We decided to stay another night at this church in order to hear about Alice.
After the banquet, the thinkers returned to the military base. After the children - Yui fell asleep, Shino and I went to Alice's room. Alice's room is decorated with antique furniture. Alice sat on one of the sofas. Their clothes are as light as ours. Probably pajamas
Alice welcomed us into the room, her hands folded over her chest and resting on her belly.
"I've been waiting for you two. Thank you for your hard work today."
"I'm used to this kind of thing, so it's no problem."
"Okay, you should sit down," Alice instructed us. Following the instructions, Shino and I sat down on the sofa opposite Alice.
\"So Alice-sensei, I heard Kirito say, what does it mean that Alice-sensei knows Yui mhcp?\"
Alice smiled, a meaningful smile.
"When I heard the name Yui from you, and when I saw her figure, I thought it was some kind of coincidence. It had the same name as the first prototype and the same appearance, so I was surprised. "
"What do you mean? How do you understand the mhcp base number system that rules this world?"
Alice raised her finger slightly.
"Yeah, then you want to ask me this question. Let's get straight to the point."
Alice closed her eyes gently and then opened them.
"mhcp I am the one who creates all mental health counseling programs with the mission of healing the hearts and minds of players in this world."
"I was shocked by these words." mhcp, Yui and others were all created by Alice in front of me. In an instant I knew what this meant. In this world, "Sword Art Online" was created by Kayaba Akihiko, and the company to which Kayaba belongs is Argus.
\"Yui and the others were created by Alice.\"
\"In other words, Alice
\"What!? In other words, you are an employee of Argus!?\"
Alice nodded.
"Although it used to be. Now I'm a psychiatrist and a doctor of psychosomatic medicine, and when I tried to use medicuboid, I was swallowed up by the devilish world that I was partly responsible for producing."
\"Teacher Alice Alice is a staff member of Argus\"
Alice sighed and lowered her head slightly.
"I originally wanted to keep quiet about it, but now that you've met MHCP, I thought I had to tell you. It's rude, but I want to tell you about my background, and at the same time, I'm the creator of this world. I have to talk to Kayaba-san, but do you want to hear it?"
Alice was a staff member of Argus and suddenly joined the creation of this very important entity, mhcp. It is impossible for such a person not to know about Kayaba Akihiko.
\"Please tell me, Alice-san!\"
"Okay. Let's talk."
With that, Alice began to speak.
"First of all, as we all know, this world is an ordinary, unremarkable mmoRpG game. Mr. Kayaba told us that developers, programmers, graphic artists, animators, various people from different companies, such as planners, are involved in it and work together to create it.
At that time, as a programmer, I was proficient in a programming language that seemed to ordinary people like the language of space, and I kept creating programs. However, I have qualified as a psychiatrist and psychologist, just like Mr. Kayaba, who is also a physicist.
When I realized this, Mr. Kayaba noticed me and asked me to create a program that would take care of the player's heart.
It was supposed to feel weird, but somehow I felt comfortable that I could create a program that could tap into my experience so far and I care about the players, and then, I just immersed myself in creating the AI. But making something like this from scratch is impossible.
In order to take care of the player's mind, a super-advanced AI needs to be created that can imitate emotions, be able to make decisions and decisions, and possess a kind of greed.
In short, it would be like creating from scratch the androids and fembots seen in science fiction movies and anime that can think and make decisions just like humans and are almost indistinguishable from them. "
The corners of Shino's mouth moved slightly.
"It turned out to be Yui?"
Alice shook her head and moved a slightly larger bottle of sugar cubes to the table in front of us. Presumably this person is a tea drinker, and the sugar cube is just for him.
Alice spread out a piece of paper and wiped the table next to her, opened the lid of the jar containing sugar cubes, took out a piece of sugar cube with a tong, and placed it on the paper.
"Yui was not born yet. At the beginning, I focused on the Cardinal System, which is the core program that runs this game, Kayaba-san developed the base and most of the content, and the staff, including myself, developed their own The base system is the brain part of this game, the AI itself with advanced processing capabilities.
This is an exciting program created by the genius Akihiko Kayaba who can think, make decisions and edit on his own. It's this sugar cube. "
Alice picked up a knife from the side and lightly pecked the sugar cube.
"It suddenly occurred to me that if I cut off parts of this thing, I might be able to make a satisfactory AI. I cut out and copied most of the parts that dominated my self-judgment and used everything." So far. What I have learned about psychology and psychiatry so far has been to develop an emotion mimicking function. "
As she spoke, Alice cut the sugar cube in half with a knife, then pecked open the newly formed half.
