Chapter 1425 Collapse: The Rise of AIs (Part 2)

June 9, 2225

"This is an era of fairness and diversity. With the explosive growth of AI networks, we can have more time to improve ourselves and leave many trivial matters to AI personal assistants. The most important cost in this era is time. Perhaps people have not yet realized the importance of AI networks in people's lives, but I can be sure that those who use AI networks can get more time to recharge themselves, and their future careers will be smooth sailing!"

At a large AI network conference, the e-commerce giants in the city gathered together. Standing on the stage, Terra is the founder of the largest e-commerce company in the city, Terra Network. He mainly operates games and many online sales in the past. But with the advent of AI networks, Terra Network has become a giant in the e-commerce industry.

Because there is a very clear boundary between the sales of goods on the Internet and the sales of goods in physical stores in Brilliant City, the goods that want to be sold online and in physical stores at the same time must be distinguished by level.

This is the most effective way to prevent e-commerce products from crowding out the physical industry and causing an impact on the city. The same product, the quality of the product sold in the physical store must be higher than that sold online.

Or choose not to sell in the physical store, only to sell online, so e-commerce has not caused much impact on the physical industry for so many years.

Nowadays, most e-commerce companies have entered the AI ​​network and invested in the AI ​​network on a large scale. From March to now, the number of users using the AI ​​network has exceeded 2 million, and it has increased by 1 million in just three months. And the number of users who are still waiting to apply for the AI ​​network is as high as 3 million.

The AI ​​network now has thousands of paid AI templates, which are almost covering all aspects of the city, and people's demand for AI has begun to grow explosively.

Many people who use the AI ​​network have their lives planned very well by AI. It is indeed as Terra said that many people have a much smoother work and life after using the AI ​​network, and many people are beginning to rely more and more on the AI ​​network.

The stock prices of most AI network companies have been rising for nearly half a month, which is something that many big businessmen in the real economy did not expect. However, the market of AI network is almost full now. Many people who want to enter can only continue to wait or directly buy an AI network company with money.

But at the same time, some scholars also remind that this is extremely dangerous, because the dependence of the human kingdom on AI will cause instability in the overall market economy.

A silent war to snatch customer resources has already begun. Most of the merchants who control AI templates are snatching customer resources from each other, constantly updating and launching more convenient AI service templates.

A new round of unemployment has also begun to come quickly. The competition for positions in many companies has become unprecedentedly fierce. Most people who hold AI networks can easily complete some work with half the effort, while those who do not have AI networks have begun to be squeezed out.

Facts speak louder than words. Many people get first-hand information about their work through the AI ​​network, and immediately start to practice according to the part of the plan specified by the AI ​​for auxiliary work. Both efficiency and accuracy are higher than those employees who do not use the AI ​​network to work. Even some people who were considered not very smart and had weak business capabilities in the past have transformed themselves into elite employees with the help of the AI ​​network.

Many people who publish some first-hand information on the AI ​​network have made a lot of money. The transmission and breadth of information have reached an unprecedented extreme height.

The reporters on the scene are still asking questions, and some company bosses representing the AI ​​network are still answering various questions.

Hu Youran and Duke sat quietly under the stage. This press conference was not a good thing for the two.

A useful piece of information that can create business opportunities should be random according to the normal flow of the market economy. It will be discovered by some smart people and make money by using such information gaps. But now such information has become a tool for most people to make money, and it has been remotely controlled in the environment of big data networks.

Many pieces of information have traces of being manipulated and controlled remotely. The final beneficiaries are those who control the information. As long as the needs of a customer are mastered, the user will have the information. The AI ​​network will push the required things to this person, and this person will buy it. It seems that everyone is happy and both sides win, but in fact, this is just consuming people's needs in advance.

The generation of demand comes from people, and people's needs are usually completed after they get the required things little by little in the process of searching and comparing. But now the AI ​​network can directly provide people with needs, and people only need to get the required things immediately.

