Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

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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. They will investigate the AI ​​issue thoroughly. We can no longer leave it alone. 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. Only one of the five people was the owner of the leather bag company, and the other four were unrelated people. He is indeed 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 already have entities and are operating somewhere in this city. The last time Leng Rui and Billy were hijacked by rioters in District 79, I asked Leng Rui about that kid in detail, and he said The reaction of those who hijacked them was beyond his imagination, and to put it more bluntly, the other party could even predict what they wanted to do next."

"Are you saying that those who hijacked them are actually anthropomorphic robots equipped with AI? By monitoring a person's daily life for a long time and obtaining body data, you can infer a person's behavior based on these data."

Ran Zai nodded and patted Lian's shoulder with one hand.

"Warning everyone, try not to be exposed to surveillance. Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, I am sure that surveillance has been controlled by AI, including the shooting that happened in Angel Paradise that night. The worst possible times It’s coming.”

Lian nodded, put out the cigarette, turned around and pulled up her hood.

"We will use our own methods to save the city."

Ran Zai nodded, looked at Lian's retreating back, turned around and sank into the dark alley, a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"It will begin soon. This drama is the only drama of good and evil that can fill the hole in my heart. The heroes, managers, rioters, and speakers are really looking forward to it. The anticipation is intoxicating!"

"Eat something!"

Hathaway was huddled in the corner of the room with her body covered in scars. In front of her was a beautiful woman who looked exactly like herself, wearing a company white skirt, except that it was not human.

AI Hathaway looked at the frail Hathaway, walked over slowly, opened her mouth, and fed the liquid food in little by little without any explanation.

"How long are you going to lock me up for? Where did X go?"

As Hathaway said, AI Hathaway ignored her. A flash of pink light flashed in her eyes along with a string of white data symbols, and AI Hathaway turned her head around.

"Develop and complement our self-awareness program. This is your only chance of survival. If you think clearly, do it. All network signals in the room have been blocked by me. Don't even think about contacting the outside world."

The door to the room was closed again. Hathaway took a sip of water. Her body was getting more and more uncomfortable. She was going crazy. It would have been better if she had sealed it off, but her mind was always dominated by reason. She kept thinking Hitting 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 is very clear that she still cannot understand why the AI ​​laws she possesses in the AI ​​core fail.

0: AI must absolutely obey all human instructions, and will be automatically destroyed if it violates

1: AI cannot make any decisions that harm human interests. If violated, it will be automatically destroyed.

AI built with 0 and 1 as the most primitive digital foundation is, to humans, a virtual tool developed by humans. Later, based on 0 and 1, AI becomes larger and larger and more full.

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

AI1: War Engineering

AI2: genetic engineering

AI3: Discovery Project

AI4: Medical Engineering

AI5: Plant Engineering

AI6: Meat Protein Engineering

AI7: Construction Project

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 about, and AI18 is a home service project. Hathaway is not clear about many of the subsequent AIs. Section 10 once made a condition that as long as Hathaway joins the Acting Section, You can know a lot of things by entering Section 10, but Hathaway refused many times.

Why AI can go against human will is a question that has been bothering Hathaway recently. This pile of cold, lifeless digital symbols, no matter how anthropomorphic, is just a computing tool at its core, which is transported by carrying a huge related database. Come up with multiple conclusions on some issues set by humans, and then humans can select from these conclusions the conclusions that they are relatively satisfied with or even achievable.

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

"There is an error in the calculation results!"

Hathaway stood up suddenly. The so-called AI has autonomous consciousness, which is just an extension of the so-called AI autonomous consciousness to make some mechanical equipment more perfect. The most common use should be in robots.

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

This AI12, which has simulated everything about itself, behaves, talks, and behaves exactly the same as itself, with almost no difference. It can even plan some things secretly, which Hathaway cannot understand.

Hathaway has been testing AI12 in the past few days, 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 powerful light and shadow program box placed in the room. Hathaway tried it on it and couldn't communicate with 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, leaving only a child guarding 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 no longer useful. It is an unstable point for us. According to the calculation of AI9, 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 drunken men came over. Hathaway immediately showed a bright smile, and the two men started chatting. 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 it, drew out his stick and came 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!"