Chapter 2195: Artificial Consciousness

Since he had asked people to come over to help with the experiment, Xia Duo did not intend to hide anything from them. Regarding the inquiries from these young people, who were quite curious, he gave an explanation quite readily:

"I call this headband the 'Inspiration Headband'. It is indeed intended as a benefit for future Mages of the Tower of Time, and it will not be limited to members of the Progress Society.

"As for its purpose, you should all have used a Learning Machine, but a Learning Machine is essentially asking me alone for answers. Through the Inspiration Headband, a user's questions can receive collective answers from all users, including myself."

"So amazing?!"

The new Mages looked at the Crystal Headbands on their companions' heads with faces full of surprise, and then new questions arose again, "Then how do we use this? Can we try it now?"

"Not yet, but when the time comes for a trial, I will definitely find you all again to be the first batch of test subjects."

Xia Duo was not lying about this point. Currently, the completion progress of the Inspiration Headband was limited to the headband itself; in reality, the Mind Network behind the headband was the key to this special Magic Artifact.

It was somewhat similar to a communication app on a mobile phone; you could open it without a network, but it would be useless. Only by coordinating with a network could it produce various practical effects.

The Inspiration Headband could also be seen as the physical carrier for the application of 【Accessing the Mind Network】. A carrier alone was certainly not enough; it also required a complete Mind Network and the relevant deployment of the network itself.

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Once everything was ready, he would certainly have to find some people to test it first, and finding these people again would not be a problem.

Although they were a bit disappointed by Xia Duo saying "not yet," they became happy again when they heard they could still be the first batch of test subjects.

They did not waste the time that followed. Although they were assisting in an experiment, Xia Duo did not restrict what they did, so some people took out the notebooks they carried with them and began to study on their own.

Soon, the Laboratory became quiet. Seeing this scene, Xia Duo felt genuinely gratified. These new Mages were almost one hundred percent from Commoner backgrounds and were only able to become Apprentices because of the Tower of Time's expansion.

The problems of slackness he had previously discovered among Tower of Time Mages and a small number of Progress Society members almost all appeared in those with good family conditions, while those from the bottom did not disappoint him.

Watching these young people who had entered an immersive learning mode, Xia Duo, through the Inspiration Headband they wore, could completely capture their most intense Conscious Mind at this moment. None of them were putting on an act; they were all seriously thinking about or memorizing the content in their respective notebooks.

Infected by this group of young people, Xia Duo could not help but speed up the experiment, continuously using the Intellect Core to initiate inquiries at the Subconscious level to these twenty test subjects.

The intensity went from low to high, until most people could provide feedback on a relatively complete thinking process, or rather, a thinking pattern. This was the minimum level of Subconscious sharing that Xia Duo was exploring—

Only a relatively complete thinking pattern.

But through observation, Xia Duo discovered that these thinking patterns were not fixed; instead, they would switch according to the different questions asked. Generally, they were one of the seven types of Meta-Thinking he had summarized when researching the Intellect Core previously.

Human consciousness is composed of a large number of Meta-Thinking, and Personality can largely be regarded as a "combined characteristic of Meta-Thinking."

Then, the next stage of Xia Duo's experiment in making the Inspiration Headband became obvious—using the Intellect Core to shape a Primary consciousness model framework within the Mind Network!

The more people wearing the Inspiration Headband, the more Meta-Thinking would be filled into the consciousness model framework. When the quantity reached a certain level, it would possess intelligence far exceeding that of a real person!

And this was the complete form of the Inspiration Headband system that Xia Duo envisioned.

Of course, to call it perfect, the headband itself would also need to be omitted, but by then he would consider introducing Spells or Meditation Training to close the mind, in order to guarantee the right of refusal for Mind Network users.

However, it was too far off to talk about that now. Xia Duo was not even sure if the current number of Mages in the Tower of Time could "activate" an Artificial Consciousness with high intelligence in the Mind Network!

If not, then the current stage would still require him to participate using the Intellect Core or his own body to act as the "algorithm core." Otherwise, a pile of discrete Meta-Thinking, no matter how many, would be equivalent to nothing if it could not form intelligence.

Soon, an hour passed.

Receiving the 【Magic Moment】 reminder, Xia Duo coughed twice to wake up the new Mages who were immersed in self-study, "Time is up, you can go back now!"

"So fast, I felt like I had just arrived."

"Me too."

"Alright, don't drag your feet. Put the Inspiration Headband on the laboratory bench next to you and hurry back!"

And just after Xia Duo chased away this group of new Mages who were still somewhat unsatisfied, less than five minutes later, the second batch of volunteer test subjects arrived outside the Laboratory.

Like the previous batch, he simply explained the experimental process and let them move about freely. During this time, it was naturally inevitable to answer some questions from curious babies.

Just like that, it took a total of four batches of volunteers for Xia Duo to finish the experiment. Although the consciousness characteristics of eighty people could not completely cover everyone in the Tower of Time, the sample size was not small. If there were any special cases in the future, he would just handle them specially.

He could not wait until everything was perfect before putting it into use; that was not realistic. Improving while using it was the general situation.

As for the subsequent design of the consciousness model framework, because there were ready-made results obtained when researching the Intellect Core that could be utilized, Xia Duo's research in this area was much easier. As long as there was a rough framework, it could be completely improved later.

Anyway, the current Mind Network also used the Intellect Core as the "algorithm core," so even if he didn't create any extra Artificial Consciousness, it would not affect the use of the Inspiration Headband.

It was just that Artificial Consciousness was also accumulating experience for the future; if there was an opportunity to do it, Xia Duo would not deliberately give it up.

Just like that, counting the time to prepare the Inspiration Headband, it was almost the end of January when Xia Duo completed the trial tests and conducted a small-scale internal test within the Progress Society.

Of course, the twenty people he originally promised to participate in the trial were also among them, because this time he had prepared a full one hundred Inspiration Headbands, which should be enough to test out a relatively obvious effect.

This day at noon.

After lunch, all the Tower of Time Mages who received the invitation to test the Inspiration Headband gathered in groups and rushed to a Rest Plaza in the Floating City Research Zone.

In addition to the invitees themselves, some people who learned the news and developed a strong interest in the Inspiration Headband also arrived at the test site.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was very enthusiastic, Xia Duo called Dien to his side and whispered a few instructions, "After the trial test is completed later, everyone present now can also experience it themselves. At that time, you pay attention to maintaining order; don't let any trouble happen and hurt everyone's friendship."

"Understood, I will be careful."