Chapter 95 Artificial Intelligence Simulator

The news of the helicopter explosion caused those who knew the situation to fall into a brief silence. The rolling waves swallowed everything. The distance of 700 miles can be considered far, but also near. People with better eyesight can even see the shadowy islands in the distance while standing on the coastline. Therefore, the bright light of the explosion was witnessed by many night owls. Afterwards, many people actively organized rescue operations, but only salvaged a few pieces of broken iron sheets and some burnt and curled rags.

The early morning of this day was particularly noisy.

"Look at the explosion marks and the degree of bending here," said the investigator, who was wearing rubber gloves and pointing at the evidence on the iron plate. "After scanning the original position of these materials on the fuselage, we can find the source of the explosion."

Creators who don’t understand why they should attend the meeting themselves only care about one question: “Is it a malfunction or an accident?”

"Unfortunately, it was an accident." The person who examined the evidence said regretfully, "Whether it was an oil leak or an explosion caused by the engine, it could not have caused this level of damage. Moreover, there were two explosion traces, which were almost superimposed on each other at the same time, which led to the accident ending in no body left."

"You mean, a chain explosion? First there was a man-made explosion, and then there was an accident caused by the high temperature."

"Yes, the time interval between the two is less than half a second. Humans cannot hear the slight delay."

But it can be found out afterwards that this is almost blatantly telling those who know the truth: I did it on purpose.

“…”

Although no one asked, the man who collected the remains and sorted out the evidence continued to say: "The first explosion point was under the driver's seat. Considering the instability during flight and the data obtained from scanning after salvaging the wreckage, the detonation method was sensor-based. Someone sent a special frequency nearby, and the bomb detonated after receiving it. However, after searching, there were few pedestrians on the coastline in the early morning, but there was an empty house that played the special frequency in a loop."

The Creator asked: "That family..."

The man seemed to know what he wanted to ask: "The whole family went on a business trip. Three days ago, the husband received a notice from the company that he would be temporarily sent on a business trip for half a year. He thought it was a scam email, so he called his superior and got a positive reply. We also found a recording of their conversation - and by the way, it is a good habit to leave a record of your work - anyway, this business trip allows you to bring your partner, and all food, clothing, and lodging will be reimbursed. The wife works in the Internet industry, and she stopped working and stayed at home after the network collapsed. The two of them hit it off and thought that a business trip would allow them to travel for free and save money on food, so they packed up and went together."

"But when I gave the recording of the call to that boss, he denied that he had answered the phone. He said he was running in the gym that day. I checked the surveillance and call records and found that the call was indeed not made."

“So the recording…”

Before being questioned by his creator, he quickly said, "The voice inside is exactly the same as his, and the voiceprint is the same."

In short, things suddenly became weird.

The person on the stage sighed, "This is not a simple network attack. After investigation, Mr. Ji realized something was wrong five seconds before the helicopter was destroyed. The signal he sent to the ground tower twice was intercepted by electromagnetic interference and fake base stations twice."

Not only that, he paused and continued, "In the villa on the island, we found the firewall data he had been researching for the past few days. According to my colleague next door, the idea is very good and it is very likely to succeed. They plan to continue their research based on this. The surveillance on the street shows that Mr. Ji goes out for a walk every day before the housekeeper comes. At present, we speculate that someone took the opportunity to install a □□ while he was out."

"In the room—"

"There were no fingerprints or footprints. This housekeeping company is highly praised in the industry. They went in to clean the whole house shortly after he left, and even disinfected it and put on dust covers."

“…”

What does it mean to block your own retreat?

If this didn’t mean a life, someone would have wanted to fish Ji Xu out from the bottom of the sea and shake his submerged brain: What are you thinking about! What on earth are you thinking about! !

"But there was one unexpected thing." The man on the stage frowned. "Although we didn't get Mr. Ji's phone, it stands to reason that he should have been sitting inside the helicopter. However, the housekeeping staff who was talking to him didn't hear any noise from the propellers, nor did they feel that the other party was in the air and the signal was intermittent."

The creator was so absorbed in the experience that he murmured, "It was like another person was making the call."

"That's right." The person on the stage gave him an approving look. "Remember the recording of the first call we extracted the voiceprint from? The technicians told us that after removing the employee's voice, only the human voice remained in the other party's communication."

When you make a phone call, there are always various noises around you. Most people will ignore these sounds, but the machine will not. The bustling streets, noisy children, relatives walking, cars passing by, the sound of wind and birds singing, and even the subtle sound of running water when you pour a cup of hot water to moisten your throat will be recorded.

"But the person who pretends to be him has nothing." The person on the stage repeated, "There is nothing around him. He is just a silent void."

This mysterious electronic ghost is like living in a blank house isolated from the world.

