, or Jinzhi Palace?"

For a Magic Artifact, understanding when one person would say "thank you" to another, and understanding what kind of action would make a person "feel much better," was obviously a huge challenge. But for humans, linguistic "intuition" could explain everything, even without logical reasoning.

"Gao Liulan, teacher."

Jarvis's answer secretly thrilled Wang Qi.

After all, it's the consciousness split from my brain! If it's too silly, it means that my brain is defective!

But... it seems Jarvis is just the brain-defective version of me, right?

After a series of questions and answers, Wu Chengdao congratulated Wang Qi, "Congratulations, Senior Brother! This Acquired Will is strong enough to handle most problems! Judging from the results, its capability in certain aspects even surpasses yours!"

"Heh, you could just say that being brain-defective makes me stronger..."

"Now, the test is over," Wu Chengdao issued the final command to Jarvis, then turned to Wang Qi and said, "Senior Brother Wang, want to give it a try?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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