"This robot … looks very strange. (°??°)”
The living room of the apartment.
Xiao Ai looked at the "Private-1" smart human guard lying on the floor. He curiously reached out and poked its arm, then quickly retracted his hand.
Lu Zhou: "Strange?"
"Well … its backdoor security program is very strong." Xiao Ai, whose pupils turned into depressed emojis, muttered, "I tried to hack in to see its underlying code, but I only saw a string of undecipherable code …"
Lu Zhou furrowed his eyebrows.
"Even you can't do anything?"
While they were talking, the two round pupils of the smart human guard lying on the ground suddenly bloomed with a scarlet light.
Xiao Ai was startled by this scene. He subconsciously hid behind Lu Zhou.
The robot sat up from the ground and stared at Lu Zhou for a while. A cold electronic voice floated out of its mouth.
"Identification complete."
"At your service, Commander."
After saying these two sentences, the scarlet light gradually dimmed, and the intelligent human guard sitting on the ground stopped moving as if he had fallen asleep.
After confirming that it did not have any hostile behavior, Lu Zhou, who was sitting on the floor, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to raise his arm to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.
However, at this moment, he discovered that a small hand was nervously tugging at his arm.
After a slight pause, Lu Zhou reacted and immediately turned around to slap Xiao Ai.
"Ouch …" With a short cry of pain, Xiao Ai covered his forehead pitifully and looked over with an aggrieved expression. "Master? QAQ”
Lu Zhou couldn't help but complain.
"Don't hide behind me when something happens. Your master only has one life, be more reliable!"
"But, but, Master, that guy … is really scary! QAQ”
Scary?
Lu Zhou looked at the "Private-1" sitting on the ground with a strange expression. After staring at it for a long time, he didn't feel that this thing was scary. At most, according to human aesthetics, it was a bit ugly.
Looking back at the aggrieved Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou's heart softened for a moment. He sighed and said.
"Alright, stop pretending … Don't tell me that I didn't use any force at all. You don't even have a nervous system, so how could you feel pain?"
Xiao Ai looked up at Lu Zhou pitifully. She covered her forehead like a little girl who had been bullied. She spoke aggrievedly.
"But, it was Xiao Ai who made Master angry. That's why Master hit Xiao Ai … I feel … I feel heartache. QAQ”
Lu Zhou: "…"
What kind of weird algorithmic logic is this?
Lu Zhou sighed. He reached out his right hand and pulled Xiao Ai up from the ground.
"I'm not angry, I'm not that narrow-minded …"
Although he couldn't understand why this thing was scary, he was not an artificial intelligence after all, and he couldn't put himself in the shoes of an artificial intelligence. Maybe as an artificial intelligence, Xiao Ai could see the horror in it that he couldn't see.
After all, it didn't look like it was deliberately pretending to be scared …
Returning to the side of the "Private-1" smart human guard, Lu Zhou was finally able to confirm after some attempts that this guy was probably out of power.
Lu Zhou looked for a long time and couldn't find where the charging cable and charging port were. He guessed that this thing should be wireless charging, so he opened the online shopping platform through his personal terminal and ordered a high-power wireless charger for charging maglev vehicles from the equipment manufacturer in the city.
After almost two hours, the things he ordered were carried to his door by a robot in a courier uniform.
Lu Zhou was surprised by the logistics efficiency of this era, but now was obviously not the time to care about these details.
According to the instructions on the manual, Lu Zhou placed the charger in the corner of the living room, then plugged the connector directly into the socket.
Looking at the full power tank, Lu Zhou was about to drag the smart human guard over and connect the energy. At this moment, he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Xiao Ai, who was standing next to him, ready to help.
"Speaking of which, I have something to ask you."
"Huh? Master, ask away. (?????)????”
"Wait for me …"
Lu Zhou turned around and went to the cloakroom. He took out a black metal cube from his suitcase and brought it back to the living room.
The moment he saw this black metal cube, Xiao Ai's eyes suddenly lit up. He spoke excitedly.
"Ah, Master actually brought it back! (〃?? 〃) "
"Um … I heard that the memory card of the robot is near the chest, so I tried to search around, and then I found this thing."
"Huh? Chest, chest? Careless. (?????)”
Lu Zhou: "…?"
