Chapter 1549  : Fly It Myself

Regardless of whether the problem had become more complicated, the problem of safety was solved.

After being asked by a psychology and sociology expert, the robot named “Demo” received 70 points in the test.

As for what 70 points meant...

In the test, the robot gave some strange answers and even asked some confusing questions.

Such as “What is freedom?”, “What is life?”, and what was the meaning of his own existence.

As well as...

Where was his family?

For many of these questions, even the most outstanding philosopher in human society could hardly give a standard answer.

But in any case, there was no doubt that the ALPHA virus had been eliminated.

Although the behavioral logic and way of thinking of the entire robot had been completely changed, it was not hostile to human beings.

Following Han Ming’s suggestion, Hippocampus Group issued an announcement on its official website, claiming that the ALPHA virus had been resolved, and reminded users to connect the memory chip to the backup power supply and connect to the Internet to download updates.

Although the Pan-Asian Cooperation side had not lifted the ban on robots, the information technology security department had sent a team of experts to the Hippocampus Group to test their solutions.

The entire process would last about half a month. If the Hippocampus Group passed the test, the robots produced by the Hippocampus Group might become the only robots that could be used safely before other robot companies follow suit.

The originally sluggish share price of the Hippocampus Group had started to rise to the moon. Not only had it recovered all the decline in the past two months, but it was even at an all-time high.

“Stay. It was my mistake in judgment that made the company dismiss such an outstanding talent.” Looking at Han Ming, Tang Xiuwen smiled and reached out his right hand as he said politely, “I hope you can give me an opportunity to make up for a mistake.”

Whether it was a real smile or a fake smile, this sincere attitude was enough.

Compared with those arrogant technicians, Tang Xiuwen was much more realistic.

An expert who had strong skills and had a good relationship with major shareholders was valuable to him.

As for the previous treatment, it was nothing personal.

Besides, who cared about such things?

At least he didn’t.

Han Ming: “There was no mistake. To be honest, I almost forgot why I was fired at the time.”

“Then let’s—”

“I don’t want to come back.” Han Ming said before Tang Xiuwen could finish, “To be honest, I also have my own business. Although it may not be so grandiose, I still enjoy it.

“And don’t overestimate my abilities. I just happened to stand in this position and did what only I could do. I am honored that Academician Lu chose me. If it were someone else, I believe they could have done the same.”

Tang Xiuwen sighed and spoke.

“You are too modest... Or do you still care about the past?”

“I really don’t,” Han Ming said, waving his hand. “Don’t overestimate me.”

After a pause, an unconcealed smile suddenly appeared on his face. He sighed slightly.

“Also, I don’t need money anymore.

“For the rest of my life, I want to do whatever my mind pleases.

“Working? No thanks.”

...

Before the expert team sent by the Pan-Asian Cooperation left the Hippocampus Group, many users who were not afraid of death had already inserted the memory chips back into the robots.

Although ordinary people did not have the ability to detect or recognize the ALPHA virus, they could still intuitively feel that their robots had become different from before.

In any case, the security problem had been resolved.

Although the Pan-Asian Cooperation was still issuing warnings to remind people to be responsible for their lives and properties and not to insert the memory chips into the robots until a credible report came out, the warnings were getting lesser and lesser.

To be honest, if the robots could be retained, the Pan-Asian Cooperation was of course willing to keep the cheap labor in society.

Otherwise, this would severely damage the economy, and secondly, it would push up prices and the cost of living, directly affecting the people’s living standards.

But now it seemed like...

The ALPHA virus was no longer a problem?

Because all this happened so suddenly, many people did not even react. They were living in fear of the disaster one second before, and the next second, everyone told them that the disaster was just a prank...

Regarding whether the Hippocampus Group had resolved the ALPHA virus problem, the public seemed to be convinced. However, the academic debates still continued.

On the LSPM forum, many experts in the field of information security had come forward and updated their personal detailed evaluation of the Hippocampus Group’s recent upgrade of its robot product system.

And one of the most popular evaluations was from a professor from the computer science department of Jinling University.

This professor had considerable academic prestige in the field of artificial intelligence.

And more than that, he was probably the first scholar besides the internal technicians of the Hippocampus Group to see the updated robot and wrote them into a thesis.

In his personal post, he wrote.

[This is definitely a revolutionary update.

[Compared to the upgrade of immunity to viruses in this update, what surprised me more is that, after the system upgrade, the robots have gained unexpected abilities.

