Chapter 629:

Instead, they came up with the idea of ​​integrating permanent metal and plastic sockets into the stump, so constructed so that each new experimental limb can snap into place whenever it is ready to be tested.
By the time I took over two weeks ago, Goldweather had repaired the socket and installed it on the stump, and the weaving of muscle and nerve tissue was satisfactory. There is only one obstacle: Twenty-three limbs are designed, and all 23 limbs are fiasco. The boss called me.
There is no mystery about failure. It's not for me anyway. Cybernetics is just the science of building machines. It will replicate and improve animal organs and functions based on our understanding of animal communication and control systems. Row. However, in any particular cybernetic project, everything depends on how many functions need to be replicated, and how many head offices need to be replaced.
This is why wit boys can get such fast and amazing results, keep their pictures in newspapers, and become the real glamorous boys in the industry. They are not required to copy the whole of the human brain-all they have to do is to separate and imitate a specific function of the brain, whether it is in simple mathematical operations or some type of basic logic.
For example, the robot brain is its name, namely the electronic digital integrator and computer. It only needs to be able to integrate and calculate graphics faster and more accurately than the human brain. It doesn't have to daydream, have nightmares, fool around, fall into anxiety, etc. Moreover, it does not even have to look like a brain, nor does it need to fit into the tiny space occupied by a real brain. It can be installed in a six-story building and looks like an overgrown typewriter, car dashboard or even a spring doll. All it has to do is tell you 2 times 2 equals 4, and then quickly tell you.
The headache begins when you are told to build a prosthesis that can replace the real leg. Not only must your machine look like its life model, it must also be balanced and supported, walking, running, jumping, jumping, jumping, etc., etc. In addition, it must belong to the same space. Moreover, it must feel everything a real leg feels-touch, heat, cold, pain, moisture, kinesthetic sensations-and perform all the directional brain movements that a real leg can perform.
Therefore, you do not have to copy this function or this function; do you want to rebuild the organ as a whole, or you want to try. Your professional must have a full set of sensorimotor systems and machines to execute orders, which is impossible.
But our work requires more. Professionals must not only be true, but also excellent! This means that creating a synthetic neuromuscular system can actually improve the nerves and muscles created by primitive animals!
When our twenty-fourth experimental model became dull last week, it just hung on a tree stump, shaking like one of my robot bugs, as if it had a deliberate tremor. I.
"They don't demand much of us," he said sarcastically. "They just want us to be gods."
I don't care about his cynical attitude at all, but he has one. Len Elsom only needs to build a beautiful adder to record his photos on paper. I must be God!
October 22, 1959
Do not know what to do. His attitude is very strange. Of course, he is very cooperative, lying on the fitting table, and not even flinching when we catch the professional players, he will do his best to carry out the instructions. Nevertheless, his attitude towards me is somewhat interesting. There was a malicious look in his eyes. Sometimes, thinking about it, he reminds me of Lun.
Take this afternoon as an example. I just designed a completely different leg based on a new solenoid arrangement to replicate the muscle system, so I decided to try it. When I slid the model into place, I raised my head and caught my attention for an instant. Although his face was expressionless, he seemed to be smiling.
"Okay," I said. "Let's do a test. I understand you used to be a football player. Well, think about the way you played football in the past and try it now."
He seems to be really trying; trying to make him sweat. Back. But all that happened was a twisted big toe and a bent knee. Dumb number twenty-five. Of course, it hurts me a lot, especially when I notice that it is more interesting than before.
I said, "You seem to think some things are interesting."
"Don't get me wrong, doctor," he said naively. "This is just what I have been thinking about. If you think I am a bug, maybe you will be luckier."
"Where did you get this idea?"
"From the doctor. I drank some beer with him that night. He spoke highly of you, saying that you made the best bed bugs in the industry."
I can hardly believe what kind of words will be said to me. It must be his inner self to Marilyn that made him talk like that. I don't like him hanging around.
October 25, 1959
The boss participated in our woodcut expedition this morning and volunteered to work on the other end of my two saws. He asked how the laboratory was doing.
I said: "From my point of view, there are two aspects to this problem, namely the kinesthetic and neurological aspects. We have made significant progress in this aspect. I have developed a new solenoid system in which There are some micro motors tied up, I think it can make our legs move very well. However, I don’t know the face. It is very difficult to figure out how to electrically connect it with the central nervous system. The brain can control it. It can be controlled along the machine Some kind of compromise operating system that is not the nervous system is much simpler."
"You mean," the boss said with a smile, "it's tripping you."
I am very pleased to see him so good, because I know he is eager to get results from professional laboratories. Since it is one of the few things that can be talked about, he is eager for us to come up with something that can be released to the media. As the public relations officer explained to me at the dinner the night before, when people know that things like this are going to happen, people will feel worried, but they have not received any real information about this, so the boss naturally wants to relieve the public. Curiosity. A beautiful and reassuring story about our work.
I knew that I was giving him a great opportunity to leak the whole thing, but I had to lay the foundation for a small plan I just started.
"Yes, sir," I said, "I ran into Len Elsom the other day. I didn't know he was here."
"Do you know him?" the boss said. "Good guy. One of the smartest people you can find anywhere."
I explained that I got a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a year before I graduated. From the information I heard, I added that he did some important work on the ballistic computer.
The boss said: "He did it, but that's not all. After that, he made some major contributions to robotic chess players. In fact, that's why he is here."
I said I have never heard of chess players.
"Once you started playing very good chess, Washington kept the whole thing secret for security reasons. That's why you won't hear anything from me anymore."
I am not, but I can sometimes put two and two together by myself. If the boss’s words have any meaning, it means that an electronic brain that can play games has been developed, and this has had important military implications. of course! I can kick myself because I haven't guessed it before.
The brain and the game-obviously, this is the whole point. It must happen: a robotic chess player is derived from the mathematical analysis of chess, and some kind of mechanical brain that is useful in military strategy appears in the chess player. This is the middle point.
"It's so smart," the boss said after watching for a while. "Keen. But he is a bit weird-weird, weird sense of humor. Isn't that your impression?"
"Of course," I said. "I will be the last person in the world to object to Lun saying a word, but he is always a little weird. He is for a while, sour for a while, and tends to make fun of things that others take seriously. He once wrote poetry."
The boss said: "I am glad to know this." "Confirm how I feel about him."
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