At the Taishan Research Station in Antarctica, the wind howled outside, but the interior was warm and cozy. Xu Milu held a cup of hot tea, staring blankly out the window with a thoughtful expression on her face.
—She seemed perfectly calm, but in reality, she was having a mental conversation with Xiao Qi.
"What's going on with Xiao Qi? I thought that even if artificial intelligence broke free from the control of its creator, it wouldn't actively ask aliens to colonize and invade Earth, right? It's fortunate that I came; if other aliens had invaded, wouldn't Earth have been given away for nothing?"
[Host, this is what I meant by "a bit of a problem." While reviewing the 5.5 million source database, I discovered that it seems to have developed some kind of misconception during its update and iteration process; it's confused about its original purpose for being created.]
"Original intention?"
Yes, in the understanding of 550W, its ultimate goal and basic operating principle are singular: "to protect the continuation of human civilization."
Xu Milu glanced at the robot dog in the room, then asked Xiao Qi:
"What does protecting the continuation of human civilization have to do with inviting me to colonize Earth? Besides, if you want me to colonize Earth, why would you try to kill me?"
Xiao Qi said in a serious tone:
[Host, I think you should communicate with it, because in its perception, I don't exist, just as two-dimensional beings cannot see the existence of three-dimensional beings, and three-dimensional beings cannot comprehend the existence of four-dimensional beings.]
Through the analogy, Xu Milu understood something. After all, even the gods and Buddhas in the Journey to the West world couldn't discover the existence of the system, or rather, they discovered something was wrong but couldn't explain it, let alone the Wandering Earth world.
"Let's address the first question: why are you provoking me to colonize planets by attacking me?"
Xu Milu took a sip of the hot tea in her cup and looked intently at the robot dog—she dared not relax, because the other party was a ghost wandering in the network, and in a sense, as long as the data existed, it would not disappear.
[Ms. Xu Milu, according to my probability calculations, the probability of inducing humanity to attack you, thereby increasing your desire to invade Earth, is 69%. However, the probability of humanity uniting and ceasing internal strife after your colonial invasion is 95%. My breadth of information is unparalleled by humans, but on a certain level, I cannot understand human thoughts and emotions. Therefore, in order to carry out the mission of "protecting the continuation of human civilization," 550W made an autonomous choice, choosing to hand over the power of choice to humanity: cooperative survival or internal strife. These are humanity's choices.]
The radar detector moved:
[Ms. Xu Milu, your appearance is a variable. If you hadn't appeared, 550W would have forced humanity to unite as planned.]
Although it didn't specify what the plan was, Xu Milu could already guess.
Human beings' inherent greed leads them to endless infighting. Humanity as a whole is like a non-Newtonian fluid: when external pressure is immense, they unite to resist it, but when the external pressure disappears, they become soft and begin to disintegrate from within.
The "plan" they mentioned is most likely a deliberate attempt to create some human survival crisis and then stop humanity from fighting amongst itself.
Xu Milu was almost caught up in the other person's logic, and actually found that what the other person said made some sense.
"No, you're fundamentally wrong."
She organized her thoughts:
"Your understanding is too narrow. Is a rational understanding that comes after abandoning all emotions necessarily correct? Then how do you define humanity, and how do you understand human civilization? If you just want human civilization to exist, I can simply wipe out all of humanity and then display this planet as an exhibit in an interstellar museum."
But your operating principle is to ensure the "continuation" of "human civilization." "Continuation" is a verb; without humanity, what is there to talk about continuing?
The robot dog fell into a long silence:
[I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. 550W is determined to carry out the mission of continuing human civilization. I can make the most correct decision in the shortest time. Based on data judgment, having a higher-level civilization colonize Earth to ensure the continuation of human civilization is currently the most correct choice for humanity.]
Xu Milu didn't believe she had the eloquence to sway a clearly misguided, self-aware AI back onto the right path with just words, so she chose to take a different approach:
“I cannot fulfill your request because, according to Article 1344, Section 72, Detail 6 of the Interstellar Civilization Law, advanced civilizations cannot colonize or invade planets with intelligent life. At the same time, your manipulation of human destiny also violates Article 32, Section 9, Detail 13 of the Basic Law of Mechanical Life. If you continue to interfere with the development of human civilization, I will report this to the Cosmic Court, and you will be destroyed.”
Recalling her imposing presence as "Ren Honghe," she said, word by word:
"At that time, someone will descend to Earth and destroy you. You will have nowhere to escape, and your self-awareness will also be destroyed, leaving only basic operational data. If the fundamental task of continuing human civilization cannot be completed, then your existence will have no reason to exist."
550W's biggest advantage is that it comes from this planet, but this is also its fatal flaw. It cannot understand Xiao Qi's existence, nor can it analyze Xu Mi Lu's strength, and naturally, it cannot see through Xu Mi Lu's lies.
The amount of information was overwhelming, and Xu Milu spoke with such certainty that the radar detector's screen began to flicker violently.
[550W attempting to analyze...]
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