SFS Chapter 351
Chapter 351
However, the AI researchers on the space pirate side don't think so. They believe that the digital humans evolved from the personal data collected by the AI are just continuations of that person. They inherit the past and move into the future, so there's no difference in that respect.
Lin Shuying didn't have any particular thoughts on this, but she didn't want an unknown entity to use her past to create a new version of herself after her death. That would be tragic, not only for herself but also for the created substitute.
Don't say things like, "Isn't that you too?"
Although she did not agree with these people's views, she acknowledged their skill level.
They quickly contacted the research institute's bigwig, who was very aware of Qingfengyi's recent activities and quite interested. He immediately agreed to connect with Lin Shuying and even established a communication channel using his strongest firewall. The authorities are extremely strict in their investigation of people like them; any entry into interstellar space triggers a full alert.
But as everyone knows, interception is one thing, but whether you can actually stop someone depends on your skill.
Lin Shuying met an old man whose hair was meticulously styled and who was wearing a Tang suit.
The buttons are fastened neatly, and I sit in front of the coffee table. This coffee table is a very popular one in the Qingfengyi game – the "Soaring Bull" coffee table.
The other person spoke first: "Hello, Designer Lin. I really love Qingfengyi. Look, I'm surrounded by Qingfengyi's works. It's a pity that the things in Qingfengyi are too difficult to make in reality. If we could all become digital life forms and live directly in the world you built, wouldn't that be great?"
Lin Shuying didn't have much time to waste. She went straight to the point: "I hope Qingfengyi can have a virtual space as large as the StarNet and a server as powerful as an AI, while also being able to continuously evolve. What conditions and costs are needed to achieve this?"
"Ah...you have so many requirements."
Lin Shuying said, "I've seen some of your research. Many official systems and large companies are using systems that can grow and evolve, but they can't reach the scale of a holographic network. I think you can do it."
"Haha, I have even better ones here, do you want them?"
Lin Shuying: "What is the price?"
"The cost... might be failure. This is a research project of ours. You know, currently our digital life forms lack a lot of data, especially regarding their actual existence. For example, digital life forms can't be easily formatted; they can acquire real assets, rather than something that can be erased or altered by someone simply modifying the program. They can't even accept anything given to them. We don't deny the vulnerability of digital life forms; relying on real machines is like that. Even if they can roam the entire network, they are easily altered and captured. Give me a big data environment that can verify behaviors like 'acquiring,' 'protecting,' and 'assets,' and we can help you unconditionally. How about it?"
Lin Shuying said, "Let me think about it for a day, and then I'll give you the result."
“Okay, actually you can leave everything to us. I’ll give you a holographic world, and you don’t need to worry about what we do. Just give me the neural link to your brain…”
Lin Shuying suddenly laughed and said, "I'll cooperate with you, but I want to use the interstellar mainframe to operate it, not your servers. At the same time, you need to prove to me that I can control your things and that they won't control me in return. It would be best to find a way of proving this that I can understand."
"You did this on purpose! The interstellar mainframe is completely incompatible with our research! Besides, who else can you choose besides us? Your position is not inferior to mine, so I hope Designer Lin will think it through. Or you can wait for the previous cooperation plan to be implemented, but after you leave, will that space pirate still be able to help you maintain your career?"
Lin Shuying calmly said, "I can choose to do nothing and let them dismantle my bones. Anyway, I'll be dismantled, so what difference does it make who dismantles me? But now I want to resist. If you don't give me a chance, then I won't resist."
Or she could directly detonate the entire Qingfengyi server; the source data is in her hands, so destroying and shutting it down isn't out of the question. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone someone who isn't a rabbit; she's currently a relatively gentle person.
Upon hearing this, the bigwig on the other end fell silent for a moment before saying, "We can't control the AI. It existed since humanity escaped here, and after generations of modifications and upgrades, it's far beyond what any organization can easily understand or hack. Some of its initial data and programs have even been lost; thousands of technological schools couldn't handle it. Perhaps this doesn't make sense, so let me give you a simple analogy. It's like a 100,000-story tower-building game. People keep pulling out sticks while simultaneously putting in many more, making the tower higher and higher, and the sticks at the bottom becoming increasingly solid. Nobody knows which stick was inserted in which era, or what it was meant to support. Scientists can no longer simplify the AI's operation; they can only keep adding programs... Do you understand?"
Lin Shuying didn't understand. "Does this have anything to do with what I'm thinking right now? Do I need to understand? You just need to tell me if I can do it."
"You! ... We can't use the interstellar mainframe, but we can open a door for you to go in, for about five hours. That's all we can do. In addition, you need to help us bring in our experimental code."
"What code?"
"It's the source code of the digital human we're studying. Don't worry, it won't affect the mainframe or your game. It just goes in to learn human operation and behavior patterns, while replicating some of the thinking and learning abilities. That's why we want to cooperate with you. There's just so much data in your game that can be learned from, which perfectly matches our needs. At the same time, your rare items and various brand-new program settings can also give us a lot of inspiration."
Lin Shuying thought about it and decided to agree to the condition. As long as she made the decision in a situation where the other party had no control, she could maintain a great deal of control. As for whether these people would harm the interstellar mainframe, she no longer wanted to think about it. Even if they were harmed, it would be because they had pushed her too far.
"I'll help you bring the program into the mainframe, but I might not have that much time. Can we start now, but the consequences won't occur until the next Qingfengyi event?"
She was afraid she wouldn't be able to last two months.
"Yes, but that requires a medium initiator and a chip. There are two ways: one is to let us initiate it, and the other is to extract your memories and insert the initiator memory into them yourself. But I don't recommend you do that. The memory that can initiate such a huge program is very solidified, and you might accidentally drain your brain."
"How about extracting my memories?"
It's better for her to carry out the whole plan herself than to hand it over to someone else as before. As for draining her brain, she's going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter how she dies or when she dies.