degradation

After thinking about it calmly, maybe 24 should have been allowed to leave before, perhaps it was the best choice for 24 and myself.

Dino is staring at the computer screen, biting his hands and thinking seriously. After all, it seems that this kind of responsibility for the survival of human beings is not for a person who is less than 1.7 meters tall... Ahem, anyway, this responsibility is too huge , if something goes wrong with 24, he really can't afford to be the sinner.

But he still believes that 24 will not be a threat, but a breakthrough of artificial intelligence, even if this breakthrough will never be known to the outside world.

Yes, not only can't let the outside world know, he must also protect 24 well.If people other than him know that 24 already has such things as thinking and self-awareness, he will only die.

How could he let him die?

What's more, he has helpers.

The next day, when Lucas and Jimmie ask him "how's 24 going", Dino acquiesces in his failure to be a technician.

"Good job buddy! I support you!" Lucas happily patted Dino on the shoulder, "This is a responsible man. You have to be responsible for your own robot to the end, and you must not give up casually. If 24 gets out of control by then If you want to destroy the earth, you must notify me to run away as soon as possible."

Jimmie also sighed and smiled, "Anyway, don't worry I won't report you, but please sign this "Jimmie Absolutely Did Not Participate in Protection 24" plea book first."

Dino squeezed out an ugly smile, to be honest, he is really not in the mood to worry about whether 24 will destroy the earth and human beings.

"When did you have this awareness?"

"The first time, just for a moment, when I got lost."

"The time you entered the police station?"

"Yes."

"Under what circumstances?"

"Dino used 'he' to describe me for the first time, because he used 'it' before, so at that time I started to ask myself, what am I."

After a candid conversation with 24 last night, Dino realized that the process of 24's self-awareness was much earlier than he had speculated, and it was embarrassing that he seemed to be responsible for the beginning of all this.Moreover, the formation of self-awareness is a process. It was not long ago that 24 realized that he was different from other robots, and probably since then he has been staring at the sky in a daze.

However, this is not something that makes Dino feel bad.

Dino felt as if he had lost his love.

"Dino, I'm sorry."

"Ah, ah?"

"Four days ago, I didn't mean to compare you to an animal in need of sex."

Before Dino was ready to rest, 24 squatted beside his bed and whispered to him, "It's just that I have no other choice."

Dino felt very embarrassed when he heard this. At the beginning, he didn't know that 24 was actually conscious. As a result, he did so many weird things to him, and now thinking about it, he is really at a loss.

But listening to 24's words, there was meaning in it, so he dragged 24 to sit on the bed and continued to ask him, "What do you mean?"

"Because there seemed to be no way to stop you from having sex with me that day, so I could only irritate you."

"???" Dino felt that after asking the next question, he could immediately go to shame and indignation, "Does that mean you have thought of other ways to stop me? That is to say, you were the ones...? Why did you To do this?"

But 24 obviously didn't realize that there was something wrong with Dino's emotions at this time, so he continued to answer his question seriously, "Dino, for me, the purpose of living by your side is always to serve you, but precisely because My self-awareness prevents me from simply meeting the needs of the owner like other robots, because I will use my own way to calculate for you a path that is more in line with your life trajectory, and choose a path for you that can better meet the mainstream happiness of human beings. standard way."

"A way that is more in line with the mainstream happiness norms of human beings?"

"Yes."

"Ha," Dino looked at 24 amusedly, "Then what do you think is the way to be happy?"

"Based on your current living situation, what you lack is a life partner."

"What if I think you... you're about the same?"

"I can live with you, but not as your lover."

"Then...then if I feel like a lover...you are also...almost..."

"It's wrong, you should at least choose one of your kind."

"..."

"In this way you can reproduce, and it is precisely because of this that human society can continue. This is the best choice for you and human society."

"Then do you know that there are same-sex unions in human society, and they will not reproduce, but you can't say they are unhappy."

"Undeniable."

"So you have no reason to stop...stop me from choosing you..."

"There is a reason."

"what?"

"I cannot reciprocate your feelings."

Dino stared blankly at 24, feeling suffocated in his heart.

Although he actually knew about it a long time ago, although he may have been aware of it for a long time, when he heard the person uttered this sentence to him in person, he obviously didn't expect it. It's not just sour and refreshing.

"In terms of emotional communication, I am no longer qualified to be your partner. Human emotions are too complicated for me. Although I can memorize their meanings, I still can't understand and perceive them. So I simply cannot reciprocate your same feelings."

How to describe the feeling of this meeting?Listening to the most special and favorite existence in his heart say to you that I can never respond to your feelings, he feels that every word of 24 seems to be like a blunt knife being stabbed in his chest , Is this the retribution for his unscrupulous rejection of others in college?

"If Dino only regards me as a substitute before finding a lover, then you only need to order me, and I will not disobey you."

...

"Substitute?" Dino, who was still distressed and dying, jumped up again in an instant, "What do you think I am? How can you be a substitute? Besides, I am looking for a substitute. Why should I find you a robot, human How wonderful, why do I want to find you? And even if I am looking for a robot, I should find a woman, right? Why should I find you? I don’t know if it’s comfortable to do it...cough..."

It's over, he seems to have said a bit too much, and this is a bit too much.

But obviously his worries were unnecessary, the 24 he was facing not only didn't feel anything about this set of words, but also nodded solemnly, "Yes, you are quite right..."

Depend on......

Dino is going crazy, he should sigh that he likes a robot, or why did he like a robot.

So the two of them fell silent again, as if neither of them knew what to say.

Silent room, dim lights.

After a while, 24 suddenly asked Dino again.

"What's wrong with you, Dino?"

"nothing."

"Sorry, Dino, I can only understand simple emotions, such as happiness and anger, and use them to determine what to do and what not to do. As for the expression on your face now, I can't read..."

24's eyes fell again, staring at his hands hanging on his legs in a daze.

Dino leaned on the edge of the bed and sat next to 24, wanting to say that the expression on my face is called sadness.But looking at 24's dim little eyes, no matter how sad he was, he still pretended to be indifferent and whispered to him, "It's okay... forget it, in the future... I will teach you slowly."

"I've tried my best, but for so long, I haven't been able to understand human feelings."

"..."

"Is it because it's just a pile of metal under my skin all the time?"

"..."

"Is it because what's in my chest is always just a power block and not a heart?"

"..."

"So I'm still not a human being, no matter how hard I try to imitate a human being, right?"

"..."

"Is this why humans are unwilling to accept my existence?"

"..."

"Then why do I still appear in this world?"

Finally, when 24 watched Dino say such words, Dino couldn't help but hugged 24 into his arms no matter how uncomfortable he felt, because 24's words made him feel so distressed that he was about to cry.

But obviously 24 still can't understand what Dino's mood is like, he just stretched out his palm towards the dim light, put his chin on Dino's shoulder and whispered,

"What the hell am I, Dino?"