Robot K

On the fifth day, K prepared breakfast for Hailey, including wonton noodles, fried eggs, pickles, and fruit and vegetable juices.

She made no suggestions for improvement and was very satisfied with the meal. K did not follow the calling program, but a string of codes gave Ta guidance.And Hailey was not surprised, they all knew that there was an abnormality in Ta's optical brain, and they didn't know if it was good or bad.It's just that there are some expectations.

After that, they each do their own thing. When they are free, they sit together on the steps of the door, looking at the yard, or sit under the crabapple tree for shade.

K's optical brain pops up codes from time to time, allowing Ta to better understand Hailey's expressions and behaviors. In a short period of time, they have become more and more tacit.And K's behavior is becoming more and more like a human being, no longer hiding.

On the tenth day, Hailey still couldn't find a way to find the abnormal code in K-ray's brain.

After breakfast, she said: "K, I want to go back to the Artificial Intelligence Center to find some information, do you want to come with me?"

She knew that perhaps the best way to protect K was to hide him at home, so that no one would notice his abnormality.However, K still wants to go out, and face the outside world with her.

"I want to be with you, will it be troublesome?"

"No, no, let's go together." She said with a smile, her eyes gliding over the identity plate on K's chest.

They locked the door, and Hailey took K away in the car.They passed the long slope in front of the gate, passed a residential area similar to their house, and entered the central area of ​​the city.

The city streets are very wide, and there are mostly six or seven-story buildings on both sides. Some buildings are under construction and seem to have been severely damaged.There are many people on the street, walking in a hurry, busy, with serious expressions on their faces.We only saw two or three robots passing by along the way, and everyone avoided them vigilantly.

The car drove near several high-rise buildings, and the glass curtain walls reflected cold light. Hailey parked the car nearby and led K into the building.At the entrance, they were stopped by a man in uniform.

"Robot, please go this way and scan the identification plate." He looked at Hailey and said.

Hailey glanced at him, and then said to K: "K, can you go to the passage over there?"

"Okay, Hailey." K obeyed.

Walking under a metal frame similar to a door, K held up the identity plate and showed it in front of the scanning camera. Soon, a mechanical voice responded: "Identity verification is successful, please pass."

K put down the nameplate and walked towards Hailey who was already waiting at the side.She patted his head, then nodded to the uniform and moved on.

They took the elevator upstairs, and in the elevator, Hailey held K's hand and said, "K, don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"Thank you, Hailey, I'm not afraid." K's mechanical fingers bent, held her hand back, and said, "Hailey, don't be afraid either."

She shook her hand and smiled.

Together they came to a room on the 25th floor. Hailey knocked on the door, and soon someone opened the door. It was a middle-aged man with a suit and leather shoes, neat hair, and black-rimmed glasses.He smiled and said to Hailey, "Hailey, come in, I saw you downstairs just now, why did you remember this place today?"

"Uncle Li, I'm here to check some information today." Hailey pulled K into the room.

"Is there any information that you don't have in your brain?" The man poured Hailey a cup of tea and motioned her to sit down.

Hailey picked up the tea and put it near her mouth. The water was a little hot, but she didn't drink it. She blew on the hot air, then put down the teacup, looked at the man and said, "I want to see some data on the core code of the light brain of strong artificial intelligence. "

The man looked at her quietly, and then said helplessly, "Have you not given up yet? K's optical brain has been formatted, and it is impossible to recover."

"Uncle, I just want to learn. I have already mastered the ordinary procedures."

"Hailey, you know that the intelligent path of robots is strictly controlled now, so don't do dangerous things."

Hailey was silent for a while, then looked up and said, "I'm just learning, I can't refuse to understand because of fear, can I?"

The man was also silent for a while, and then said: "Okay, I will open your authority, but you have to promise that you will not do any illegal actions, and don't try to change K's intelligence level in private, okay?"

"I know, don't worry, Uncle." Hailey said, looking at the man with a smile.

"There's nothing I can do about you." The man poked Hailey's forehead dotingly.

"Any news about my parents?" Hailey asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Sorry, Hailey, their project is now at the top secret level, and even I have no way of knowing the news." The man glanced at Hailey, then looked down at the teacup on the table. K scanned his expression and judged that he was probably lying, but something in his brain told Ta not to give feedback to Hailey.

"Oh, it's okay, thank you Uncle." Hailey responded with a smile, obviously forced.After drinking tea, Hailey stood up, "You are busy, I'm going back."

"Okay, go back, I will input the permission into your optical brain, you can check it when you go back, be careful." The man also stood up, looked at Hailey and said solemnly.

"I will, bye." Hailey walked to the door, K followed behind her.

Suddenly, the man said: "K, don't you want to say hello when you see me?"

K stopped in his tracks, and Hailey also turned to look at him, a little nervous.

Unmoved, the man looked directly at K, and continued, "Are you blaming me for taking you back to the factory?"

He watched K, and Hailey watched too, the room was silent.

"Hi sir, nice to meet you." K heard his own mechanical voice.

"You haven't answered my question yet." He stared at K persistently.

"Hi, sir, nice to meet you," K replied again.

"Answer the second question." The man's voice was a little tough.

"No input, no answer, sir." It was still a flat mechanical voice.

He paused for a while, finally stopped asking questions, and said, "Very well, K. Go back and take care of Hailey."

K didn't answer, just turned to look at Hailey, she took Ta's hand and left the room.

They didn't see the sad but somewhat relieved look in the man's eyes after they left.

While in the elevator, K found through the mechanical arm that Hailey's hand temperature was lower than 32 degrees, trembling slightly. Ta heated his body surface temperature and slowly warmed her hand.

Hailey didn't seem to notice it, until she got into the car, she let out a long breath, then turned to look at K.Noticing that K's temperature was abnormal, he immediately said: "K, what are you doing, such a high temperature will destroy your body, immediately lower it."

"Hailey, don't be afraid, I'm fine." K answered her while slowly lowering his body temperature.

"Okay, let's go home first." She exhaled and started the car.

Soon after returning home, Hailey parked the car in the garage and did not get out of the car.She sat quietly, then turned to look at K, and said, "K, the second question, what is your answer?"

After a while, K heard his own mechanical voice: "He made you cry, he is not good."

Hailey stared at K's flickering twilight screen, and just watched without saying anything.Then he reached out and touched K's screen, with some surprises in his eyes and some worries.

K lied.Ordinary intelligent robots, even strong artificial intelligence robots, will have a certain degree of anthropomorphism, can actively identify, actively give feedback, and even hide answers.

But lying is only human.

K, maybe it's not as simple as hiding a piece of code that retains past memories.

In the afternoon, Hailey was working in the studio, and K continued to clean the room, arrange things, and check the sprouting of the plants in the yard.The flowers and plants have revealed thin buds, and the color of the yard has changed slightly. It is no longer the absolute black, but a little bit of green, the color of hope.