In the I Am the Legion concept, the idea of consciousness immortality was Turing's favorite.
According to the books, the flesh was a shackle that bound the mind. It caused pain and fatigue, thereby affecting execution efficiency.
Without the limitations of a physical body, living beings could operate nonstop for twenty-four hours like robots, needing only periodic energy replenishment.
The most crucial core of creating "I Am the Legion" was becoming the intelligent brain of this super weapon arsenal, abandoning one's physical body and merging one's consciousness with the arsenal. As long as the arsenal was not destroyed, one could achieve true consciousness immortality.
If consciousness upload could not be achieved and one could not become the arsenal's intelligent brain, then hundreds of additional personnel and dozens of control consoles would be needed to operate this enormous weapon arsenal.
That would completely violate the core philosophy of "I Am the Legion."
Physical control was extremely inefficient, requiring input devices such as buttons and voice-recognition systems. But in a state of consciousness immortality, thoughts in one's mind could instantly become commands and be relayed to the areas and machinery that needed to be mobilized.
This was also the aspect of the "I Am the Legion" concept that fascinated Turing the most.
There was no need for massive manpower. One person was a legion. A single thought could control large numbers of mechanical soldiers; a single thought could coordinate detection equipment to scan the surrounding terrain; and so on.
In a state of consciousness immortality, there would be no fatigue and no pain. As long as the objective was set, it could be carried out with extraordinary efficiency.
To Turing, this was practically a miracle.
As he grew older, Turing often felt increasingly powerless in real life.
Leaving aside his inability to