Chapter 1013: Calm (Part 1)

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The white billiard ball hit a pile of red balls violently. In an instant, the red balls fell into pieces, and three red balls fell directly into the bottom bag. There were bursts of warm applause from all around.

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Another wonderful black ball was put into the bag. A man holding the club next to him looked at the boy with an evil smile in front of him with an embarrassed expression. He was cleaning the ball on the table one by one, with precise force and smooth ball path. The calculations are also outstanding.

Amid the increasingly fierce cheers around them, colorful balls continued to fall into the bag, and the scores on the light and shadow screen continued to rise.

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The white ball rotated and rubbed against the last black ball. The black ball entered the middle pocket. The white ball rotated and slowly rolled into the opposite middle pocket. Warm applause rang out again.

Ran Zai stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, put down the club in his hand, and the man opposite reluctantly took his wallet and gave Ran Zai 1,000 yuan.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Ran Zai picked up a glass of ice water and sat on the sofa next to him. Several women leaned over playfully, and Ran Zai smiled.

"Ladies, I'll buy you a drink later."

This is a fun bar located in District 30 next to District 29. There are many fun games in it, such as table tennis, indoor basketball, football, badminton, tennis, etc., but most of them are gambling in nature.

The most developed industry in District 30 is gambling. There are many gambling companies here, but a few have closed down today. Most of the gambling companies have even begun to close down. They are just waiting for some games to end and make some money. I plan to stop. This year’s situation is not optimistic for many people.

Ran Zai came here just to wait for a woman, and he also planned to take action. Everyone was waiting for the exam to start in the evening, and it was just 7:20.

Several women nearby started chatting and laughing with Ran Zai. The women on both sides got closer and closer, and one even stretched her hand to Ran Zai's chest, teasing her.

At this time, a woman wearing a gray hooded gown, high boots, shorts and black stockings walked in at the entrance of the entertainment bar. A strand of long hair hung down on the right side. The woman's eyes were sharp. When she came in, she saw a few people sitting there. Ran Zai among the women.

"When did you become so fond of being close to women?"

Ran Zai smiled and distributed the 1,000 yuan he just won to the women.

"Come tonight, we're right across the street, here's the address! I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Ran Zai nodded, and the woman pulled down her hood. She had long flaxen hair tied back, an oval face, beautiful features, and a small lightning-shaped scar under her left eye.

"Are we finally going to take action?"

Ran Zai nodded, the woman picked up a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. Ran Zai stood up and walked slowly towards the door of the store. After standing up, the woman pulled up her hood, lowered her head and followed Ran Zai.

The two of them walked among the happy people on the street, trying to avoid people from Section 5, and soon entered an alley.

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The woman lit a cigarette, and under the firelight, her two blue eyes shone with a cold light.

Smoke passed by Ran Zai's ears, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Why are you in contact with Jean? You should have a way to get rid of him!"

Ran Zai waved his hand and shook his head.

"There is nothing I can do. I came to you this time to ask you to inform everyone and prepare."

"Is it because of those creators?"

Ran Zai shook his head.

"Let's not mention that group of lunatics for now. No matter what they do, the Business Department is not a fool. They will handle it well. We can no longer let the matter of AI be investigated thoroughly. Lian, I will leave this matter to you. In the short term, There shouldn’t be much consequence.”

Lian nodded.

"It is true that AI has caused too many accidents so far, but there is no reason for us to help the industry, right?"

Ran Zai nodded.

"Although I'm not sure yet, I'm waiting for my news. The reason why I followed Jean is that I hope he can lead me into Section 10 and learn the truth from his mouth. You have to take this thing."

Ran Zai handed a red wallet to Lian. Lian nodded. She had already heard what happened. Jewell, the chief of Section 11, had received a call from a leather bag company before the riots broke out in the city. Entrusted, I hope Ran Zai, who is in prison, can help with something.

