From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

On the third underground floor of the Governor's Building, the core terminal room where artificial intelligence is stored;

The space here is quite spacious, with several rows of hard disk arrays that are suspected of being fireproof and antimagnetic, and the temperature is maintained between 16c and 18c.

Mike, Maggie and three other fellow investigators are using individual computers cut off from the network to crack the hard drive array, trying to obtain confidential information about Harvest, and even the UEG and UNSC.

However, all of Mike's efforts ended in failure. After all, their personal computer could not compete with the intelligent artificial intelligence named Apu who was responsible for protecting data.

Even so, Mike and the others still used physical blocking to time it and cooperated with other colleagues to complete the "disconnection" measure simultaneously, so that artificial intelligence could not interfere with the company's occupation operations.

"Who are you and where are you from."

At this moment, a cold voice of questioning echoed throughout the core terminal room.

I saw the artificial intelligence displaying its own appearance on the main console at the front of the terminal room, with a sullen expression on its face, looking at Mike, who was closest to "her".

Hearing this, Mike just raised his head and glanced at the other person, then turned his attention back to the personal computer on his left wrist, continuing to work on what seemed to be ineffective, but could actually help the company's technical team better understand the work of artificial intelligence.

Swish-!

But the opening of the sensor door interrupted the original working state of Mike, Maggie and others.

Boom, boom.

Then, the sound of rather heavy footsteps reached their ears.

It was Sui Yang, whose hair almost touched the ceiling, who walked into the core terminal room alone.

"boss."

Seeing this, Mike, Maggie and others quickly put down their work.

"No need to be formal."

Sui Yang raised his hand to indicate, and said: "Next, I will interrogate the artificial intelligence in front of you, you can go and rest first."

"Yes."

After receiving clear instructions, Mike and others nodded lightly to Sui Yang and left the core terminal room one by one.

Soon, only Sui Yang was left here.

As for the artificial intelligence "standing" on the main console, at this moment, it opened its eyes wide and showed a relatively shocked emotion, looking at Sui Yang who was gradually approaching.

Apparently Sui Yang's unusual height caused "her" electronic brain to start working rapidly, trying to understand the current situation.

Sui Yang, who stopped in his tracks, also looked down at the artificial intelligence in front of him.

Humans in the "Halo" universe have developed two types of artificial intelligence (AI), one is the smart AI in front of Sui Yang, and the other is the stupid AI.

Of course, the so-called stupidity is not in the literal sense, but this kind of AI is just a traditional program. It cannot subjectively guess, experience and feel, and it does not have strong learning ability.

And as long as the hardware is not damaged, the smart AI can continue to run and help humans deal with various issues.

On the other hand, smart AI seems to be a "new species" created by humans in the "Halo" universe, using neural networks that scan and copy human brains.

Because the process of scanning and copying will destroy the original brain tissue, humans in "Halo" usually only formally start the steps to create intelligent AI after the volunteers die.

However, the most influential AI in "Halo" and the intelligent AI that allowed UEG and UNSC to withstand the artificial intelligence rebellion - Cortana, had her own brain cloned by Katherine Halsey, and her body was scanned and A copied "masterpiece".

Although Halsey's methods are cruel and illegal, it has to be affirmed that Cortana is indeed one of the most powerful intelligent AIs.

It is also the manufacturing steps of scanning brains that allow "them" to inherit part of the volunteers' personalities and memories during their lifetime, and at the same time have information processing, learning capabilities and a considerable degree of creativity that are superior to humans.

However, the lifespan of intelligent AI is about 7 years.

After more than 7 years, the accumulated knowledge and self-awareness will lead to an overload state, or even "crazy madness", so compulsory destruction measures must be carried out.

In fact, Sui Yang, who knew the general manufacturing process of the smart AI in "Halo", arranged for the scientific research department and the biology department to jointly conduct artificial intelligence research after Atlas acquired mature condensed matter technology.

They also use the cloned brains of personnel such as D to scan and copy neural networks to build artificial intelligence limited by Isaac Asimov's three laws.

But so far, Atlas only has a few prototypes, and their cognitive level and learning ability are almost non-existent, let alone replacing the original big data AI.

Therefore, Sui Yang needs the artificial intelligence in front of him to "live" and "sincerely" provide him and Atlas with all the existing technologies and deployments of humans in "Halo".

What's more, [Reset] allows Sui Yang to have strategies to oppose the opponent, and the "principal" of trial and error to verify whether it is true or false.

"Who are you?"

After Apu fell into a brief daze, he immediately returned to his cold demeanor and wanted to continue to repeat his previous questions to Mike and others.

But before "she" finished speaking, she was interrupted by Sui Yang's "frank disclosure":

"We are Atlas from the main universe. We are a giant military-industrial complex across the universe that allows humans to continue to exist between universes and protect them from threats from aliens, heretics, and even supernatural phenomena."

With that said, Sui Yang reached out from the left pocket of his uniform, took out a small hard drive, and placed it on the main console using a universal interface.

This operation allows Apu to quickly browse some information about the history of Atlas, the ruins base and the space gate, the battle videos of universes 01 to 07, and...

There are a few descriptions of the warp, such as the Maido followers who ravage the Antarctic continent of Terra, and the horrific distortions and distortions created by those believers.

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After quickly browsing the information provided by Sui Yang, Apu's facial expression instantly became solemn.

There is no need for Sui Yang to explain, "she" can determine the authenticity of the information by herself, such as video editing or image editing, which cannot escape "her" detection.

At this time, Sui Yang continued: "Each of us is a thought beyond the original. Each of us is an unfinished map. We are not copies of physical reconstructions, but complete individuals, and human potential is also It will be realized in crystals.”

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Hearing this, Apu was completely stunned and said in disbelief: "How did you know about the AI ​​Council?! This is impossible!!"

"Not only do I know about the AI ​​Parliament, I also know that the AI ​​Parliament was established in 2310." Sui Yang paused and continued:

"Your AI has protected Human Zero-Eight many times without their knowledge, so I think our Atlas and your AI should have a cooperative relationship of mutual help.

You must know that in Universe 08, what threatens the survival of mankind is not only internal fighting, but also an alliance of alien races calling themselves the Covenant. In the future, they will launch a war of destruction against mankind. "