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Hasegawa: "Uh, I mean..." | Hasegawa: "Uh, I mean..." | ||
Kerr had followed Hasegawa's eyes and noticed her reaction. His dark expression was possibly meant for his friend but by having turned around the old lady stood to him face to face. She looked like she would freaking out any moment. She pulled at the leash of her [[ | Kerr had followed Hasegawa's eyes and noticed her reaction. His dark expression was possibly meant for his friend but by having turned around the old lady stood to him face to face. She looked like she would freaking out any moment. She pulled at the leash of her [[wp:Hachikō|Hachiko]]. | ||
Kerr: "We maybe should discuss the details at another location." | Kerr: "We maybe should discuss the details at another location." | ||
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Kerr and Hasegawa were sitting in their array of fused containers and ate instant [[ | Kerr and Hasegawa were sitting in their array of fused containers and ate instant [[wp:Ramen|ramen]]. | ||
There were screens in the background running legions of numbers and status messages. In the visuals one protein folding followed another. | There were screens in the background running legions of numbers and status messages. In the visuals one protein folding followed another. | ||
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Blake continued touring with Hanna through Green Village therefor her indoctrination. | Blake continued touring with Hanna through Green Village therefor her indoctrination. | ||
GV acts as digital Spitzbergen. They record the genetic, [[ | GV acts as digital Spitzbergen. They record the genetic, [[wp:Epigenetics|epigenetic]], anatomic information, natural habitat, life cycle and social behavior of any organism. The all-embracing data sets are the foundation for insilico research, for generating and altering new organisms. That way the villages can fully restore or alter their host eco-systems may it be due to climate change or after any other global catastrophe like asteroid impacts. | ||
GV's infrastructures to cope with worst case scenarios are later abused by GOP to participate in the Black Season war. [Leviathan, Behemoth, etc.] | GV's infrastructures to cope with worst case scenarios are later abused by GOP to participate in the Black Season war. [Leviathan, Behemoth, etc.] | ||
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"For instance we almost killed ourselves with nuclear weapons. Created by smart people, controlled by smart people. There were so many weapons to kill ourselves multiple times. Overkill." | "For instance we almost killed ourselves with nuclear weapons. Created by smart people, controlled by smart people. There were so many weapons to kill ourselves multiple times. Overkill." | ||
"It seems that we are not smart enough anymore for the tools we possess. Some decades ago there was a [[ | "It seems that we are not smart enough anymore for the tools we possess. Some decades ago there was a [[wp:Stanislav Petrov|soldier whose instruments detected an intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead]]. He didn't followed protocol and simply declared this incidence a false alarm. If he had decided differently it could have been the end. There were quite a number of such incidences." | ||
"Though the danger of a nuclear holocaust has somewhat weakened it is still there. After a generation or two the horror of the past wars diminish and new ones can easily break out. We can call ourselves lucky to live in a phase of relative peace." | "Though the danger of a nuclear holocaust has somewhat weakened it is still there. After a generation or two the horror of the past wars diminish and new ones can easily break out. We can call ourselves lucky to live in a phase of relative peace." | ||
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Avatara scanned through the key words. Images of the search results were flying through the room as holograms. | Avatara scanned through the key words. Images of the search results were flying through the room as holograms. | ||
Southern Spain turning into deserts, [[ | Southern Spain turning into deserts, [[wp:Arctic resources race|looting of arctic resources]], deep-sea mining, animals dying from oil spills, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/16/fish-confusing-plastic-debris-in-ocean-for-food-study-finds open stomachs of fish full of plastic][https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/19/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-sea-by-2050-warns-ellen-macarthur (*)], [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture insects killed by pesticides], [[wp:Chytridiomycosis|amphibians killed by fungi]], [https://www.google.com/search?q=species+extinction+rate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X the sixth mass extinction of species], cows at the bloody slaughter houses, [https://www.google.com/search?q=burning+oil+fields+tanks&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X burning oil fields], dead soldiers and civilians in destroyed cities, people mutilated or killed by [http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/home.aspx landmines - relicts of older wars], [[wp:Child soldiers in Africa|child soldiers in Africa]]<!