"A cloud brain with computing power equivalent to the standard computing power of an average human brain costs 1 magic coin to use for one month."

Simmons inwardly cried out to God. Ever since the injection of the magic brain, he had been intensively studying biology for a period of time.

Especially knowledge related to brain science.

The human cerebral cortex has 14 billion neurons, with a total computing power between 10^14 and 10^15 OPS. However, the computing power of the cerebral cortex only accounts for 15% of the entire brain.

Of course, some people will ask why, with such high computing power, the human brain is far inferior to computers in high-precision calculations, and even ordinary people can't outperform calculators.

Firstly, the processing speed of human brain neurons is much slower than that of computer transistors. Secondly, the human brain works in a highly multi-threaded, parallel manner, while a computer may only have a handful of processes.

The transmission of signals in the human brain is an electrochemical process at 100 m/s, while the transmission of signals in a computer is 70% of the speed of light, approximately m/s.

Merlin's cloud brain, even if it can only linearly expand the brain's thinking ability, is still an amazing thing.

"What kind of alien creature is Merlin? Yet its business logic is so similar to that of Earthlings."

As a veteran figure in the Wall Street investment world, Simons has a deep understanding of emerging business models.

Even the latest and hottest technologies like DeFi and NFT can be explained in great detail by him.

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Not to mention cloud computing, which has been touted by internet giants for years.

The underlying technology of Cloud Brain is completely different from that of cloud computing, but its top-level display mechanism and charging model are exactly the same as those of cloud computing.

Cloud Brain is an expansion of the computing power and storage of the human brain. Cloud Brain's charging model is also based on charging service fees based on time, except that the settlement currency for the service fees has been changed to Magic Coin.

Simmons thought to himself, "Merlin probably doesn't have different pricing for different brain models, does it? Would it cost more to use a brain like Einstein's?"

"If an ordinary person gets one magic coin a month, then wouldn't Einstein need ten magic coins a month?"

However, Zheng Li was not so ruthless as to implement tiered pricing.

Simmons left; he didn't have any magic coins and couldn't afford to buy any anyway.

He used America's magic brain, but the magic coin is still in the hands of the American government.

"I wonder what it's like to expand my brain. Maybe I can prove the Riemann Hypothesis within a month."

Besides the cloud brain, he discovered that he could finally post. After clicking in, he saw that Merlin had posted many more posts:

"Bounty Task 1: Complete the research on controlled nuclear fusion and achieve grid-connected power generation. A reward of 10 to 100 magic coins will be given depending on the completion status."

"Bounty Mission Two: Establish a long-term base on Mars. Rewards of 1 to 200 magic coins will be given based on the base's size and the longest possible stay. The mission ends when the number of people simultaneously stationed on Mars exceeds one thousand."

"Bounty Task Three: Understand the essence of the soul, not limited to qualitative and quantitative analysis, including conjectures about the essence of the soul. The reward will be magic coins ranging from 1 to 50 coins, depending on the quality of the answer. The completion time of the task is uncertain, it may be tomorrow or it may never be completed."

"Bounty Task Four: Design an artificial intelligence that can pass the Haiber Test. The specific content of the Haiber Test is as follows... The top three completers will each receive a reward of 20 magic coins."

At this point, Simmons had only one question in his mind: Who exactly is Haibo?

Both the Turing Test and the Winnogradov Test on Earth are named after people.

Based on the Haber algorithm and the Haber constant, Haber is most likely a person's name.

Simmons felt like he was learning math as a child and seeing Euler and Gauss everywhere – it's like seeing them all over the place.

"Bounty Task Five: Establish a unified time rule, including time rules for Earth and other planets. The first person to complete this task will receive 20 magic coins. This task will be closed after the question is answered."

Besides the numerous bounty questions, there was also a lot of information available for purchase, each of which Simmons coveted:

"The Manufacturing Methods and Theoretical Basis of Biological Computers, 20 Magic Coins"

"The Manufacturing Methods and Theoretical Basis of Biological Storage, 10 Magic Coins"

"An Analysis of the Essence of Magic, 20 Magic Coins"

"Two basic spells—Light and Spellhand, spell model and casting path, 10 magic coins"

"Underwater city construction technology, 500 Magic Coins"

......

After looking around, Simmons found that the cheapest one cost 10 magic coins, which was simply unaffordable.

"What does Merlin do? Is he here on Earth for business?"

"Understanding the essence of the soul? Judging from the amount of magic coins awarded, this is the easiest question to be rewarded with."

"Establishing a base on Mars should be relatively easy. Building a small base on Mars and meeting the basic requirements should be achievable within a few years."

After considering the difficulty of each bounty mission, Simmons was completely certain of Merlin's intentions.

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