Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 176
58. Pandora’s Hope (2)
What on earth are you trying to say?
In a way, Sang-hyeon couldn’t help but feel anxious because the doctor, who was always stubborn, immediately said he was sorry.
There are many things that strike me, and the number of possible scenarios suddenly flashes through my mind.
I even felt resentful of my brain, which only works excitedly at times like this.
However, what Song Hana was trying to tell was a different story that had nothing to do with Sanghyun’s concerns.
“I feel like I made several mistakes with my words.”
Mistake?
Sanghyeon tilted his head without realizing it.
‘What do you mean?’
He looks the doctor up and down.
‘Are you reading the note?’
It seemed like his speaking had slowed down, so he took out some paper and was looking at it.
This is probably a memo where I wrote down what I wanted to say today.
The doctor didn’t stutter or have trouble speaking. Rather, it was correct to see that he talked too much.
But writing it down and reading it like that means I’m apologizing for something important.
That wasn’t about the research results.
“I was so excited about the results… that I said a lot of overly optimistic and hopeful things without considering the situation at hand… and I didn’t know what that meant for you.”
Summarizing her words, she said that she felt sorry for giving her false hope.
What I was saying was that I never thought it would hurt.
“Oh, as I said earlier… I am closer to the director of a research institute than a doctor who deals with patients…” I
knew right away that this person was not like an ordinary doctor.
‘Do you think I didn’t go out because of my hopeful remarks?’
To be precise, Sanghyun had no memory of being hurt by this doctor.
I just don’t want to be faced with the memory of this situation every time I go to the hospital.
I didn’t want to have useless hopes.
Because what happened in the past because of that useless hope was irreversibly tragic.
“…I’m telling you this because I hope you’ll feel better if you recognize that I have a problem in this area. I will try my best too. sorry.”
Sanghyun nodded and accepted the apology.
“That’s not why I didn’t go out. I understand for now.”
Sanghyun’s eyes naturally turned to the side.
It’s Choi Sarang.
She also seemed to accept the apology by nodding her head.
But somehow, it felt like the story between Choi Sarang and Song Ha-na had already ended, and only Sang-hyeon was the one to apologize.
So, is it probably because of Song Hana that she suddenly apologizes? I don’t know.
“Still, I am carrying out my research faithfully.”
Song Hana folded up the note and added, ‘So, please come to the hospital,’ and brought out the main topic of the day.
“What I’m going to tell you today is related to this research.”
She clears her throat for a moment and looks at the man next to her.
The man takes out a thin pad and starts manipulating it.
It looks like he’s trying to show me something.
[Implementation of wavelength-changing graphics]
Huh?
It was definitely a difficult technical term, but Sanghyun felt something familiar.
“The wavelength change method is the way the capsule provides graphics to gamers. At this time, it interferes with brain waves to create images in the brain itself and based on those, they collide with each other…”
Ah. okay.
I remember hearing the doctor’s explanation.
“I had a good hypothesis.”
It was the voice of the woman sitting right next to me.
“The hypothesis is that my nervous breakdown might improve.”
She was watching a demo of a new game with a bitter expression on her lips and excited eyes.
“It’s like alchemy,”
she said, as if that hypothesis had failed.
He also said this.
“But I haven’t tested it in a large-scale online game like this…”
The wavelength change method wasn’t very suitable for online games.
To put it to the extreme, it is the same as implementing game graphics using each gamer’s imagination.
So when it came into contact with other gamers, it was difficult to make it crash in exactly the way the developers intended.
It was no different from playing a TRPG game with several people putting their heads together and creating imaginary rules.
Instead, there is a moderator.
AI-based systems play that role.
Therefore, it will be much easier than the example above, but let’s say the number of participants is tens of thousands.
Implementation was not easy.
However, there are a few developers who insist on this method, and one game recently created a large-scale online game using that method.
That’s it…
“Legendary Tale. “It’s this game.”
This is a game where the doctor is currently showing a demonstration video.
Legend Tale.
It is an RPG game based on the world of Reel, created by Reel’s production company
. ‘I haven’t heard of it at all.’
Only then did Sanghyun realize that he had not listened to anything the doctor said properly.
For now, I stayed still.
“To put it bluntly, I want you to try this game.”
Sanghyun watched the legend tale making video for a moment.
‘You want me to play that game?’
That’s an online RPG game.
This is something Sanghyun has never done before.
No, you should leave it and play the game? Sometimes they say do it in moderation.
Do you want to do it now?
‘what.’
Sanghyeon had a intuition that something big had happened here.
There is no doubt about Dr. Hana Song’s expertise.
Every named capsule company wants to hire her as a technical advisor.
In fact, she participated in creating Sanghyun’s customized capsule.
Then she changed her opinion 180 degrees.
‘There’s something there.’
There is definitely a reason for this. That’s a huge reason too.
Something is happening now.
