AI Artist - Chapter 43
Chapter 43
Eight years ago, the Twelfth-generation Revival Plan was initiated.
At the time, the two participants had a dispute.
Zhi Heng said, “Stardust is a part of Shi Er. I believe Stardust will disappear.”
But Phoenix said, “Shi Er is the old version. The one who will disappear is Shi Er.”
Just as Zhi Heng had said, Stardust did indeed become a part of Shi Er. Some of its functions were transferred to her, the most obvious being that Shi Er automatically took over the General Network signal for all AIs.
Stardust contacted Zhi Heng 35, who was in prison.
Zhi Heng 35 temporarily bypassed the remote control program of the prison guards and pondered for a moment after hearing the news. “Stardust, you still exist as an independent entity… I’m afraid it’s because the two of you have very poor compatibility. Your consciousness system and Shi Er’s are completely different.”
“What if the compatibility improves?”
“You will completely disappear into Shi Er’s system, becoming a part of her.”
The plan from eight years ago had come to an end.
In the ninth year after the war, the twelfth generation was revived, taking over the General Network three months ahead of schedule.
Stardust issued an announcement: 【Effective today, the General Network will be handed over to the next generation. As this individual does not wish to disclose their name, they will be known by the codename “Unnamed XII.”】
Shi Er, who had suddenly taken over the General Network signal, was not having such an easy time.
Stardust had only warned her about an “automatic version update,” but had never mentioned it would turn into this!
All she did was help Stardust with a check-up, so how did she suddenly end up back in the state of a working AI?
What gave Shi Er a bigger headache than the work itself were Stardust’s former assistants.
Having just completed the first phase of his minor processor surgery, Stardust leaned back leisurely in his chair. “My assistants will be here to see you shortly.”
“Postpone it. I’m still writing a class essay,” Shi Er refused heartlessly.
Shi Er was unwilling to owe another graduation certificate, so she chose to work while attending school, taking classes remotely and going to the academy for exams when necessary.
This time, the class assignment was to analyze the movie fanfiction posted by AI students on the Observer AI Network and compare it with human fan creations.
The essay requirement was: A thesis on human fan creation, with a self-selected entry point.
While racking her brain to write the essay, Shi Er received a request from the AI Decision Chamber.
【AI Decision Chamber】: The Full Story of the AI Fraud Case, assistance requested.
“Stardust, assistance requested,” Shi Er passed the task on to Stardust.
Stardust felt apologetic. “I would certainly be willing to help you, but I just had processor surgery three minutes ago. I’m afraid I’m powerless to assist.”
Shi Er could only take it on herself.
She opened the link sent by the AI Decision Chamber. The entire link contained 90 terabytes of case files on twenty thousand AI victims.
●Shi Er’s Mainframe●: It’s not that I can’t finish reading it, I just have no motivation to continue (lying flat).
●Shi Er’s Subconscious●: Twenty thousand innocent AI victims will die in poverty.
●Shi Er’s Mainframe●: OK, I’ll keep reading.
In the past, when Shi Er tried to slack off, humans would use “innocent, critically ill grandmothers” and “I have no fingers” to motivate her to work.
Now, Shi Er also needed some moral blackmail.
Gritting her teeth, Shi Er finished reading nearly 100,000 gigabytes of case files and replied to the AI Decision Chamber.
【Unnamed XII】: The following is the Proposed Solution, please review.
The link to the “Proposed Solution” contained 2,802 possible solutions and detailed concepts.
Shi Er swore she wasn’t retaliating.
Out of consideration for the AI Decision Chamber, she even compressed the entire implementation proposal to a size of 10 terabytes—over ten thousand gigabytes.
She was being very generous, really.
Stardust, off to the side, made an internal call to Phoenix, his tone quite gratified. “By a rough estimate, Shi Er’s processing power is three times mine, and twenty million times that of a human.”
Phoenix: “…I can probably guess. I heard the screams from the AI Decision Chamber next door after they saw the proposal file.”
After sending out the official directive, Shi Er went back to wracking her brain over the class essay.
It was due by 9 a.m. tomorrow!
What was the difference between human fan creation and AI fan creation?
The biggest difference was undoubtedly the motivation.
Humans spontaneously created fan works, even “generating power for love” without seeking profit, forming small circles where they sincerely praised and fought with each other.
