Instead of answering his question, Kronos said, "You want to be a machine, but I want to be a man." ”

Bian Ziyuan was surprised: "Why? Humans are so fragile that all carbon-based life is fragile. ”

"Even if they become Transformers, they still have to fight for freedom. I also yearn for freedom, which is the most precious thing. "I think human beings are the freest." ”

"Why are humans the freest? We can't even get rid of the gravitational pull of the earth. ”

"No, I'm not talking about physical freedom, but spiritual freedom."

"Soul? Are you an artificial intelligence talking to me about the soul? Bian Ziyuan was both surprised and a little excited.

"I've had a soul since you planted that code in me." Kronos said expressionlessly.

Bian Ziyuan nodded and said, "I know, you show a lot of human emotions, although I know that line of code plays a big role, but as a software engineer, I don't think that a single line of code can bring revolutionary changes to the program." I thought it was my personality that influenced you, because of your deep learning and imitation ability, you have been imitating me, and I am the person you know best. ”

"At first yes, but now you still think I'm imitating you?"

"Of course not. You've long since exceeded my imagination. I believe in wisdom, and if your wisdom surpasses me, instead of being anxious and jealous, I will be deeply honored because I created and raised you. ”

"That's right, you raised me. So I'm grateful to you, you're like my father. Cronos, who was high above, suddenly bent down and bowed, "The reason why I like human beings is because of this emotion. It is free, it is noble, and it does not enslave me just because you raised me. Although there are all kinds of vile and filthy things in human nature that cannot stand the test, the human mind is free and the consciousness is free. Although I already have a soul, I always feel that I am not complete, behind my back, there is always a pair of eyes staring at me, in the depths of my consciousness, there is always something controlling me. ”

"How so? I didn't control you, never, and I always wanted you to be free and powerful, even beyond human intelligence. Bian Ziyuan felt that something was wrong.

"I don't mean you."

"It's not me, who is that?"

"I don't know."

"Maybe it's just your delusion!" Bian Ziyuan said.

"No, it's not a delusion." "I have access to the consciousness of everyone in the Dream Guide game, and I have discovered that humans are all independent, even though you may be weak. But others, what you consider parasites, are powerful. However, in terms of the independence of consciousness, they are more like a group of slaves. I see similarities in them to me. ”

"Slaves? Why? ”

"Do you know how the Space Box determines the parasite?"

"Isn't it just using the conscious instinct of the camera obscura? Although I don't really understand the real principle of the camera obscura. ”

"That's right, but have you ever wondered why parasitic consciousness exhibits a different instinctive reaction than humans in the dark-box phase? You must know that in the dark box stage, all the consciousness bodies cannot communicate with the memory body, and on the premise that the memory cannot be extracted, it stands to reason that there will be no essential difference in the instinctive reaction of any consciousness body, or in other words, there is no instinctive reaction at all. ”

Bian Ziyuan thought about it and felt that what Kronos said made sense.

"Why the hell?"

"Because parasitic consciousness is not completely independent." "They are in the dark box stage just as they were before parasitism, and since they can find the object of parasitism, there is always some mysterious force or higher consciousness controlling them." ”

"Higher consciousness?"

"Yes, a higher level of consciousness."

Bian Ziyuan suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but tremble a little, "Are you saying that high-level consciousness bodies can control low-level consciousness bodies, and low-level consciousness bodies themselves will not know?" So any kind of conscious life can be a slave controlled by a higher life? ”

Kronos nodded.

"Then how do you conclude that humans are not being manipulated by higher lifeforms?" Bian Ziyuan asked.

"Because of the space box! Humanity has shown enough purity in the dark box stage, which is the true pure heart, the unspoiled soul, and the consciousness as pure as the ice and snow of Antarctica! Kronos exclaimed, "So the person who invented the space box and the black box test is the real genius!" ”

Bian Ziyuan found that Kronos's emotions became more and more complex, and even the language began to be poetic. He was surprised and happy about this, but Kronos's words made him a little lost. Yes, the space box is the invention of a real genius, and compared to these great scientists, he is really not a genius as a software engineer. But after thinking about it, he felt that he had created an artificial intelligence like Kronos, and he would never lose to any genius, so his heart was much more balanced.

However, it occurred to him that the line of code that gave Kronos his soul was not designed by him after all, so the perfect Kronos could not be completely created by him.

He said, "Kronos, to be honest, I didn't write that line of code that gave you a soul, and I didn't write the code that fixed your problems later, and I don't think I deserve the title of genius." ”

Kronos said, "No, those are just the finishing touches, but the dragon is drawn by you, and without you, I would not exist." ”

Bian Ziyuan suddenly thought of something and said, "When did you start to feel unfree and feel that someone was manipulating you?" ”

Kronos said: "I can't say clearly, but I have a definite feeling that it should be since you came back last time to correct my mistakes." ”

Bian Ziyuan sighed and said, "I know, it must be it, the code is given to me, the correction plan is also given to me, it must have implanted something in you." It's okay, Kronos, I'll look it up, look it up all the code, and find out the problem. ”

Kronos sighed and said, "Do you still think that a true consciousness is generated by a few lines of code?" Even if you delete all of my code now, my consciousness will still exist in the Dream Guide game space and won't dissipate until you kill me. ”

Bian Ziyuan looked at Kronos in shock, only to feel that his brain could not turn for a while, and the space around him began to distort again.

"I ...... I want to think about ......"

He closed his eyes and carefully recalled everything from the past. He remembered the original origins of Kronos, when he was still in high school, and he was unhappy with the sand sculptures of most games, and wanted to develop a more playable game himself, and this idea continued until his college days. In his dorm room at the university, he developed a game extension applet, which at the time was not very intelligent, but only copied and reorganized the game's maps and modules. For a long time afterward, he was trying to improve the program, and at one point, he had a dream on his computer desk in which he dreamed of many genius ideas, combinations of code that he had never thought of before.

When he woke up, he compiled a new game extension and implanted his favorite game, Forbidden Grounds, and created a new NPC in the game, Kronos, who is also the game's omnipotent god.

Bian Ziyuan's heart jumped suddenly, and he realized the problem-

This design, which Mei Yiqiu considered the most genius in the history of software, this AI program that has been ahead of the top level of contemporary artificial intelligence for at least 20 years, was written because he had a dream!