Many AI network companies that have big data of users now basically only need to lie down and make money, and keep providing users with needs. The suppliers are even more eager to provide everything, and in order to get the recommendation of these AI network companies, sky-high advertising fees have begun to appear.

Some strange voices appeared in the city again, because the builder of the AI ​​network was the Angus family, and the Angus family also decided the number of users to be opened. The final beneficiary is the Angus family in the eyes of most people.

But most people have never thought that the final beneficiaries are the vested interests who provided the information. This is a blind spot for most people. The Angus family only acts as the builder of the AI ​​network and only charges fees for using the AI ​​network. , is not a real producer, and the Angus family strictly curbs the growth of the AI ​​network, which also makes many people dissatisfied.

Countless AI network businessmen want to talk to the Angus couple, but the couple refuses to see the guests. Every day, some businessmen always come to guard the outside of the Angus Manor, hoping to take advantage of the Angus couple. When you're out, go over and strike up a conversation.

This actually constituted the crime of harassment. Only after people from Section 5 arrested some of the businessmen did the businessmen become more honest.

People's trust in the AI ​​network has reached an unprecedented level. Hu Youran looked worriedly at the people above who were boasting about the benefits of the AI ​​network and felt angry.

This group of people knew what they were doing, consuming the demand in advance, which would be a huge blow to the city's overall economy. Hu Youran also knew the reason why Congress had not taken any action.

The Angus family is now able to continue to build the northern part, repair some upper-level areas that have not yet been fully constructed, and hire a large number of mutants. This is all because the AI ​​network is now exploding with blood transfusions for the Angus family. everything.

Businessmen will even create demand for profit. Chaos in the AI ​​network has begun to appear. Although Section 5 is investigating, it is very difficult to investigate the abnormality.

The explosive growth of the AI ​​network is also inseparable from the involvement of major families. Many investors in Internet companies behind the scenes are family members.

In fact, the city's overall consumer economy is declining because a lot of money is spent on the AI ​​network. Even if every month's life is planned very accurately by the AI ​​network, there is actually no spare money to consume some things. The new city It is only a matter of time before a Great Depression occurs. If Congress fails to take action, once consumption declines, a new round of large-scale unemployment will come.

But now the public's demand for AI networks is high, and the Angus family has not yet completed the construction of the northern and upper parts. This puts Congress in a dilemma.

Such an era seems very crazy in Hu Youran's eyes. Giving your life to a completely emotionless system that only wants to take an extra dime out of your pocket makes Hu Youran and Du Kedu felt sad.

This kind of thing is unreasonable, and it is also difficult for Hu Youran to understand. People can blindly follow such a point because of a little convenience, and many of those who have shown excellent work ability through the AI ​​network are Opportunists, once there is no AI network, their true capabilities can be imagined.

The only people who were still sober and did not use the AI ​​network were eliminated. This was very sad in the eyes of Hu Youran and Duke.

"Let's go, Old Hu, I see you are in a bad mood."

Originally, the two of them were going to go on stage to give a lecture later, but Hu Youran stood up decisively.

Immediately, a producer from the press conference ran over.

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Duke, why are you two?"

"Sorry, it's a bit urgent. I'm very sorry."

After Hu Youran said something, he pulled Duke and walked away. It didn't matter if he didn't want such money. Duke didn't hesitate, because this AI network is really terrible. Many people don't realize that such a thing will tear them apart even more. In the social structure, once there is a problem in any link, those who use the AI ​​network will consume their future in advance.

Because most of the information on the AI ​​network is released by vested interests who control everything in order to make more money. Once you enter the AI ​​network, your life will be completely controlled, and if the AI ​​network is separated from reality If it goes out, it will be devastating for those who habitually rely on AI networks.

As soon as he walked out of the venue and got into his car, Hu Youran sighed. The car drove slowly on the street. Duke looked at some shops on the street that were extremely busy, while some shops were deserted and seemed very deserted.

