Science fiction : 2075

Science fiction : 2075

It is year 2075, the world is a concentration of highly advanced machines and the human cities look like a concrete collage, but in this collage every individual piece moves with a predefined pace and a collection of predetermined destinations. They call this collage: “Smart Cities,” powered by state of the art AI, ML and IOT nodes, that work like a neural network and create an impression that they are smart.

An impression- Yes, you read it right, just an impression.

Because via the smart interfaces embedded into everything, a person becomes a part of the network himself/herself. But there is a problem, if one of the smart nodes malfunctions, it impacts other nodes too. By breaking the rhythm of connectivity, although they have a micro level reboot mechanism which detects these disconnected node/s, bypasses their need, and connects them with logically related smart nodes, so that the flow of information is not interrupted.

And whenever it bypasses these inactive smart nodes, it learns a new way to logically interpret the loss of “logical bit” that only by means of interacting with its nearest logical bit, creates a logical byte, and when these bytes of logical assemblies, populate in the core database, they create a neural network almost like human mind, capable of reasoning. 

Now, whenever the principle database assesses the loss of a logical bit/node ( for which there can be end number of reasons ) it runs a logical scan of all these logical bites and attempts to bypass the need for this missing logical bit, so that the network functions normally without loss of efficiency, information or output in this case.

And each logical bit is written in such a way, that it shares a well balanced logical dependency on its 5 to 8 nearest logical nodes, so if it malfunctions, the nearest logical bit that is actually meant to carry on a different task at logical level, fulfils its role with efficiency, without making the main network collapse or underperform due to this loss of logical node.

However, the organisation that owns the main smart networks in 2075, and manages most of the smart cities. Has realised something by accident, and if their assumptions are correct, it will help them create a thinking machine that works like a human mind, but only trillion times faster and smarter.

How?

The network is based on AI, ML and IOT i.e.

• Artificial intelligence

• Machine learning

• Internet of things

Let us take a simple example where all three can be explained easily and in their completeness:

Situation:

• You are returning home from office ( smart home )

• You can access the door lock via your smartphone

• That interacts with it via a device in the door which is a part of IOT

• And it uses AI to establish few parameters ( for example: time of arrival, your footsteps, your voice, your gestures, your facial recognition etc. etc. )

You reach home on time. And the AI system knows it is you based on : time, cameras that identify your face, your gestures etc. By now it is aware, it is you, although you have not passed any of the authentication parameters yet.

This passive awareness of the system can be attributed to something called database derived conscience or awareness, based on pure calculations. That is a different topic and would need lot of detailing. Quite unnecessary at the moment.

Anyway, now it needs to use the physical and verifiable identifier that the database can associate with you, your digital personality. Once the values are passed and verified via database the lock of the door will open.

Unfortunately your smartphone fell and its screen was smashed. So, how will you enter your smart home? 

Options:

• Camera based identification via biometrics (camera mounted on wall beside the door ) 

• Or some other means which is part of the smart device community. Can be anything.

( please remember, here the door is the logical bit, that is tied to a particular smartphone ( via a hard code, based on customer’s preferences ) but there are other logical bits too : biometrics, and your smart watch, which you have not lost.

So you immediately access the screen of your smart watch and you enter the code to access the door. And bang! The door opens.

For a busy human being in 2075,  it is just a simple action that helps him/her to open the door.

But, in the background, at the database level, you have made the artificial brain smarter. 

Why?

Via ML ( Machine Learning ) component interacting with the entire network, you taught it practically, that when the smartphone is not working, deactivate the logical bit, associated with it, and scan for the nearest and most plausible logical bits, that would facilitate this action. Based on database inputs it knew, there are only following options:

• Smart watch

• Facial recognition

• Thumb impression 

• Eye scan

• Chip in your wrist ( advanced level IOT )

And as you entered the smart watch based command, you made it establish the credibility of its mechanism and ability to bypass a logical bit (broken smartphone) and associate it with the nearest logical bits. And when you entered the secret access code via the smartwatch, it accepted it and the door opened.

And the opening of the door proved that the system was correct. And you helped it become smarter.

So, it is apparently smart. And whenever you enter a command the system acts upon it. It gets smarter, because it is constantly learning. And you think it is magic, whereas there is no magic involved, it is pure logic of conditionals. And this stack of conditionals can run trillions of possibilities as the system grows bigger and bigger.

And that is where the wonder of chat GPT lies. Very intuitive and almost human like interaction experience. 

Now imagine I have created a database where whatever exists on the internet is fed in this database. Via the database, it has attained a sort of mastery over linguistic skills as well. It leaves you spellbound, because it adds IQ based fillers to its language.

However, it is a simple logical assimilation of trillions of conditionals. But, via its every live interaction, it learns and stores these interactions, as well-stacked and classified sets of memories, again in the form of logical bits. And as the database of logics grows, it reaches a point where it achieves logical supremacy, because now, though it is not thinking on its own, it is still thinking via its database of logics.

