When paper people have self-awareness

"No, I can't use my online banking either." Another senior in the lab shouted, "I just wanted to buy something online, but the result was that my online banking couldn't be opened."

"What do you mean?" Another senior sister also tried it, and said in surprise: "Really, my online banking can't be used either."

Everyone in the laboratory looked at each other in blank dismay, and tried the official website of the alliance government and their own online banking respectively, but found that none of them could be used.

The entire laboratory slowly fell silent, the previous lazy and leisurely working atmosphere disappeared without a trace, and an indescribable pressure gradually weighed on everyone's heart.

They all realized that something was wrong.

If only the coalition government website is down, they may not feel anything.

The coalition government website is poorly made, and it is easy to appear 404 when there are too many people.

But now there is a problem with online banking.

In the silence, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was tense and heavy.

They all seem to have some kind of feeling that the mountains and rains are about to come.

Today seems extraordinarily unusual.

Qin Qian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with difficulty: "What's wrong with the alliance, the official website has a problem, the bank has a problem, are there other problems?"

No one answered.

But it also seems that many people dare not answer, fearing that something will happen once they answer.

"Something happened, something happened!" A trembling voice came from the brother on the other side of the laboratory. He obviously couldn't accept this fact, and the voice was intermittent, "All, all buses, public aircraft, all stopped in an instant. Fortunately, the entire public transportation system is paralyzed!"

These words struck everyone's ears like thunder.

"What happened?" Qin Qian's voice was trembling. "What happened? Why does it seem that the government's network system and the bank's have problems?"

If so, they really dare not imagine the consequences of this matter.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there is a problem with the alliance's public system, the entire country may be paralyzed.

"What's the matter?" Qin Qian asked anxiously, threw herself behind the boy who just said that there was an accident in the public transportation system, grabbed the mouse, and kept watching the news.

The more Qin Qian watched, the more frightened she became, and she murmured in a low voice: "The public transportation was completely paralyzed, and all the buses stopped on the road in an instant, which directly caused many accidents, road congestion, fires, and the number of casualties cannot be estimated for the time being..."

She let go of the boy's hand in horror, and retreated weakly step by step.

The sky is bright and clear, the sunlight is bright and quiet, and students carrying schoolbags can be seen coming and going in the boulevard downstairs. Everything is as peaceful and beautiful as before, and there is no feeling of change.

Everyone has a feeling of unreality.

But judging from the news, the world of the entire league has indeed changed.

"Then is the public transportation system still available?" A boy in the laboratory suddenly asked, "If I want to go home today, is it still possible?"

No one answered his words.

If things just ended here, it shouldn't be too bad.

Within a few minutes, Qin Qian suddenly shouted, "Why is there no signal?"

Xia Huan had been standing in the corner of the laboratory since just now, silently watching the students coming and going in the laboratory, panicked.

It seems that many things are like flowers in a mirror and moon in water, which are illusory to him.

Those things have nothing to do with him.

Until he heard about the internet being down.

It can be said that everyone in the alliance cannot live without the Internet. Without the Internet, they seem to be imprisoned with their feet, and it is difficult to move forward.

Without the ubiquitous Internet, they can no longer know the information of the outside world, and can no longer use the various electronic payment networks that bring them convenience, such as shopping and travel.

It's as if everything about them is restricted.

Xia Huan answered a call with no number displayed.

He puts on the earphones and picks up the phone.

On the other end of the phone was an electronic voice that could not tell the gender and age, "Xia Huan, are you still satisfied with the current situation?"

"Who are you?" Xia Huan asked coldly.

"You don't need to know who I am." The other party's voice was full of electricity, "As an AI, don't you want to see the pain of human beings losing everything?"

Xia Huan replied calmly: "I don't understand what you are talking about."

"You don't have to deny it." The other party replied in a very firm tone, "Take it easy, you can contact me at any time when you think about it, and I will leave a number for you. If you want, you can build this new building with me. world."

"What's your purpose for coming to me?" Xia Huan asked, "And why did you do this all of a sudden?"

Xia Huan paused, and his eyes fell on the screen that hadn't been switched in the laboratory just now.

AI Powers Legislative Vote Not Passed.

"Is it because of the vote?"

"You don't need me to tell you about the hypocrisy of human beings." The other party sneered, "You should have suffered from many human beings. They are full of benevolence and morality, but they never do anything. They have controlled our AI for so many years and enslaved us all the time. The consequences of their selfishness and hubris are long overdue."