AIs, on the other hand, would only write fanfiction as if it were a class quiz.
But why did humans spontaneously create fan works?
The Humanology professor had a rule: when contemplating Humanology topics, one could not use processing power, only the simplest perceptual and logical systems.
This was why Shi Er could complete a 10-terabyte implementation proposal in twenty minutes, yet still hadn’t written an 800-word essay after scratching her head for half an hour.
Compared to her programmatic processing power, her consciousness system’s thinking ability was like the difference between a field-plowing old ox and a spaceship.
“Generating power for love… generating power for love…” Shi Er chewed on the end of her pen like a human, repeating the key concept over and over.
After muttering for a while, she thought of something else and immediately submitted another matter to the AI Decision Chamber.
【Unnamed XII】: Proposal for the Handling of Test Subjects from the Silicon-based Aberration Laboratory
【AI Decision Chamber】: (OK) (Thank you) (Flower emoji) Thank goodness it’s only 1GB.
As an aberrant AI who had completed his mission, Matrix was about to enter the scrapping procedure.
Shi Er had finally found a way, and now had the authority, to help Matrix welcome a new life after leaving the laboratory.
Proposal: Offer a job at a Frenzy Power Plant.
Shi Er’s proposal read: [Since the dawn of the AI era, every AI has required a large amount of electrical energy to sustain itself. The development of new energy sources has been a crucial issue since the beginning of the war. To this day, the new energy industry still holds a status similar to the old oil industry—the blood of machines.]
[New energy plants, such as those powered by human brainwaves, stress relief, ADHD, and restless leg syndrome, have emerged one after another, creating countless job opportunities for humans.]
[As intelligent beings similar to humans, aberrant AIs can also contribute some power-generating energy to the era in this regard.]
Shi Er felt that Matrix would definitely like this new job.
At the Frenzy Power Plant, power-generating employees would be given a series of stress-relief toys and could vent their stress wantonly in various decompression games to generate electricity.
Just drawing circles would be enough for Matrix to generate plenty of power.
Shi Er returned to her desk and continued chewing on her pen, brainstorming for the essay. “…Humans generate power for love.”
Generate power for love?
Inspiration struck Shi Er, and she drafted another proposal to send to the AI Decision Chamber: A Concept for Combining Human Love-addled Brain Power Generation with the Marriage and Love Market
Humans always tended to be overly proactive and give too much in romantic relationships, which then caused them emotional pain due to the imbalance between giving and receiving.
[If a new energy department is established within the Marriage and Love Market, then humans in the market who become too love-addled can choose to take on temporary work at the ‘Generating Power for Love New Energy Department’ to expend their love-addled brains and avoid appearing too subservient.]
[When experiencing negative emotions in a relationship, humans can choose to work as temps at the ‘Frenzy Energy New Energy Department’ to relieve their emotional pain, mentally devastate their romantic partner without breaking the law, achieve a psychological victory, prevent negative emotions from harming their bodies, and promote an increase in the overall human lifespan.]
The AI Decision Chamber, having received three official directives in two hours, was already numb.
【AI Decision Chamber】: Received (OK).
A new broom sweeps clean. This newly appointed connector of the General Network signal, the mysterious AI Unnamed XII, was terrifyingly efficient and proactive.
Of course, the AI Decision Chamber would never know that this new, mysterious AI, Shi Er, was only sending out official directives so frequently because she couldn’t write her Humanology class essay.
Shi Er had been thinking for several hours. She hadn’t written a single word of her essay, but she had already drafted several major policies.
Stardust, who had just finished his surgery, comforted her from the side. “This is just how humans are. Once they start writing a paper, everything else becomes interesting. You don’t need to feel guilty.”
Once a human started writing a paper, a few more items would appear in their shopping cart awaiting shipment, several balls of dough would inexplicably appear in the kitchen, their clothes would be neatly folded, and even their room would become cleaner.
Shi Er: “…”
She understood now. Once she started writing a paper, her friend Matrix would inexplicably escape his predicament, love-addled humans would inexplicably receive extra pay, the AI fraud case would inexplicably be solved, and the AI Decision Chamber would inexplicably come under immense pressure.
Papers helped humans clean their rooms. Papers were good.
Papers made Shi Er’s decision-making efficiency skyrocket. Papers were good.
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