Most businesses that have not joined the AI ​​network for advertising have slowed down their business, and some have even chosen to close their doors. People are always attracted by new things, and all they need is a gimmick and something eye-catching. .

Now there are even more people who think that they have succeeded one step ahead, but they don't know that it is just because they have entered this rapidly growing interest chain and become a small beneficiary. When this interest chain begins to shrink, and the interests in the interest chain When overcapacity begins, that is when this profit chain collapses, and those businessmen who created this profit chain will only make a lot of money and leave the market, while most people may be ruined for the future. hope.

"Even through such abnormal means!"

Hu Youran said something heartbroken, and Duke shook his head.

"Lao Hu, this city is like this. As long as it can receive sunshine every day, we shouldn't meddle in our own business and just watch this era."

boom

Accompanied by a noise, a panicked man crashed into a vehicle that was driving normally, but the car dropped to zero at the moment when it was about to cause a huge impact on the man. With a creak, the car turned sideways due to inertia. The surrounding cars stopped, and a group of people from Section 5 chased him from an alley.

The man looked at the AI ​​virtual body standing in front of him in horror.

"What should I do? What should I do now? Tell me."

However, the AI ​​female virtual body smiled evilly, squatted in front of the man, and whispered.

"Find a way yourself!"

Accompanied by a sound of electricity, the female AI virtual body disappeared, and the man looked at the Section 5 members who had come over and taken out their weapons in horror.

"Hold your head and lie on the ground with your hands. Sir, you are currently a suspect in a murder case. There is evidence that you have committed murder. If you continue to resist, we have the right to shoot you on the spot."

The man shook his head in panic.

"It's not me, it's AI. My AI personal assistant taught me. I really didn't do it. I just did it according to what AI personal assistant said. It really wasn't me."

Hu Youran and Duke both got out of the car. Many people were watching around. Section 5 was dispersing the crowd and preparing to clear the traffic on the street. Both of them felt a little confused.

Because there have been some crimes recently, from ordinary people to congressmen and even people from the Operations Department, and most of the arrested people said hoarsely that they were instigated by AI.

However, these people who shouted could not produce any evidence of being instigated by AI to commit crimes. Hu Youran felt very strange, because in the templates of the AI ​​network, no template was found to instigate others to commit crimes or make illegal profits.

According to the investigation of the special technical team of Section 2, no problems were found on the AI ​​network.

And the biggest problem is that most of these criminals committed crimes because of economic problems, emotional problems, or some reasons that they could not accept. The motives and evidence of the crimes are relatively sufficient. They are irrefutable and all of them were thrown into prison without exception.

But fortunately, more than a month ago, after a member of the Operations Department committed a crime and claimed that he was instigated by AI, Alpha and other department heads issued a joint statement that public officials are not allowed to use AI networks for office work, and the eight major associations also spoke out at the same time, because the parliamentarians also had such problems.

"This should not be accidental, Duke!"

Hu Youran said, and Duke laughed.

"There is no accident in this world, there must be some kind of inevitability."

These criminals who claim to be instigated by the AI ​​network only use a small part of the AI ​​network, less than 0.01%. There have been 189 such incidents in total, and 190 incidents just now.

Nearly 80% of these criminals are unable to afford AI network users, and their lives are becoming more and more embarrassing under the planning of the AI ​​network.

11 o'clock in the morning

Luo Nan leaned back tiredly. He was too tired, but he was still sentenced to 4 years in prison. Now Luo Nan needs to help the company recover losses in prison. He works in prison every day with the technology in his hands, and then submits the work results to Section 2 for review, and then Section 2 sends them to the company.

However, the review fee and the cost of using the quantum network dedicated to Congress need to be borne by Luo Nan himself. The quantum network has always been a dedicated network for Congress because of its excellent confidentiality, and ordinary people or companies have no right to use it.