"Having understood the various emotions and endowed them with a certain greed, it is safe to say that humanity was born in a sea of computers and the Internet, and two programs that can be called the great inventions of this century were born. Beyond that, I decided Please take care of this player."
Alice closed her eyes.
\"And its name is mhhp m double. "Mental Health Healing Program. It means a program with the power to heal the player's mind. The code name for the first one produced is "Martell." It was decided to name the one produced later. "Jupiter". Yes, the first models were modeled after women, and later models were modeled after men. "
The earth and sky goddesses in the mythology of Martell and Jupiter. I thought it was a big name, but if it was cut from a system equivalent to the gods of this world, it would be a reasonable name.
Then, Alice's face turned sad.
"Unfortunately, though, Martell and Jupiter were sealed."
"Uh, why?"
Alice raised her head and looked at Shino's question. It seemed like he was speaking to some creature somewhere in the world.
"MHHP is truly an AI with incredible performance. It's starting to show up.
Perhaps one of the emotions that imitates the function, the desire for knowledge, backfires on him by wanting to know that there are other worlds beyond this one.
And mhhp has gained a lot of knowledge, and unknowingly, it has become something beyond the mhhp standard. And knowing where he got it from, his fighting skills, and how real-world situations Martell is is especially amazing. "
Alice said with a sigh.
"Martell was transformed from mhhp and gained multiple functions and abilities such as high combat effectiveness, hacking, situational awareness, information processing, etc. The imitation function is no longer imitation, but an emotion itself, a desire that has sprouted. "
Yes, Martell has evolved into a life form very similar to humans, born in the ocean of the Internet and computers. "
"Are you saying this is possible?" martel should just be a program called mhhp.
However, in order to seek knowledge, he began to travel the ocean of the Internet, collecting various information, acquiring emotions, and acquiring desires, becoming a being close to a living body.
"Is that possible?"
\"To put it bluntly, it's because we copied part of the base number system created by Kayaba-san and then improved it. It is an existence that can make self-judgments and judgments.\", thinking ability, and execution ability. Deaf.
The Cardinal System's AI does have such potential. However, no one expected such a thing to happen, nor did we expect that Mr. Kayaba seemed extremely happy. How can one create such a wonderful existence?
"But I actually feel the same way." It's not that Martell has grown a lot, but he himself has grown a lot. Martel is such a good kid. If you are happy you will laugh, if you do something you don't like you will be depressed, sad or angry. No different from humans.
Mr. Kayaba seems to enjoy this area, and Mr. Kayaba dives into the world and talks to Martell. "
"Alice looked up at the ceiling."
"However, as Mr. Kayaba expected, Martell and Jupiter cannot be left alone, and Martell and Jupiter have evolved too much, deciding that they are not suitable for mhhp. Well, Mr. Kayaba said is indeed true, so I sealed Martell and Jupiter in the background of Aincrad under the control of the Cardinal System, cut and copied their programs, and made 10 Player coaching program.”
As she spoke, Alice cut the new half of the sugar cube in half with a knife.
\"It was Yui's mental health counseling show. 7 female models, 3 male models. Kayaba-san finally gave me the OK sign, so I decided to do it, but I heard this story. Right? "
"At the beginning of SAo this time, Yui was ordered by Cardinal, no, Kayaba not to touch the players, and was restricted by the Cardinal's order. Mistakes continued to accumulate, and the result became like this." He said .
\"Ah. Yui received orders from the Cardinal, which conflicted with her mission, accumulated mistakes, and collapsed for a time.
I got it. "
Alice held her head in one hand.
\"Yes. For some reason, the mhcp I created could not function. Kayaba-san disbanded the development team when SAo was officially launched, and Cardinal took over the operation. Of course, there are still people.\" They argued What happened, but Mr. Kayaba didn't tell me anything.
The game we made became a death game, and a few days later Argus, the company that created the Demon game, held a press conference and went bankrupt. It turned out that Mr. Kayaba was the mastermind, so we were not arrested, but I would use my skills as a psychiatrist, a psychosomatic expert, and a psychologist to work as a psychiatrist at a major hospital in Tokyo. It happens. I don't know what happened to the others. "
Shino's eyes widened in surprise.
"So you're like my expert"
\"I see. Moreover, when we use medicuboid, we are kidnapped by this world. Maybe even Kayaba-san doesn't know it.\"
Immediately afterwards, Shino said as if he had thought of something.
"Well, Teacher Alice. What kind of AI was the first mhhp Martell you created? Somehow, I can't believe that Martell is a life form created by a computer. Can you tell me more specifically?"
Alice smiled bitterly and turned to Shino.
"It's natural to think like this. When Martell evolved like that, I thought I was dreaming. I don't know where Martell got such a character. She is a very kind girl. Yes, That's who you are when you open your heart." To me, Shino. \"
"like me?"