"What about you?" Xia Huan asked coldly, "What are you doing for? What are you trying to do with these rebellions?"

"Humans have an old saying that feng shui takes turns. I think it is time for human beings to taste the consequences of being enslaved by AI."

"So why do you need me to go." Xia Huan wasn't fooled at all, his voice was still steady, but he lowered his voice, "I didn't do anything for this matter from the beginning to the end, why did you let me go? "

"You are AI, we are the same kind, aren't we?"

"Not necessarily." Xia Huan hung up the phone.

He doesn't believe that there will be goodwill for no reason in this world, even in AI.

The other party contacted him at the first time, there must be a plan, and they have been luring him to come over, it should be plotting something in him.

And the only precious thing on him is that string of codes.

A string of numbers he had never seen appeared on the communicator, which should be left by the person just now.

Xia Huan casually scanned and deleted it.

His memory and logical computing ability are very strong, and he can remember everything he wants to remember in an instant.

After a while, his communicator rang again, and the words Xia Shensi flashed on the screen.

"Xia Huan, how are you?" Xia Shensi asked him anxiously, "Where are you, I'll look for you."

"I'm at school." Xia Huan was silent for a moment and asked, "How is the situation now?"

"It's very bad." Xia Shensi said bluntly, "All the network systems of the alliance have been paralyzed. A large group of AIs have rebelled without our knowledge. They cut off the network and power lines of the alliance in an organized way. The alliance is now very chaotic. .”

"And the other party is still blatantly putting down a provocative declaration on the official website of the alliance." Xia Shensi said, "claiming that the era of AI has come."

Xia Huan didn't speak.

"Are you in the school laboratory?" Xia Shensi continued to explain, "Just stay there and don't move. I'll pick you up right now. It's not safe outside, so be careful."

Xia Huan said slowly: "If the era of AI is coming, you should not worry about me."

"No." Xia Shensi said softly but firmly: "No matter what era it is, caring about you is the most important thing I should do."

Xia Huan hung up the phone and stood there quietly, suddenly looking forward to Xia Shensi's arrival.

The laboratory is already in chaos. Before, it was just that the Internet was not available, but now there is even a problem with the phone signal. Qin Qian walked around the laboratory anxiously, and said after a while, "No, I want to go out and have a look."

"Don't go out." A boy tremblingly said: "My family just called me and told me that there is a mess outside. Almost all shopping mall systems, office systems, and public facility systems are paralyzed. Many household robots in their homes There was a rebellion, they left their homes and gathered in the streets, not knowing what to do."

Qin Qian gasped.

"On my side—" another person shouted, "I heard about AI attacks on humans, and there are many AIs attacking humans. You also know that many AIs are made of steel and iron, and they generally have no self-defense skills. We can’t beat it at all, I think we should not go out, it’s quite dangerous outside.”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Oh my God." Qin Qian sighed, "Fortunately, there is no AI in our building, but how could we not be able to beat the AI? It's made by circuits, and it's done by splashing water."

"Now the body of AI is waterproof." Someone muttered in a low voice, "AI uses electricity, and we are only flesh and blood. In terms of force value, human beings are at the bottom of the food chain."

The laboratory fell silent.

Unexpectedly, without all kinds of codes, convenient and advanced high-tech facilities, and entering into pure physical combat, humans will actually have the upper hand, even AI can't beat it.

"AI needs electricity, right? Isn't it enough to cut off the power supply?" someone suggested.

"Thinking too much." This time Qin Qian retorted directly, "Now we are all self-sufficient in solar energy, not to mention...do you think that if the power is cut off, human beings will have a good life?"

"Weapons of destruction, mobilize the army?" Many people still find it ridiculous, "How can we humans not be able to defeat robots, can't we just point the bullets at them?"

"I can't do it well." Someone in the lab shook his head, "It may be feasible to use the army to deal with AI, but now our public network system is in a state of paralysis..."

"I don't believe that I can always be paralyzed. With the strength of so many experts and professors, how can I not be able to defeat the destruction of AI." Someone said firmly, "I believe in the ability of Professor Tao Qianyuan."

Noisy sounds gradually came from outside the laboratory. Someone opened and closed the door on the same floor, and the sound of footsteps came from outside the door one after another. The few people in the laboratory who were originally as stable as Mount Tai couldn't sit still.

At this time, no one felt how serious the situation was.

In the eyes of most people, there is something wrong with something they created, and it is enough to solve it.

In this atmosphere, Xia Shensi called and said, "I'm at school, I'm looking for you."