"Mr. Ke, you missed the time to take your medicine today."

As soon as Ke Qinghe returned home, Lucy straightened the medicine and asked him in a slightly reproachful tone.

Compared with the "kind eyebrows" and "gentle and considerate" she had always been in the hospital before, such an emotional change made Ke Qinghe feel more cordial.

In fact, he has never wanted to believe that the "person" in front of him is a machine.

"I'm sorry, I was in a hurry to go out and forgot about it."

"Okay then." Lucy was about to squeeze it in the palm of her hand, gently knead it into powder, and threw it in the trash.

After seeing her step, Ke Qinghe believed that she was a robot again.

"Why did you throw it away?" Ke Qinghe asked, "Can't you eat it at night?" ”

"Nope." Lucy looked serious, "Your medication is recorded in detail every day, no more, no less, if the community doctor finds that you have too much medicine, it means that you have not taken the medicine on time, and it will be reported to the hospital in time, and then ......"

"Good, good." Ke Qinghe interrupted her, "I see. ”

Ke Qinghe sat at the table, suddenly had a lot of questions in his heart, he turned his head and glanced at Lucy, the orange sunlight shining in through the blinds, forming stripes on her body. And her eyes didn't show the slightest discomfort in the bright light.

"How did you know about the speakeasy?" He asked.

Lucy tilted her head and looked at him, "Someone sent me a message." ”

"Who?"

"Once a patient."

"Can you tell me who it is?"

"No, everyone's information is private."

Ke Qinghe sighed, he knew that there would be such an answer, he adjusted his tone: "Lucy, don't you want me to buy you?" I bought you, I am your master, shouldn't you be loyal to me? ”

"But I don't belong to you right now."

Well, such an answer made Ke Qinghe unable to refute.

"So, do you know the marginal people?" He wondered where to start from the other end.

"Refers to those who have no identity."

"Well, be specific."

"They don't have a job, they don't have a family, they don't have a permanent home." Lucy replied, "A lot of them survive by selling information in speakeasies. ”

"Yes." Ke Qinghe looked at her seriously, "So, you guided me to the speakeasy." ”

"Yes."

"You know it's all marginal people out there, and they're likely to do anything for the money."

"Yes."

"Then why did you let me go?"

"Because for the sake of money, you can do whatever it takes to find the information you want."

Looking at Lucy's honest face, I wonder if her program required her to do this, or if this was the case? Ke Qinghe's trust used to be suddenly shaken now.

Whether it's for Lucy or Kizo.

"Do you know that radiation belt outside the city?" Ke Qinghe continued to ask.

"Yes."

He looked at Lucy, "How do you know?" ”

"Because I know so much, I don't want to stay in the hospital."

This time, there was a hint of sadness in her eyes again. Is there an "empathy" program for medical robots? Ke Qinghe kept himself calm.

"Mr. Ke, do you know what the biggest difference between humans and artificial intelligence is?"

Ke Qinghe was stunned for a moment: "Smart? ”

"No, artificial intelligence can be smarter and know how to solve all kinds of problems, but humans are kinder, they have compassion."

Lucy walked into Ke Qinghe and gently shook his hand.

Ke Qinghe could feel the temperature of her palm, the comfortable temperature: "Mr. Ke, believe in human beings, they are the same people as you." ”

……

At ten o'clock in the evening, it was already Lucy's prescribed bedtime, but he tossed and turned so many times that he really couldn't sleep.

He got up again, ready to go to the bar to meet Kizo.

Just as he closed the door, he realized that the woman in the upstairs window with her eyes closed and charging was actually very aware of his night out.

Time Machine Bar, when there are no Ladies Night events, people are still very scarce. The two strong men at the door who were never absent would ask fiercely when they saw people coming in: "Are there robots?" ”

"Forehead......" Ke Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that he was a little unconfident to answer, but he didn't expect the strong man to suddenly pat him on the shoulder and laugh.

"Am I fierce? Hahahaha. ”

"Yes, sort of." Ke Qinghe replied with a smile.

"Coming a lot lately?" He asked.

"Hmm." Ke Qinghe replied, "The wine is delicious." ”

"Interesting!" As soon as the strong man pushed him, Ke Qinghe staggered into the bar.

There's no Mu San in front of the bar.,This guy has made this place his home.,Why wouldn't he be there today?

"Kizo is in the toilet." A man who had just finished cleaning up the table muttered something in his ear.

So Ke Qinghe ran to the bathroom to look for him, only to find that this person was really hiding in the toilet cubicle and fell asleep.