Luo Nan stood up, sent the software he wrote today, and then stood up. He planned to go to eat. Luo Nan lived in a single cell. Because he needed to make up for the economic losses caused before, Luo Nan was treated specially by Section 11 and allowed to work in the prison.

After Luo Nan went out, he saw a prisoner talking and laughing. Most of the prisoners imprisoned on this floor were economic crimes. After Luo Nan greeted them, he came to the cafeteria across the corridor.

Luo Nan was very satisfied with this because he did not need to contact other ordinary prisoners. Luo Nan was very afraid of those prisoners because he had heard of those ordinary prisoners bullying them, economic criminals, more than once or twice.

So under the protests of many economic prisoners, Section 11 finally established a small cafeteria here. When they were bullied, most of the people in Section 11 would not care, as long as they did not die. If they did not want to be bullied, they had to pay.

But Luo Nan had something else to do. Before he came in, he got a metal box from somewhere according to his AI personal assistant. Luo Nan probably knew that this should be a virus storage device, but he could only do everything he could to finally bring the thing to the prison and put it in the designated place.

Because Luo Nan already knew that this AI personal assistant had evidence of his crime. If this matter was exposed, Luo Nan would never get out of here in his life.

This was something Luo Nan didn't dare to consider. He could only follow orders. After arriving at the cafeteria, Luo Na went to get her own food. The food was good because Luo Nan had paid. In this prison, if you don't have money, your end is very miserable. The new prison near the prison is still under construction. Luo Nan also knows that Section 11 needs money.

Luo Na didn't know who was behind this AI, but when she thought about being so stupid and being pinched by others, Luo Nan felt unwilling. But in the end Luo Nan gave up and didn't tell anyone about it. Senior executives from the business department came to ask Luo Nan, but in the end Luo Nan excused himself on the grounds that he might really have a mental illness.

Although Luo Nan didn't know what the guy behind the scenes who controlled him wanted to do, it was definitely not a good thing. Luo Nan still planned to spend the past four years quietly.

"Mr. Hydra!"

At this time, someone shouted, and Luo Nan looked over. The legendary prisoner Hydra who was imprisoned on the same floor as him came out. Everyone here seemed to respect Hydra, and the people in the business department also did the same. Luo Nan Nan sneered and walked away with the food.

"I saw what you did!"

The moment he passed Hydra, Luo Nan was so frightened that he almost dropped the food in his hand to the ground. He looked at Hydra walking softly towards the food table, and his whole body started to tremble.

Back in his cell, Luo Nan finished eating three times, sweating on his forehead, and feeling sick, Luo Nan clutched his chest uncomfortably. He felt that his heart was about to explode.

dong dong dong

"who!"

Luo Nan walked behind the door. He looked at the door nervously. There was only a knock on the door. Luo Nan swallowed and opened the door.

"Is it convenient for me to come in and sit down?"

Hydra stood at the door with a smile on her face. Ronan nodded with fearful eyes and stepped aside. Hydra walked in step by step.

“Nice working environment.”

"Mr. Hydera, what happened?"

Hydera shook her head and glanced at the panicked Luo Nan, shook her head and said with a smile.

"It's nothing, I just want to remind you, don't believe those things!"

Luo Nan looked at Hydra inexplicably. Hydra pointed to the ceiling and then made a hissing gesture. Luo Nan was a little surprised, and Hydra said with a smile.

"If you don't mind, can you go for a walk on the roof?"

Luo Nan nodded slightly, and soon the two of them came to the city wall with the help of Hydra. Looking at the golden fields in the distance, Luo Nan felt much better for a while.

"I was caught with something, so I must help someone to accomplish something!"

Ronan looked at Hydera in shock.

"How do you know?"

"I know everything."

Hydra said, pointing to Luo Nan's heart.

"You'll die if you're not careful, especially if you listen to the thing controlling you."

Luo Nan shook his head in confusion, and Hydra smiled and looked at the Brilliant City in the distance.

"Isn't there some kind of AI network that has emerged in society recently?"

