Chapter 370 Dangerous Critical Body (1)

"You just let them go? I thought you would kill them."

Bryce in the car was a little surprised by Lear's decision. He thought Lear would kill these outsiders.

"We have no personal enmity, and I don't have any regional discrimination. I want to kill all outsiders."

Lille felt a little strange as he got into the Delamain taxi.

In the field of civilian taxis, Delamain has completely monopolized the Night City market and has become the only option in this unpleasant market.

The last time Lille used this service was when he was in the city center and called a car for Mann and his team to escape.

The subtle reason is that Delamain is a genuine AI.

"Welcome to Delamain Services, Mr. Burger."

Delamain's big head appeared on the electronic screen in front of the seat.

The vehicle model is Delamain's standard model, modified from Villeforte's extended business sedan, with a spacious and comfortable interior.

Lille was sitting in the back row and said hello to Delamain: "Where is the destination?"

"You have ordered a sightseeing route around Night City. This journey will follow the predetermined route all the way to the Night City Municipal Center, and then return to the location you specified."

"Sightseeing?" Lear looked at Bryce, "What do you mean, my time is precious."

Bryce's old face darkened: "What are you thinking! Aren't you curious why there is a company run by AI in Night City?"

"You know? I thought you didn't know."

"Haha, are you underestimating network surveillance? We know that this company is completely controlled by AI."

"Then why?"

Lear was all ears.

This was indeed something he was curious about.

Because in the original work, Delamain showed signs of being about to evolve self-awareness.

Such AI, known as "dangerous critical mass" in the terminology of network surveillance, is different from the first type of AI that Lear has come into contact with.

In theory, the LAN that Delamain connects to in order to provide services should also have a blackwall.

When he becomes self-aware, Black Wall should disinfect him.

"In the confrontation with Arasaka, you have come into contact with the first AI, which is the soul killer——

To be precise, it is the personality imprint copied by the soul killer. These data are slightly different from humans like us. They are essentially a bunch of data, a bunch of programs, and a bunch of programs that simulate human emotions, memories and feelings.

This is the first type of AI, we call it digital soul. "

Arasaka has developed an advanced service based on Soul Killer, "Guard Your Soul."

This business is very expensive. Using soul killer on the client's dying relatives can obtain a "soul imprint" that is almost identical to the client's, which is stored in Arasaka's special server.

When customers miss their deceased relatives, these imprints will be retrieved from the server for customers to express their thoughts.

But no matter how Arasaka promotes this technology, technically speaking, these digital souls are AI.

The control of these AIs by Black Wall is in a very subtle range. Judging from the information currently available, Black Wall cannot control the operation of soul killers, and may also ignore some digital souls.

"The second category is even more special." Bryce pointed to the smiling old man on the screen, "If one day this AI becomes self-aware, we will call it a dangerous critical body.

The circulating AI we usually talk about are of this type. It is difficult to see such AI in today’s world, but in the old network era, there were many of them.

So we'll post a standing bounty like this and let bounty hunters help with this stuff.

This type of AI is very harmful. "

The vehicle happened to be on the bridge leading to Heywood.

From here, you can see the high-speed light rail train passing through the sky. This light rail runs from the H7 skyscraper in Santo Domingo to the medical center in Watson North District, traversing the north and south of Night City.

"Have you seen Line 1? The rail transit system transports more than 5 million passengers every day. If the system fails, the economic losses caused will be immeasurable - at least the Yeshi Group will definitely not accept it.

Moreover, if there is a problem with the high-speed train system, the price may be the lives of the entire train. Such accidents were not uncommon in the old network era. "

Thanks to the advanced controllable AI technology of Yeshi Group, Night City's public transportation system does not have drivers.

All public facilities in the city belong to the public network domain of Ye's Group. If an AI is out of curiosity or for any other reason, a high-speed rail train may stop running, speed up, or even derail and cause a collision.

This error is almost inevitable.

"The birth of a dangerous critical body is closer to natural formation, and generally speaking, a dangerous critical body, even the lowest level, has a network level that exceeds 95% of hackers.

If we talk about the average level, their network skills exceed 99.9% of network hackers. "

As he spoke, he pointed at Delamain: "These are the ones with the worst network skills among AI, but they are not really dangerous."

Delamain responded immediately:

"I don't know what you are talking about. Delamain is not involved in the cybersecurity business. Delamain Group is a company dedicated to providing quality taxi services to Night City."

Ignoring Lao De's explanation, Bryce said again: "What he said is true, but it still optimizes the humans in the company through various means.

Company executives weren't sitting still in the process, but the hackers they hired were completely incapable of fighting it in cyberspace.

We can only watch helplessly as all the company's means of production are out of control, and eventually lose legal ownership.

These things are active on the Internet, and the false information produced is difficult even for network monitoring to directly detect.

It's obvious that some AI took advantage of Europe's efforts to move people here. "

Delamain explains again:

"Delaman's internal optimization process is completely legal and compliant. In order to reduce costs, the company has gone through a long period of reforms."

Bryce said angrily: "Can you shut up? This is a private meeting!"

"Understood, Delamain will provide you with a quiet and comfortable meeting experience."

A burst of soft music played, so subtle that it barely affected the conversation, and the car slowed down.

Delamain's human image also disappeared from the electronic screen, and the atmosphere in the car became more professional.

Lille's mood was a little subtle - so the network monitors not only knew about Delamain Company's situation, they had even been paying attention to it for a long time.

Having “solved” the big problem of Delamain, Bryce continued:

“The birth of such AI is entirely based on coincidence, but most of the time, they originate from software or programs that humans use to process transactions.

Delamain is such an AI, and its company originally wanted to customize a management AI to improve the company's competitiveness.

However, because users benefited from Delamain's suggestions time and time again, they opened up higher permissions. In the end, the AI ​​​​believed that humans should not exist in the company, which would increase costs.

So it fired all workers and management, and even used a series of business war tactics to drive away shareholders and directors.

When it receives enough external stimulation, it has a probability of possessing true independent intelligence and consciousness. At that time, it will become a critical dangerous entity.

This timing is completely unpredictable. At present, humans are still unable to understand such a change process. "

"Like the first cells in the ancient ocean?"

"Yes." Bryce nodded and confirmed Lear's metaphor, "Purely natural, this is the kind of AI we have to deal with."

"Then why did Delamain be allowed to open a company?"

Question asked, the car still runs smoothly.

This question is almost asking: Why not kill Dramain, but Lao De has no reaction at all.

It can be said that he is very professional and shuts up when told to shut up.

Bryce rubbed his brows and said to Delamain: "No records are allowed for the next words, citing Articles 3, 17 and 22 of the Personal Privacy Clause."

"Understood, the taxi's recording function has been turned off and any possible monitoring devices will be detected for you."

"What if..." Bryce looked at Lear, "If a biologist had the opportunity to observe how the first life was born, do you think he would continue to observe, or because it might turn into a terrifying creature or some kind of virus? Smash the petri dish first?"

Lear nodded slightly: "If it were me, I would observe the birth process of life in order to understand those terrifying creatures and certain viruses."

"That's it." Bryce smiled slightly, "Look, you already understand - it is precisely because we don't understand that we want to observe this process."