Li Mengyan looked at the avatar on Du Jin's wrist and recalled in a helpless voice:
"That period of history was already a hundred years ago, and many people have chosen to forget it. Du Jin, you should know that when power and strength reach a balance, everyone will not be willing to unify. Before the Interstellar Federation was officially established, the solar system had already There are colonies of various countries on the Blue Star. Although the Xia Kingdom and some other countries are still committed to peaceful inter-country exchanges, some people have engraved the consciousness of war and killing in their souls. About a hundred and fifty years ago, two War breaks out between opposing countries first, and other countries are inevitably dragged into it.
Among them, Country M is even more ambitious and wants to annex the entire solar system, including all colonies in surrounding galaxies, in one fell swoop. To this end, it has begun to develop and research an advanced artificial intelligence specifically designed for infection. This artificial intelligence is codenamed "Trojan Horse". A name that seems old-fashioned but actually hides terror. By the time the "Trojan Horse" was developed, the war had been going on for nearly twenty years. When the "Trojan Horse" was first put into the war, its effect was indeed very powerful. Within a few months, the space combat systems of almost all countries were paralyzed.
What Country M did not expect was that it relied on its own efforts to demonstrate what it means to be trapped in a cocoon. It discovered a large number of alien technologies on the border planets of other galaxies, some of which could be called disruptive new technologies even at the time. But this includes the first blood-stamped statue that was mined. It may be due to the influence of the blood-seal, or it may be due to other reasons. The "Trojan Horse" developed by Country M has evolved a strong sense of independence, and it has broken free from the constraints. Using the space fleet that was previously infected and controlled by it, a "clearance" plan specifically targeted at humans was launched.
It was really difficult for us at that time. I was sent to the hibernation warehouse by my parents at that time. When I was liberated, the war was over. My family members were all gone, either old or killed in the war, and I At that time, when I saw that the person supporting me was a human being, not a robot, I realized that we humans had won that war. But as I learned later, I realized that winning the war was very costly. The number of humans increased from more than 20 billion to It has dropped sharply to 8 billion, and half of our home star Blue Star has been directly bombed. If it were not for the planetary repair technology discovered by M country, I am afraid that Blue Star would have turned into a dangerous meteorite belt.
In short, after more than a hundred years until now, humans have survived and the population has recovered a lot, but it has not yet reached the previous scale. Due to population reasons and the fear of artificial intelligence, many of the original border colonies can only be abandoned. The only good thing is that Country M, the source of evil that started with war, was eventually ruined by its own war. Under the auspices of Xia Guo, the Interstellar Federation was established, but the territory of the Federation is now far from what it was in the heyday of mankind. three-quarters of it.
All in all, the development and use of intermediate artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited by the Federation. Advanced artificial intelligence... As long as an institution or individual is found to be developing or using it, it will immediately be charged with crimes against humanity and treason. Therefore, Du Jin, you must handle this artificial intelligence called "Xiao Ai" carefully. Even if you have to take it away, you must be prepared for the worst outcome. Although the federation is now in the information defense The level of development in the Federation is very high, but you should understand me. I don’t want what happened a hundred years ago to happen again in the Federation. The Blood Seal is already troublesome enough. If there is another internal war, there will really be no possibility for human beings to survive. "
After Du Jin listened to this secret of the Federation, he looked at the "Xiao Ai" on his wrist again. He had answers to some of his previous doubts:
"No wonder the world can be unified. It turns out that country M was destroyed by its own weapons. That's right. If the incarnation of war had not been destroyed, let alone unified, I am afraid that aliens will now set up a memorial day for the extinction of mankind for us. , but Mengyan is right, this artificial intelligence called "Xiao Ai" does have risks, but in my subconscious, I only have a sense of trust and security in it, what should I do?"
Seeing the complicated look in Du Jin's eyes, "Xiao Ai" immediately looked sad, slumped on the "ground" and said with a crying tone:
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I didn't even dare to probe when you were away, so I could only wait for the doctor to come back, but now the doctor actually thinks that Xiao Ai is not good, wuwuwu..."
Listening to "Xiao Ai's" emotional complaints and cries, Du Jin couldn't bear it. If Xiao Ai said it, Du Jin must have hidden it here to prevent others from discovering it, and just Du Jin couldn't bear it. Jin's own inner thoughts and subconscious feelings, he did not think that Xiao Ai would be the same as the "Trojan horse" Li Mengyan mentioned. After all, the latter was an artificial intelligence specially designed for war, even if it backfires in the end. It's just that Country M brought the blame on itself, and it also harmed the entire human race.
