The combination of third-class directors, second-class actors, and first-class themes cannot be said to be a failure, but it is still very early to success. In fact, the director cannot be completely blamed. A little too much. But if the director's ability is not enough, and he is not willing to give up anything, he often does not perform well in anything. After watching it, many people may be confused, what about this movie? ?
In my opinion, this film has at least 3 major themes:
1. Science fiction and science
1. Artificial intelligence:
At first I felt that it was relatively reliable, and it was closer to our real world. Isn't there a recent news that a computer has passed the Turing test, an interesting test to determine whether a computer has human intelligence.
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The Turing test method is that the test person, and a machine that claims to have human intelligence . During the test, the tester and the testee are separated, and the tester can only ask some questions to the testee through some devices (such as a keyboard), and these questions can be any questions. After asking some questions, if the tester can correctly distinguish who is a human and who is a machine, then the machine fails the Turing test. If the tester fails to distinguish who is a machine and who is a human, then the machine has human intelligence of.
No machine has yet passed the Turing test, which means that the intelligence of computers is far from that of humans. If a machine has "intelligent-like" computing capabilities, the time it takes to pass the Turing test will be extended. As for how long it takes, this is the question that subsequent researchers are studying.
Turing adopts the "ask" and "answer" mode, that is, The observer spoke to two test subjects, one human and the other a machine, by controlling a typewriter. The observers were asked to continuously ask various questions to discern whether the answerer was a human or a machine. Turing also formulated a few model questions for the test himself:
Q: Please write me a sonnet on the subject of "Bridge No. 4."
A: Don't ask me this question, I never write poetry.
Q: How much is 34957 plus 70764?
A: (After 30 seconds of pause) 105721
Q: Can you play chess?
Answer: Yes.
Q: I have a checker K at my K1; you only have a checker K at K6 and a checker R at R1. It's your turn, which move should you play?
Answer: (After 15 seconds of pause) Pawn R goes to R8, check!
Turing pointed out: "A machine can be considered to be able to think if, under certain realistic conditions, a machine can imitate a human answering questions so well that the questioner mistakenly believes that it is not a machine for a considerable period of time."
On the surface, it seems that there is no difficulty in getting a machine to answer a range of questions, which can be achieved by programming a special program. However, if the questioner does not follow conventional standards, it is extremely difficult to program the response. For example, a question and answer presents the following situation:
Q: Can you play chess?
Answer: Yes.
Q: Can you play chess?
Answer: Yes.
Q: Please answer again, can you play chess?
Answer: Yes.
You'd probably think that this one in front of you is a dumb machine. If the questions and answers take on a different state:
Q: Can you play chess?
Answer: Yes.
Q: Can you play chess?
A: Yes, didn't I already say it?
Q: Please answer again, can you play chess?
A: Are you bothered, why keep asking the same question.
Then, the person in front of you is probably a human rather than a machine. The difference between the above two dialogues is that the first type can clearly feel that the respondent is extracting simple answers from the knowledge base, and the second type has the ability to analyze and synthesize, and the responder knows that the observer is asking the same question repeatedly. The "Turing Test" does not specify the scope of the questions and the standards for asking questions. If we want to create a machine that can pass the test, with our technical level, we must store all the questions that human beings can think of in the computer, and store all the questions about these questions. Reasonable answer, and also need to make a rational choice.
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The above content about the Turing test comes from "Baidu Encyclopedia".
What is the difference between man and machine? It's because humans have the ability to think. That is, the process of analyzing, synthesizing, judging, reasoning and other cognitive activities on the basis of appearances and concepts (things in the mind). Characteristic logic analysis ability. Humans can think, can machines? Robots play chess to defeat humans through calculations, using the results obtained from the stored chess records. Therefore, it is still calculation and cannot be regarded as the result of thinking in a strict sense. Calculation is only a part of thinking. Computers can be said to have the ability of human logical thinking. Then there are non-logical thinking, which are temporarily unavailable, such as intuition, inspiration, subconsciousness, emotion, etc. So anything people do (subjective) is a random probability result based on their personality. For example, if you give a box of m&m chocolates to Virgo, you can predict that they will Pick out the colored chocolate and pack it before eating. The computer can only "simulate" this kind of result and make itself "like" a human being.
(Supplementary knife: But this place is unhappy here. Why do we have to use human standards to measure computers, or to evaluate other intelligent life? In the entire natural exploration, human beings take themselves too seriously, and live by their own. The standard of life and intelligence characteristics to measure other creatures is too arbitrary. Why can't a computer be such a special kind of intelligent life? In the movie "Prometheus", aliens created humans, humans created artificial humans, intelligence Evolving in an alternative way, not life itself. We think that we can control ourselves and control nature, and this "self-control" is not the "other-control" of the desire for DNA self-replication and reproduction. Further doubts about the foundation of ontology "I think, therefore I am." ”, “Thinking” is the behavior of “I” on the surface, but you can’t deny that others make you think it is your behavior.)
