Gundam, but from the Ground Alliance to the Human Alliance to the out-of-control servitor

However, part of the time, the agent will request more specific instructions; and the rest of the time, the agent will simply complete the order in a way that is consistent with ordinary human value judgments-but not consistent with the efficiency and ruthlessness of the machine.

According to Fanier's knowledge, when training artificial intelligence to perform a certain task, defining what is a 'good' performance is an extremely difficult task, especially when the task is of realistic complexity.

As for the Ogas system, it seems that it can learn in any field, and its ability to adapt is simply unheard of. It even reminded Director Fanel of a technology that he once thought he would never have the chance to see in his lifetime:

'Strong artificial intelligence'

A machine that has self-awareness, can think about problems independently and formulate optimal solutions to problems through logical reasoning, and has its own values ​​and worldview system.

'It was incredible and I had to look further to find out what she was. '

However, just when Director Fanier was lost in thought, Gamitov had already regarded his silence as having nothing to say, or trying his best to find excuses.

'Then what he says can only be partially believed; the agent is worth a try,' was the conclusion Gamitov drew from his observation of Fanel's words and deeds.

Gamitov recalled the intelligence he heard recently when exchanging information with his old friends in the Federation Army:

It seems that the recruitment work in some overly wealthy areas on Earth is not going very smoothly, causing his old friends to complain about what is wrong with today's young people, who cannot bear any hardship——

One by one, they signed up enthusiastically and clamored to fight the Zabi family to the end. However, within two days of entering the training camp, they started complaining about being tired.

Even after Iphes hit the earth, there is still no shortage of people in society who like to go against the current government.

This is not to mention those who started to act evil during the recruitment process, such as 'two genders and other options are discrimination against other genders', 'why by default everyone has parents, but not two fathers' and so on of.

Anyway, it’s always a good idea to give it a try.

Although he is still young, Gamitov is not an old stubborn who is wary and skeptical of all new technologies. On the contrary, when it comes to artificial intelligence, he believes in his own life experience——

He has seen many people who betray people, but he has never heard of machines that betray people; neither humans nor machines may be reliable.

Chapter 6: California Coast (1)

February in Southern California is not too cold, at least along the coast.

The lower latitude ensures that there is a considerable degree of sunshine even in the winter of the northern hemisphere. This, coupled with the auxiliary heat storage of the nearby East Pacific sea surface, together creates a Mediterranean climate that is still warm in winter.

With pleasant climate, beautiful beaches, convenient transportation and complete urban construction, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the best vacation spot on the west coast of America. In previous years, the beaches here would have been filled with vacationers wearing beach pants. With the men and women in bikini——

Assuming no war breaks out.

During the British Plan launched blatantly by the Principality of Zeon, the island of Ifes, which was thrown to the earth, was covered with scars and exploded over Africa, splitting into three pieces;

One of the pieces fell into the Pacific Ocean less than 150 kilometers southwest of Los Angeles.

It is good news that large pieces of colonial satellites did not directly hit the land, but the bad news is that extraterrestrial visitors of this size may not appear once every 1000 million years on average in the history of the earth.

The huge waves generated by the impact swept across the entire California coastline. The [-]-meter-high wave poured in from the San Francisco Bay Area, toppling buildings and leveling roads. It penetrated nearly [-] kilometers inland and was close to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. stop.

In Southern California, the coastal urban agglomeration from Los Angeles to San Diego has suffered the most serious losses; among the top metropolitan areas in the entire Americas, even in this era of space immigration, there are nearly [-] million people living there. this.

And now, when the violent and surging waves recede, only ruins are left here——

Even the huge maritime overlord, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier stationed at the Federal Navy's San Diego base, was like a beached whale. After being pushed by huge waves and collapsing several buildings, it remained more than 800 meters deep into the land. .

The surviving federal navy officers and soldiers sat in tears around the wreckage of warships worth billions or even tens of billions, desperately filling out reports on possible repairs;

In addition, they also have to check the nuclear reactors on these warships for possible leaks, so as not to add any more challenges to the already difficult post-disaster rescue and reconstruction work here.

Apart from this, in the bustling and prosperous city in the past, there is only a dead silence until the edge of the city - where the skyscrapers in the center of the city gradually transform into bungalows with gardens;

Even if they are also washed away by the sea, the relatively sparse building density and fewer building fragments on the outskirts of the city provide enough space for survivors to set up tents. The dead have passed away, but the living still want to live.

In the face of a man-made disaster of this scale, the Federal Army, as the most disciplined and well-established group here, naturally cannot stay away.

Although the engineers of the federal army were very reluctant, they quickly opened up four simple runways for Medea transport aircraft to take off and land in the ruins of the buildings, allowing the federal government's emergency relief supplies to be delivered at thousands of tons per day. It arrived here as quickly as possible.

Military tents were taken out of sealed warehouses, temporary hospitals were erected, and rations originally reserved for the nuclear winter were also brought to light.

All the above measures have made it difficult for this place to maintain order after experiencing an apocalyptic disaster.

