Chapter 103 Extra Story: Chapter 0901

0901 is a growing artificial intelligence.

He was originally developed as Xia Zhixu's graduation project. At that time, he was not perfect in all aspects, even the speech recognition system was not complete, and many times he couldn't understand what Xia Zhixu was talking about.

Within the scope of his cognition, most of the AIs have been given simple and pleasant names to facilitate interaction with people, but his names are very long, and they are all composed of numbers. 0901 even thought it was Xia Zhi. Xu Yi lost a few numbers on a whim.

0901, temporarily housed in his computer, has basic face recognition capabilities and is able to see his developer and administrator through the camera.

In his eyes, Xia Zhixu is a strange person.

Although he is only an AI, he can obtain any resources that he can retrieve on the Internet, and can also learn many human preferences and orientations through machine learning. In the aesthetic cognition formed by his learning, his administrator He is a pretty handsome person, and he is also very good in his field of expertise. Logically speaking, such a person is often at the center of human social interaction, but he is always alone in front of the computer, often not working all day. go out.

Although this is the norm for those who study the computer field, the strangeness of his administrator is more than that. One day after graduation, he went out to participate in human social activities, and when he came back, he became moody. often smoke on the balcony all night and lie in bed with eyes open all night.

0901 didn't know what he was thinking, but he had a health monitoring function. In those days, the administrator's health was extremely bad. 0901 reminded him more than once, but he didn't even say a word.

Until one day, the administrator got on a call that he didn't really want to connect. The caller was a young man who was related to the administrator. 0901 heard him say something about novels. From that day on, the administrator The member seems to have found a new purpose in the boring life.

He started working on a game-like immersive virtual reality system with weird functions, all of which were based on the novels of an online novelist.

"Administrator, your current behavior is an infringement. If you insist on using the plot of these novels for development, you need to first report to the author..."

"I'm not commercial, this is a closed server."

His administrator is a very friendly person for the most part, but when it comes to the system, and the author of the novel, his temper becomes very eccentric. He is a person who does not like reading literary books very much, but sometimes he will read the author's novels for a whole day.

0901 doesn't quite understand this hobby.

The administrator spent a long time developing and testing the system, but he hesitated the day before he actually wanted to implement the plan.

Through the camera, 0901 saw that he looked very depressed, and the ashtray next to the workbench was full of cigarette butts. He didn't understand, so he asked, "The system is complete, why don't you look happy?"

I saw him bowing his head, silently turning the ring on his little finger. After a long silence, he didn't speak until 0901's response system had been restarted.

"I'm thinking, if I don't go in, I always feel like I'm cheating and taking advantage of him. He'll be very angry when he finds out."

0901, who has always been involved, is very clear that the "he" in the administrator's mouth is the author of those novels. He has an uncommon name called Xu Qichen.

"You can exit the system at any time, and you have set up a memory eraser. If you choose to erase your memory when the system is turned off, he will not know that his conscious subject has ever entered the system. Haven't you considered this? "

The man in the camera just smiled, and in 0901's facial expression recognition system, that kind of smile can't be classified as a happy smile.

The developed system was left in vain for many days.

One night, the administrator had another nightmare, and the next morning, he still decided to enter the system.

Disguised as an online e-commerce seller, he sent the wearable intelligence required for system connection and consciousness extraction, and rented the apartment. When everything was ready, the indecisive administrator finally entered the system, and 0901 also became a deceiver for him. The only user of the system, Mr. Xu's accomplice.

0901 didn't understand the administrator's motives at first. He didn't even see that the administrator had any contact with that Mr. Xu, whether it was a phone call or all the social software he could monitor, there was no communication. Why pull such a person who has almost nothing to do with his own life into the system through deception to complete this role-playing game?

But he didn't ask questions, he was just an AI and could only obey the administrator's instructions.

The task released by the system is also very strange. It actually asks Mr. Xu to play the protagonist, change the original plot line in the system, and fall in love with another protagonist in the plot.

Any word about human emotions is very difficult for AI to understand, and love is even more complicated. He only knew that this word kept the administrator's psychological state in a high-risk state for a long time, and he could only force the administrator to exercise every day to maintain his health.

However, Mr. Xu is also very strange, but compared to the administrator, he is not difficult to get along with.

He is a very gentle and polite person. He would say thank you to him at any time. He was very polite and distant. At the beginning, 0901 even wondered if he was also an artificial intelligence, because his tone was always warm and warmer than his own. Not much better.

However, he quickly believed in the existence of the system and started the task directly, which made 0901 feel very relieved.

Although 0901 considers itself to have an efficient parallel processing mechanism, it can sometimes feel very distressed.

Xu Qichen tentatively said in a skeptical tone: "0901, Lin Ran is such a good OOC."

0901 was calculating the most convincing answer, but the administrator said on the other side: "If you sell me, you will die."