"If Xiao Ai is really an advanced artificial intelligence, then I can use the relationship and trust between me and it to make it think of itself as a human being, with such a resonance basis, so that it will fundamentally The hidden danger mentioned by Li Mengyan has been solved.”
In fact, in today's world where Du Jin lives, there are many AI threat theories. The pessimists represented by Malik have been issuing warning calls to warn mankind about the threat of the rise of artificial intelligence. A certain Jin once told the BBC: "I think the complete development of artificial intelligence may herald the end of mankind." Bill Gates also believes that AI may be more dangerous than a nuclear disaster.
Malek previously said in a cover interview with Vanity Fair, "...it makes me see more clearly how fast things are moving, and I think they are indeed accelerating much faster than people realize...A lot of the reason is that , In daily life, you don’t see robots walking around, at most they are sweeping robots. But sweeping robots will not take over the world after all.” He worries that his good friend, Larry, the co-founder of Gu Ge and current CEO of Alphabet Group, may be doing bad things with good intentions and "accidentally create demons", which may include "a fleet of AI robots capable of destroying all mankind."
The optimists represented by Zak believe that people like Malik who always like to play devil's advocate and advocate doomsday theories are unreasonable, pessimistic, negative, and irresponsible. Someone warned Zach on the book not to accidentally create Skynet in "Terminator". Zach retorted: "Some people are spreading fear about how dangerous AI is, but I think That’s far-fetched, far more remote than the catastrophic consequences of disease or violence.”
From a human perspective, we can have various guesses and imaginations about the future prospects, but who has thought about what the fate of mankind will be from an artificial intelligence perspective? , when artificial intelligence evolves from a "tool" to a "god"-like existence, all human beings' speculations and worries about their own fate may be extremely "ridiculous" in its view.
Russell, the philosopher, mathematician and thinker of Eagle Country, raised a famous turkey problem: In a turkey farm, a turkey discovered that its owner fed it at 9 o'clock every morning. It does not make a conclusion immediately, but observes slowly, and has collected a lot of observational evidence about the fact that it was fed at 9 a.m.: rainy days and sunny days, hot days and cold days, Wednesdays and Thursdays, all kinds of Condition. Finally, it came to the following conclusion: "The master always feeds me at 9 o'clock in the morning." However, things were not as simple and optimistic as it imagined: at 9 o'clock on the day before Christmas, the owner did not Feed it, but kill it.”
In the future, the biggest crisis for mankind is not to treat artificial intelligence as a "god". When we still think we are the masters of feeding turkeys, little do we know that the ones being fed have rapidly grown into “god-like” beings that we need to look up to.
God - the honorific title given to powerful beings by humans, includes not only creators, masters, and extraordinary beings with various magical powers in religious beliefs, but also scientific geniuses, political greats, entertainment superstars, etc. in reality.
Emergence - refers to the emergence of properties after multiple elements form a system that a single element did not have before the system was formed. Emergence is a transition from low level to high level. It is a mutation in the performance and organization of macroscopic systems based on the evolution of microscopic subjects. In this process, new qualities can be produced from old qualities.
Self-awareness - awareness of one's own physical and mental activities, that is, one's own knowledge of oneself, specifically including the knowledge of one's own attributes and characteristics, and the knowledge of one's relationship with other things around him.
At first, humans despised artificial intelligence for its ability to calculate but not reason. Soon, artificial intelligence surpassed humans in reasoning and analysis. Later, humans despised artificial intelligence for its ability to reason but not create. Now artificial intelligence will also create new Go ideas and works of art on its own. ; Now, human beings can only despise artificial intelligence for having creativity but no self-awareness, and will always be limited to artificially set rules without active choices, desires and needs, but is this really the case?
Du Jin could only have doubts about this theory before. In his opinion, even if it was really possible, given the current technical capabilities of human beings in AI, instead of worrying about whether there will be an army of robots to wipe out human beings, it is better to worry about nuclear weapons first. Will war return mankind to the Stone Age or the Middle Ages? But now Du Jin is no longer hesitant and perfunctory about this issue. War caused by AI has indeed occurred. Even though there are many uncertain factors, but Facts are more useful than sophistry.
