After more than half a year’s delay, the 2020 (end) game masterpiece Dian Yu Renke 2077, which has been released with twists and turns, has finally arrived late, allowing players to feel what the world looks like when the phrase “technology always comes from human nature” has developed to the extreme.
In the world view of Dianyu Renke 2077, “people” have been redefined. Through various high-tech plug-ins, we can strengthen or even replace the fragile organs built in the human body, allowing steel and wires to endlessly expand the limits of physical fitness and cognition.
In the end, we finally set our sights on the eternity of life.
The digitization of consciousness is not a unique concept of Dianyu Renke 2077. We imagine that as long as we can preserve and inherit the inner humans, even if the body is finally decayed, we can achieve “immortality” to a certain extent.
But how exactly should this process be carried out, and how feasible is it from the current academic point of view?
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——Thunder blasting ahead, big thunder blasting, the hostess evaded at high speed——
The story of Dianyu Renke 2077 revolves around a high-tech chip“Holy Object”(Or to be more precise, Sacred Object 2.0) Turn around, and the long-awaited Kenu Levi-or Johnny Silverhand is also because of it that can appear in the game.
In a nutshell, “sacred objects” are copies of consciousness. By converting consciousness into AI before someone dies, you can communicate with the retained “person” in your consciousness by inserting a chip. The sacred object is advertised in the game as a digital form of immortality, but as an upgraded version of the sacred object 2.0, it does not follow the original policy, but uses more crude methods to achieve its goals.
It also carries a person’s consciousness. After being inserted into the human body, Sacred Object 2.0 will forcibly cover the host’s brain with the content on the chip, thereby resurrecting the soul. The player’s customized character V is to insert the Holy Treasure 2.0 under the circumstances, and face the crisis of being replaced by Johnny Silverhand in the chip.
Of course, with the current situation where human beings are at risk even changing their knees, there is still a long way to go before products such as sacred chips. But if one day our technological level catches up with the world of Dianyu Renke 2077, the method of transferring memories to extend life is indeed feasible from a psychological point of view. But before going further, we must first know where the transferred “self” comes from.
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“I” exists in my deep mind
If you were to immediately give 5 words describing “you”, what would you think of?
But the answer is not the focus of today, but the “process” through which these answers are produced.
No matter how interesting or boring answers you give, these descriptions will definitely appear on the surface of consciousness with some memories.These clips are not aimless, but the brain is looking forSelf-conceptThis knowledge frame must go through the thinking process.
Even if we have always existed physically, “I” is still a knowledge that needs to be acquired through fumbling. Through feedback from interaction with the outside world, we understand the world while establishing our own likes, dislikes and values, and gradually enrich our self-concepts. Why developmental psychologists would advise parents not to overprotect their children because they are afraid of stifling their chances of contacting new things and expanding their hearts.
Simply put, self-concept is a collection of rules of thumb of “I experienced OO, and I decided to respond with XX”.
Of course, not any memory fragment can enter the self-concept, and the ones that will be included are often autobiographical and contain strong emotions.Episodic memory. Essentially, memory is just the communication between brain nerve cells, the traces left after information processing. However, with strong emotional blessings, specific memory segments can become “meaningful”, and then become a small piece of self-concept, affecting the final appearance of the entire pattern.
For example, people often produce flashbulb memory when encountering a major traumatic event, and remember the details of the event clearly like a photo. This is precisely because the emotion is so strong that irrelevant environmental stimuli are engraved into the memory. in. But life is not just about tragedy. Pixar’s “Brain Tears” also tells us that whether it is joy, anger, sorrow, joy, and wickedness, every time a heartbeat is equally important. In other words, the deep memory in life is the key to forming “I.” Just like “Blade Runner”, the robot Rachel has “humanity” after implanting his memory, and he has no doubt about his “life”.
More real memory manipulation than imagined
Water can carry and overturn the boat. Memory is the cornerstone of self-establishment. If it is lost or tampered with, it will naturally have corresponding consequences. Dian Yu Renke 2077 has a side mission “Floating Dreams”. It tells that politicians who run for mayor are targeted by big companies. They use false memories to change the preferences and behavior patterns of the parties, and finally make the politicians the ideal promotion in the eyes of the company. Line puppets.
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What’s interesting is that “memory modification” seems to be a technology that fits the 2077 science fiction worldview at first glance, but it is actually something that has already existed in the real world.You don’t need high-tech toys or the support of a huge company. Sometimes you just need to find the right method, plus enough patience.
Memory Modification Techniques (MMTs)Since more than 10 years ago, it has caused heated discussions in the psychology community, including technical feasibility, clinical value, and the most important ethical issues. Many studies in the past have confirmed that memory is indeed malleable, and certain memory segments can be artificially modified or even eliminated through specific means. This is also the main reason why MMTs have attracted much attention and even controversy-because it is really possible to succeed (yes, I know This sounds ironic).
Even though MMTs may become a major breakthrough in the treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) or other memory-related mental illnesses, there are still risks that we do not understand through artificial intervention and modification of other people’s memories. It’s just like Cooper of “Full Start” can cause a series of devastating tragedies by just planting a small seed in Mo’er’s mind. We cannot guarantee that modifying the memory will only have good consequences, and there is no way to identify the person whose memory has been modified. Still keep the original self.
Even more frightening is, can I perceive that I am no longer “self”?
New memory, new life
In Dianyu Renke 2077, we can see that V is becoming more and more similar to Johnny Silverhand in all aspects because of the relic 2.0. If the chip is allowed to continue to invade the brain, the only thing waiting for V is the formal death-the body is still alive, but the personality named “V” no longer exists.
What’s interesting is that unless the player makes a decision that seriously violates Johnny’s code of conduct in the game, we will see that the relic chip detects the error and “punishes” V through pain. At other times, we can hardly feel the memory of Johnny. Imperceptibly.
This is because the memory is outside of consciousness, and only when we need to use specific information will we “retrieve” the memory fragments to the surface of consciousness. In addition, because memory itself is the basis for us to judge things, it is the same as you “cannot remember what you have forgotten” (the kind that can be reminded is called extraction failure), unless you happen to have access to records related to the past (such as your own diary, Photos, etc.), otherwise you will not notice the fact that the memory has been tampered with.
In other words, if you can tell which piece of memory is passive, it means that you “remember” the original situation, and the modification project will naturally fail.
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Personality changes caused by being stuffed into new memories is a common arrangement in ACG or TV movies. Japanese manga ghost Fujita Kazuhiro’s “Magic Puppet Circus”, there are people who drink the water of life (not the 96% vodka in Finland, but the solution produced by soaking the sage stone) to “transmit” consciousness or memory. To the new body, and then continue the setting of life. The Animus, the machine that extracts genetic memory in Assassin’s Creed, also has a side effect called the “bleeding effect”, which makes the awakened ancestral memory combined with the user, leading to various hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, and even mental breakdown.
However, whether it is the sacred chip, the water of life, or the Animus, they are all just “transferring the backup of consciousness to the new body”, and the original file of consciousness has disappeared. It’s like in the movie “The Peak Showdown”, Hugh Jackman uses a copy of himself to achieve teleportation magic, but after all he has to face his fear of death in the next performance.
Relying on Save & Load Dafa is only to technically accomplish the goal of “continuing life”, but is such reincarnation really the immortality we pursue?
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