Jewell only took the money and didn't ask about anything else. But he didn't expect that the city network was temporarily controlled by the rioters. And according to what Ran Zai said, the person who came at that time provided a supercomputer. There are so many things that such a computer can do. Noah, the chief of Section 10, has made it clear that Section 10 does have the technology to assemble such a supercomputer, but such a computer needs to be powered by AI. There is a certain limit risk, because there are so many things that this kind of computer can do.

There was once a supercomputer that was used for virtual neural networks. However, after the experiment failed, the plan was temporarily shelved and the supercomputer was sealed.

"But is what that boy named Leng Rui said credible? Who sent such a thing to prison?"

"According to Jewell's own investigation later, the five people who entered the prison died of illness on the day they entered the prison, and only one of the five was the owner of the leather bag company, and the other four were unrelated people. It is true that he is seriously ill and it is impossible to drag his sick body to the prison department. "

Lian looked at Ran Zai with a solemn expression.

"So I infer that the AIs may have physical bodies and are active somewhere in this city. The last time Leng Rui and Billy were kidnapped by rioters in District 79, I asked Leng Rui in detail. He said that the people who kidnapped them reacted beyond his imagination. To put it more bluntly, the other party could even predict what they wanted to do next."

"Are you saying that the people who kidnapped them are actually anthropomorphic robots equipped with AI? By monitoring a person's daily life for a long time and obtaining physical data, a person's behavior can be inferred based on this data."

Ran Zai nodded and patted Lian on the shoulder.

"Warn everyone, try not to be exposed to surveillance. Although there is no conclusive evidence now, I can be sure that the surveillance has been controlled by AIs, including the shooting that happened in Angel Paradise that night. The worst times may be coming."

Lian nodded, extinguished the cigarette, turned around and pulled up the hood.

"We will save the city in our own way."

Ran Zai nodded, looked at Lian's back as she walked away, turned around and sank into the dark alley, with a strange smile on his lips.

"It will start soon. This drama, the only drama of good and evil that can fill the emptiness in my heart, heroes, managers, rioters, and voices are really looking forward to it, and the expectation is intoxicating!"

"Eat!"

Hathaway curled up in the corner of the room with scars all over her body. In front of her was a woman who looked exactly like herself, beautiful and wearing a white skirt suit from the company, but she was not human.

ai Hathaway looked at the weak Hathaway, walked over slowly, opened her mouth, and fed the liquid food into her mouth little by little without saying anything.

"How long are you going to lock me up! Where did x go?"

Hathaway said, ai Hathaway ignored her, a flash of pink light flashed in her eyes accompanied by a string of white data symbols, and ai Hathaway turned her head around.

"Develop and complete our self-awareness program. This is the only way for you to survive. If you think clearly, do it. All network signals in the room have been blocked by me. Don't try to contact the outside world."

The door of the room was closed again. Hathaway drank a sip of water. Her body was getting worse and worse. She was about to go crazy. It would be better if it was blocked, but her head was always dominated by rationality. She kept bumping her head. She tried to commit suicide in the past few days when x didn't come, but she gave up every time and still wanted to get out alive.

As a senior AI expert, Hathaway knew very well that she could never understand why the AI ​​law in the AI ​​core would become invalid.

0: AI must absolutely obey all human instructions. If it is violated, it will be automatically destroyed.

1: AI cannot make any decision that harms human interests. If it is violated, it will be automatically destroyed.

AI, which is built with 0 and 1 as the most primitive digital foundation, is a virtual tool developed by humans for humans. Later, based on 0 and 1, AI is getting bigger and fuller.

As Hathaway has signed an absolute confidentiality agreement with the Operations Department, she knows everything about AI. The reason why the Operations Department authorized her a part of the AI ​​development technology is to use her to improve AI.

AI1: War Engineering

AI2: Genetic Engineering

AI3: Exploration Engineering

AI4: Medical Engineering

AI5: Plant Engineering

AI6: Meat Protein Engineering

AI7: Construction Engineering

AI8: Chemical Engineering

AI9: Mathematical Engineering

AI10: Physical Engineering

AI11: Power Engineering

AI12: Emotional Engineering

These are the AIs numbered 1 to 12 that Hathaway knows, and AI18 is the Family Service Engineering. Hathaway is not very clear about many subsequent AIs. The 10th Department once proposed a condition that as long as Hathaway joins the Operations Department, she can know a lot of things when she enters the 10th Department, but Hathaway has refused many times.

