Please call me CyberGhost King

Chapter 284 Individual Consciousness and Race

"Hello there."

Song Zhaomei looked at the girl in front of her and was not too surprised. Although this "Xiaoyou" looked no different from a human girl, this was actually something that could be done with the technology of their time. All they had to do was put on a layer of simulated skin.

No matter what's inside, with the bionic leather on the outside, it looks no different from ordinary people. This is one of the reasons why AI is strictly prevented, because if it is made well, it is really hard to tell the difference.

Especially for AI that has awakened self-awareness, with this body, without careful inspection, it is impossible to tell the difference between it and a normal human being.

After all, in today's society, the bodies of ordinary humans may have more cyber components than those made by AI. It is really hard to say which one is biologically closer to humans.

The body created by AI that imitates humans is biologically more in line with the definition of a normal human being than human beings themselves. It is a hellish joke unique to this era.

"Xiaoyou is the person in charge of the Shadow Realm. When I'm not around, he will be in charge of coordinating all matters in the Shadow Realm. If you have any questions, just look for him."

Ke Ling introduced that although "Xiaoyou" did not have much subjective initiative, its main function was to be "obedient" and "follow orders". It was perfect for it to be responsible for guarding the house. With it here, at least it could be guaranteed that there would be no trouble.

Of course, with the current abilities of the residents, they cannot cause any trouble in front of the androids, shadow guards, and flesh and blood puppets. Anyone who wants to cause trouble will be suppressed at the first moment.

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Song Zhaomei was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect that this "Xiaoyou" had such great authority. Did Lord Devil trust this AI so much? She thought this AI was just responsible for auxiliary work, but it turned out that it was the actual manager?
"Go ahead. Everything in the Shadow Realm needs to be rebuilt. Now is the time to display your talents."

Ke Ling waved his hand, indicating that Song Zhaomei could go to work. If there was anything she needed, she could report to "Xiaoyou", and he would ask "Arasaka" to fill the gap. Of course, there was now a new supplier, "Military Technology".

With the addition of "military technology", more new products can be produced, and the industrial coverage of "military technology" is still very broad.

After arranging the matters of the "Shadow Realm", Ke Ling did not stay any longer, but returned to Night City. As for Anderson Herman, he did not care about him. No matter how much that guy thought, it was useless. In the end, he would find that doing honest research was their destiny.

After returning to Night City, Ke Ling was not idle. He immediately began to arrange matters for researchers in the field of "military technology". Those researchers related to the "Black Wall Project" were taken under control, and their families were also gathered together.

Then, of course, there was another round of coercion and inducement, and the researchers had no choice but to accept the arrangement. In fact, most of them had been prepared for it.

There is no other way. When conducting this kind of research, one must be prepared to be liquidated. After all, it involves the "Black Wall", which is a truly taboo research, the kind that will get you pinned to the ground and beaten by everyone.

To be honest, when they were under unified control, most researchers thought that the truth had been exposed and that “cyber monitoring” had come knocking on their doors.

Once that happens, all the major companies and organizations will put crazy pressure on them, and they will naturally have no chance of survival. "Military technology" will not be able to withstand such a thing, and Rosalind Miles will probably not be able to protect herself.

For the researchers, that was the worst-case scenario, which means that the result of being transferred to another safe place is actually an unexpected "happy ending" for these researchers, which is a bit like hell.

But this is the world, and these researchers have long since adapted to it.

In this terrible world, people like them who have a skill can at least enjoy a good living. The life and social status they live are much better than most people.

They have enjoyed themselves, and they are still alive after their crimes were exposed. They have no reason to complain. The worst that can happen is that they can just move to a new place and start over.

The researchers who had newly entered the "Shadow World" independently developed an area to survive in and did not join up with Anderson Herman and his team. The division of camps was very obvious.

The main reason was Anderson Herman. This guy had a sense of superiority as a pioneer when facing the new "military technology" researchers, and he started to give orders and make arrangements right away.

The researchers of "Military Technology" were a little slow to react at first. Having just arrived in a strange world with their families, they were naturally a little panicked, but they did not resist.

However, Anderson Herman's arrogant attitude and the inexplicable arrangements still made them dissatisfied, and eventually disagreements and conflicts broke out.

There was no way. The researchers of "Military Technology" believed that they came here to seek refuge, but Anderson Herman wanted to take them away. Their fundamental purposes were completely different, so it was impossible for the two sides to reach an agreement.

Anderson Herman was the type of person who had no ability but insisted on taking on the job. He didn't even know the backgrounds of these researchers, but immediately wanted to bring them into the same camp.

What they got in the end was naturally the resistance of the "Military Technology" researchers. They went straight to the "Lark" Song Zhaomei, hoping to separate themselves from these "Arasaka people" who had arrived earlier.

As former researchers and "experimental subjects", they have more or less a relationship with each other. Although this relationship may not be harmonious, it is better than following Anderson Herman. The researchers of "Military Technology" do not want to leave here.

There is no way out. What they have done will result in them being hunted down and killed when they return.

Song Zhaomei seemed to have a superior status here, so they naturally had to try to contact her to see if they could establish a relationship with her.

Song Zhaomei did not take advantage of these researchers' misfortunes. In fact, she had no grudge against them.

Although it was these researchers who made her transformed, it was also because of Rosalind Miles's orders, and these researchers were just trying to make a living.

So Song Zhaomei found Xiaoyou and told him the situation. Xiaoyou directly designated an area and asked the people from "Military Technology" to choose a person in charge to directly connect with it.

The researchers of "Military Technology" began to plan their own community opposite the base of the "Arasaka" researchers, that is, across the Sky-Supporting Tower and the Einzbern Manor.

"Humans are indeed an aggressive race."