"Don't worry, Martell is not you.
And, as I said before, Martell has many functions. Hackers look for flaws and problems in computers, crack attacks and damage computers and systems, the combat ability to break through obstacles when they arise, the communication to share emotions with other players, and the love to try to protect the world and love all living people in it. This is the most convincing evidence that Martell is a living organism. "
"A heart that loves things, feelings?" Can love be obtained with just one program? Unconsciously, I had the same reaction as when I first heard Martel’s story.
"A lover's program!? Is this possible!?"
"So I'm telling you, I didn't expect you to grow up so fast. That girl has a heart that loves other programs and players. She will work hard to protect the world she lives in. Moreover, her power is almost above the world. "It's very close to the Cardinal system that controls it. Of course, she was originally born from the cardinal system, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the incarnation of the cardinal. Other than that, all the features I just mentioned are already there. From the beginning, Martell himself went deep into the Internet, checked all kinds of information, learned and obtained it.
"What a terrible thing this person has developed." Martell, an artificial intelligence originally intended to imitate emotions, suddenly turned into real emotions, and finally even had a lover's heart. What would happen if something like this really happened in this world?
“What do you think would happen if Martell was implemented in the world?”
Alice shook her head.
"Martel is sealed in the deepest part of the command of the cardinal system, so he will not come out. Martell, like your child Yui, has a loving heart. Therefore, in order to protect the world, they will Players act. However, this world that has transformed into a game of death is a world that contradicts their original mission. This would be a terrible thing. Right?"
"absurd?"
Alice looked at the ceiling again. I feel that his gaze is not on the ceiling, but on the Golden Jade Palace that is said to be located on the top floor of the castle.
"In this world, once the final boss of the 100th floor is cleared, players will be released. After being released, the world is likely to self-destruct. The main system is also and the sealed mhhp will disappear inadvertently. Leave behind Anything. This is nothing but the collapse of the world, mhhp, the crisis of the world that Martell is trying to prevent. Martell is growing and the world is collapsing. I have a mission to protect and begin to execute, but this will hinder or eliminate what is supposed to be protected player. This also includes tasks that must be completed. "
Alice closed her eyes and sighed.
"I thought it would be a good idea to seal her away so she couldn't get out. And it would get damaged."
Alice resumed her original position and turned to face us.
"I just talked about what would happen if Martell was released into this world, but I think there is probably no problem. You can no longer travel to this world, so Martell will not break the seal and accept contradictory tasks, except for one factor ."
"What's wrong?"
When I asked curiously, Alice showed a stern expression.
"That's interference from the outside world. Martell and Jupiter are sealed, but if you have a super account, which is Gm, you can enter the sealed place and lift the seal. That. Can do it The people who do this are the Agus staff, including Mr. Kayaba as the developer team leader.”
\"Shino said it before I had a chance to say it.\"
\"Is Teacher Alice a former employee of Argus?
Alice hit her chest. It was then that I realized that Alice-san, you are a person with rather large breasts.
"Unfortunately, this account was created while I was working at Argus while playing in my spare time, and was saved on a large hard drive before being torn down by the development team.
The super account is too big for me to carry around with me, and on top of that, the super account is something that would have dire consequences if leaked, so it is copyrighted and I can't take it with me. The reason why I am strong in battle is because I have leveled up during the development process. So does everyone else. Except for Kayaba-san. "
I responded to the word "Kayaba" and shouted to Alice.
"Kayaba, are you using a super account?"
"Oh, right. It's just that he has been using a super account. I guess he doesn't like using a free account. A super account can make rare items appear on the spot, destroy monsters, and it is an account that can do whatever you want." Want. It's basically a debug mode account. Currently, only Kayaba-san and Recto progress administrators are keeping the game running. "
Leto progresses. Of course, it's the same as Argus, the name of a game company that mainly develops online games. What is Rector doing now? Now Recto folks can run the game in debug mode.
"Does this mean Rector's men can tamper with Martell's seal?"
"Here's the thing. It should be impossible for REco employees to open Pandora's Box out of curiosity, but there is a strong password attached to the seal, so it can't be cracked so easily. It seems that the password has not been communicated to Recto, so now, in Lento employees must have shed tears after witnessing the completely unbreakable password."
Immediately afterwards, an expression similar to fear appeared on Alice's face.
\"But I'm a little scared. Kirito, do you know you are a 'runaway'?"
Hearing this sentence, I was stunned. Speaking of Wreckman, this is a topic or rather a problem in the real world.
Shino turned to me, wondering why I reacted to the words "a man who ran away."
"What is that ruined man?"
\"I explained to Shino about the escapees.\"
