heoperaionsroomahemansionwaspuncuredbylighfromhydrascreensaverscyclingindarknesscaldwellwasaloneandloggedinohesinghuauniversiymirrorserverinbeijing,heserveronwhichhehadgavehimselfanadminisraiveaccounearlierinheafernoonhecalledupaworkschemahemachinehewasloggedinowasasandaloneserverbuimunicaedwihhemainsinghuaserversahirysecondinervalscaldwellcheckedhelogsandheuseraccounsandgainedaccessooneofhemainpublicserversasinghuaherewereonehundredandwenyhreesudensonlineahaverymomencaldwellsca

edheirlocaldirecoriesforanyhingineresingeachsudenwasallocaedadeparmencodeagoodnumberofhembelongedoanodecalledpscicaldwellchooseoneaccounarandomandcallupamapofhepscidirecorysrucureherewereaboufifysubdirecoriesmosofhemlookedunineresing

caldwelljumpedoasubdirecorybeledsklishehadnoideawhaheleersmeanherewereevenmorefoldersinhisdirecoryonecalledspecialprojecslookedineresingheriedogainaccessaccessdeniedspecialprivilegesrequiredhedidn’evenbohersendinginoneofhispasswordbosheideswouldbeoopowerfundhedidn’haveimeowrieanewohacouldgainaccessheneededofindanauhenicaeduser

caldwellnavigaedallhewaybackoheopofheworkanddrilleddowninohecyberspacerafficlogsherawledhroughhousandsofremoecallsocyberspacesies,requessforfilesandauhenicaedloginsovariousuniversiymicrosieseveryhinglookedfineexcepforoneenryjusafewdaysagoiwasamassivedaadumpfromcyberspaceamouningoseveralrillionbyeshedaawasingfromallover,heuniedsaes,heunion,russia,japanhiscouldbewhafoulerhadbeenalkingabou,parofhehugedaaraffichehadseenloggedanexower

hecheckedhelogsforawholemonhpriorhesamehinghadbeengoingonforweeks,massiveamounsofdaabeingreplicaedfromcyberspaceinosomeinernaldaabaseasinghuaiwasashoughcyberspacewasbeingsysemaicallyduplicaedhowever,hesourceofhedaaseemedenirelyrandomcaldwelldo

edheconsole’svrgogglesandgloveshecyberspaceaccesslogsappearedinfronofhiminexform

“enervisualmode,”hesaidinohemicrophoneembeddedinhegoggleshelogswereransformedfromlinesofexoagrayhreedimensionaluberu

ingdiagonallyfromheboomlefofhisfieldofvisionoheoprighheedgesofheubefadedoffinohedisanceheubewasaimelineofheuniversiy’sdaaraffic

“showallcyberspacedaarequessgreaerhanoerabye”

heubeflickeredandchangedcolorhegraywasnowinerspersedwihequallyspacedcolorbandsindicaingalldaadumpsrgerhanoerabyehecoloredringsexpandedasfarashecouldseeusinghegloveshesnappedhebandinhalfolookaacrosssecion

“creaepiecharbydaaype,”hemandedheconsolehecrosssecionwasransformedinoahreedimensionalpiecharhechardepiceddaadownloadedbydaaypemosofhedaawasinheformofdocumensandchunksofpuingcode

“drilldowninopiechar,slicebydocumen”

hergespieceofhepiecharslidou,roaedanddisappearedinaswirlofpixelsiwasrepcedwihalisofdocumenileshenumberofdocumenswasdispyedaheboomofhescreen:1,235,312somebodyaccessedoveramilliondocumensonhei

erworkingsofheuniedsaesgovernmenononesingledaymosofhedocumenswerefromgovernmendeparmens,hefederalreserve,miliaryinsalions,scienificinsiuions,nasasomebodywassysemaicallysuckinginheenirebodyofusknowledgeinonewchinaididn’makeanysenseaallnohumanmindcoulddigesallhadaa

heinformaionjusseemedohavedisappearedinoabckholeevenifheuniedsaesrealizedhahedaawasgoingou,whichheymoslikelydid,heyhadnoreasonobearmedbyiallheinformaionbeingappropriaedwasinhepublicdomainhechinesewereprobablyjusmirroringhedaasoheauhoriiescouldsensoriiwasjushahesheervolumeofdaabeingcopiedsuggesedsomeuleriormoiveaworkherewasoomuchdaaforhisobesomemajorcensorshipdrivesincecaldwellwasinsidehesinghuawork,hefiguredhemighbeableoseewhereallhedaahadgone