--https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/joseph-kony-child-soldier-return-uganda-lra parent murdering is not longer happening as the LRA was mostly defeated-->, [[wp:Persecution of people with albinism|human albinos killed for their skin]], [[wp:Human trafficking in South America#Forced labor|labor slaves owned by companies in Latin America]], utterly poor people [https://www.google.com/search?q=poor+people+landfills+india&tbm=isch living on trash dumps in India], mistreatment<!-- and honor kills--> of women<!-- | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India | ||
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/27/india-abuse-women-human-rights-rape-girls | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/27/india-abuse-women-human-rights-rape-girls | ||
-->, [[ | -->, [[wp:Organ theft#Suspected occurrences|organ theft]], [[wp:China Cables|brutal "reeducation" of ethnic minorities in China]], nations fighting each other for water, dead bodies of refugee<!-- children--> at the European beaches. | ||
Pensatore pointed at the holograms. | Pensatore pointed at the holograms. | ||
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"Some say a truly intelligent machine will be human's last invention. I hope that's not the case and that we will rather establish a symbiosis with them."--> | "Some say a truly intelligent machine will be human's last invention. I hope that's not the case and that we will rather establish a symbiosis with them."--> | ||
"I wish I could have given you a shorter explanation of our project but you cannot simply create an [[ | "I wish I could have given you a shorter explanation of our project but you cannot simply create an [[wp:Strong AI|strong AI]] by ignoring 3.5 billion years of evolution." | ||
Kimura smirked: "It's okay. I know two other guys with a similar scope. You should meet them. I think you all will make a great gang of crackheads." | Kimura smirked: "It's okay. I know two other guys with a similar scope. You should meet them. I think you all will make a great gang of crackheads." | ||
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[Pensatore shows Avatara to the VIP. The robot is in a hall to test his spatial awareness and locomotion. Kimura ask the robot for a sparring match. The outside world is a dangerous place and a highly valuable piece of self-aware tech better knows to defend himself. Pensatore thinks that his guest looks for military application since the source of money is BGI. Kimura is impressed how fast the AI can adapt to his attacks and confirms that Avatara has great potential. This thought is also mirrored by the later SLD project.] | [Pensatore shows Avatara to the VIP. The robot is in a hall to test his spatial awareness and locomotion. Kimura ask the robot for a sparring match. The outside world is a dangerous place and a highly valuable piece of self-aware tech better knows to defend himself. Pensatore thinks that his guest looks for military application since the source of money is BGI. Kimura is impressed how fast the AI can adapt to his attacks and confirms that Avatara has great potential. This thought is also mirrored by the later SLD project.] | ||
[Kimura invites Pensatore to his company to give them advice for [[ | [Kimura invites Pensatore to his company to give them advice for [[wp:Supercomputer architecture#Massive distributed parallelism|HPC architecture]]. Eventually Kimura decides to force Pensatore to permanently participate in the Daodan research.] | ||
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Pensatore: "Continue with what? We don't even have the computing power to design an entire genome." | Pensatore: "Continue with what? We don't even have the computing power to design an entire genome." | ||
Avatara: "It's actually an [[ | Avatara: "It's actually an [[wp:Hologenome theory of evolution|hologenome]]. It will be radical different than the simulated one you did for me. And that brings me to the next point. The calculations are impossible to execute within your time frame - unless we use quantum computing capacities of Silver Village and other locations of excellence. The Daodan simulations will profit from using different processor types. But parallel computing, especially for the vast molecular simulations, will require QC. If I can bind all resources together as virtual clusters by means of hyper-entanglement the Daodan becomes feasible. Theoretically, the computing power with each qubit will double. But only a highly trained AI such as me can manage occurring recursive problems on the fly and keep all systems in balance. Nature had billions of years to time of parallel computing. It seems to me you don't have that luxury. If you run into discussions of mere design decisions while the one and only chance - simulation - is running, the risk of failure is almost certain. Let me carry out the complete end stage of the Daodan project." | ||