Finally it arrives at a point where it will generate a “logical hybrid” that will beat every logical parameter, because now it has mastered them all. And at this stage, it will be important to decide how we want to use this hybrid form of logic. 

It is not only CHAT GPT or smart city based logical hybrids, I am referring to every logical hybrid that would exist in the near future due to our interactions with networks. CHAT GPT, is still very basic going by the standards of logic AI can master eventually.

As of today, CHAT GPT can code, can make predictions, can converse, but it still needs to grow for a decade or so, until it reaches that logical supremacy, where it can begin to think like a human being. Quite possible and it will be a wonderful achievement as far as technology is considered. It can help us code better and faster, but here is what may still make the human mind invincible.

Every AI model generates output based on logical arguments and databases. 

For example, Chat GPT is highly efficient because it uses trillions of conditionals, impossible for a human mind to master. Because no human mind can master trillions of conditionals. But human genetics is unlike AI, there is a pattern, but there is complete randomness as well. And I guess, natural selection processes kept it this way on purpose. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for nature to achieve a genetic marvel like Einstein. He arrived at the theory of relativity by knowing almost every other theory that existed during his time in his field of science. But then, in that magical moment, he thought of something extraordinary, that was not at all related with any of the known logics in his field. That is why I always refer to him as a Genius created by genetics, though his mother and father take the complete credit for this. But we cannot stop wondering about his genius, the ability to think beyond logic, think randomly and see through the mind of God, and steal a thought that would revolutionise the world of astrophysics.

And this is where AI logic will be challenged by men and women who shall always dare to think differently and most important of all humanly. And in 2075, their number might be less, but they will still exist. Because, at that point, when synthetic logical assimilators would have reached their supremacy, by giving rise to logical hybrids, there might come a man or woman, who would propose a logic that counters all these logical hybrids. That is where the wonder of the human mind lies.

In the early 90s networks were classified as : LAN, WAN and MAN. But today, in the age of smart AI, the networks are countless:

• Medical

• Financial

• Transportation

• Space exploration

• Housing

• Government dealings

• Shipping

• Weather

• Judicial systems

In the initial stage of their growth as self aware, independent networks in 2023, they are performing very well. But as we advance, they can be merged into one hybrid logic. I would call it “The Logic That Knows Everything” to the extent that it can even predict everything, even weather systems, or economic crashes etc. etc.

This is a lot of power, almost God like power. And if an individual or a single organisation owns so much power, that can have dire consequences and lead to monopoly. Therefore, it is important that Federal Governments own these logical hybrids, with many counter checks in place, so that we ensure it is not misused or compromised with. And only then can technology become our true and reliable friend.

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Klara-and-the-Sun

Imagine, we are living in 2075, in the most advanced smart cities, where humans use auto piloted transportation. And it is managed by a transportation network that offers city wide services, so by need and nature of service it has to be a WAN network. 

And we all know WAN networks are vulnerable to threats or to being hacked. 

Now imagine, someone who for whatever nefarious reasons, wants to embed a malware in the WAN network with one simple command : 

all <colour > red cars, plying from <direction> east, west, north, south to the <location> central hall. 

<chase> , <hit> by cars <originating> from Central hall and moving towards <directions> east, west, north, south

Simple command. Actually a very basic command. And it can lie hidden in the network in a latent mode for many years, undetected, unidentified as an alien code. Then one day, it finds a weak node in the network and it infiltrates it. And there you go!

Can you imagine what will happen? All cars will crash into one another and the transportation network will collapse.

But like I said, “Everything is a continuous battle between good and evil and it is so with technology as well.”

So being optimistic and staying positive, I am sure the good network via ML will learn how to avoid accidents or avoid such threats in future. In this case it learned that colour based commands can also trigger accidents, which the person who wrote the main algorithm had not even thought of in his/her dreams. It learned from the incident and refined its code not to act on similar alien commands in future and counter them logically.

But at what cost did it gain this experience and refine its code? It is a question that should bother us and we should start figuring out the right answers.

Whereas the Bad networks, and let's admit it. If there is Good there will always be Bad too. Learned how to penetrate the system and override the network, in this case transportation network. Causing a complete crash of the network. It too learned how to find weaknesses within the system and exploit them.

But all these networks eventually merge in the central database. Now can you fathom what this bug can do in this central network, where the superior version of hybrid logic is evolving?

Suppose, the malware code was designed to stay dormant, and just travel from networks, enter the main database, to finally seed itself in the hybrid logic evolving in the core database. The bug can stay hidden, unknown, for centuries, and like a virus come into action when it realises the hybrid logic has evolved fully and is now operational. At that time, the bets will be too high, and humanity can lose a lot, quite a lot actually.