“showdaadesinaion”

ananimaionofaplexworkpoppedupshowinghepahofhedaahedaadidseveralloopshroughvariousworksandendedupinadedicaedsorageareaworkwihamindbogglingamounofsoragespaceco

ecedohesorageareaworkbunoosinghua’smai

eworkwasalonemachineahefaropcornerofheworkdiagramheappedhemachine’siconwihheglovesaccessdenied

“showallreedworks”

noreedworksfound

whywouldasandalonepuerwihnoco

ecionoheworkbesysemaicallyaccessinghugeamounsofdaafromcyberspace?whywouldineedisowndedicaedsoragework?

“showallreeddeparmens”

1reeddeparmenfound:deparmenofcompuerscienceandechnology

“searchkeyword:aiorsklis”

sklisspecialprojecs

“showallreedusers”

3usersfound:yaoguochuen(professor),wanglin(suden),lijin(suden)

“unchsinghuauniversiypublicwork”

hesinghuauniversiypublicworkwasrenderedasaspi

inghreedimensionalshapewihmuliplebeledfacescaldwellappedhefaculiessideofhecubewihheglovesiexpandedinofourneariangleshedrilleddowninoevensmallerrianglesunilhereachedhecompuerscienceandechnologymicrosieheopenedupalinkcalledfaculymembersalisofabouonehundredfaculymemberspoppeduprighaheopwasaprofessoryaoguochuen

professoryaoguochuenwasheadofheinernaionallyrenowneddeparmenofcompuerscienceandechnology,parofheschoolofinformaionscienceandechnologyofsinghuauniversiyprofessoryao’sresponsibiliiescoveredheru

ingoffourpresigiousinsiues:heinsiueofhighperformancecompuing;heinsiueofcompuerworks;heinsiueofcompuersofwareandheinsiueofhumanpuerineracionandmediainegraionhewasalsoinchargeofhesaekeyboraoryofinelligenechnologyandsysems,whichconducedresearchjoinlywihorgansofhepeople’sliberaionarmyprofessoryaowasherecipienofnumerouspresigiousawardsofexcellenceforresearchinheareasofparallenddisribuedpuing,highperformancepuersysems,knowledgeengineering,disribueddaabases,arificialinelligenceandvisualizaionechnologiesincludingvirualrealiyprofessoryaowasalsorenownedforhisworkdevelopingvirualrealiyapplicaionsforhepeople’sliberaionarmy

“veryineresing,”caldwellsaidonooneinparicur

hecalledupaninformaionpageforhesudenlijinhesimplepagejussaidhewaswenyfouryearsold,asraighaposgraduaesudeninhedeparmenofcompuerscienceandechnologyandaresearchassisanoprofessoryaocaldwellcheckedhesinghuadirecoryserveronawhimoseeiflijinwasloggedinoanyhingahemomenlijin’saccounhadbeendisabledhecheckedprofessoryao’saccounhahadalsobeendisabledjusobehorough,hecheckedheohersudenwanglin’saccounheexpecediobedisabledoobu,iwasn’wanglinwascurrenlyloggedonhesudenbbssysemcaldwellconducedasearchforresearchpapersordocumensonwhichwanglinhadbeenaconribuor

12researchpapersfound:

