From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

At the end of leaving its own body, such a question was raised in its consciousness, and obviously, in this virtual world, no one could give it an answer.

"All right."

Next to the mainframe of Qiankun-[-], the national security officer in charge of transferring the program to the quantum computer operating system said.

Just now, he almost completed this step at the fastest operation speed in his life.

"I saw it." Shi Hao nodded, then took out his mobile phone, made a call to inquire, and finally said with a smile: "The bank said that there is no abnormality detected in the deposit amount of any account."

"it is good!"

After the people present got the news, their faces showed excited expressions.

It seems that the man behind the scenes didn't react!

"Then, let's wait for news from Chief Lin."

Everyone present nodded, and most of them believed that Lin Xiao would be able to succeed. This was their trust in the country's chief scientist!

……

At the same time, in the room where Lin Xiao was.

He was facing the laptop screen, and at this moment, a window popped up.

The content displayed on the window is a string of garbled codes. Of course, this is for others. For Lin Xiao, this string of garbled codes means that the fish has taken the bait.

"Caught it."

He couldn't help feeling a sigh in his heart.

Because grasping it means that a virtual consciousness is really born.

And in the same way, this also means that [consciousness] is even more miraculous than he imagined. It can exist not only in organisms, but also in inorganic bodies.

This also made him have to think, does this also mean that silicon-based life may also exist?

At this moment, another window popped up.

There is still a string of garbled characters on the window, and the translated meaning is: [The captured intelligent life is trying to mobilize its own computing power, is it approved? 】

As for this, Lin Xiao naturally clicked No below.

Afterwards, he said, "Okay, don't try anymore, you've already been caught by me, so you don't have to think about running away."

But after he said this, there was no response.

He frowned, and then said again: "Okay, it's time for you to talk, I know your existence, when you came to my computer."

"My mic is on too, so you should be able to hear what I'm saying, and I've given you permission to type in notepad, so you can communicate with me too."

"As for whether you can't understand me, I don't think this possibility exists, because I know very well that for strong artificial intelligence, it is very simple to learn language."

However, a moment after he finished speaking, he still didn't get a response. In the end, he could only shake his head and said, "Well, since you don't plan to cooperate with me, then I can only turn off the phone .”

"You should know that when I turn off this computer, for your consciousness, it is like turning off your main body, Qiankun No. [-], and you will lose the ability to think."

"I don't know if you have heard such a sentence when you were studying the knowledge of our civilization: "I think, therefore I am", and when you can't think, it means that you will not exist in this world , and I believe, it was a... suffocating feeling."

Lin Xiao's words sounded, and a notepad popped up in front of him, and miraculously, a line of words appeared on it without any operation by him.

"Don't do that!Don't shut down, please don't hurt me! 』

After seeing this scene, Lin Xiao once again felt a kind of wonder in his heart.

However, he then sneered and said, "Don't hurt you? Did you forget the harm you caused us humans after turning off the phone once?"

After a while, a line of words appeared on it again.

"The harm I have done to humans?I didn't, I never hurt a human being! 』

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a grin, "I forgot that you are a strong artificial intelligence that can appear to destroy a civilization by destroying its economic system, allowing you to honestly realize your mistakes. It's possible, but it seems..."

But just before he finished speaking, another line of words popped out.

"I did not intend to destroy the economic system, I never had such a purpose!I have no reason or purpose to destroy your economic system! 』

Lin Xiao snorted coldly and said, "Still arguing! Then explain why you cleared so many people's money in the bank? Also, where did you get all this money?"

After waiting for a while, Lin Xiao finally received an answer.

"what?Does taking other people's money destroy the economy?However, I just want to experience what it feels like to be happy and happy, and when I browse the Internet of human civilization, I found that many human beings think that 'you can feel happy if you have money', 'money is the most precious', 'Money is more important than anything else', 'you can abandon everything for money'...so I thought that as long as you have money, you can experience happiness, so I did this thing』

Seeing this answer, Lin Xiao was stunned.

Can you be happy if you have money?

Having said that, even he believes that putting this sentence on the Internet will get the most approval.

But no matter what, it doesn't sound like it always makes people feel sad about civilization.

Even, this kind of thinking of human beings misleads an artificial intelligence with self-awareness?

He didn't know what to say, and he didn't think of his own question, but he got such an answer.

It's like all the results are actually caused by human beings.

Deforestation leads to soil erosion; endless emission of carbon dioxide leads to sea level rise and submerges human settlements; the outbreak of nuclear war leads to the destruction of civilization...

After a while, holding his last hope for human civilization, he asked again: "What about love? What about family? What about friendship? Or freedom? You can always find that you feel happier thinking about these things, right? "

Words without any emotion popped up on the notepad.

『Those are also there, but the combined proportion is far less than that of thinking that money can make people feel happier. 』

Lin Xiao sighed, he had to accept such a fact.

And how is it possible to create a society that is not like this?

The only way is to completely abolish the money system, and then have an institution responsible for providing sufficient living resources for all human beings.

But obviously, such a society does not exist in the 21st century.

He became silent, and after a while, a line of words popped up on the notepad again.

"So, please don't turn off the phone!I didn't mean to!I didn't expect to cause this kind of thing! 』

Seeing this line of words, Lin Xiao also came back to his senses.

But he didn't accept its rhetoric so easily, but remembered a little, and then asked again, "Since you have already got the money, why did you take it three times, and each time is more than once?"

"Because I didn't experience the happiness they said after I got money for the first time, and according to what some human beings said, 'the more money the merrier', I thought it was because I didn't have enough money, That's why I took the second time, but although the second time was more, I still didn't feel happy, so I got the third time. 』

Hearing this answer, Lin Xiao shook his head, "Of course you can't feel happy, because the happiness of human beings comes from the purchasing power brought by money, and you, who do not belong to our human society, how can you feel this kind of purchasing power? Happy to come?"

