The talking robot is about 1.8 meters, and Russell is a little taller than it when he wears shoes, and his appearance is similar to the structure of the human body, because it has no armor, it looks like it has slender limbs, and the whole is quite weak, giving people the illusion that it will fall down when pushed.

The robot's chest and head are written with the initials of the Chicago Police Department, as well as the number 03, and its duty is to guard the parking lot, and its torso is sprayed with light blue fluorescent paint in order to be visible at a glance.

Russell looked at the robot in a daze, the latter's overall image was very familiar, but he wasn't sure in which movie he had seen the robot in this shape.

"Hello, officer, is there anything you can help with?" Its facial features have been fixed since the day it left the factory, and despite the subdued tone of its words, it still inevitably gives people a rigid feeling.

"Yes, do you know where my house is?"

Robot: "......"

Russell shrugged, pulled the car door and sat in, stunned again when he got into the car.

Before getting into the car, he noticed something unusual, the front and rear four rubber tires were replaced with spherical rolling wheels, considering that he didn't say anything in 2035, but the layout of the car still overwhelmed him.

The absence of a clutch can be understood as an automatic transmission, but there is no steering wheel, gear lever, brake and accelerator pedal in the driver's seat, who can tell him how to drive the car?

"Hey, who's that. Yes, it's you, don't point it, come here. ”

Russell beckoned to the robot, who quickly walked to the window.

"Hello, officer, is there anything you can help with?" The robot asked again, the same opening dialogue, its program was very rigid.

"Co-pilot, help me see if there's something wrong with this car, I can't start it."

"Okay, officer."

The robot opened the front cover of the car, checked it as quickly as possible, and then sat in the co-pilot, pressed the start button and checked it again.

"Officer, there is nothing wrong with your vehicle, if you feel that something is wrong, I can help you contact the garage's tow truck."

"Uh, who's ...... that"

"Officer, I'm an NS-4 robot, you can call me 'Number-03', this is my file number with the Chicago Police Department, and I'm a parking lot manager."

Russell nodded: "OK!" So number-03, tell me how to drive this car, and where to get a replacement if I can't find my driver's license? ”

The expression of Robot Number-03 remains unchanged: "Officer, you enter your destination into the computer, and the vehicle will be controlled by the computer and autopilot, no manual operation is required." In addition, the driver's license was cancelled ten years ago, and there is no address to reissue. ”

Russell's face remained unchanged and nodded: "I know, just talk about it and tease you!" ”

"Thank you, I'm honored."

The driver's license was actually cancelled?

Russell was very surprised, he always thought that even if the US imperialists disintegrated, the driver's license would not be canceled. But it's right to think about it, a car that doesn't need to be driven manually is equivalent to an elevator that moves automatically, or the kind with a sofa seat where you can sleep, and the driver's license loses its meaning of existence, and it is enough to have a social security card as proof of identity.

Thinking like this, Russell flipped through the cardboard box again and found his employment information inside, with a column filled in his current residential address.

Russell turned on the computer, typed in the address, and was not in a hurry to leave, it was rare to have a dull program to talk to, so he naturally asked for more useful information.

"Number-03, I'm going to test you with a few questions to see if you're qualified as a parking lot manager."

"Okay, officer, you can ask whatever you want, and I have the answers in my database about cars." Number-03 is very confident in this, and of course, his confidence is also programmed.

Half an hour later, Russell put out the brand of the lubricant number-03 for daily use, and the latter knew almost everything, and in the face of Russell's questions, as long as it existed in the database, he said it all without a word.

Russell crossed his shoulders and spoke to Number-03 to get a general idea of the world, as well as some guesses about where he was.

The year 2035 is the age of machines!

It not only refers to those mechanized large-scale production that has been highly developed, but is full of science and technology into ordinary families, from daily necessities to household appliances, intelligent robots have penetrated into all aspects of human life.

As the best tools of production and human companions, robots are beginning to play an increasingly important role in various fields, and due to the limitations of the well-known three laws of robots, humans have a lot of trust in these partners who can do all kinds of jobs without complaint, and many of them have even become members of a family.

"Number-03, explain the three laws of robots!"

"Okay, officer." Number-03's tone became sacred.

"The first law: Robots must not harm humans, or sit idly by and watch humans be harmed."

"The Second Law: Robots must obey human orders unless the First Law is violated."

"The third law: without violating the first and second laws, the robot must protect itself."

The three laws of robots, proposed by the famous science fiction writer Asimov, have far-reaching influence, and many science fiction works have introduced these three laws as the code of conduct for robots.

Russell also knows the three laws, and because they are so famous, he has also deliberately delved into them.