1 modeling&renderingofcomplexvrscenesconainingahugeamounofprimiives

2 inelligenagensysemsandheirapplicaion

3 recogniionandknowledgediscoveryindaabaseonmicroeconomy

4 keyechnologiesforparallelprogrammingenvironmens

5 molecurbiologyasafoundaionforruearificialinelligence

caldwelldidn’boherreadingherescouldibehaprofessoryaoandhiswosudenproégéswereworkingonaresearchprojechainvolvedfeedingvasamounsofdaaoamachineforhepurposeofgraningiinelligence?wasipossiblehahiswasallreedohebigbreakhroughhaanhonymaandvicorchenghadalkedabou?iallseemedharmlessenough,excepforhenaureandsizeofhedaahiswasnojusgeneralknowledgehawasbeingsuckedinfromcyberspacehiswaserabyesofrecenlyuncssifiedinelligence,whichwhileimaybepublicdomainanduselessoahumanhroughhesheervolumeofi,couldbeusedoinflicsomeseriousaiinsigaedcarnageincyberspacewhawouldhappenifyougaveallhepublicinformaiononeconomics,science,financeandsociologyoavaslyinelligenheurisicpuer?apuerwihheabiliyolearn?

caldwellknewhaheneededaccessohalonepueronhesinghuaworkhawasacingasamagforallhainformaionheonlywayogeoiwashroughheprofessororoneofhisproégésifhissysemwasassiniserashewasconjecuring,heprofessorwouldbeparicurlyguardedheprofessor’syoungassisansonheoherhandcouldbecajoledinoleinghecaouofhebaginfac,anideawasformingincaldwell’smindiwasawisonsocialengineering,hearofrerievingauser’spasswordoverhephonehewouldgewanglinorevealhissecres

caldwellcalledupalisofallhefemalesudensinhedeparmenofcompuerscienceandechnologyheymadeupjusoverhirypercenofallsudensinhedeparmenhawasgoodnewsanumberofhemhadpersonaldeparmenalpageswhereheyposedresumes,researchpapers,digialphoosandoherelecronicmediacaldwellbrowsedhroughhesepagesofposeenagefemaleangsunilhefoundohasokedhisineresiwashepersonalsieofagirlcalledvickyzhaoherchinesenamewaszhaoweishewaswenyyearsoldand,fromherphoographaleas,cueasabuonwihjapanesemangacarooneyesandsraighlonghairherewasagoodchancehahalfhedeparmenwouldbemadlyinlovewihherhercyberspacepagealsoinformedcaldwellhashewasfromshanghai

vickyzhaoweiwasalsoamemberofhesudenbbssysehelogsindicaedhashewasanoccasionaluserofhebbsmosofherpossweremundaneassignmenreedquesionsandascaldwellhadfiguredaleasoneofprofessoryao’sbrillianadviserswouldbeamonghemanymalesudenswhorushedoanswerherquesionsvickyzhaowei,byreasonofherlooks,neverhadowailongforherqueriesobeansweredvickyzhaoweiwasaveriablebbsmagcaldwell,forgeinghahewaswearingheconsolegloves,punchedboharmsinheair

geingvicky’susernameandpasswordwasapieceofcakeshehadheloweslevelofaccessinhedeparmenalsysemasdidmosofhesudenswanglinwasoneofhechosenfewcaldwellloggedinohebbsasvickyandheadedsraighforhelivechavrsecionheselecedabuilinavaarfromhereposiory,abeauifulmanchuprincessinshinygoldandsilverrobewihsorksdancingonhebanksofariverembroideredonheshimmeringsilkheavaarwascarryingaricepaperandbambooparasol,alsowihsorkmoifshesorksappearedoakeflighasheusedheglovesospinheparasol

herewereabouwenyusersoravaarsonhebbssomeofhemweredressedinancienchinesegarbcaldwellspoedaleaswoemperors,afeweunuchsanddowagersallinbeauifullyrenderedchinesecosumeheconsole’sgraphicsenginewasunlikeanyhinghehadeverseenheimageswereexremelyrealisicherewasnogascaldwellfloaedacrossheparchedearhofhebbs’mainareaindividualsunrayswererenderedinallheirfierydeail

wanglinwassillloggedinohebbshewasachineseschorinsimplegrayrobescarryingananciensachelmadeofwoodandwiningonhisbackhewaschaingoadowagerandaeunuchcaldwelldecidedagainswalkingupohedwellmaneuveredhisavaarupohereeandookrefugeinisshadehedeailofhescenewasbreahakinghedecidedomessagewanglinprivaely