First, he looks at the reaction of Love, who is sitting next to him.
Even if you don’t understand, isn’t Choi Sarang different?
Love was more focused than ever, staring at the doctor.
“It might sound strange to ask someone to play a game. In fact, it would be best if we could create this kind of stimulation for you through our own production…”
The doctor scratches his head as he makes a round sign.
It means it’s a money issue.
“In fact, an astronomical amount of money goes into making something like this. It’s a shame that our research funds aren’t that much, and there’s no need to spend money on something that other people worked so hard to create in the first place, right? And…”
She brings up some data.
“No matter how you think about it, this environment where other users come together is the key. So, even if we create a separate model and test it, we may not get the results we want. “If I try, I’ll get at least the data from the single version of Zombie School, right?”
Zombie school?
It seems like we talked about zombie school in the blink of an eye for a moment.
“Do you remember Zombie School? The SKED level remained the same without worsening…”
The doctor looks at Sang-hyeon like a professor who seems to have noticed a student’s lack of concentration.
“Ah yes.”
I remember.
At that time, the worsening clearly slowed down and stopped at some point.
The cause is unknown.
“The results came out for that. That’s because it’s a wavelength-changing type. When you enter a new map or new environment in Zombie School, you experience this wavelength change to the extreme. “Because we have to create a new world.”
What kind of data are you uploading again?
To be honest, I have no idea what Sanghyun is talking about.
At least there is a picture of a brain, which makes me a little more interested.
“So do you remember? The second time I played, there were no results. “It just came out like a normal game.”
“!?”
uh?
Sanghyeon was shocked at this point.
“because? In spaces that have already been implemented, existing data is used as is. “There is no wavelength change phenomenon.”
That feeling.
I remembered it.
Sanghyeon had always remembered that feeling, which was nothing special, and now it suddenly came back to him.
When you first enter Zombie School and when you enter a completely new space.
This gave me an indescribably strange stimulation.
But it wasn’t the case the second time I played.
That was the difference.
“It’s a kind of optimization. The brain also optimizes itself, right? Do you think when you walk? “Thinking about where and how to move?”
no. That can’t be possible.
Walking is just walking.
“Actually, walking, even uphill and downhill, is not an easy task at all, is it? Robots still can’t walk like humans? But we do it like we breathe. This is how the brain optimizes itself. “This is the scary thing about the human brain.”
Brain plasticity.
It is a characteristic of the human brain that allows humans to adapt to any environment.
When you have to learn a language, all parts of the brain focus on the language and optimize the algorithm. When optimization is completed and other things need to be done, it is developed accordingly and optimization is carried out.
So isn’t that always a good thing? You might think so, but it wasn’t so.
“Optimization is the human brain’s greatest weapon, but it is our enemy. Now, through optimization, our brains are already discarding unusable parts and moving them to other departments to do additional work, right? This is called ‘plasticity’ of the brain. Again, this is not a good thing for us.”
Once optimization is complete, the brain no longer wants to touch the algorithm.
The work has already been completed in this way.
It is said that this is a similar reason why we cannot suddenly change the way we walk as we age and why it is difficult to acquire language as we age.
Now, Sang-hyeon and Sa-rang’s brains are completing optimization, having already given up on the nerve parts they each lost.
If things continued like this, even the remaining nerves could die little by little.
So, this algorithm that the brain has completed must be dismantled and changed.
However, the brain has already decided that its optimization is perfect and does not allow it.
It was convenient to understand that the permission value was the SKED value.
“What did you think when the Zombie School multiplayer mode came out instead? “For the first time, this multi-mode led to an improvement in SKED values.”
In single mode, the worsening stopped, and in multi-mode, there was only a slight improvement.
“Because other people come in, it’s not just the stimulation of drawing information on the map, but also the conflict between other people’s actions and my character that leads to stimulation.”
After further research, the doctor finally came to a conclusion.
“The bottom line is to accept new information by changing the wavelength. “This is the key.”
The wavelength change method, which had been implemented mainly for single games, had limitations.
When you finish playing and start playing again, your brain enters an optimized state.
In short, the game volume is low.
In terms of medicine, you should take 3 years’ worth, but they only gave you 3 days’ worth.
“In the meantime, a game called Legend Tale came out. It’s a wavelength change method…”
But Legend Tale—
“It’s an open world. That too online.”
Basically, it is a vast open world and is full of other users.
These are the best conditions.
I now understand why doctors do not have to spend money to create their own models.
There is no reason for that.
Because someone already made it.
But Sanghyeon found it hard to believe.
‘Now this…’
Is this what your mind understands? I have doubts.
Being able to continue to implement the data shown during Zombie School Multiplayer…
‘It’s really healing…’
To put it very simply, I’ve found a way to really heal my arm.
I don’t know how much better it will be or whether there will be a complete cure, but there is definitely a way to get better.
‘now?’