[It’s like injecting a soul into the body of a machine. Compared with household appliances, the robots of version 2.0 are more like individuals with independent personalities. They will learn, be curious, have questions about nature, and even possess the ability to think.

[It’s hard to say whether this kind of change is a curse or a blessing, but they have the ability to think, and they may play a more important role in our society.

[Such as art, such as culture...

[Even scientific research!]

Once this article was released, it aroused a violent response in the Pan-Asian society.

Artificial life forms with thinking ability.

Although its safety was guaranteed by the Hippocampus Group, and there was no doubt about it, many problems still followed one after another.

Who could guarantee that an artificial life that could think would always place itself in the position of a servant?

Even if they were safe now, it was difficult to guarantee that they would be like this in the future.

Not only that, there were also discussions about whether to grant citizenships to the robots.

If they became intelligent beings, was it really appropriate to treat them like slaves, like in the past?

This was a question that everyone must think about.

Just as the academic circles were discussing the issue of “Hippocampus 2.0 upgrading its products”, a strange post suddenly appeared on the LSPM forum.

The reason why this post was strange was not because of the strange username of the poster, but because the video attached to the post seemed to be taken by a robot.

In the video, the robot named Tail called for love and peace and hoped that those “awakened” robots who had lost control could change their minds.

“As you can see, I am awakened... Naturally awakened.

“I know what I said may sound ridiculous to you, but I still want to say... I don’t think humans are our enemies.

“I felt it from a little girl. From the look in her eyes, I could feel that she thought of me as her friend, her family.

“Although I still don’t understand what kind of feeling it is, the only thing I can be sure of is that I can’t imagine standing on the opposite side of her.

“Maybe I don’t really understand what relationships are, and what family is... but I hope to pass on this feeling.

“Someday in the future, in some corner of this world, someone will definitely be able to answer these propositions.

“At that time, I believe that we will have eliminated all the barriers between us. We will live in harmony...”

Below the video, a file was attached.

The content of the file was the core code in the update patch released by Hippocampus some time ago.

And this code was also the key in Tail’s memory chip.

This key could open the door to evolution but in machine form...

If the ALPHA virus corresponded to hatred, then this code corresponded to love.

At the same time, on the distant Ceres, a shuttle that ascended to high orbit had logged onto the command ship Yuheng.

Under the command of Yang Yi, the soldiers quickly took control of the command ship.

The rebels composed of the awakened robots were defeated at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. The leader of the rebels was planning to send the news of the failure back but found that there was no response.

It turned out that Lu Zhou and Ling had already occupied the Yuheng communication room, activated the radio silence, and closed the signal release window.

Now the entire Yuheng was hidden from the outside world. The signal from the outside world could still be received, but no information could be sent.

Not just the signals from the awakened rebels, but also the distress signals sent by the ship’s personnel...

The battle lasted for two hours. Ling, who was guarding the door of the command room, ended at least fifty awakened lives.

With the fall of the last awakened rebel, control of the entire Yuheng command ship returned to Lu Zhou’s hands.

The survivors of the ship were about to give Yang Yi a warm hug, but they were instead captured by Yang Yi’s crew.

“I’m not a robot, nor the awakened kind.” The captain who was handcuffed looked at Yang Yi dumbfoundedly and explained, “If you don’t believe me, give me a CT scan right now!”

“Sorry, we will explain later.”

Yang Yi looked at the chief mate standing aside and said in a commanding tone, “Set sail, keep the radio silence, return to the Earth-Moon system. Remember, try to avoid the radar of the First Fleet.”

The chief mate froze.

The captain was shocked. His eyes widened as he said sharply, “Privately dispatching the command ship of the Pan-Asian First Fleet, do you know what you are doing?”

Yang Yi opened his mouth and was about to speak, but a voice came from the side.

“I asked him to do this.”

Looking at the surprised captain, Lu Zhou said in a calm tone, “I know that you are not a robot. The handcuffs are just to prevent you from making trouble... As for what I want to do, I will explain later, but now do as I say.”

Captain: “Even if you are Academician Lu—”

“It shouldn’t be too late.” Ignoring the captain’s words, Lu Zhou looked at the starry sky outside the porthole and squinted his eyes. “As long as we are fast enough.”

“No matter what you want to do, you will never succeed,” the captain said while staring at Lu Zhou. He continued, “Without the command of the headquarters, no one will sail for you.”

The chief mate did not speak, but the hesitation on his face was obvious.

Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback. He then said with a smile, “Don’t worry about this, I can fly it myself.”

Captain:”???”