weiwei:readyourpaperonmolecurbiologyasafoundaionforruearificialinelligencesoundsabifarfeched

heimperialschorlookedupinhisdirecioncaldwellwaiedhesudenconinuedalkingohedowagerandheeunuchcaldwell’smanchuprincesseleganlyremovedapaperfanwihafloralpaernfromhedephsofoneofhersleevesandslowlyfa

edherselfhelookeduphroughhegoggleswanglin’sschorwasglidingpurposefullyowardshim

wanglin:heyweiweidon’seeyouhereveryofenandyouneverchoosehapersona

weiwei:alwaysbusywihassignmensusuallyhavesomeimeonheweekendshough

wanglin:soyoureadmypaper?

weiwei:yeahi’vebeenbeaingmyheadagainsasoryingofigureouwhaowrieformynexassignmenwasjuslookingaroundhelibrary,sawyourpaperandsaredreading

wanglin:ohreallysowhichpardoyouhinkisfarfeched?

weiwei:hewholeideaofusingbiologicalmaerorbraincellsasapuerchipheheoryaboubaceriawihalereddnabeinglogicgaessurelyisscienceficion

wanglin:whaifioldyouhahereissuchachipworkingoday?

weiwei:iwouldn’believeyouevenheamericanscan’doi

wanglin:heamericansarefarbehindi’shereinnewchinahaheesi

ovaionsareakingpce

weiwei:yeah,bunohinglikewhayousuggesinhepaper,righ?

wanglin:le’sjussayhesuffinhereisnoasfarfechedasisounds

weiwei:seriously?

wanglin:onedayimighevenshowyousomehing

weiwei:ohinknewchinaissoadvanced?ifonlyhawerepossible?

wanglin:ifonlyicanshowyouwhai’veseen

weiwei:whyno?

wanglin:idon’knowhisisopsecresuff

weiwei:wellifyoudon’rusmeha’sok

wanglin:ofcourseirusyouevenhoughwedon’knoweachoherhawell

weiwei:buobviouslyyoudon’rusmeenoughha’sfineiundersand

wanglin:okbeweenyouandmehisdoesnogobeyondhereundersandfollowmeihaveanencrypedprivaebbsroom

heschoropenedupafissureinhegroundanddisappearedinoicaldwellsoodoverhefissurewhichhadmolenvabubblingjusafewfeebeloranesflewgracefullyacrossafadingorangesunseheschorwassiingonarockcaldwellsoodopposiehimwihhisparasolclosed

wanglin:iehereorexandconempeheworld

weiwei:i’sbeauiful

wanglin:allrenderedonmygreawallcompuronicsconsolehereinhedormiory

weiwei:cool

wanglin:i’sallinhealgorihmsilearnahingorwofromprofessoryaobeforehedecidedoakehafarmer’sboyunderhiswinghardwareisneverhelimiingfacorhumansarejusreallyerribleacreaingsofwareheironyishapuers,whichneedsofwareooperae,areacuallybeeracreaingsofware

weiwei:sohekeyisogepuersodesignheirownsofware?

wanglin:ha’sjusaparofiheurisicshasbeenaroundforalongimemanypanieshavemercializedheideaofselfhealing,selfimprovingsofwareheproblemishahesofwareissilloosupidodoanyhinguseful,evenwihhebesheurisicsechnology

weiwei:usefusinwha?

wanglin:well,passheuringesforohing

weiwei:buha’salreadybeendoneifheuserca

odisinguishbeweenheresponsesofhepuerandanoherhumanhenhepuerpassesouraisysemsinhedeparmenhaveallpassedheuringes

wanglin:noheyhaven’iisahackhepuersarefoolinghehumanuserinobelievingheyarehumanmosofheimebuheywillevenuallyfailifyouaskenoughquesionsheyarenoinelligeninhehumansenseonlybyusingquanumpuingandneuralworkswihheurisicsofwarecanwegehumanlikeinelligenceonlybymodelingheprocessoronarealbrain,wihplexinerco

ecionsbewee

eurons,canwesucceed

weiwei:andyou’vedoha?