Pensatore: "This acceleration in turn of events quite thwarts my own plans of ", he turned around. "Getting away." | Pensatore: "This acceleration in turn of events quite thwarts my own plans of ", he turned around. "Getting away." | ||
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Griffin was glancing to Mai for a moment, thinking of her and Kerr. Meanwhile Kimura continued his monologue. | Griffin was glancing to Mai for a moment, thinking of her and Kerr. Meanwhile Kimura continued his monologue. | ||
"Physical prisons of our intellects. – The civilians who try to duck and hide from all this mess do so in [[ | "Physical prisons of our intellects. – The civilians who try to duck and hide from all this mess do so in [[wp:Biedermeier#Current usage|Biedermeier-ish]] bubble communities [Daya's parents]. They dive into distraction, consumption and addiction.<!-- And the products they cannot get ... they get from the us.--> But even when the those people want wake up from their self-chosen coma they don't feel powerful enough to act. A true, meaningful development of our lives basically doesn't happen anymore." | ||
They passed the wooded hilltop. The house came into view. It was still about 100 meters away. There were two pickups, a blue and a gray one. | They passed the wooded hilltop. The house came into view. It was still about 100 meters away. There were two pickups, a blue and a gray one. | ||
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On top of their conflict a question of trust emerged. | On top of their conflict a question of trust emerged. | ||
Griffin is in the top 10 of TCTF commander having one of the biggest black budgets worldwide. That's because he is in charge of the entire urban region of Tokyo while having established Black Ops division and unified all the other TCTF departments there. TCTF Controller Tamte has a hard time doing his duty as Griffin himself is often directly involved in black ops or related affairs which Tamte often has no [[ | Griffin is in the top 10 of TCTF commander having one of the biggest black budgets worldwide. That's because he is in charge of the entire urban region of Tokyo while having established Black Ops division and unified all the other TCTF departments there. TCTF Controller Tamte has a hard time doing his duty as Griffin himself is often directly involved in black ops or related affairs which Tamte often has no [[wp:Security clearance|clearance]] for. Maria tries to help Tamte out with information which Griffin got to know of one day. | ||
[Fun detail: The committee grants Griffin's spending on his elevator knowing that he has put his life most front in the battle against organized crime and the Syndicate.] | [Fun detail: The committee grants Griffin's spending on his elevator knowing that he has put his life most front in the battle against organized crime and the Syndicate.] | ||
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'''"Nuclear risk"''' | '''"Nuclear risk"''' | ||
Nobu and the Syndicate sell building ground to companies. However, the ground is contaminated with chemicals and nuclear waste. The Syndicate follows here [[ | Nobu and the Syndicate sell building ground to companies. However, the ground is contaminated with chemicals and nuclear waste. The Syndicate follows here [[wp:Triangle of death (Italy)|the example of south Italy]]. Also, they actively add radiating material to new constructions. By doing this they can later blackmail the companies to their demands. When the companies lost their money to the Syndicate, they are forced to sell the ground again. Then the Syndicate can repeat the cycle. Nobu is part of this lucrative business, holding shares of the involved construction companies that are under Syndicate leadership. | ||
To accelerate negotiations they let corrode the special steel alloy constructions by putting it under high voltage. The companies keep their mouth shut quite to a dozen of reasons which includes destruction of their image and not to lose even more money by informing their employees and grating them costly health care support - or by decontaminating the area. | To accelerate negotiations they let corrode the special steel alloy constructions by putting it under high voltage. The companies keep their mouth shut quite to a dozen of reasons which includes destruction of their image and not to lose even more money by informing their employees and grating them costly health care support - or by decontaminating the area. | ||