Hearing the mechanical voice of the AI system, William frowned and said, "Get me the voice of a professional male voice actor from the internet. I want the voice to be loud and deep."
"Understood, sir." A few seconds later, the voice of the AI butler reading today's news came from the speakers. It seemed that the AI system was very intelligent. It had basic logic and knew how to choose today's news for William.
After listening to a few voices, William finally chose a voice that was similar to his grandfather Henry's. "Okay, this is the voice. As for your name," William thought for a while.
This system was modified based on Friday in Marvel. It removed Friday's ability to think independently, so William did not set much freedom. "You're my assistant butler, so I'll call you Sunday."
"Okay, sir. I'll report to you on Sunday. I'll be at your service at any time."
"Retrieving basic commands, testing system status, testing computing speed."
"Command accepted. Testing in progress. Testing in progress." After a few seconds, Sunday said, "Sir, the basic commands are normal. The system is operating normally, but the computing speed is very low. The current processor can only complete 3% of the computing requirements."
"Only 3%?" The processor bought for 30 million USD could only meet 3% of Sunday's computing requirements. If he wanted to use Sunday's computing speed at full speed, wouldn't he have to buy a processor worth 1 billion USD?
Moreover, this was the original version of the system. A mature system would require 10 times the hardware standard. If he gave Sunday the ability to learn, he would have to multiply it by another 10 times.
100 billion USD. William's forehead was sweating. He could not afford it even if he sold his entire fortune. However, on second thought, it was only the year 2000. The performance of the hardware was much lower than it would be ten years later. If the functions of the hardware doubled in 18 months, the performance of the hardware would increase by 1024 times in 15 years.
Forget it, he would take it slow. William could not even bear to spend 1 billion USD, let alone 100 billion USD. This was only the beta version, and he did not need Sunday's computing power. It would be better to wait until he needed it. After a year and a half, the cost of 1 billion USD would be reduced to 500 million USD.
Besides, wasn't there still a company that could rent computing resources? Even if William was worried about security, he had other ways. Computers in this era didn't even use 50% of their computing resources most of the time. William smiled and said, "Sunday, can you find out how many empty servers there are in Oxford?"
"Please wait a moment, sir," Sunday said a minute later. "Sir, there are two supercomputers in the entire city of Oxford, located in the University of Oxford. There are 647 enterprise servers and 34713 home computers."
The data made William chuckle. "Excluding the commonly used servers and supercomputers, what's the probability of someone noticing that you're borrowing the computing resources of the remaining servers? How many functions can you fulfill after borrowing those computing resources?"
"Calculating," Sunday said after ten seconds, "The probability of being noticed is 0.01% if I can borrow the computing resources of the vacant servers. If I only borrow 20% of the computing power of the vacant computing resources, the probability of being noticed is 0%, and I can fulfill 11% of my computing needs."
This percentage was a bit low, but William also understood. He asked Sunday to remove the commonly used servers, so the supercomputers and enterprise servers were basically removed. This 11% was basically borrowed from home computers.
"Sir, I have to remind you that this 11% increase is achieved with all the computers turned on."
Damn, how could he forget this? Home computers and small business computers were not always turned on. "What's the probability of being noticed if you borrow the two supercomputers from the University of Oxford?"
"100%, sir," Sunday replied.
"Why?" William asked in surprise.
"Sir, borrowing computing power consumes a lot of power. Once the power consumption exceeds 10%, although the probability of being noticed by the supercomputer system is only 0.1%, if I borrow too many times, the probability of being suspected is 100%."
William nodded. It seemed that he had taken it for granted. The other party was not an idiot. The rapid increase in power consumption would definitely arouse suspicion. It seemed that this method could not be used too often, and it could not be used again after the first time.
Putting aside the idea of borrowing computing resources, William said, "Help me search for information about England Electricity and Aston Martin on the Internet."
"Yes, sir. Do you allow me to access some confidential information?"
"Yes, but the premise is that you are not a threat to the other party and will not be noticed by the other party." After that, William thought for a while and said, "I'll add an additional order for you. From now on, all actions on the Internet are to be carried out under your own safety. No sabotage is allowed without my order."
"Order accepted. Executing, sir. Because it is a non-threatening and confidential entry, the time required will be increased by more than ten times. Please wait patiently."
Looking at the progress on the monitor, Sunday estimated that it would take more than an hour. William sat on the chair and looked down at the server in the basement. Feeling the slowly warming air in the basement, it seemed that he still had a lot of things to do.
Standing up, he opened the portal and threw all the packaging and garbage into the abandoned mine pit. Before leaving, William looked at the words on the packaging and released a fire magic to burn all the packaging and garbage to ashes.
Returning to the basement, he called the Oxford Electricity Company and asked them to send someone to the castle to discuss the increase of the power lines and electricity consumption. He needed to transform the power system in the castle. In the future, there would definitely be more servers, and the general power lines would not be enough for a long time. At the same time, he had to transform the basement himself, the computer room into a dust-free one, and the cooling system also had to be modified.
Although he could set up an ice magic circle in the computer room, William had always believed that if he could spend money and use technology, he would never use magic. After all, this was a world of technology, and he was not short of money.
Moreover, a magic circle could not keep the temperature and humidity constant. The power used by the server would change from time to time, and the temperature would also change with the power used by the server. In this case, it was safer to let Sunday control the temperature of the computer room by himself than to set up a magic circle.
"Sunday, search for the computer room requirements on the Internet and place an order. The basement is not suitable for a computer room. We have to transform it. The payment will be made with my account in the Bank of England. The account number is XX, and the password is XX."
"Understood, sir. I am collecting the design drawings of the computer room. The design of the computer room is being simplified compared to the castle's computer room," Sunday said after more than ten seconds of silence, "The order has been issued, sir."
A minute later, William received a call from the account manager of the Bank of England confirming the payment. After a few words and matching the password, the other party politely said goodbye to William.
After hanging up the phone, William laughed, "It seems that it was a wise decision to design you. In the future, I only need to give orders for these trivial matters, and the rest can be left to you. Very good, Sunday. I am very satisfied with you now."
"Thank you, sir. It is my mission and the meaning of my existence to serve you," Sunday said.
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