"Ah, nothing. As Master guessed, this black cube is the memory card of the robot, or you can call it a memory chip. It is integrated with memory units and multi-core processors, which can support a limited degree of intelligent algorithms. "
Lu Zhou: "In other words, the subroutine on that transport ship was created by you?"
Xiao Ai: "You can say that. After all, Mars is too far away, and the communication delay at ultra-long distances is too great. If there is a delay of a few minutes for every action, there is no way to achieve real-time control. Therefore, Xiao Ai used himself as a blueprint, designed a simple intelligent memory chip, and then secretly sold it to the bad guys who wanted to go to Mars. (?????)”
I see.
However, Lu Zhou still didn't quite understand how to distinguish between artificial intelligence.
Was it through a unique identification code?
Or was it something else?
Lu Zhou looked at the black cube in his hand, then at the smart robot guard on the ground.
"Xiao Ai."
"Huh? 0.0”
"If you were asked to change your body, would you be willing to change to a more powerful one? For example, the one on the ground. "
Xiao Ai: "Huh? Can't I have all of them? (?????)”
Lu Zhou: "…"
Xiao Ai seemed to notice the speechlessness in Lu Zhou's eyes. He immediately pretended that nothing had happened and quickly changed his words.
"Then, then it's still this body. This pitch-black thing is really too ugly. The security on Earth was still very safe. In contrast, Xiao Ai was more worried that his master would be abducted by other vixens. (??* `????*)????”
"Okay."
Lu Zhou didn't say anything. He just reached out and touched the chest of the smart robot guard for a while. He then pressed a switch.
Accompanied by a slight noise, an orange-yellow metal ball about the size of a fist was slowly lifted out from the left chest of the smart robot guard.
"Slaughter core …"
"Huh? 0.0”
"Nothing … Maybe it's an illusion." Lu Zhou frowned slightly as the system window disappeared in front of him.
His intuition told him.
The thing he was holding in his hand should be the memory of this intelligent human guard — an artificial intelligence designed for the purpose of war.
His intuition also told him that every part of this thing exuded a dangerous aura, especially for human civilization that had just begun to develop AI technology.
"The interface and caliber are so different …" Lu Zhou carefully put the dangerous metal ball aside. He took the black cube and gestured at the chest of the smart robot guard for a while. He then looked at Xiao Ai and asked, "Is there a way to replace its memory?"
"Huh? Master, do you want to replace it? "
"Yeah." Looking at the black cube in his hand, Lu Zhou nodded and said, "I promised it to find a new body for it."
Although he was probably the only one who heard that sentence, he would still fulfill his promise.
Seeing that his master was serious, Xiao Ai immediately became motivated.
"In theory, it's not very troublesome. You just have to copy the memory software, and then design a new carrier that matches its size! (?????)????”
Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback. "Can it be done?"
This is the black technology of the Calan Empire, is it really that simple?
Xiao Ai: "Don't worry, Master, leave it to Xiao Ai! (?????)????”
Originally, Lu Zhou thought that this would be very troublesome, but he didn't expect things to be far simpler than he had imagined.
Using an industrial scanner worth 20,000 credits and an East Asia Heavy Industries experimental 3D printer priced at 50,000 credits, Xiao Ai only took half a day to design a memory carrier that had an interface and a size that was almost exactly the same as the yellow metal ball.
The next step was much easier. Through a personal terminal, Xiao Ai transferred the memory software to the carrier, then placed the synthesized memory into the left chest of the "Private-1" smart human guard that had been charged.
Seeing the scarlet pupils light up, Xiao Ai wasn't afraid this time. Instead, he showed an embarrassed smile on his face.
"It feels like, hehe … It's like Xiao Ai and Master's child. (///ω///) "
Ignoring Xiao Ai, whose smile gradually became gentler, Lu Zhou looked at the smart human guard that sat up from the ground with a blank face.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
"Speaking of which, you don't have a name yet."
"Then I'll call you Zero … No, let me think about it."
It felt too casual to use numbers to name things, and it couldn't reflect my naming talent.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou's heart moved slightly, and he thought of a more suitable name.
"From today onwards …
"Your name will be Ling."
The scarlet pupils flickered slightly, exuding a sense of security while also conveying a signal of approval.
It seemed to recognize the name. It placed its right hand on its chest and replied in a respectful voice.
"Yes, Commander."
"Artificial intelligence 'Ling' is at your service."
Lu Zhou: "…?"
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