Lieutenant General of the Federal Army, the new commander of the 6th Army of the North American Theater stationed here, Walter Krueger, who was nearly sixty years old, stood outside the door of his command car, looked at the mess in front of him, and sighed heavily .

"Unprecedented... unprecedented."

It is now night, but the indicator lights on both sides of the simple runway not far away are still at their posts, guiding the transport fleet to take off and land around the clock;

Further away, separated from the airport by barbed wire and surrounded by guard towers loaded with live ammunition, is a refugee camp built by the federal army. The camps there are built according to army specifications, so they appear neat and orderly;

At the same time, on the sea not far outside the city, the aircraft carrier battle group "Wide Area Silence" from the Asia-Pacific region is moored. While a large amount of relief supplies are being transported, the nuclear reactor on the ship is also providing basic supplies for the settlement camps of the victims. electricity.

However, a considerable part of the limited barracks was occupied by politicians who came to show off and cause trouble, as well as media reporters who came with them to promote. The rest of the space was mostly used by people related to the government——

Naturally, this group of people would not be crowded together with others according to the preset number of residents in the barracks. Almost all of them were one or two people occupying the room that could originally accommodate four to eight disaster victims.

'A bunch of insects...'

It made Kruger sick to deal with these people;

He would rather go to the warehouses that were supposed to be filled with emergency supplies and suddenly caught fire when they were finally put to use, or go to the headquarters of the divisions and brigades under his command to check how the officers here used knives and forks except from the military academy. What else did I learn besides eating?

'Well, this shit sucks too. '

Lieutenant General Krueger thought that he had not heard any good news since he was transferred.

Of course, even if the current situation is already so bad, there is still room for further deterioration. Kruger raised his head and glanced at the night sky; although all the lights in the bustling city in the past have been extinguished, it is still difficult to see on this dark land. Clear the stars.

The reason is that Zeon - the fleet of the Principality of Zeon now controls the low-Earth orbit, while unscrupulously spreading rice particles over the earth, blurring the starlight, while cutting off the huge satellite network built by the Federation over the past hundreds of years one by one.

The Principality of Zeon's army does not need to clean up all the satellites above the earth. The huge number is enough to ensure that they will never be able to do this;

However, just destroying the larger military communication, reconnaissance, and navigation satellites in orbit is enough to set back the federal army's combat level by decades.

"If the Principality of Zeon wants to descend from orbit to the ground for combat," Lieutenant General Kruger crossed his hands and tightened his collar, "where else could it be worse than California, which was hit hard by the impact of Iphis Island?" What about more vulnerable targets? '

According to the Space Force, the Principality of Zeon suffered serious fleet losses after two fierce battles with the Federation Space Force, and its ability to deliver troops to the earth has been significantly reduced.

Sydney, Panama?Several areas that were also severely damaged but also had certain strategic value appeared in Lieutenant General Kruger's mind. Which one will be Zeon's first target of attack?

Chapter 7: California Coast (2)

"Buzzing—"

A Midea transport plane, with indicator lights flashing outside the wingtips, flew over Lieutenant General Kruger's head, and the roar of its engines interrupted his thoughts.

In the hands of a brave and skilled pilot, the Midea approached the airport at a low altitude at an airspeed of less than 100 kilometers per hour - for a traditional jet, this can be said to be in an extremely dangerous stall. status.

However, this is not the case for the Midea transport aircraft, which even has vertical take-off and landing capabilities under light load conditions;

Under the fuselage of this Midea, five rotor engines are operating at full power, making up for the lift that the wings cannot generate at low speeds and maintaining basic flight controllability.

In the end, the Midea transport aircraft touched the simple runway with a grace that could be called a dragonfly, then it completely stopped within 300 meters, and was slowly led to the unloading area.

'Fortunately, as long as the supply of materials is guaranteed, the situation will be under control. ' Lieutenant General Kruger thought.

Although the evacuation of people to surrounding inland states had begun long before the landing on Iphis Island, there were still millions of disaster victims in California at this time, stranded in simple settlement areas and homeless.

Logistics on land cannot be restored in a short time due to the damage caused by the tsunami to roads, railways and other infrastructure facilities, even if the Army Corps of Engineers from Texas and Arizona in the east have intervened;

California's local agricultural production is also hard to come by after large areas of coastal plains and valleys are soaked by seawater.

Transportation by sea suffered from the total destruction of port loading and unloading facilities, and the large amount of garbage and construction debris swept away by the tsunami when it receded blocked the inbound channel. Giant ships loaded with hundreds of thousands of tons of disaster relief materials could only be parked in the open sea, and were handled by the navy and land forces. The team's air-cushion landing craft transferred supplies bit by bit.

Now, only maintaining the air lifeline established by this airstrip can ensure the smooth progress of the disaster relief work here.

"General!"

A young Union Army Warrant Officer, holding a clipboard under his left arm, hurried over and stood still in front of Kruger.

"General, there is an urgent message from Gabro Headquarters that needs your signature."

