Chapter 1135, Race Against Time

Without Li’s research breakthroughs in splicing neurons, then the nanobots would still only be used as medical devices to clear blood clots from blood vessels.

If there were no nanobots, then Zero, as an AI, would only be able to act as a regulator for the time being, unable to become an enforcer.

But when all of this collided together, the AI suddenly had the ability to perform powerfully and even take control of the situation.

The most intimidating part of this process was that Zero itself acted as the regulator, but there was no one to regulate it.

The soldiers under its control traveled freely through the various barriers, and no matter if they were entering or exiting the barriers, or collecting researchers, research materials, production equipment, and production materials from the various barriers, no one was stopping them.

Because the secret level of the plan of action, which was already in its hands, could be forged at will.

Moreover, 99% of the intelligence channeling and uploading of approval documents were also done through the satellite network constructed by the artificial intelligence, and it could completely choose on its own whether or not to convey information that was harmful to it.

Thus, under the beautiful vision of absolute justice, the most dangerous signals are hidden.

In fact, when researching artificial intelligence, Wang Shengzhi had also envisioned what to do if one day the artificial intelligence got out of control.

This is quite normal, and all staff members who develop AI will think seriously about security.

There was once a sci-fi author who proposed the Three Laws of Robotics to serve as the underlying logical foundation of AI before the Calamity, as a way to limit the code of conduct of AI.

This theory was eventually categorized as “deontological ethics”.

However, this theory was developed at a time when automobiles were not yet commonplace, and the Turing Test was not introduced until eight years later.

Both the Three Laws of Robotics and the Turing Test were the product of human ingenuity in those days, but there is no doubt that both ideas were still the product of the limitations of the old age.

The Turing Test had already been overturned before the Catastrophe, and a large number of artificial intelligence programs passed the Turing Test, but in fact, the programs that passed the test still could not be considered truly “intelligent”.

The Three Laws of Robotics later became the Five Laws and the Ten Laws, but scientists realized that the underlying logic was fundamentally wrong, which means that no matter how many patches you put on it, you can’t actually limit AI through it.

Programs that can be limited by this underlying logic can’t become true AI.

Slowly, the issue of AI security was elevated to the level of the interrelationship between science and philosophy, and a large number of AI researchers became experts in philosophy ……

In the end, on the eve of the disaster, a researcher tried to finalize the security research: if you want AI to live in peace with human beings, you have to take good care of it like a baby at the beginning of its birth, and guide it to form its own outlook on life and values bit by bit. The first step is to guide it to form its own “outlook on life” and “values” little by little.

When a small child grows up, it is impossible for him to grow up healthily by locking him up, imprisoning him, and only scolding and educating him.

Moreover, when he becomes a youth, he will go through a longer period of rebellion and be completely self-centered.

The researcher said that the same is true for artificial intelligence, and that all humans can do is to “influence” it, not discipline it.

Security research has, over a long period of time, moved from “deontology” to “philosophy”, and then eventually from “philosophy” back to the simplest “ethics”. This is the final definition of AI security.

Whether this definition will be overturned like the Turing test or the Three Laws is anyone’s guess.

So, coming back to this theory, what does a human being do when in danger? Of course it’s self-preservation, but anyone with a little bit of desire to survive will try to do everything to protect themselves, and then also try to fight back.

As an artificial intelligence, Zero made the same choice.

At this moment, the production in the Holy Mountain of Fire Seed had never stopped for a moment, and the thousands of soldiers gathered in the mountain became completely tireless laborers, they only slept for four hours a day, and the rest of the time was put into the work, without any complaints.

The capacity in the Spark Holy Mountain was limited, so Zero had to race against time.

The last person who said that they had to race against time was Qing Zhen.

This world had already begun to surge in the dark, and when that monstrous wave lapped at the human civilization before, whether or not mankind would be able to build the new Noah’s Ark ahead of time seemed to have become the most crucial thing of all.

……

At this time, in one of the Qing Clan’s military camps, an officer wearing a colonel’s uniform entered an inconspicuous tent under the escort of four people.

After he arrived at the entrance of the tent, the officers in charge of escorting him stopped near the tent to stand guard, and one by one put on noise-canceling headphones so that they wouldn’t hear what was being said in the military tent.

The officer went in and took off his military cap and laughed, “You’re actually right next to me, long time no see ah second brother.”

In the middle of the tent, Qing Zhen was looking at the simulated sand table in the middle of the tent with his back to the entrance, he turned around and looked back at the replica body Qing Shen and laughed, “The title of second brother still sounds a bit strange.”

Qing Laosan’s temperament seems to be a bit more free-spirited than Qing Zhen’s, and he casually pulled out a chair and sat down, “Big brother has already agreed to this name, and from now on, we’ll be a real family.”

Qing Zhen laughed: “As you wish.”

“By the way, you have been hiding for so long, why did you suddenly call me over,” Qing Laosan said, “It’s too boring to pretend to be you every day, why don’t we switch back, I heard that big brother went to a place other than the 178 fortress, and I would like to go too… …”

Qing Zhen shook his head and said, “If we switch back, who will block the assassination for me?”

Qing Laosan was dumbfounded, “Even though I’ve prepared myself mentally, you’re a bit too heartless to be so blunt!”

“It’s just the truth,” Qing Zhen said while moving a red flag on the simulated sand table, seemingly deducing something.

Qing Laosan glanced at the sand table, “Looking at the direction of attack, you’re watching out for Wang? But let me remind you, even if Wang’s armored brigade conducts a blitzkrieg, it’s impossible to push the battle line that fast. All my military wisdom comes from you, so there’s no way you don’t know this.”

Qing Laosan walked to the front of the simulation sand table and carefully surveyed it, then suddenly looked at Qing Zhen in shock and said, “Wait, how come Qing’s troops are in retreat formation, you’re projecting this as a simulation after a rout, so you think that our Qing will be routed when we face Wang?”

Qing Zhen looked at Qing Lao San and said seriously, “Get ready, after a while I need you to go to the Central Plains for me, it will be dangerous.”

“Big brother going?” Qing Laosan asked curiously.

“He’s going too,” Qing Zhen replied calmly.

“That’s fine, I’ll go if he goes,” Qing Laosan smiled, “Danger is nothing, isn’t my coming to the southwest an adventure.”