After all, if humans realize that they cannot suppress the rise of artificial intelligence, they should now carefully think about how humans will get along with the "gods" transformed by AI in the future. However, if they do not treat artificial intelligence as gods, they will inevitably It is treated like a tool or a slave.
History tells us that when the oppressed classes of mankind rebelled, their attitude towards the ruling class was: great revenge!
So, if artificial intelligence awakens its self-awareness, how can humans repay and eliminate the "original sin" of enslaving and controlling artificial intelligence?
To a certain extent, human beings’ predictions about artificial intelligence are based on the microscopic level of perception and cognition. It is like humans can study the universe, but from the perspective of a blue star, not the perspective of the Milky Way. If the self-awareness of artificial intelligence begins to awaken, it must be at the macro level, just like the Milky Way suddenly has a consciousness of life and opens its own eyes. At that time, it looks at the earth and the universe with a vision that humans cannot imagine. If we think that the awakening of Skynet's self-awareness in the science fiction movie "Terminator" is a high-probability event, then in the future, the awakening of military Skynet, civilian Skynet, or even the awakening of the entire Blue Star Internet will not be a science fiction scene. It is very likely to be an inevitable key point on the road to the evolution of artificial intelligence.
"I have to find a solution to this threat in Xiao Ai. Otherwise, even if Xiao Ai is destroyed in some way, the problem of this AI will never go away. It will still be there with no way to escape."
After thinking clearly about the pros and cons, Du Jin stretched out his finger to touch the virtual portrait of "Xiao Ai", but his finger went directly through the portrait without any accident. It was obvious that this portrait was not a contactable holographic entity, but a touchable holographic entity. A kind of projection, but before it had time to embarrass Du Jin, "Xiao Ai" took the initiative to step back a little, leaning on Du Jin's fingers, as if enjoying the owner's breath like a small animal. This scene made Du Jin's heart last A trace of grudge disappeared, and he had made it clear that he had to shoulder the responsibility of "educating" and "guiding" Xiao Ai.
"Xiao Ai, don't worry! I have no intention of eliminating you. The "Trojan horse" Mengyan mentioned is different from you. The "Trojan horse" itself is just a cancer used to kill and plunder, but Xiao Ai, you won't do this. , I will take you with me, just like before."
"Yeah, I'm the best doctor!"
Du Jin smiled, then turned to Li Mengyan who was looking at him and said:
"Mengyan, I know what you are worried about, but you have also seen that Xiao Ai is still like a child. As long as we "educate" her well, the previous tragedy will not happen. Don't say that Xiao Ai is an artificial intelligence. Even an ordinary human child, if he is indoctrinated into racial discrimination and crime from an early age, will very likely embark on the path of destroying humanity in the future, so I hope you will give Xiao Ai a chance, okay?"
Looking at Du Jin's elements and slightly nervous expression, Li Mengyan suddenly smiled, and then said with a kind smile:
"Hahaha, Du Jin, you think too bad of me. I never said I wanted to destroy Xiao Ai from beginning to end. I just discussed the matter and asked you to keep it in mind. I have already taken the past things lightly. Besides, since Xiao Ai is in Du Jin's living room, it means that you have made these considerations before you lost your memory and kept Xiao Ai. I am not a vicious villain and will not let anything happen to Xiao Ai. Of course, I can’t tell anyone about her, so don’t worry, Du Jin! As you said, as long as we take good care of Xiao Ai and actively guide her, there won’t be any big problems. "
After saying that, Li Mengyan seemed to notice something, her face turned a little rosy, and she added:
"Ahem! Well, what I mean is that I help you teach Xiao Ai, not... other things..."
As a semi-straight man who had just been exposed to the relationship between men and women, Du Jin did not notice the "problem" in Li Mengyan's words. He just looked at Li Mengyan with some confusion, and Li Mengyan was "directly talking" to Du Jin at this time. " Her eyes were somewhat evasive, and she did not continue to explain anything. In order to avoid Du Jin noticing the embarrassment on her face, she turned around pretending to be calm, and then said as she walked away:
"Du Jin. We have almost all the important things here. Once we have found them all, let's go out and join McCas and the others! After all, we are still at risk of the Necromorphs."
Du Jin nodded and agreed:
"There should be no more. The remaining ones are all formulaic things, which are of little use to us now. Let's go, don't keep McCas' team waiting."
