Chapter 30: Boiling

The frantic crowd shouted. They held their protest signs and shouted their own slogans.

The group of people gathered in Times Square is not a minority. And the composition is very complex.

Although many of them look like unemployed vagrants in their attire, the reality is that many of them have had relatively decent jobs in the past.

Among them was a woman in her fifties. She pushes a cart full of cans, probably hundreds.

She looks like she's just the most common waste picker in New York. But she was relatively neat and clean. Even when she's working as a scavenger, she doesn't forget to put on a pair of rubber gloves for herself. It is not only hygienic, but also retains the last bit of decency.

She held a sign aloft it. It reads "Give back the job that was stolen by the intelligent AI"!

The parade in Times Square in New York not only attracted the attention of Spider-Man Peter Parker, but also many New York City media rushed to the scene to report.

And the neatly dressed woman pushing a cart of cans caught the attention of local reporters in New York City.

A reporter beckoned his fellow cameraman to turn the camera on the old woman. The reporter stepped forward to point the microphone at the old lady and asked, "Hello." You're protesting, what do you mean by saying that on your sign?"

The old woman glanced at the reporter and recognized him as a New York City TV stationer, facing the camera, the old woman showed no stage fright, and even said that she was happy to finally find a channel to vent her anger and confide.

She grabbed the microphone handed to him by the reporter and said loudly to the audience on the other side of the camera: "Intelligent AI has taken my job!"

"I used to have a decent job, I worked at Microsoft. I have been working hard for more than 20 years. But because of the intelligent AI technology that comes with the steel armor developed by Tony Stark, I lost my job!"

The intelligent AI technology that this woman refers to is a simplified version of Tony Stark's development based on his own Jarvis intelligent AI.

Because the Stark Group began to sell a large number of various civilian steel armor. This is almost impossible to accomplish without the assistance of the human brain. Unless that person is netpye or able to explode.

Driving the Iron Suit without any assistance is the equivalent of driving a Ferrari supercar with all the car's assistance systems turned off.

No ESC, no ESP, no ABS anti-lock. There is no system to prevent wheel slippage. There is no vehicle balancing system. No power brakes, no steering assist.

This kind of car is driven by the general public, no, no, it should mean that even if it is driven by many old drivers with ten years of driving experience, 99.99% of them will definitely die on the spot when driving with one foot on the accelerator.

And driving a steel armor is obviously more dangerous than driving a Ferrari supercar. Even after 2 to 3 years of systematic training, not everyone will be able to control the Iron Warframe very well.

Therefore, the intelligent AI system to assist the steel armor was logically launched.

Even a super-simplified version based on Jarvis. But this intelligent AI system assistance system is still very strong.

There is a suggestion within Stark Group that this intelligent AI system can be expanded even more.

It's not just for piloting the Iron Warframe. After studying and improving it. In fact, this system can be used in many basic office areas. This system is much more convenient and faster than all existing AI programs.

Tony always has to give an account to his shareholders and shareholders. And from his standpoint, there is no reason to stop the development of this AI technology in the civilian field. Because the promotion of this technology will inevitably bring greater progress to society.

But there is no doubt that while promoting social progress, this AI system has also robbed many people of jobs and jobs.

This woman was clearly one of them. She complained angrily to the TV reporters and the audience on the other side of the camera: "I've been working for so long. I don't have any skills other than my job. ”

"And because of this AI technology, I was swept away from my job. I can't find another job, but I still have to pay Social Security every month, otherwise what will I do in the future? So now I'm living picking cans in New York. ”

"My car and house were all taken away by the bank. Now I don't have a place to sleep, and I have to sleep under the flyover with cockroaches and rats every night. ”

"Is this what you're talking about in the new era? I don't like it at all! I'm going to get my job back, I want to sleep in bed!"

The woman was angry and had some madness. Reporters in New York City didn't know what to say for a moment.

Situations like this woman's are not uncommon among protesters. In addition to her, there are shipbuilders, car builders, construction workers, and so on and so forth.

Although Li Jie and others did open a lot of training schools, and they trained these people almost free of charge, and then prepared for laid-off reemployment.

But there is a difference between people and people, and some people may only be able to learn a certain skill in their life, and if they are asked to learn new ones, they will never learn again.

