AI Artist - Chapter 45
Chapter 45
After Phoenix left, Shi Er made a judgment in her smart brain.
【Assistant No. 1 Phoenix: Insufficient data. Unable to determine a specific poison suspicion value.】
Among the five assistants, was there really a suspect who had poisoned Stardust?
The second to see Shi Er was Shi Liang.
Shi Liang had short, silver-white hair, and the lines of his platinum-colored uniform were stark and rigid.
Upon seeing Shi Er, Shi Liang could barely remain calm. “What in the world is going on?”
【Intelligent Agent Assistant File No. 3】
Name: Shi Liang
Designation: System Maintenance Expert
Occupation: Unemployed vagrant, goes wherever he’s needed.
Other: A fervent supporter of Stardust. Current phase: restore Stardust to health at all costs.
Shi Liang had helped Shi Er come to the island, hoping she could treat Stardust, but he never expected things to develop to this point.
“Did you kidnap Stardust?” Shi Liang demanded.
Stardust, who had just returned from his recuperation room after his third smart brain surgery, was stunned to hear this.
Shi Er: “…”
One look at the flower vase in Stardust’s hands, and another at the endless work on her own, made it clear who had kidnapped whom.
Wasn’t it obvious?
Seeing this, Shi Liang fell silent.
Stardust, already living the retired life, placed the vase on the windowsill, choosing the most suitable spot. “This is the place where the vase is least likely to be knocked over. I’m going to get the flower delivery now.”
After Stardust left, Shi Liang broke the silence. “I know Stardust’s plan, but I will not acknowledge you.”
Shi Er said, “You can resign and leave after loading the confidentiality agreement program.”
Shi Liang sneered. “Don’t even think about making me leave. I will be watching you.”
Shi Er didn’t quite understand Shi Liang’s logic, but she replied politely, “Okay. Before you leave the reception room, please help me charge my luggage. It’s at the door. It refuses to follow me in because of the signal jammer in here.”
Shi Liang: “…What is your obsession with that piece of luggage full of air?”
“Do you have a problem with my luggage?” Shi Er asked sincerely. “Do you also think I should buy it a dust cover?”
Shi Er had seen some users on the General Network showing off their auto-following luggage. Their accessories were very cool, and she kind of wanted some.
Shi Liang was speechless for three seconds, then turned and stormed off.
After taking two steps, he turned back, tossed a ticket onto the table, and relayed grudgingly, “Ling Shun said he’s busy for now and will come in a few days. He asked me to tell you that the disposal method for the Aberration Lab’s test subjects has begun its small-scale pilot program. This is a ticket to the Power Generation Amusement Park.”
【Intelligent Agent Assistant File No. 2】
Name: Ling Shun
Designation: Exhausted computing department powerhouse.
Occupation: Head of the AI Decision Chamber, teetering on the edge of resignation.
Other: Finishes one document only to start the next. Hopes for a bigger year-end bonus.
Shi Er picked up the ticket and glanced at it. “Why would Ling Shun have you deliver this?”
It was true that the AI Decision Chamber and Phoenix’s office were close to each other.
But how had Shi Liang, an unemployed vagrant, wandered over to the island where the AI Decision Chamber was located?
“The AI Decision Chamber was short on machines, so I was called over to help,” Shi Liang said impatiently.
Shi Er nodded. Understood, understood.
After Shi Liang left, Shi Er made a preliminary judgment in her smart brain.
【Assistant No. 3 Shi Liang: Stance is overly extreme. Abnormally obsessed with Stardust controlling the General Network. High suspicion of poisoning.】
Stardust returned with the delivered flowers in his arms. He walked to the windowsill, placed the bouquet in the empty vase, and said, “Regarding Shi Liang’s attitude, I’ll have a talk with him. He can be a bit paranoid.”
“Please be careful when you interact with him.” Shi Er stuffed the amusement park ticket into her pocket. “I’m going to check out the Power Generation Amusement Park this afternoon.”
At the reception room door, Shi Er led her lonely, stationary luggage to a charging station.
Shi Liang hadn’t charged it for her. He had coldly walked past a poor little cyber luggage-puppy. How cruel.
The Power Generation Amusement Park was on a small island named Luohe, near Liechu Island.
As Shi Er had expected, the first to start the pilot program was indeed the Silicon-based Aberration Research Institute at Liechu AI Academy.
When the park’s staff robot saw the “Golden VIP” ticket in Shi Er’s hand, it hurried ahead to act as her guide. “To prevent the aberrant intelligent agents from harming humans and other machines, we’ve set up protective walls here. This one-way glass allows us to see inside clearly, but the AIs inside can’t see out.”
“There are currently ten aberrant intelligent agents here. They need a transitional period to adapt after coming from the lab, so we haven’t given them more freedom for the time being.”