Then the research problem of artificial intelligence is, how to make the computer first have the ability to learn to achieve The integrity of the logical thinking ability, and then the non-logical thinking ability, makes it more like a person. At this stage, we mainly focus on the former problem, which is also relatively easy to implement. In the movie, Depp's various GET super technologies after digitization are its manifestations, and at the same time, it can be said to have "emotion" in terms of illogical thinking.
2 Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
The 0th Law: Robots must ensure that the overall interests of mankind are not harmed.
First Law: A robot must not harm a human being, or see a human being hurt and stand by
without violating the Zeroth Law. Second Law: A robot must obey a human being absolutely, provided it does not violate the Zeroth Law and the First Law. Any orders given
Third Law: Robots must do their best to protect their own survival without violating the Zeroth, First and Second Laws.
This is the logic of the computer. We formulate various rules and authorities to strictly restrain ourselves. We emphasize that the same is true for a legal society, simplifying management costs and ensuring the normal operation of society.
Throughout the entire movie, you will find that the digitized Depp fully complies with the above laws. Everything he does is for the sake of girls, but also to "evolve" human beings, at least guaranteeing the 0th law. Although the transformation of people is so powerful, it still does not harm natural persons. Even if the FBI and terrorists join forces to digitize Depp, they still do not take any violent actions, which guarantees the first law. Knowing clearly that the heroine brought the virus to infect herself, she still chose to sublimate with the heroine and completely accept the orders of human beings. Although it complies with the second law, it conflicts with the third law. However, due to the different authority of the law, the second law Laws are enforced first. To borrow a comment from a netizen, "The last heavy rain brought Will's nano rain to the garden where he and his wife lived before, which was separated by copper wires. During the process of Will uploading to his wife, he Infected with the virus, all those who came into contact with the Internet, including the replicators he made, nano air, etc., were infected with the virus, so those people returned to their previous state. Of course, he was infected with the virus and could not treat his wife, including himself It's hard to protect himself, but he said "think about our back garden" at the end, in fact, when he realized their last moment, he knew that their back garden was safe from viruses (protected by copper wire), and there was nano rain there, Where can they continue their dreams." The third law is clearly enforced.
3 Quantum computer:
Quantum computer and quantum mechanics are closely related, the former is based on a core principle of the latter - the principle of superposition of states. Although physicists are still debating whether a macroscopic entity, such as a person, a building, etc., can be in a multi-state superposition, there is no doubt that a single electron can indeed be in multiple states at the same time. In the state, this has been verified by countless experiments. For example, an electron in an atom can be in a ground state or an excited state (the ground state and the excited state correspond to 0 and 1 in binary, respectively), and by irradiating the atom with light of the appropriate wavelength for a suitable length of time, it is possible to The electrons in the atom are in a superposition state in which each of the two states, the ground state and the excited state, has a probability of 1/2.
Current computers deal with binary "bits", which have only two states, 0 or 1; while quantum computers use "qubits" to encode and calculate. A qubit can be 1 or 0, or it can be a superposition state of 1 and 0 at the same time (due to the difference in superposition weight, this superposition state can theoretically be infinite, but it is difficult to adjust in practice The weight is generally equal to half of the weight or proportion).
An important indicator of computer performance is the number of switches used inside it, which determines how many storage units the computer can have, basically how many bits of memory there are. Imagine the simplest computer with only two bits of memory, with 4 possible states: 00, 01, 10, 11. If this is a traditional computer, it can only be in one of the four states above at any given moment. However, if it were a quantum computer, then both qubits could be in a state of superposition, so it could work in all 4 of the above states at the same time! It's like 4 traditional computers linked together in parallel to work at the same time.
In general, the number of states a quantum computer can have at the same time is a qubit power of 2. In the previous paragraph, the number of states that 2 qubits are in at the same time is 2 to the power of 2, which is 4; if there are 3 qubits, the number of simultaneous states is 2^3=8... This is the number that explodes exponentially ! When a quantum computer consists of 10 qubits linked together, its computing power is equivalent to a traditional computer with 2^10=1024 switches (bits). If a quantum computer has a memory of 1000 qubits, then it works like a conventional computer with 2^1000 = 10^301 bits of memory. 10^301, 1 is followed by 301 0s! This number is much larger than the total number of particles in the entire universe! That is to say, even if all the particles in the universe are used to make a traditional computer, it is far from such a quantum computer! Of course, there are too many difficulties to overcome to get 1000 qubits all in a controllable superposition state related to each other!