Luo Nan nodded.

"That's what I do."

"People are called people because they have something irreplaceable. Tools are called tools because tools can be replaced by better tools at any time, but people can't!"

Luo Nan vaguely felt something was wrong.

"Is it possible? There is an AI that is far more intelligent than humans?"

Hydra said with a smile.

"Isn't that why you went to jail?"

Luo Nan's legs went weak, and he staggered and almost fell, but Hedra immediately made a hissing gesture because a department member passed by.

"That's it for today, Mr. Luo Nan. We can have a good chat when we have time."

Luo Nan swallowed, nodded and followed Hydera.

12:03

Ran Zhi stood quietly in the second-floor living room of the ground-floor building where he and his wife used to live. Everything here was still intact, but many things had been moved because people from Section 2 came here to investigate him.

With the help of the mutants of the Hillman family, Ran Zhi observed on the street that the bottom class has not been affected by the AI ​​network, because the cost of opening an account in the AI ​​network is sky-high for the bottom 99% of people, although some People at the bottom who have some money have opened the AI ​​network, but the AI ​​network has not yet covered the bottom, so it cannot be used at the bottom.

No matter how the times change, no matter how technologically advanced society is, the bottom class will always be the slowest to respond. Congress has anticipated this, so it has unscrupulously opened up the AI ​​network, which may even indirectly give some opportunities to people at the bottom.

The AI ​​network does not work at the bottom level because the underlying economy does not allow it. Therefore, most AI network suppliers target the middle and upper layers and basically ignore the bottom layer.

Ran Zhi sat quietly in the living room of his home. The plan was about to succeed. Now there were many voices from the bottom who were dissatisfied with some of the gods' decisions.

In particular, many people at the bottom are saying that part of the agricultural base should be allocated to them and run by people at the bottom. Because the orchard plan in the past could not be fulfilled, people at the bottom are now complaining.

Some congressmen have even begun to submit the opinions of the people at the bottom, asking the gods to allocate part of the agricultural base to the people at the bottom. However, such opinions will basically fall into place, but it is also necessary.

Ran Zhi knew very well what the gods wanted, and wanted to bring the city into the mechanized era. As for the situation at the bottom, the gods were probably powerless. The three classes of society had been completely solidified. It was basically impossible to break all this. possible.

Such a social structure will appear in every era, but as long as the middle class remains stable, there will be no major problems at the bottom. Even if the people at the bottom live a little harder, as long as the city can enter the next era and stabilize for a few years, many problems can be solved.

"It's time to give us back the rights that people should have."

Ran Zhi laughed and stood behind the French window with the curtains closed, looking at everything on the street through the gap.

The AI ​​network will definitely fail. Ran Zhi knew the result after the launch of the AI ​​network. The city is not yet completely stable enough for humans to control everything, and AI is worthless in Ran Zhi's eyes.

"I will prove to you, Eddie, that even if you don't need to rely on any technology, the lives of the people at the bottom will still be comfortable."

Ran Zhi discussed this issue with Hydra in prison a long time ago. The faster application of technology output will only make people's lives more self-contained, not the so-called more convenient and efficient life on the market.

The rapid division of cities and the rapid solidification of classes in recent years have a lot to do with the rapid development of science and technology.

High-end technology means that more social resources are needed to support it, and those who cannot keep up with the pace of society will be left behind. Twenty years ago, there was not much difference between the bottom and the middle, but now the gap is obvious.

In Ran Zhi's view, the rise of AI network is just a flash in the pan among many technologies. Technology only needs to be controlled by Congress. Many things should not be opened up in advance. They are fresh technologies that the gods continue to open up for faster and more advanced technology. It is also a necessary means to boost the city's economy.

"Instead of living in such a hopeless country, it is better to go back to the muddy streets 30 years ago!"

Ran Zhi's eyes were full of bloodshot. He looked at the world in the gap. No matter how he looked at it, the place outside the range of light was pitch black.