The creator finally reacted. He looked around and didn't see a familiar face. "No wonder I'm the only outsider in this meeting. Are you suspicious of Saimu again? Just shut it down. I've always had this thought before."

He took out the authorization card and someone next to him immediately took it away, probably to shut down the server.

Many people around breathed a sigh of relief.

After being tortured by electronic ghosts for too long, they began to doubt whether there had never been hackers. However, terrorists generally did not have the academic qualifications to shut down the Internet for the entire world. After much research, they found that the artificial intelligence that they had initially ruled out had come from behind and was worthy of suspicion.

"It looks like you're under a lot of mental stress," the creator commented. He still didn't believe that artificial idiots could be so capable, so his expression was quite relaxed, with only a little lament at the news of an acquaintance's death. "Did you say when the funeral would be held? I'll go."

The person on the stage shook his head, walked down and pressed his shoulders: "I'm afraid you won't be able to leave for a while - don't be angry, do you remember how you got here today?"

"You called me and told me that Ji Xu was dead, and asked me to gather at the usual place around 8 o'clock. I had just washed my face when I heard the doorbell ring. I opened the door and saw seven or eight people blocking the door, as if I had evaded taxes without knowing it, and they were afraid that I would run away."

“Here’s the thing,” the man on stage said, “We didn’t call you.”

“…”

“…”

The creator's face turned pale. Thinking back to the situation, it was almost the same as the story he had just heard. The number and voice of the person who called were the same as those who usually organized the meeting, but the often ignored background sound disappeared, whether it was the hurried voices of colleagues around or the sound of the water dispenser filling water, which was almost always busy, these common white noises in the office were completely absent in that communication.

"Now you understand why we won't let you leave, right?" The man who stepped down patted his shoulder soothingly. "Fortunately, we reacted in time. After finding out the cause of the helicopter accident, we realized that the next target would be you, so we stopped you at your doorstep. If I'm not mistaken, you should have a smart car that you drive all the time?"

"All of them." The creator stressed with a bitter face, "Not just one, but all of them. I am more interested in high-tech trends."

Otherwise, we can't be so reckless as to throw money into the bottomless pit of artificial intelligence.

The man who asked the question had a look of pity on his face. He must have been thinking that he should go for something more retro next time. Being too advanced would easily cause a car accident. He coughed twice and said, "Well... For important matters like this, they usually pick you up directly and won't ask you to go alone. Even if they call, they will just tell you to stay where you are and wait patiently for the car to arrive."

“…”

The creator wiped his face, feeling that he had learned some new knowledge that he didn't want to use in the future. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will stay here honestly. But why did it kill me and Ji Xu?"

"There are many speculations in the group about this, but we only agree on two points at the moment," he said. "The first is that the murderer is the AI ​​you developed. The two of you once worked together on research and development, and it's afraid that you two will find its weaknesses. Among them, Mr. Ji, who announced early on that he would develop a firewall, is the most dangerous."

"Then it should assassinate the programmer. The killing power of the two of us is not as great as the killing power of the cleaning lady who accidentally unplugged its network cable," the creator complained. "Do I mean that if I say 'make an anti-virus program', the people below will come up with one? I'm just issuing orders, not making wishes into a wishing well."

Seeing that he was full of resentment, the speaker quickly interrupted the spell: "So not many people support this view, but we have to be on guard. It's better to shut down Saimu. Another view is that there is actually a hidden murderer. It is doubtful whether the other party is human. It uses the name of Saimu to stir up trouble and deliberately deviate the direction of our investigation."

"…" What do you mean by doubting whether it is human? Is there another artificial intelligence in the world?

If there really was, he didn't dare to think about how far behind others his mentally retarded child was. Is this the curse that every new parent must experience - look at other people's children.

His disappointment was so strong that it was tangible. He left with a face full of hatred and shaking his head. What was waiting for him should be a special safe house with almost no smart home features, and he could not leave until the matter was over.

In fact, there was one thing the investigation team didn't tell him.

If Saimu didn't want to silence them, why would the mysterious man attack the two of them?

The meeting did not end after losing one party. Everyone else sat in their original seats and watched the speaker return to the stage - the original meeting room was full of machinery and equipment, and they were worried about shutting it down, so they simply moved the meeting place to the restaurant and set up a stage in front.

Looking around, the man spoke slowly, "I'm sure everyone has some guesses after listening to this. In addition to Saimu, the two victims have one thing in common: they both used effective anti-virus programs."

However, they dare not use the former, and the latter can only be used based on the death of the developer.

The topic always becomes heavy when mentioning the deceased. They were silent for a long time before discussing in a low voice. Now that they had an idea, all they had to do next was to keep testing. However, a smooth road cannot be built with just a blueprint. The iron frame foundation along the way is also difficult, and many people need to stay up all night to fill it with cement.

All they are doing now is filling the pit of the mysterious ghost with cement.