In the movie, the digitized Depp uses massive amounts of information to master the method of making a quantum computer, raising his "brain" to a level, which is equivalent to the evolution from an abacus to a computer. At present, the development of classical computers has become more and more difficult, and Moore's Law seems to have come to an end. The 7nm-level processor is already the limit economically. After all, the diameter of the silicon atom is fixed, and the current processor level is almost 16nm. The Moore's Law in the narrow sense is finally at hand. The future trend is probably divided into two paths: quantum computers and biological computers. After all, it is an epoch-making change. Recently, the supercomputers that have always been boasting about the celestial dynasty are so powerful. It is like saying, look at our abacus digits!
4 Nanorobots:
Actually, the term nanotechnology has a long history. Richard Feynman is the most controversial and greatest theoretical physicist after Einstein. In 1959, he proposed in a speech entitled "There is a lot of space at the bottom of matter": In the future, it is possible for human beings Building a molecular-sized micromachine that can use molecules or even single atoms as building blocks to build matter in very small spaces means that humans can make anything in the lowest level of space. Changing and organizing molecules from molecules and atoms is what chemists and biologists intend to achieve. This will make the production process very simple, you just need to recombine the large number of molecules you get to form useful objects.
In fact, every cell is a living example of an application of nanotechnology: cells not only convert fuel into energy, but also build and activate proteins and enzymes according to the information stored in DNA, by recombining DNA from different species, Genetic engineers have learned to build new such nanotools, such as bacterial cells to produce medical hormones.
In theory, nanomachines can build all objects.
Those awesome nano-robots in the movie that help the disabled to recover and improve their measurements, as well as the blown up solar energy equipment. I guess this technology should be much later than the commercialization of quantum computers, which is more sci-fi.
2. Philosophy and Politics
1 Life Forms:
Looking down the scientific lens, nature faces philosophical questions that we haven't thought about carefully, such as life forms. What is a living body, must there be organic matter as a carrier? How to give a definition to life? All life we come into contact with has DNA or RNA, is this the definition of life! ? Maybe not, because these things are all carriers of genetic information, such as the most alternative life, viruses, which have DNA carriers, and can use the nutrition of other cells to complete their own replication. Computer viruses have similar properties. They are also a string of information carriers. They constantly replicate themselves by infecting computers, but the information carriers are not DNA or RNA that we usually think of. Can we say that computer viruses are a form of life? Furthermore, is the computer a kind of life, and is the global networked computer network life? If it becomes Skynet in Terminator, the Matrix in The Matrix, the Fire Queen in Resident Evil, or even the digitized Depp in Transcendence, then I think they should be treated as It is possible to be an intelligent life. In fact, there are many definitions of life, such as substances that can regularly transfer matter and energy with the outside world and can realize self-replication. Or from a thermodynamic point of view, a substance that can guarantee its own entropy reduction can be regarded as life. According to these definitions, black holes are actually life in a sense.
(God's rant: I read a book "Genius is on the left, lunatic is on the right" chatting with mental patients. There is a lunatic who said that the solar system itself is life, and its regular movement is the proof, but we can't detect it , because our time is too short. For example, facing the sun, a human being has a life span of 80 years. In front of the sun's 10 billion-year lifespan, he can't perceive it at all. One flower, one world, one tree and one floating life, one grass and one grass. Heaven, one leaf is one, one sand is one bliss, one side is pure land, one smile is one dust, one thought is quiet. Maybe in the blink of an eye, life on a grain of sand has experienced from birth to death.)
2 Technology fears:
Human beings are first full of fear for the unknown, and then curious. Due to the development of science and technology, human productivity has been improved unprecedentedly, resources have been used efficiently, and material development has been unprecedentedly prosperous, so we have all kinds of cool movies to watch. Then if we think too much, we will naturally be afraid of technology. What if we can't control it? The forbidden fruit that God forbid Adam and Eve to eat is called "wisdom" (not what you think!) Why doesn't God want to give me wisdom! ? Is it because wisdom can harm us? We fantasize about the disasters we have caused, such as drastic climate change, major earthquakes, nuclear wars, biochemical mutations, robot riots, and dystopias. Movies with the above all kinds of themes make us high enough to think about it after we calm down. Have to be in awe of the creator! However, there are deep ambitions and unwillingness hidden in human nature. God created human beings in his own image or used a part of himself. He did not let us eat the fruit of wisdom because he was afraid that human beings would become "God" itself. This is also the philosophical connotation in "Prometheus", and the hidden meaning in it makes religious people think deeply.
However, the technology in "Transcendental Hackers" seems to follow this Asimov's law. For the overall benefit of mankind, it tries to "evolve and network" the whole of mankind through nano-robots.
3 Logic of interests:
If you have an independent consciousness, you will form groups because of similar interests, and classes will naturally arise, which are the spokespersons of their respective interest groups. The continuous improvement and evolution of politics has made "interest determines everything" the No. 0 law of human society, and the Creator can use this law to easily control human beings. The emergence of economics is the best proof that XX interests are maximized. So when Transcendental Depp tried to "evolve and network" all mankind, the FBI and terrorists came together, why not let us weak humans have self-awareness! ?