While AI , ML amaze me and I love these technologies, given their potential to offer us that quantum leap into the next level of our evolution. But we must respect the laws of organic evolution too. It is very slow, infact too slow, because it like AI models it learns, re-learns, learns again, then re-learns, and then by means of natural selection it selects a species and deems it fit for that ecosystem. While also ensuring its interdependencies on the ecosystem and other species who depend on the same ecosystem. It teaches a species to co-exist without disturbing any balance. It is brutal, but by keeping it slow, one does not realise that it actually is merciless. Perhaps that's why God is indeed benevolent. 

But when it comes to AI and Machine Learning, we have taken control of evolution and placed it on the highway, and we are racing it at an incredibly high speed. Because we want to prove we are better than X and far better than Y. Come on, give me and give the world a break please!

It is important that we proceed carefully, and test each and every AI model fully, before allowing it to be a part of the society and then global community of innocent men and women, who have nothing to do with any of this, they just want to live, and be happy. But we are compelling them to be somebody else. Why?

So slow down, test, re-test, apply in a pseudo environment, fix bugs, re-test, re-try in a pseudo environment, then hire genius hackers and ask them to hack it. Because if there is a logical database that manages a network, there should also be a database of hacking logic in parallel as well, to counter all hacking attempts. If good has to evolve, it is important the governments evolve a database of bad logic too, and achieve hybrid hacking logic that can counter every threat.

( Personal opinion. I think hackers are logically stronger than ethical coders. Because they dare to think differently, think real code and real logic. It is a fact. And Americans are very unique in this regard. It was Americans who introduced ethical hacking of softwares, because they had realised this truth of coding. )

That is what I call technology. Rest is all, a mad race to prove I am better. 

As of now, not many tech companies, who work on evolving a database of logical arguments dedicated to running a network, create a parallel database of hacking logics, to counter threats. Leave alone growing this database to create a hybrid hacking logic, capable of countering all hacking threats.

Simply by adding firewalls, or injecting anti malware, is old stuff. And by the way, whenever you inject a third party spyware, you have already created a vulnerability in your network, because you have introduced a code that is different from the master code of the network. And there is something called, code level handshake. Usually this is what hacking code, always tries to first locate and then attack.

And to work on an AI model that creates one logical argument capable of handling all logical parameters, is what we should aim for. But, let us slow down a bit. And stop adding AI to every field of human life.

It is important, that so much power should rest with federal governments alone, and there should be a council of scientists, most important of all, empathy and humane value respecting human beings who should be allowed to manage these mega databases, dedicated to evolving hybrid logical formulae , that will one day help us to know everything about the universe. It is the only way, because our organic evolution has reached its saturation point.

But at what cost we want to breed these hybrid logics is very important to establish now, in 2023. What we consider to be simple networks and nothing else, they are actually new highways of political and economic power, which merge in the metropolis called “super aware, multiple hybrid logics.” the center of all knowing artificial intelligence. 

And when we achieve it, we shall embark on a new journey, that of developing this Metropolis of hybrid logic into the Cosmopolis of logical supremacy for humankind. Our moment of glory, to re-induct us into the fraternity of residents of the Eden, Garden of Eden.

But for that, only being intelligent is not the criteria, being a man and a woman with genteel feelings and love for all, is exceedingly important. Because the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden, actually marked the loss of innocence that was only redeemed by God’s later covenant with Abraham and Moses. But here, innocence doesn't mean being totally gullible. Because the life of Moses, has three phases. That I call three states of innocence. Where righteousness is ingrained in all three phases of the life of Moses.

Only those who possess this innocence shall be allowed to be the guardians of so much power. Lest we shall fall again, and this time too deep and too low, to never rise again.

And here is something for the motivation of the science enthusiasts and believers!

https://news.gatech.edu/archive/features/out-world.shtml

Thus aptly this blog post is dedicated to the hope that we shall rise enough to meet the expectations of the Garden, Garden of the Gods!

And it is based on this hope, this fervent expectation, that I wrote my science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, which reflects on the technological advancements humans will be experiencing in 2075 and how it will change their lifestyle and their psychological makeup. 

Although “They Loved in 2075" is a science fiction romance, it makes you emotional, it makes you feel human, and it raises a few important questions that as a responsible reader and citizen of Earth, you tend to consider and ponder on.

Questions like:

How will humans experience love in 2075? This science fiction novel navigates through the possibility of men and women falling in love with machines, without knowing they are robots imitating human emotions. Will you still dare to fall in love in 2075 or will you strive to tell the difference between a human lover and a robotic lover?

This Sci-fi novel tells the story of a man who falls in love with a real woman in 2075. And how he struggles to feel human and keep his emotional composition intact.

This Sci-fi story also aims at revealing why the man chose to love a real woman and not a never ageing and always beautiful woman with synthetic feelings. In 2075, this might be a choice we all will have to make. Especially our children!

In our quest to be invincible in AI, let us not be those men and women, who know the price of everything and value of nothing. And if we follow this path, then the words of British Politician, Mr. John Wilkes, would hold complete relevance:

“The chapter of accidents is the longest chapter in the book!”

Anyway, welcome to the book and read it well!