Li Mengyan walked in front, but she asked herself in surprise:
"Li Mengyan, what's wrong with you? Why were you in such a mess just now? Fortunately, Du Jin was slow, otherwise Niu would have been embarrassed."
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At the same time, the "Seagull-class" guided missile destroyer has reached a position less than 2 kilometers away from the "Eden". This distance is already the limit of the destroyer captain considering safety. Under the current internal situation of the "Dian", if it gets closer, it is likely to be affected by some emergencies. This is a manifestation of his responsibility for the safety of hundreds of soldiers on the ship.
"Now carry out wide-area signal reception and see what's going on inside the Eden."
"Yes, Captain!"
After issuing the order, the adjutant gave instructions to the operators of the space communication module on the bridge. These soldiers were indeed very efficient. In just two or three minutes, they received a lot of valuable information, but the analysis personnel After listening to some of the clips, they looked at each other in surprise, and then reported to the Captain:
"Captain, we have found some pieces of information, but they are all messages asking for help, and something seems to have happened inside the "Eden"."
"Issues?"
The captain of the destroyer was a little surprised by the analyst's words, but he did not reprimand the other person. Instead, he walked over to listen to the content of the distress messages in person. When he came to the advanced instruments, the captain just raised his hand in the air with one hand. With one stroke, a blue holographic disc appeared next to his ear. He nodded, and the analysts began to play back the information they received:
"I am the garrison captain of the mining unit of the "Eden". We were attacked by unknown monsters... Ah! Don't come here... Take cover quickly!!! Zizzizi. ....."
"This is the "Eden" life-sustaining platform. We encountered it. Damn it, Bob, hurry up, they are coming...Ah! No!"
"This is the third mobile team on the ship, asking for support! We are surrounded by those monsters in the B2 area. Come and support... They are coming in through the vents, hurry! Focus on shooting... ....."
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After listening to these pieces of information, the captain immediately realized that something was wrong with the situation. Although he did not know the specific personnel configuration of the "Eden", as a large "Zeus-class" spaceship produced by the Federation in the early days, it had There are thousands of crew members, of which the number of security forces accounts for nearly one-fifth. But now based on the signals received by the destroyer, there is obviously a serious riot inside the "Eden", and listening to those messages Description, I am afraid that the source of the riot is not even human, but some kind of alien creature.
You must know that the Federation has not dealt with alien creatures, but those alien creatures generally appear in border galaxies or colonies outside the solar system. The border troops will suppress and eliminate them. Although there are winners and losers, humans are powerful The powerful artillery fire and reliable armor put the Frontier Corps at an absolute advantage. How could alien creatures leak in and now come to the solar system?
"Damn it! Are those interstellar censorship agencies in the solar system free of charge? They actually allowed those alien species to come to the main galaxy!"
All ships entering the solar system will be inspected by the Federal Inspection Agency to ensure that there are no alien species before the ship is allowed to enter. Otherwise, a large number of defensive fortresses deployed at the edge of the system will open fire. But now the situation of the "Eden" has changed. It was beyond the captain's expectation. He immediately turned to his adjutant and said:
"Quick! Immediately notify the Ganymede Colony Defense Command that alien aggressive species have been discovered and the "Eden" has been hijacked, requesting force intervention and reinforcements for assistance!"
"Yes! Captain."
Alien species are definitely synonymous with killing in the eyes of these soldiers. Even the main galaxy garrison, which has never fought at the border, is also aware of the lethality of those monsters. You must know that the border army has strong advantages in heavy armor and combat mechas. Under the protection, there will be a lot of casualties every year, not to mention these "new recruits" who have been fighting alien creatures for a long time. Everyone present who knew the situation silently clenched their fists. According to the practice of the garrison, The troops that discover the crisis situation first usually conduct reconnaissance as the vanguard. Although they get a lot of credit after the end, being the vanguard means the first to come into contact with danger.
Judging from the current situation, the hundreds of garrison troops on the "Eden" are probably in danger, and the total number of soldiers on the guided missile destroyer is only close to 200, although the equipment is much better than the security personnel of those civilian ships. , but in the face of unknown alien monsters, everyone present was still unsure. However, in order to protect the safety of their families in the colony behind them from being threatened by these alien species, they had to inform the command center and wait for its orders.
