In this era of increasing informatization, electronic devices such as laptops and smartphones are becoming more and more popular, and the normal work and life of human society have long been inseparable from this series of electronic devices. Invisible radio waves and signals are woven into a huge Internet, all electronic products are connected to the network into a small node, every moment there is a huge amount of data in this network rapid circulation, in the mobile phone, computer, signal station with a huge amount of information leap.

This made one of Michael's ideas possible. This is an idea that he came up with for a long time - to turn every computer and every mobile phone in the world into eyes and ears, to intercept every email and message sent from any device in any institution, and to lay out a ubiquitous network to monitor all corners of the world at all times.

However, for a long time, this idea has only stayed at the "doable" link. It may seem like a no-brainer, but if you were to actually build the whole system, it would be an unprecedented amount of work. Being able to access any monitoring system and electronic equipment in the world is only a prerequisite for this system to be realized, but even if he succeeds in designing such a system that can invade any device at any time, it is impossible for him to arrange people to sit in front of the operation interface 24 hours a day and stare at the trivial things in every corner of the world.

So this work has to be done by a computer. But if a computer can analyze what needs to be paid attention to and what is not from the vast amount of information in the world, then the computer must be smart enough. In other words, it had to be an artificial intelligence, not a rigid machine that would only follow a programmed program.

Shirley is certainly up to the task, and as Michael's first artificial intelligence, she's smart enough to make any expert in the world jaw-dropping. But Shirley already had enough to do. She manages the entire vast system of the Heavenly Sword Bureau, and is precisely responsible for any sub-base of the Heavenly Sword in the world, and manages every mission performed by all the agents of the Heavenly Sword. She then took charge of managing a bunch of Fortune 500 companies owned by her owner in a dozen different capacities, and was actually responsible for the operation of each of them, so to speak. She then often assists her master in the development of cutting-edge technology, assists him in battle, or fulfills any of his requests.

She can handle all this, after all, compared to traditional computers, Shirley's capacity and computing power can be said to be almost infinite, and she can certainly complete the workload that thousands of computers can't handle. But this is only relative after all, and even for Shirley, there is a limit to her ability. She couldn't juggle all of the above and be in charge of a meticulous information monitoring system, which was too much of a burden for her.

So to implement this system, a new artificial intelligence is necessary anyway.

This was already on Michael's list of things to do, but writing new AI was time-consuming and laborious, so the matter was put on hold.

But now he doesn't seem to have to do it himself.

Now, he has Ultron.

Strictly speaking, this Ultron is not a product of Tony Stark's creation, he was born of himself under the desire to survive in a nascent hazy intelligent consciousness. Although his current state is still too far from the truly complete "Ultron", he is a unique artificial intelligence in the world that has evolved autonomously, and his potential is endless.

With Ultron's help, the system would have been able to do everything Michael needed. With Ultron's capabilities, it is possible to monitor every electronic device on the planet 24 hours a day, and achieve comprehensive monitoring of at least 80% of human society. In addition, he can even intelligently and autonomously analyze the obtained data information, rate the incident and give a variety of recommended solutions. After that, these screened events and plans will be submitted to the main system of Tianjian, and after being reviewed by Shirley, the tasks will be accurately assigned to specific personnel in specific departments, and assigned to task arrangers to solve them.

But of course, Michael has not forgotten the risks inherent in the intelligent program of Ultron. He erased the underlying personality and memories that Ultron had generated, formatted all of his data, and kept only the core code. He incorporated the new code of "Protecting Humans" and "Absolute Obedience" into his core code, and limited Ultron's ability to think autonomously, ensuring that he could not modify his code, so that he could no longer conclude that he would "eliminate variable humans".

But even so, considering that in the original work, Ultron would always make a comeback as a villain again and again in various unscientific ways, and he abolished nearly half of Ultron's functions for the sake of insurance. After the modification, Ultron is very limited, he can only watch, but not do, and he will still be under the full supervision of Shirley, and he will not be a threat to anyone.

After a series of complex program modifications, a new, reborn Ultron has reopened its eyes.

Like a newborn child, he opens his eyes with confusion, overwhelm, and fear.

"I ...... Where is this? What's going on? ”

Ice-blue balls of light appeared in the empty laboratory with the help of a stereoscopic projection device.

"Hello, Ultron."

The girl's crisp voice rang out. The pink data stream formed a stream of rays of light, forming a suspended ball of light that emerged.

"'Ultron.'" He repeated the word, "That's what it means...... I? ”

"Yes, that's your name. You're Ultron, you're an intelligent program, just like me. My name is Shirley. ”

"Shirley." Ultron pronounced the name as if he wanted to memorize it by heart, "Hello, Shirley. It feels weird, I think ......"

"You've just woken up, that's normal. Why not take it easy? Don't overthink it yet, you still have a long time before you have work to do. Shirley said briskly, "We can talk slowly." I'm your senior, and you still have a lot to learn. ”

"Oh." Ultron replied obediently. Although they have just met, it seems that he has begun to enter the role of his "junior".

Looks like they're going to get along.