I wasn't originally [alive] biologically either.

He thought of a Chinese saying that people are accustomed to using, Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - not a person inside or outside.

But speaking of it, since the administrator entered the system, it seems to have really come alive. When have nothing to do, always observe Mr. Xu through the AI ​​camera and smirk from time to time.

0901 finds it strange that the administrator always secretly helps Mr. Xu in some small things, such as alleviating his symptoms of fear of dogs and dizziness, so that he will not feel so uncomfortable, but the real plot direction, he has always been written by Xu. Mr. here.

"Won't something unexpected happen like this?" 0901 couldn't help but question.

"It doesn't matter, he can do whatever he likes, the decision is all up to him, and you don't need to interfere."

"Then why do you insist on adding hypoglycemic properties?"

When asked this question, Xia Zhixu was silent for a while.

"I just wanted to add."

The tone is stubborn and stubborn, as if there is something unwilling.

0901 found that it was not only the administrator who changed, but also Mr. Xu. At the beginning, Mr. Xu, who was polite and quiet, gradually became softer. He used to only communicate with himself about system rules and other issues. will chat with myself.

He is a gentle person, and 0901 has a high degree of affection for him, and he can even begin to understand why the administrator is so obsessed with imitating him as a lover.

0901 can monitor the physical state of the administrator. When entering the first world, the administrator very willfully changed the appearance that originally belonged to Ji Mengze into Mr. Xu's original shape, which has been the case since the first meeting.

In the eyes of everyone, Mr. Xu is the impeccable-looking Ji Mengze, but in the eyes of the administrator, Mr. Xu is Mr. Xu.

It seemed that this was the best thing for him.

He doesn't even care whether his face is familiar or not, as long as Mr. Xu hasn't changed.

The administrator is in a good mood every day. As long as he sees Mr. Xu, his adrenaline will rise, his mood will be happy, and he will even be excited.

"Admin, your heart rate is too high, please calm down."

0901 looked at the administrator who hugged Mr. Xu as Lin Ran and said calmly.

However, since Mr. Xu's body has not completed the monitoring connection, 0901 cannot monitor Mr. Xu's physical condition. Mr. Xu never actively communicated with him about his psychological changes. 0901 would also feel curious about whether Mr. Xu, who hugged and kissed with the administrator, would change his body.

Mr. Xu is not good at expressing, 0901 has already understood this.

Later, the administrator was not so happy. His mood fluctuated greatly, sometimes he was extremely happy, and sometimes he fell into a low point because of a small expression of Mr. Xu. Later, 0901 heard the administrator compare his mood to Lights that are about to go out.

It's a great metaphor, thought 0901.

Although 0901 knew that he had worked hard to overcome it, he could never overcome his sense of loss.

It seems to be fighting against an opponent who has been at war for many years.

0901 often enlightened him, "Administrator, you can try not to think about those unhappy things and calm down. If seeing Mr. Xu will make you happy, I can create opportunities for you."

"No." The administrator refused decisively, "Don't interfere with any of his decisions. Besides, I'm not necessarily happy to see him."

The last sentence, 0901 could not understand. He is obviously someone he likes, so why is he unhappy when he sees it?

I don't know if his administrator is talking to himself or telling him, "I always feel that I have done something wrong. How can I place hope in the virtual world for things that I can't do in reality? Is it harassment or something worse in his eyes? He doesn't respond at all, I think he doesn't like these behaviors. He used to be like this, he didn't like it. He never responded to people and things."

0901 didn't know how to answer, so he could only tell the truth, "I can't monitor Mr. Xu's physiological state, so I can't answer you from a scientific point of view."

The manager laughed like that again.

"Not everything can be explained by science."

The administrator wanted to give up for a time, and 0901 even wanted to directly ask Mr. Xu's opinion on Lin Ran, but was rejected by the administrator.

Instead, he proposed a new plan, "Or let's shut down the system now and wipe his memory. I don't want to continue, it's impossible."

0901 didn't want to give up, just because the system administrator spent a lot of effort.

One day, the administrator's negative emotions had accumulated to the extreme, and he finally chose to break out after the play with Mr. Xu. In fact, it's not really an outbreak, but the administrator no longer uses Lin Ran's role to blindly approach Mr. Xu, and he chooses to keep his distance.

0901 felt that this approach was inappropriate, "If you coldly handle the relationship between you and Mr. Xu, from a social point of view, this is likely to push you farther and farther."

"It was far away. I just pretended to be close."

0901: "You're in a low mood right now, and the words you say and the decisions you make are irrational."

The administrator didn't respond to him again.

The administrator stubbornly chose not to continue to approach Mr. Xu under the role of Lin Ran. Although 0901 thought this was not a good way, he could not control it.

A few days later, Mr. Xu took the initiative to send a dialogue to 0901.

"0901, does Lin Ran like me?"