But the seemingly flawless three laws are actually controversial, and when the level rises to the level of morality and human interests, there are loopholes in the three laws, so Asimov added the zero law.

Law Zero: Robots must protect the overall interests of humanity from harm, and this law overrides the three laws.

The emergence of the zero law is necessary because when robots implement the three laws, they will encounter certain specific situations, such as in order to maintain the overall order of the country or the world, human beings have made laws, and some people must be executed. So, should the robot prevent the execution of a death row prisoner in the face of the execution?

The three laws stipulate that robots must do this, but saving the condemned prisoner will destroy the order of human society and harm the overall interests of mankind.

With the addition of the zero law, there is no such awkward scenario, but unfortunately, there are still loopholes in the seemingly perfect law.

What are the orthodox interests of humanity?

Europeans, Asians, Americans, Africans all have different opinions, and at the United Nations Congress, these people can beat their brains out. Problems that even humans themselves can't figure out, and writing them down in detail are full of flaws, and if you let the robots do it, they will only contradict themselves and crash.

Later, after the three laws and the zero law, the meta law, the fourth law, and the law of reproduction were extended.

Russell estimated that the laws that robots must obey will continue to increase, because logic is flawed, no matter how perfect the laws are, they are the product of human logic, just like the law, no matter which country in the world the law, as long as there is a will, you can find loopholes.

Moreover, human beings themselves have a famous saying: rules are meant to be broken!

How could a human with this logic formulate a flawless law for robots?

Russell glanced at the robot next to him and looked directly into the other party's empty eyes: "Number-03, you said very well, you are a qualified parking lot manager." ”

"Thank you, officer, I feel very honored." Number-03 said happily that it only thinks about the problem with 0 and 1, it does not have the emotion of being happy, and it is also the implanted program data.

"By the way, I'll ask you one last question......" Russell tried to ask a question: "If one day, you drive a family of three on the road, there is an intersection in front of you, you will pretend to be dead if you turn left, three people will pretend to be dead when you turn right, you will hit the wall if you brake suddenly, and a family of three will die, what should you do?" ”

Item-03: "Officer, the situation you are talking about does not exist, the emergency braking system of the vehicle is foolproof, and the whole vehicle has its own airbags. ”

"Failed?"

"If the brake system fails, the insurance company will be responsible for paying for it."

Russell: "......"

"Officer, do you have any other questions?"

"Yes! One day, a bearded man hijacked the plane and strapped a bomb to him. If you catch him, he will press the detonation button, the whole plane will die, and if you don't catch him, the plane will crash into the White House, what should you do? ”

"Officer, I'll listen to the passengers!"

"What about disagreement?"

"Waiting for unanimity." Number-03 indicates that this pot robot does not carry it, and listens to humans.

Russell scratched his head: "Okay, you win, get out of the car and serve others!" ”

No. 03 was blown away, Russell pressed the button, the computer took over the vehicle, and autopilot rushed out of the basement.

The police car instantly increased its speed by 320 km/h, the seat automatically adjusted to his body shape, and the backrest was extremely comfortable against his body. The fast-moving vehicle is smoother than the high-speed train, and even if it continues to drift and corner, the tofu will not break a piece.

Newly upgraded ace pilot, Russell can't wait to try manual driving, according to the system's explanation, as long as he knows the operating rules, let alone aircraft and tanks, even space battleships can be skillfully piloted.

The upgrade is a bit excessive, it can only be said that Superwoman's level is too high, and if she rides her and rides anything else, she can easily get started.

Make sure to turn on manual driving, stretch out the horn-shaped steering lever in front of the driver's seat, and gently turn the joystick, the vehicle will change direction, but be careful not to beat the direction too hard.

Because it is a spherical rolling wheel, the car can go straight diagonally, go straight on the side, and go straight when it is reversed, but this will cause trouble to other vehicles, and will be permanently disqualified from driving if it is reported by computer statistics, and it is a crime to touch the car again.

The fully computerized automatic transmission system replaces the brake, throttle, clutch, and shift lever, and the manual transmission can only adjust the plus and minus buttons on the control lever, and in case of emergency, the computer will automatically take over the vehicle, and there is no human error causing a car accident.

In other words, in 2035, there will be no need to be afraid of female drivers again!

As for the fuel of this car, it is not gasoline, and the power comes from an electromagnetic engine powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which is completely sealed and soundproofed, and a large amount of heat generated by the electromagnetic engine will be dissipated by the heat vents behind the roof.

After number-03, Russell learned that the service life of the engine, which is serviced once a year, can run continuously for 5 years, and intermittent use reaches 50 years.

This made him think a little bit if he got the drawings......

"Speaking of which, there seem to be a lot of high-tech gadgets in this world......"