"So what exactly went wrong?"
Mo Zeyang's eyes were still filled with lingering fear. "Nothing like this ever happened during the trial runs. Why would it happen during the actual run..."
Lü Yongchang shook his head with a wry smile.
"When it comes down to it, this was my fault."
"I actually forgot that Zero's existence depends on a quantum computer."
Mo Zeyang froze for a moment, then realization dawned on him. "So that's what happened!"
As he spoke, a bitter smile appeared on his face as well.
This was awkward.
The photon computer they had built was merely an integrated optical circuit computer.
Compared with the original electronic computer, it simply replaced electrical circuits with optical ones.
To accommodate a strong artificial intelligence like Zero, they would probably need an optical quantum computer.
A photon computer and an optical quantum computer sounded almost identical, but they were worlds apart.
The former still used binary operations.
The latter used quantum computing.
Lü Yongchang gazed thoughtfully at the holographic projection before him.
On the projection, the red warning symbol was still flashing.
Had the experiment failed?
Not really.
Photon computers and optical quantum computers seemed quite different, but the two categories could still overlap.
The defining feature of a photon computer was its method of data transmission.
Replacing electrons with photons not only greatly accelerated data transmission but also drastically reduced the original heat problem, indirectly increasing computing speed.
The defining feature of an optical quantum computer, meanwhile, was its internal method of processing data.
Put simply, a photon computer affected the external hardware, while an optical quantum computer concerned the internal software.
"Professor?"
Noticing that Lü Yongchang had been silent for a long time, Mo Zeyang looked worried and said quietly, "Professor, we've succeeded with the photon computer. We can