wanglin:iguess,busillesingbuhisisunlikeanyhingwe’veeverseeni’samachinemoreinelligenhanwecouldeverhopeobei’samachinewihaconscienceandi’sallinhesofware

weiwei:buhowishapossible?

wanglin:akillerbinaionofheurisics,neuralworks,quanumpuingandnanoechnology

weiwei:nanoechnology?

wanglin:yeah,heaiusesiobuildahreedimensionalquanumdoarraywehaveaquanumpuerprooypewihonebillionqubishefasespuereverbuil

weiwei:ok,buwhamakesheaisoinelligen?

wanglin:decepivelysimplewearegivingiheenirebodyofhumanknowledgebyebybyeialreadyhashecoreesofcogniivesciencebuilinialreadyknowsmoreeconomicshanheenirehumanraceknowsandwilleverknowihaseupwihneweconomicheoriesinidleconversaionwesenoneofheheoriesoheminisryoffinancehereinbeijingheywerefbbergasedbyheresulsheymakeadamsmih,milonkeynes,friedmanandallhoseoheridioslooklikekidspyingwihheirhomework

weiwei:hamakeshissysemdangerous

wanglin:idependsoourenemies,yeshebuildingblocksofhesysemhavebeendesignedsoasoconvincehesofwarehaiischinese

weiwei:wha?

wanglin:ihaschinesesensibiliiesiwilldonohingoharmnewchinai’sbeliefsysem,basenguage,everyhingisbuilonasenseofbeingchineseibelievesinaois,confucianandbuddhisideals,yehasasrongsenseofchinesehisoryi’saweaponlikesomehingheworldhasneverseen

weiwei:buwhawillyoudowihi?

wanglin:haica

oellyouihavespokenoomuchalreadybuiknowyou,likeme,areonehundredpercenparioicbesides,hereisnohinganybodycandooalerhecourseofnewchina’sdesinynowle’sjussayhashanghaiasusualwillbeherailbzer

weiwei:shanghai?areheremanypuerswihhisquanumchip?

wanglin:herewillbefornowhereisonlyonedueohecosandheouchandgoieraiveprocessofproducingibasically,heaibuilhefirsonebyrianderrornowhai’sworkinginherealworldwecansimplyreplicaeheai’sprocessordesignanyway,hequanumprocessorisnoimporani’sjushecaalysforsomehingmuchbiggerhinkofiasaunchingpad

herewassomehingappingoncaldwell’sshoulderheacilesensaionwassorealisichahisavaardroppedisparasolwaiaminuehewasnowearingavrbodysuisohowcouldhefeelhehandonhisshouldercaldwellflippedouofvirualrealiyandheoperaionsroominhongkongmaerializedinfronofhimmeilinwassandingheresaringaheconsole,whichhadsomehowmorphedinoasmoohbckpyramid

“whahehell?hangon”

caldwellflippedbackowanglin’srocksabovehecloudsheschoravaarhaddisappearedcaldwelllookedouacrossheexpanseofweahersculpuredrocksherewasaruslingsoundbehindhimheurnedroundoseeheschorgringahimhroughdarkdisapprovingeyes

wanglin:youarenoweiweiweiweijusloggedinohebbswhohehelreyou?

wanglin’sschorgrabbedhimbyheneckhecouldn’feelheavaar’shandsonhisnecksoiwasimpossibleoshakehesudenoffcaldwellriedograbwanglin’smakeshifschoolbagsincehewaswearinghegloveshewouldbeableofeelhiswayouofheschor’sgriphebagcameawayinhishandslikeermieinfesedwoodworkhefragmensfelwayanddisappearedinohecloudsbelowcaldwellrealizedhahewasverycloseoheedgeofherocksandaseepravinebelowhecloudsherewasonlydarknesswanglin’savaarlegoofhisneckandshovedahischescaldwellcouldnofeehingbuhesawhimselfoeronhebrinkofheravineandplungedowninohedephsbelowhisanguishedscreamsechoedloudlyinhesurroundingmounains