The second lieutenant saluted and handed over the document in his hand.

"Don't stick to the old rules you had in the military academy! We are already in wartime. This is a war zone. Don't salute your commander casually."

Kruger, who was wearing the same training uniform as ordinary federal soldiers. Only the rank insignia on his right arm showed that he was a lieutenant general. He did not show any intention to blame the young second lieutenant. Instead, he showed that he was a lieutenant general. A gentle smile.

"Which Army Academy are you from? What level are you at?"

Kruger took the document from the second lieutenant's hand and looked through it. It turned out that it was indeed an order from Gabro headquarters, saying that new experimental equipment was deployed to the army headquarters, which could solve his current manpower shortage problem.

"How can equipment solve the problem of insufficient manpower?" Lieutenant General Kruger frowned. After he was transferred here, he felt that there was a shortage of military talents at all levels——

Officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers; none of them are sufficient.

In this situation where the fall of the colonies affected a large area, in addition to disaster relief tasks, he was also responsible for integrating the local National Guard into the chain of command, mobilizing the first and second level reserves, and recruiting new volunteers into the army;

Theoretically enough manpower, several times the number of active army personnel under his command, was trained into qualified soldiers in just two months.

"Sir, I am from East Point Military Academy, grade 76!"

"Class 76, shouldn't you graduate next year?"

"Sir, all the Class 6 seniors from East Point Military Academy who were originally scheduled to graduate in June this year have graduated ahead of schedule and have been assigned to various new units; our Class 75 students have also selected outstanding students to graduate early."

The young warrant officer straightened his chest, which reminded Lieutenant General Kruger of his high-spirited days when he just graduated.

"Okay, okay, where's the equipment and the operators?"

"Uh, sir," the warrant officer said hesitantly, "The forklift will be here soon, but it seems there is no operator accompanying it. I also specifically asked the pilot who delivered the goods."

Lieutenant General Kruger also felt strange that he would just leave the equipment here with us after just one official document. Should we let us study how to use the equipment ourselves?

"Ah, sir, look, it's here!"

Kruger looked up and saw a forklift in the distance with its headlights on, heading this way; and what was loaded on the front fork - was it a coffin?

Kruger looked at the forklift operator in confusion, leaving such a coffin in front of him;

'Then what? ’ He looked at the coffin standing on the ground, and then at the warrant officer who was also in a dazed state.

[Check the optical cable connection... intact]

[Check the communication quality...the delay is within the allowable range]

Thanks to the Federation's perfect underground communication cable construction, the agent is able to project his mind here across thousands of kilometers of underground defense optical cables that run through North and South America.

The sliding coffin door made a subtle motor sound and opened upwards. Inside the coffin, the agent opened her golden eyes and saw only:

Lieutenant General Kruger grabbed the young warrant officer who was still stunned and dragged him back to the command vehicle. He hid most of his body and peeked out half of his face to observe the agent.

"Stop, Lieutenant General Kruger. Please don't rush to call the guards."

The agent, who instantly understood the situation, had no choice but to raise his hands to show that he was not hostile.

"If you don't mind, you can turn the document in your hand from back to front. It contains enough information to confirm my identity."

However, Lieutenant General Kruger didn't pay attention to the agent's peaceful speech at all, and shouted directly at the top of his voice. For him, it was too beyond the norm for him to come out of a storage cabinet that was supposed to be equipment. situation.

'Director Fanel must be seriously ill,' the agent thought to herself. She realized it when she connected to the computer and opened her eyes to see a sliding door that was slowly rising upwards. Director Fanel may have come up with another fantastic idea:

Either that or the way she was deployed here was rather bizarre;

Either that, Fanel's notice to the commander of her incoming unit was rather bizarre;

Or, both.

After a burst of rapid footsteps, the agent who was pointed at by several assault rifles at the same time had a smile on his face that was enough to make people disarm, and said in a soothing tone:

"General Kruger, can you now safely take a look at the documents that were supposed to be sent with me?"

Chapter 8: California Coast (End)

"So, the tactical command robot, together with the center and agent of the intelligent control legion?"

Lieutenant General Kruger glanced suspiciously at the girl in front of him who was wearing a black and white traditional maid outfit, with long black hair tied into two ball-shaped buns, and hidden behind a pure white katyusha...robot.

"roger, roger?" the young warrant officer who was watching next to him said suddenly out of nowhere.

"Warrant Officer, I am very grateful to you for wasting your time and staying with me, but I don't have any tasks for you right now."

Lieutenant General Kruger gave the talkative warrant officer a helpless look. Kruger, who once taught at a military academy, was quite tolerant of these fledgling officers.

Although the warrant officer was young, his emotional intelligence was not so low that he could not understand what Kruger meant, "I'm very sorry, I'm resigning!"

After that, he exited the room, allowing Lieutenant General Kruger to turn his attention to the agent again.

"Exactly," the agent stood respectfully, "Agent, I have been ordered to be assigned to the 6th Group Army from now on and report to you!"

"Take a break."