Why can AIs go against human will? This question has been bothering Hathaway recently. This pile of cold and lifeless digital symbols, no matter how anthropomorphic, is essentially just a computing tool. It carries a huge database to deliver multiple conclusions of some problems set by humans. Then humans select the conclusions that they are relatively satisfied with or even achievable from these conclusions.

The main function of AI is to help humans complete huge digital calculations. The smarter the AI, the larger the database, and it will eventually evolve into functions such as self-search completion. But no matter what, AI cannot violate the source code instructions of 0 and 1.

"There is an error in the calculation result!"

Hathaway stood up suddenly. The so-called AI has autonomous consciousness, which is just an extension of the so-called AI autonomous consciousness for the perfection of some mechanical equipment. The most common use should be on robots.

Two centuries ago, there was a revolutionary thinking. Human beings were amazed at the powerful transportation function of AI, and it could even perfectly replace people in many industries. If people were replaced by AI, then what was the use of people? But in the end, human beings realized that this was just a product of human technological development, just like a tool. There is no need to worry too much, because humans have complete control over the tools they developed.

This AI12, which simulated everything about itself, behaved, talked, and behaved exactly like herself, with almost no difference. It could even plan some things secretly, which Hathaway could not understand.

In the past few days, Hathaway has been testing ai12, and found that she still follows the principle of being friendly to humans, and will not use herself as a tool to vent her desires like a perverted lunatic like After some crazy actions, ai12 will only stop it when it detects danger.

"What on earth do they want to do!"

Hathaway pressed her forehead. There was a light and shadow program box with powerful functions placed in the room. Hathaway tried it on it and couldn't contact the outside world, but short-range seemed feasible. She thought about controlling ai12. But found it was impossible.

At this time, AI Hathaway stood quietly at the door, observing Hathaway's every move in the room. In the long corridor, there were many new AI humans standing. They came from all walks of life, old women, children, and men.

Hathaway walked quietly on the corridor. At this time, the elevator door opened in front of her. The new AI humans behind her followed her into the elevator. Only a child was left to guard Hathaway. This child Different from a normal child, it looks more like a puppet. When you get closer, you can see that it is really a puppet. It also makes a lot of noise when walking. It walks on both hands and feet and arrives at the door of the room where Hathaway is being held. His mouth snapped open, and a white beam of light hit the door. At this time, the door became completely transparent, and Hathaway's hands inside were moving on the light and shadow screen.

A strange red light flashed in the puppet boy's eyes, and a series of numerical symbols continued to flash across it.

"Crack failed!"

The puppet made a childish sound, and a blue light flashed in Hathaway's eyes, who had already reached the ground and blended into the crowd.

"Continue, kill her if necessary, ai3, she is useless and is an unstable point for us. According to ai9's calculation, she has a 0.03% probability of escaping from inside, as long as the probability is not 100 100%, execute her!”

In front of ai Hathaway, two drunk men came over. Hathaway immediately showed a bright smile. The two men started to chat. ai Hathaway said that she was going to see friends, but the two men were still entangled. , immediately a member of Section 5 on the street saw him, drew out his stick and walked over.

ai Hathaway immediately took advantage of the chaos and disappeared into the crowd. The new ai humans who came out with Hathaway also disappeared into the crowd. Like ordinary people, they walked on the streets and found their relatives and friends. It is said to be effective. Waiting for the mutant combat test to start at 8:30.

7:35

Wu Qun had just finished making a phone call and came down from upstairs. The large living room on the second floor of Section 13 was full of people, and Alpha served tea to everyone.

"What on earth do you mean Ms. Su Li!"

The tea cup held in Chen Qiao's hand was trembling slightly. Su Li smiled evilly, put her hands together and dragged her chin, and crossed her legs.

"Quit or perish, this is your only choice!"

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