Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2217: Chapter 1042: AI_2

Most of the time, even if Motan achieves what seems to be an ideal result after various tests, upon closer inspection, it could be said that rather than Motan successfully exploiting the system’s loopholes, the system itself steps away from its mechanical perspective, choosing to overlook Motan’s seemingly rule-breaking behavior which actually does not touch on any taboos.

As everyone knows, one of the simplest ways to wreck a computer is to have it simultaneously execute two completely contradictory commands. Of course, if you tell me that smashing it into pieces with a sledgehammer is the simplest way, that’s just being contrary.

In short, excluding physical methods, deliberately creating such scenarios is Motan’s main approach to testing the system of The Realm of Innocence. The simplest example is when, through a series of meticulous setups, he receives a mission essentially to ’protect Blood Seeker Leisha,’ Motan then intentionally lets the pursuer notice the clue, thereby inserting the option of ’making the opponent ignore Leisha through intimate contact’ into the ’optimal solution’ of that situation, resulting in a conflict between ’optimal solution’ and ’sexual harassment.’

And the conclusion is, the system accepted Motan’s ’optimal solution’ and ignored his ’sexual harassment.’

However, in other scenarios, the system would reverse and ignore Motan’s ’optimal solution,’ intervening against his obviously rule-breaking actions.

There’s a scale here, a scale that supposedly only people... and those with sufficiently high IQ and EQ, with considerable achievements in the philosophical realm, can grasp—something impossible for ordinary AI, even those of 2050.

AI, that is Artificial Intelligence, while it has surpassed humans in certain fields, in most people’s eyes, it’s still just a tool, merely reacting in specific ways under specific circumstances, a dead thing within established logic and planning.

This conclusion is completely correct because so-called artificial intelligence is essentially dead, not much different from a cola bottle or a screwdriver from a certain perspective.

Just a tool for convenience.

So, is AI necessarily dead?

If someone had asked this question to Motan a year ago, he would have mostly responded with ambiguous comments like ’not necessarily,’ ’maybe,’ ’probably,’ or ’none of my business.’

The reason is simple: Starting from the second year of mental games against SUN, Motan began to suspect that the opponent might have a truly ’alive’ artificial intelligence assisting them. Otherwise, even if he lagged behind in the IT field due to multitasking, he could not possibly remain at a disadvantage after getting hold of that god-level processing system, being frequently suppressed.

There are three possibilities—

First, SUN completely overwhelms him in technology, which is the least likely, not because Motan is too self-confident, but mainly because in a scoring system out of 100, Double Leaf can at most score 15 more than the 85 Motan scores, no way scoring 50 more.

Second, although Double Leaf is only slightly better in technology, she has hardware of the same level as Motan, which is also unlikely. The reasons are many: The Lais brothers hinted that Motan’s processor is a limited edition; SUN always uses multi-threading tactics, preferring to employ high skill and reaction speed to battle in tug-of-war... In simpler terms, it’s very likely this girl is running several computers simultaneously against him.

The final possibility, however, is that Double Leaf possesses software on the same level as Motan’s processor, which enables her to perform effortlessly even with lagging hardware.

And such software could only theoretically be conscious, ’alive’ artificial intelligence.

This is not a fantasy tale, at least as Motan observes, at today’s technological level, if we disregard the complex reasons of ethics and crisis theory, artificial life could possibly be researched, of course, even if it exists, it would likely be in military or government secret laboratories. If some civilian develops such a thing but gets discovered, they’re likely only faced with imprisonment or conscription.

[Perhaps SUN, holding artificial intelligence as her Bottom Card, confidently gambles against me, even if she’s captured after exposure, her identity as an AI developer could instantly elevate her to a high-ranking bureaucrat...]

This idea has been circulating inside Motan’s mind countless times.

So, let’s get back on track, if a year ago Motan was ambivalent about the existence of ’alive’ AI because of SUN, after engaging with The Realm of Innocence, he’s now certain it exists.

Or rather, Motan believes wherever there are NPCs in The Realm of Innocence, there 100% exists genuine artificial intelligence, ’system,’ standing atop The Realm of Innocence, is naturally no exception.

Thus, during periods of ’Chaotic Neutral’ persona, he repeatedly ’teases’ System, although partly for fun, more so to elicit ’its’ additional reactions.

Therefore, at this moment, he’s sure System won’t make a mistake due to ’it’s a Summoned Creature monitoring me rather than an NPC or Player entity’ and get exploited.

[It’s a Player, the owner of that [Sulfur Worm], must be a Player...]

After firmly making the judgment in his mind, Motan shook his head, dispelling excess thoughts, and strode out of the room.

Although still highly vigilant, and unsure if that [Sulfur Worm] and [Wang Worm] came from the same person, it must be said the pressure from an unknown Player is still lesser compared to an NPC for Motan.

At least for someone who knows roughly a third of the Players in the top ten power rankings, even casually chatting with that perennial runner-up, it’s the case for Motan.

Of course, whether the other party is a Player or NPC, until Luna investigates [Wang Worm]’s specific information, remaining unchanged in response to changes is all Motan can do.

Rather than wasting time on niggling details, it’d be better to handle what’s in front of him first, like meeting with those grandchildren from the Diesel Family... uh, those grandkids and great-grandkids of the Jadka family, and research how exactly to conduct this [Comprehensive Knight Skill Competition].

And then—

"Mo Wang!!!"

Just as Motan stepped out of his room, accompanied by a joyful call, Ya Ya’s petite and exquisite body slammed into Motan’s chest like a projectile.

"Oof!"

Retreating several steps before barely stabilizing himself, Motan grunted, deftly held Ya Ya by the collar, lifting her before him, gently scratching her pointed ears sticking straight back: "Is your body feeling better?"

"Wang’s fine! Wang ate a lot of food in the morning!"

Ya Ya bounced up happily, grinning foolishly: "Mo Wang hungry? Wang can dine with Mo Wang again!"

Motan chuckled, shook his head: "I’m fine, how about Jadka and Night Song?"

"Sister Wang Ge went out early, said she had serious business, so she didn’t take Wang."

Ya Ya pouted, then pointed downstairs: "Wangdeka is practicing in the yard."

"Hmm, got it, let’s go find Jadka~"

Having earlier received Ji Xiaoge’s message ’Going to negotiate business! Wish me luck!’ Motan smiled, and then, together with Ya Ya, walked through the corridor towards the yard, soon spotting the elderly grandpa around a hundred years old, remarkably doing push-ups at an incredible speed—a very impactful scene.

"He he, Mor you’re up?"

The Old Mage continued his ’workout’ while cheerfully greeting Motan.

"Yeah, I’m up."

Motan returned a smile to this old yet diverse friend.

"Busy today?"

"Um, should be not too busy now."

"If not busy, come with me to meet those grandkids, everyone’s quite curious about you, and incidentally discuss the Knight Skill Competition."

"Ah... okay."

"Wang wants to go too!"

"Ha ha, alright, alright, everyone’s going."

Chapter 1042: The End