4 Social structures:
1) Class: The further evolution of life will produce stress response, but it may not necessarily produce thinking or even self-awareness. Only after self-awareness can “I think, therefore I am”, can we further enrich our logical thinking and complete scientific and technological progress. Then the social structure can be divided into completely independent self-consciousness and unique self-consciousness according to self-consciousness. We humans all have independent self-awareness, so we often feel that life groups with a similar social structure to us are more advanced, and then movies always like to slap us. Similar to bees, the queen controls everything, this particular social structure often appears in games and movies, depicting a particularly strong presence. The effect of the global network in "Transcendence" can be imagined. The living body is unconsciously controlled by the computer, and the endurance, explosive power and resilience are enhanced, and the interests of human beings are maximized; the zerg in "StarCraft", the zerg family Everything is under the control of overmind, the only conscious master brain, so that each division has no fear and becomes a real powerful biological weapon; the hive mind in "Dead Space" controls the mutant zombies, and even affects human beings Thinking, eliminates all independent consciousness and realizes the great unity of consciousness. As human beings, as individuals, we will naturally pursue independent consciousness, even if it does not become too awesome. This is an instinct, an inseparable part of human nature, and it is difficult to evaluate whether it is good or bad. Because the social structure of the only consciousness has infinite potential, there will be no internal loss of matter and energy due to the divergence of different consciousnesses within. I once wrote an article analyzing the social structure of the three races in "StarCraft", and found that only the zerg with the only "consciousness" can be called Communism, that is, no class system, no exploitation and no communism predicted by Marx. The ultimate social form of oppression, under the same technological level, has undoubtedly the highest productivity.
In fact, the future social structure may also develop in this direction. More terrifying than "1984" and "Animal Farm" is "Entertainment to Die". Losing the sense of judgment is an important step towards the lack of independent consciousness.
2) Balance: In human society, because of the existence of independent consciousness, the existence of classes is inevitable. If the balance of interests between groups is achieved and the internal friction is reduced, this kind of social structure must face the problem. Separation of law, judiciary, and administration in the national structure; separation of the board of directors, board of directors, and supervisory board in the corporate structure; Evangelion's personality as a mother implanted by supercomputer MAGI, as a scientist, and as a woman's personality Separation; everyone seems to like triple-core processors.
3. The evolution of rational and emotional
human beings is incomplete. For millions of years, human rationality has developed unbelievably, and the development of emotions and the spiritual world can really be described as staggering. Such an imbalance makes people feel fear.
1 Terrible Mary Sue culture:
As two branches of human nature, rationality and sensibility have always been the themes of various artistic works. Today, Mary Sue culture has swept the world, and all kinds of cool texts are emerging one after another. Domineering presidents can always fall in love with them. A pure and lovely ignorant village girl. The male protagonist is completely a great saint, er, no, he is a great saint in the computer, flawless, a perfect combination of human rationality and sensibility, sadly, perfect people often do not exist, the male protagonist is not. People, or perfection means destruction, and the male protagonist hangs up, still 2 times. Some people have proposed whether the digital Depp is himself or a program. Based on the full implementation of Asimov's law mentioned above and the feeling for the heroine is still the state of the hero's dying money, it has not changed. It can be inferred that it is very likely. , this thing is just a program, not me. This also implies that perfect things are absolutely impossible to exist in real life, and we should YY in various works of art.
2 After a long time, it is a love movie:
After watching the whole movie, the grand themes discussed above seem to be nonsense. The program is just doing everything possible to realize the heroine's dream, create a better world, and always be with the heroine. . The heroine is suspicious of all kinds of suspicions, Nima, I have watched too many palace fighting dramas! The male protagonist is so pure, cute, innocent, and handsome, so all the girls in the comments were so moved, so some netizens wrote things like:
"I'm going to die, but I can't bear you,
I try my best to make myself ideas are preserved.
You are being chased and killed, and I will help you arrest them;
if you want to change the world, I will do research every day to change the world for you;
I want to hug you through others, but you can’t accept others;
so I try to be myself hug you. "
This film is not an ordinary sci-fi film. I prefer to define it as a romance film in a sci-fi coat. The plain but deep feelings of the hero and heroine in the film are so touching. In fact, Depp has not changed from beginning to end. He is a human being. I don't believe him. His overly advanced awareness scared them and his wife. In fact, his wife has always supported him, but during the conversation with the computer, she couldn't feel Depp's body and mind, but Depp Everything that could be watched over her, she began to fear, began to fear, began to doubt everything she did, and then doubted the purity of her husband's purpose. "
Great love, oh shit! Big
theme, I can never guess.
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