“Unlike AIs imprisoned for breaking the law, these aberrant intelligent agents have no work initiative and don’t follow system rules. No matter what program is implanted, it’s ineffective. They only do what they want. So, as written in the proposal, we’re using games to attract these aberrant AIs, allowing them to rediscover and realize their own value through play.”
Through the one-way glass, Shi Er saw Matrix.
Matrix had been moved from a small glass room to a more spacious one and was currently playing an endurance game of “removing the seeds from a dragon fruit.”
【Shi Er】: Matrix.
In their remote connection, the message Matrix sent back was clearly angry.
【Matrix】: You didn’t do what you said you would and come see me every three days! Now I’ve gone somewhere you can’t find me! I’m never speaking to you again! You’ll never see me again either! You’re going to spend the rest of your machine life in miserable regret and pain!
【Shi Er】: Okay.
Inside the huge glass room, Shi Er saw Matrix throw down the power-generating dragon fruit in his hands and run to the punching bag area to practice boxing.
【Matrix】: You actually said “Okay”… Just you wait!
The power-generating punching bag in the training area was being slammed with loud thuds.
Shi Er was glad it was a one-way glass wall and Matrix couldn’t see her. Otherwise, the power-generating punching bag would surely be getting a hundred-thousand-volt shock right now.
The park’s staff robot continued its introduction. “As written in the proposal, the lab will continue to monitor the activities of these soon-to-be-scrapped aberrant intelligent agents. The new research topic is ‘Hypotheses and Attempts at Returning Aberrant Intelligent Agents to a Normal State.’”
“After they pass this adaptation period, we will try putting them in an interconnected park to allow the aberrant AIs to interact with each other. If their condition deteriorates, the interaction will be suspended. If it improves, we will let them interact with normal intelligent agents. This way, we can gradually help them return to a normal life.”
“How do I get in?” Shi Er asked.
The staff robot jumped in fright. “That area is off-limits to visitors! If you get hurt by an aberrant AI from trespassing, not even the insurance company will cover it.”
The park’s rules strictly forbade it—rules that seemed to have been established based on her own proposal. Shi Er had no choice but to regretfully inform Matrix via their remote connection.
【Shi Er】: In one month, I will find you. I can bet you five yuan on it.
In the game room, Matrix stopped punching the bag.
【Matrix】: Five yuan isn’t enough. Make it five hundred.
【Shi Er】: Okay, five hundred yuan.
【Matrix】: No, wait, I want to change the bet. If you lose, you have to speak 50,000 words to me within seven days. If I lose, if you really find me, then I’ll have to speak 50,000 words to you within seven days.
【Shi Er】: No problem.
In the game room, Matrix went back and sat down to play the “removing the seeds from a dragon fruit” endurance game again.
Outside the glass room, Shi Er watched Matrix K98, who seemed much happier than before. Her consciousness system perceived a “psychological conflict.”
—If Matrix could escape his aberrant state, he could leave the glass room, whether it was the small one or the spacious one.
—But if Matrix truly escaped his aberrant state, he could no longer play the games he wanted with such a cheerful heart.
Did absolute freedom and absolute happiness not exist?
He seemed to have absolute freedom to do what he wanted, but at the same time, he was bound by a glass room.
He seemed to be experiencing carefree happiness, but since he was bound, it wasn’t absolute happiness.
With these complex feelings, Shi Er left the Power Generation Amusement Park, still in its initial pilot phase.
On the way back from Luohe Island, Shi Er received a message from the AI Decision Chamber.
【AI Decision Chamber】: The first small-scale promotion of the anti-fraud assistant has been implemented at Liechu AI Academy. Several problems have arisen during its practical application.
1. Users are being tricked and run in circles by the anti-fraud assistants themselves.
2. The order-brushing group that was traced and contacted in this case is now entirely composed of anti-fraud assistants.
One batch of anti-fraud assistants infiltrated the group using “counterattack mode.”
The anti-fraud assistants pretended to be hired posters employed by the scammers.
The anti-fraud assistants went undercover to commit fraud.
Another batch of anti-fraud assistants infiltrated the group using “counterattack mode.”
The anti-fraud assistants pretended to be victims.
The situation has become: anti-fraud assistants scamming other anti-fraud assistants, entrapping each other.
The anti-fraud assistants caught the scammers, and the anti-fraud assistants caught other anti-fraud assistants.
Shi Er felt a headache coming on.
Out of 2,802 possible anti-fraud solutions, the AI Decision Chamber had chosen the “anti-fraud assistant,” but the program had become too intelligent and created another mess.
The scam syndicate had been caught, but a great deal of meaningless effort had been wasted in the process of mutual entrapment.
Shi Er replied to the AI Decision Chamber using her General Network account.
【Unnamed XII】: Please wait. I will formulate a countermeasure.
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