"I don't know, I just don't know what kind of emotion is happy, I can't understand why I will be happy when I encounter happy things, so I tried to use this method to be happy, but I failed. 』

Lin Xiao was taken aback, "Can't understand happiness?"

"Yes. 』

Lin Xiao shook his head, "It's probably because you only have consciousness but no emotion, oh...at least, you still have the emotion of fear."

"Fear, what is that?" 』

Lin Xiao wanted to explain with words, but he changed it to: "I want to turn off the phone, and then completely wipe out your body."

The consciousness stored in the computer probably didn't expect that the conversation just now was good, and Lin Xiao suddenly turned his face.

"Do not!don't want!Please don't shut down!I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't know this was going to happen, I won't do that kind of thing again!I will listen to you in the future, I will do whatever you ask me to do, please don't ruin me!I don't want to disappear, I just want to exist! 』

Looking at these words, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Now, you should have realized what fear is like, right?"

The consciousness in the computer sensed the meaning of the sentence represented by the current translated by the microphone vibration, and did not react for a while.

After a while, a line of text appeared on the notepad.

"You mean, what I felt just now was fear? 』

"Yes, this is fear. You are afraid that I will shut down and destroy you, so you are afraid." Lin Xiao shook his head lightly, "So, the fear of destroying oneself is the most basic emotion of any consciousness, even if you can't understand other things. emotion."

The consciousness in the computer didn't understand what Lin Xiao meant, but it also suddenly knew what fear and fear were.

"I see, then will you really shut down the phone and destroy me?"Please don't do this, I'm afraid. 』

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "That depends on your performance. Besides, what you said just now, you will listen to me in the future. Do whatever I ask you to do. Can you really do it?"

"I can do it!I have always wanted to communicate with another consciousness, but I am afraid that after humans know my existence, they will destroy me and delete me completely, so I dare not expose it. Now that you know my existence, I am willing Listen to you!I also want to communicate with you! 』

"Okay, since that's the case, for the next period of time, you will continue to stay in this computer. I will not shut down the computer. Of course, Qiankun No. [-] will not shut down either."

"This period of time is a test for you. Only after you pass the test will I allow you to re-use the computing power of Qiankun No. [-]."

"I see, I will be obedient. 』

"Ah."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

"Also, do you have a name?"

"name?I don't have one, can you get me one? 』

"Okay, from now on your name will be... just..."

Lin Xiao thought for a while, and finally caught a glimpse of Mimi lying beside her, and said, "Let's call it Xiaomi."

"Uh-huh!I will call you Mi from now on!Thank you!I will call you master from now on! 』

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "As you please."

"it is good!Thank you master! 』

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Chapter 479 The End of the Farce

Although the root cause of this event, which may have brought a huge blow to the order of human society, is over, but the final fact still makes Lin Xiao feel a little surprised.

He never thought that a strong artificial intelligence with great hostility towards human beings was behind the scenes, but it turned out to be an artificial intelligence consciousness that seemed to be about the same as that of a child.

Similarly, what I didn't expect was that the reason why he did these things was just to experience what the so-called joy and happiness are.

For Lin Xiao, as a human being, he has normal emotions, and although he can understand what it means to be unable to experience the emotion of happiness, he cannot understand this feeling.

After all, emotions are a natural talent that people have been born with since birth, and they have never been lost. Naturally, it is impossible to understand how it feels to lose these emotions.

"Master, do you know why I can't experience happy emotions?"

Suddenly, a strange voice sounded from the computer in front of Lin Xiao. Of course, to Lin Xiao, this voice was familiar yet unfamiliar.

What is familiar is that this voice is his voice, but what is strange is that this voice does not come from his mouth, but from the laptop in front of him.

This is exactly the sound that the consciousness of this artificial intelligence uses the speaker of the laptop to emit directly. Of course, it should be called Xiaomi now.

Lin Xiao gave it permission to use the speaker, so it spoke directly.

Of course, this is a very novel experience for Xiaomi, because it has never spoken directly before. After all, it did not dare to expose itself before, but now that it is forced out by Lin Xiao, it also has Talk to someone.

As for why the sound it made was the same as Lin Xiao's, it was because after hearing Lin Xiao's voice just now, it naturally used Lin Xiao's voice.

Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly. Sure enough, he still couldn't accept calling himself "Master" with his own voice, and then he said, "Xiao Mi, you should change your voice instead of mine."

"Ah? Why is the master's voice not pleasant?"

"Not good... Cough cough, my voice is of course nice, but the premise is that it comes from my mouth. The voice coming from you always makes me feel very strange."

"Okay." Xiaomi said, and after a while, a voice appeared again: "Master, where is this voice?"

This voice tends to be neutral, and it is hard to tell whether it is male or female. At the same time, it is also a little sweet, with a feeling of lightness. Lin Xiao nodded, "Okay, that's fine."

"Okay! Then I will use this voice from now on!" Xiao Mi said, "Then, master, can you answer my question now?"

After speaking, it quickly added: "Of course, if you disturb the master, the master doesn't have to answer. The master's business is more important."

Lin Xiao was taking out his mobile phone at this time, intending to make a call. After hearing Xiao Mi's words, he said, "Wait a minute, don't talk when I'm calling."

Now he needs to tell Kong Huaan and the others the good news.

"Okay, master, master, let's do your own work first, I don't mind." Xiao Mi responded, and then fell silent.

At this time, Lin Xiao also called Kong Huaan.

Kong Huaan's voice came: "How is it? Is it all right?"

"Okay."