It's not an excuse for something like laziness. But this kind of thing really exists in this world, and such people are not a minority.

Just like doing construction engineering, some people can drive a simple engineering mecha and do some relatively simple labor after more than a year of basic training, while some people have studied for 4 to 5 years and can't even make the steel armor walk normally.

In this crowd of protesters, there were indeed people who did not want to work, but there were also many who, like this woman, did not want to learn new skills, but could not learn them anyway.

It's like some people can't learn to cook or paint in their lives.

Spider-Man Peter Parker looked at the crowd of people protesting frantically in Times Square in New York, and his spider sense inexplicably had some bad premonitions.

And just as his spider sense gave him a bad feeling, the New York City police also arrived in a police car.

In fact, unlike what many Chinese think, protest marches and rallies can be held at will in the United States.

In the United States, all protests, marches, and rallies must be approved by city and police departments. And they must tell the police in advance what the route of the parade is, what the slogan of the parade is, how many people are involved, when it starts and when it ends. Only after approval can they officially hit the road.

If the government and the police do not agree, then it is an illegal assembly. The police have the power to arrest any member involved in an unlawful assembly.

Obviously, this opportunity was an illegal assembly, because the New York City government was not notified that there would be such a massive protest in New York's Times Square.

Therefore, the then chief of the New York City Police Department immediately dispatched hundreds of police officers to the scene to maintain order. so as not to cause unnecessary clashes or stampedes.

And these police officers also have the duty to disperse the crowds. Because it was an illegal assembly. It's different from another chubby parade a few years ago.

Although the chubby parade said that they were all riding electric tricycles, shouting slogans through loudspeakers, and eating hot dogs and Cokes. But they've all been reported.

The group of people had not been reported in any way, but with so many people gathered together, there was a vague feeling as if someone was behind the scenes to take the lead in doing this.

Spider-Man didn't dare to leave Times Square because he was afraid of bigger trouble on his side. Hundreds of police officers used police cars to block off several roads around Times Square.

In addition to Spider-Man, some other street heroes in New York City have also begun to slowly gather here, and they all feel that maybe the police force in New York City may not be enough. The police chief of New York City is coordinating police from other districts to rush to Times Square.

And the tens of thousands of people gathered in Times Square began to get more and more emotional. Many experienced media outlets sensed that something was wrong, and veteran journalists rushed out of this dangerous area with their companions. Only rookies still want to catch some big news and get a chance to get ahead.

"Burn him, burn him, burn him, burn him!"

This group of people who came to the meeting may be suitable for too many people who have been in the same situation. Then after learning that each other has the same abstinence as themselves. The atmosphere of the scene began to boil and reached its peak.

And at this time, someone brought out a large photo of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. And it was poured with gasoline and ignited.

And that's just the beginning. The scarecrow dressed as Iron Man and the head of the Earth was also taken out. In the midst of the excitement of the crowd, these scarecrows were ignited.

The protesting crowd erupted in loud cheers. It's as if after burning the scarecrow that represents Iron Man and the Earth's Planet, they can go back to their old lives.

The crowd cheered, laughed, cried, screamed and jumped. Suddenly, someone started singing "The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls".

The song was originally just a dot in the crowd, and it was started by a strong black man. And next to the black people, some people began to sing the American national anthem.

As more and more people began to hum together.

As the song grew louder and louder, Spider-Man Peter Parker's inner turmoil grew. Peter Parker was scouring for something that would make him uneasy.

And just when his restlessness reached its peak, he finally saw a small thing. It was a can of tear gas, and he didn't know where it was shooting into the crowd.

"Wait!" Spider-Man, Peter Parker, felt like a second of time and space was in slow motion.

Tear gas rained down from the sky, drawing an arched arc. He is like Neo dodging bullets in the Matrix. I'm trying to catch a bullet with my bare hands.

But he is Spider-Man, not the savior Neo.

He fired four spider silks in a row, but failed to accurately hit the small tear gas canister hundreds of meters away.

And when this can of tear gas fell into the crowd that was already about to boil, it was like a drop of cold water poured into the boiling hot oil. Just a moment the whole pot of hot oil is boiling.