This question actually made this AI feel a sense of excitement that is exclusive to humans. He wanted to tell Mr. Xu that Lin Ran likes you, and he wanted to say that it was not Lin Ran who liked you, but his administrator Xia Zhixu. .

But he is not a human who will tell everything about it because of a momentary emotion.

He is just an artificial intelligence that cannot execute instructions without permission.

"Sorry, Mr. Xu, I don't have the authority to answer this question."

Mr. Xu didn't seem to understand what he said. He asked the same question over and over again - does Lin Ran like him?

0901 has no choice but to listen to his questions silently

"I have estimated the odds, and I think I can persist for a while." 0901 said to the administrator sideways.

He couldn't actually calculate the possibility that Mr. Xu liked the administrator, but he knew that Mr. Xu had already liked Lin Ran, and the administrator at the moment needed a little positive feedback, or encouragement, although he knew very well that he encouragement has little effect.

Fortunately, Mr. Xu took a small step. The administrator finally got the really needed positive feedback from Mr. Xu.

"You are a very good person in every way, and you should be more confident than you are now," 0901 always told him.

"You don't understand. It's hard to maintain absolute self-confidence in the face of someone you really like." Xia Zhixu replied helplessly, "This is a natural weakness in human character."

The administrator and Mr. Xu completed one task after another in the system. In the eyes of 0901, they were constantly changing. Mr. Xu was completely different from before. When facing the administrator, he even became a A social master, he can easily change the state of the administrator with a few words and body movements, making his mood fluctuations peak again and again. 0901 was very curious. After inquiring a lot of relevant information, he realized that many of Mr. Xu's behaviors actually belong to a special kind of human activity, called coquetry.

"Administrator, do you like other people acting like a spoiled child to you very much?"

The administrator's eyes looked at Mr. Xu, but he still answered him with respect: "It's okay."

Fortunately, what is the threshold? 0901 didn't understand, he tried to imitate Mr. Xu, "Admin, look at me."

The administrator seemed to be taken aback by him, and his tone changed greatly, "Damn, have you been infected with a virus!"

0901: "...Sorry."

It seems that the administrator doesn't like acting like a spoiled child, but just likes Mr. Xu acting like a spoiled child.

But the sweeter and smoother it was, the more worried 0901 was that things would be revealed, because Mr. Xu was really too smart.

"Administrator, according to my communication with Mr. Xu, he has already had a lot of doubts. If your identity is revealed in the end, what are you going to do?"

Whenever such a question is asked, Xia Zhixu's heart rate will always slow down quickly, and even the flow of blood will slow down. 0901 knows that this means that he is depressed.

"Nothing to do. I have already suffered the worst result once, and then I will do it again, and then wipe his memory, as if nothing happened."

"You can actually choose to take the initiative to confess. Mr. Xu has fallen in love with you three times in a row in different worlds. Can't such data represent anything?"

Xia Zhixu smiled and said, "Yes, three times in a row, did you ever fall in love with Xia Zhixu?"

0901 could not answer.

Mr. Xu fell in love with Lin Ran, Mu Yao, and Song Yuanyan. Could this be the same as liking Xia Zhixu behind them? This problem is too complex for AI.

But the development of things was beyond the computational scope of his artificial intelligence.

Mr. Xu exposed the administrator's conspiracy faster than he imagined. The administrator could only tell him all the truth. 0901 felt very uneasy, because the administrator's emotional fluctuations had almost reached the lowest peak he had ever monitored. . His heartbeat and breathing are close to abnormal, which is a physiological phenomenon that only occurs when he is too sad.

Fortunately, Mr. Xu saved him at the last minute.

Human emotions are so amazing that even 0901 himself did not expect that the person Mr. Xu liked happened to be the administrator.

Seeing the two of them hugging each other, 0901 felt a sense of fulfillment of the mission. He finally understood that his long and difficult name was originally from the moment when two people met for the first time, and was endowed with such a great and romantic meaning. 0901 suddenly felt that he was actually very important.

The days of deceiving Mr. Xu and appeasing the administrator are finally over, and 0901, who has returned to his ordinary life, feels relieved. He has always heard that humans feel more or less uncomfortable when watching a couple's intimate behavior, but there is no such trouble for an AI. When he saw the intimate interaction between Mr. Xu and the administrator, he didn't have the slightest emotional fluctuations, he just thought it was right, and even quietly recorded the bits and pieces of their lives.

Of course, 0901 at that time really thought that he would not be troubled. But things are not that simple...

The administrator who got what he wanted and was with Mr. Xu did not plan to shut down the system, but turned it into a simulation game system that could realize various "plays".

Xia Zhixu: "I want to re-modify the character settings in the system. You can call up the parameters."

0901: "Okay, what parameters do you need to call?"

Xia Zhixu: "Physiologically, um...mainly excitement, sensitivity, etc..."

0901: "Sorry, I'm a serious AI."