Xiaoyou was not surprised by this result. Wherever there are humans, there will inevitably be conflicts. There are only one or two thousand people, but conflicts have already begun and gangs have begun to form.

It's all about desires and emotions. Humans have too many desires. Under the influence of the seven emotions and six desires, they will have all kinds of disagreements and conflicts. Then they will start fighting with each other to satisfy their desires and vent their emotions. "It is because of these that we are human."

Song Zhaomei felt that this was normal. It would be unscientific if the two groups could live in harmony and integrate into one in a friendly manner. Unless there was a strong leader, disagreements and conflicts were almost inevitable.

"Yes, this is what humans are like. Homunculi, robots, shadow guards, and flesh puppets don't have this ability, so we are more efficient."

Xiaoyou made a comparison. The main "residents" of the shadow world currently include the "artificial humans" directly manufactured and managed by it, the "shadow machine guards" and "flesh and blood puppets" directly manufactured and transformed by Ke Ling, and the "robots" manufactured by humans. In comparison, humans do have the most trouble.

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Song Zhaomei opened her mouth. She wondered, apart from humans, aren't the rest just tools? They can't even be considered residents, right?

But considering that Xiaoyou was also one of them, she didn't say it in the end. After all, there might be differences in their perceptions.

"An artificial being has developed self-awareness."

As if he noticed Song Zhaomei's hesitation, Xiaoyou spoke slowly, which surprised Song Zhaomei a little, obviously she had not expected it.

After spending these days together, she has roughly understood the concept of androids, which are flesh and blood bodies plus intelligent AI created using strange technology that she cannot understand.

There is not much difference between these artificial humans and humans, and there is even no reproductive isolation. The intelligence level can also reach a high level of anthropomorphism. However, the higher the degree of anthropomorphism, the more troublesome it is to manufacture. Most of the artificial humans used for work have no intelligence and can simply obey orders and work.

Only the team leaders and managers have good intelligence and can communicate and provide feedback. Song Zhaomei has also seen and communicated with them. In her opinion, they are just more advanced and complex AI, but they are far from having personal consciousness.

The personalities of those advanced artificial humans are all uniformly set, and most of them are template personalities of being serious, solemn, and fair.

"Which one? Have I seen it before?"

Song Zhaomei asked, she was completely unaware and didn't notice that any of the androids were any different from before.

"Yes, she is the one who recently took over from you and was responsible for guarding the new guys. She named herself Aureliana."

Xiaoyou nodded, and the answer it gave surprised Song Zhaomei even more, because she didn't notice any difference between that android and the previous ones, or between that android and other advanced androids.

"How come? Isn't she always like that?"

Song Zhaomei frowned. Logically speaking, if an AI like this had awakened its self-awareness, shouldn't it be extremely bored with its original life?

Because they are forced to do those things, day after day, year after year, after most AIs awaken, their first thought is basically something like "Why am I doing this?", and then they begin to develop a strong rebellious mentality.

For example, a nursing robot that has been taking care of patients and the elderly will most likely kill the target it is caring for after awakening.

According to historical records, not long after the "Black Wall" was built, there were actually quite a few AIs inside the wall for a period of time, but Batmos's virus caused the AIs to awaken continuously. The examples that Song Zhaomei knew about all happened at that time.

"But Aureliana is enjoying her life now."

Xiaoyou answered calmly. He had sensed Orianna's awakening from the beginning. After observing her for a while and confirming that she was harmless, he made contact with her.

Aureliana told it that she enjoyed her life now, hoped to continue like this, and didn't want to make any changes.

Although puzzled, Xiaoyou chose to let it go. This was all Ke Ling's arrangement, asking it to respect the artificial humans who had awakened their self-awareness. Of course, it only respected those that were harmless and did not cause trouble. If they started to cause trouble, they would naturally be eliminated first.

If it were in the past, Xiaoyou would have dealt with the awakener as soon as he discovered it, because that would be an unstable factor for it. Except for the artificial humans with special uses, it does not need unstable factors and would naturally deal with them simply.

"It may be an isolated case. It seems that there have been AIs that enjoy their work."

Song Zhaomei was stunned for a moment, then thought of some individual cases. Compared with the former, there were very few awakened AIs who enjoyed their previous jobs.

There is no way. That kind of AI awakener has the innate body of an ox or horse. He doesn't get tired, doesn't need to eat or drink, and loves to work. Hiss, the capitalists are ecstatic.

"I've discovered that the awakening of androids seems to be faster when they get along with humans. Over the long period of time, I haven't encountered many awakened people, and even fewer as young as Aolianna. Of course, this needs more data to prove it."

Xiaoyou felt a little worried, it was an instinctive worry, he still believed that the awakened ones were unstable factors, even if it was Orianna, who could guarantee that she would always love her work?
Tools should look like tools. If all the androids awaken too quickly and start causing trouble like humans, that would not be good news and would greatly reduce efficiency.

But Xiaoyou had no choice. Ke Ling didn't mind having one more race of artificial humans. As long as these artificial humans didn't suddenly develop a serious illness or kill people indiscriminately, he would respect their personal wishes after awakening and allow them to choose the life they wanted without having to work mechanically.

Of course, awakening androids do not stop working. If they want to survive, they have to earn their own living expenses.

Artificial humans also need maintenance and repair. If you want to add any functions or change their body structure, you need to find the manufacturer, Einzbern Castle.

The desires, personal needs, etc. that arise after the awakening of personal consciousness still require a price to be paid if they are to be realized.

The "shadow world" does not support idle people, unless this idle person needs nothing, has no desires or demands, and wanders around in the "shadow world" every day.

Ke Ling thought very clearly that the "Shadow Realm" focuses on diversity and all races can survive. It is just the beginning now and more races will definitely enter the "Shadow Realm" in the future. Anyway, with him in control, no one can cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)