"Kizo." Ke Qinghe kicked his foot with his foot, "Mu San." ”

"Huh?" Mu San woke up in a daze and touched the saliva on the corner of his mouth, "Ah, you're here?" ”

"Hmm. How do you sleep here? ”

"Will you give me a bed?" Kisan moved himself away from the toilet, "Hahaha, I finally have a drink to drink." ”

"Aren't you going to eat something else?" Ke Qinghe looked at him with a somewhat embarrassed appearance, "Do you only drink?" ”

Mu San walked to the edge of the pool, washed his face with cold water, raised his head, and looked at Ke Qinghe from the mirror: "What can you eat when you see me like this?" The cheapest fast food restaurants are all smart paying, and my cash can only buy alcohol. ”

Ke Qinghe patted him on the shoulder: "I'll take you to eat something." ”

After saying that, he left the bar with Kizo and drove to the other street to grab a bite to eat.

"Wow! Do you know how long it's been since I've walked out of this bar? Kisan looked excitedly at the world outside the car window.

"Then why don't you come out?" Ke Qinghe asked, "It's easy to apply for an ID for yourself. ”

"I know." Mu San continued to look out the window, "I've had it. ”

Ke Qinghe glanced at him: "Have you ever been?" Why not continue to use it? ”

"I don't want to use it." Kizo quickly replied to him, "I don't want to have anything to do with these things anymore. ”

Ke Qinghe glanced at him a few times, and Mu San reflected on the glass was a little sad and resolute. So, he didn't ask any more.

"And your ID is still there?"

"Yes."

"Oh." Hearing him say this, Ke Qinghe seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, this person is not the so-called marginal person.

"ID doesn't go away, as long as you're alive, it's your face, it's always there."

"That'...... Who doesn't have an ID? ”

"Marginal people." Mu San didn't hide it, "People who live outside the city want to come in, but they are not qualified to apply for an ID, so they can only hide in a secret place and can't let the electronic police find them." ”

"What happens if you find it?"

"Not really." Mu San turned his head to look at Ke Qinghe, "As long as you haven't touched the law, you will be sent back." ”

"Legal?" Ke Qinghe thought for a moment, "I haven't paid attention to this, should it be changed?" ”

"Change?" Mu San laughed, "It's just earth-shattering!" ”

Ke Qinghe glanced out the window, the changes in this world are so great, naturally including these rules and regulations.

The car finally stopped on the side of the road, and Kisan got his wish and entered a fast-food restaurant.

Faced with the ordering machine, he skillfully ordered the set meal he wanted, and then hooked his finger to ask Ke Qinghe to pay for him, and then went to the front desk to wait for the meal.

Not to mention how happy I was to finally have a hot meal.

"You are really my nobleman!" He devoured it and said, "My life has changed for the better since I met you!" Hahaha! ”

"It's weird to say that." Ke Qinghe sounded a little awkward, "I'm not a nobleman, I just happened to meet you, and you helped me, didn't you?" ”

"Help?" Mu San raised his head, his mouth was still stuffed with food, and chewed a few bites quickly, "Then I'm for the sake of money." ”

After speaking, he took a sip of Coke and laughed again: "But from now on, no, we have personal contacts, it is not a relationship of monetary interests, we are friends." ”

Then he took the cup of Coke and touched Ke Qinghe's.

"Huh." Ke Qinghe listened to his serious nonsense, laughed, and took a sip of Coke.

Just as they were communicating, Ke Qinghe looked at the world outside the window, and the lively city did not fall asleep with the deep night. All of them seem to have inexhaustible energy, swaying the energy that has not been consumed during the day under the brilliant lights.

No one is depressed by exhausting work, and money or power can make it easier for them to get what they need done.

But as Lucy said, while AI can replace humans in thinking and working, at least we still have an emotional connection.

"Do you believe that AI will automatically upgrade?" Ke Qinghe took a sip of Coke, "It's just that it will gradually become more and more like people." ”

"What do you mean?" Mu San looked at him sideways, "Aren't all robots doing what people do now?" ”

"It's not." Ke Qinghe looked at him with a serious expression, "It's that they started to have human feelings." ”

"Oh, this!" Mu San laughed, "In order to cater to the adjustment of the response made by the market, such a robot is more high-end and can be sold at a good price." ”

"Will their relationship escalate?"

"Upgrade?"

"Is it that there was only one emotion in the first place, and then it will continue to generate different emotions and become as complex as people?"

Mu San looked at him in surprise: "How did you come up with this?" ”

"Me?" Ke Qinghe was stunned for a moment, "I'...... That's what I remembered. ”

"Hahaha." Mu San laughed, relieving the temporary embarrassment, "I said, are you too idle, always thinking about these things?" ”

He lifted the cola and touched Ke Qinghe's cup again, only to hear the sound of ice cubes shaking, and he took another big sip: "The machine will always be a machine, no matter how it evolves, no matter how smart it is, without an energy source, it is still a synthetic iron scum, right?" ”

"yes." Ke Qinghe looked at him, "Do you hate robots?" ”

"Huh?" Mu San looked at him with a frown, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"You don't even use electronics, do you hate robots, all things artificial intelligence?"

"Haha." Kizo laughed, "No. ”

He pointed to the ordering table and said, "You can see how skillful I am, I don't reject these things." ”

"Then why don't you use your phone?"

"Because that thing can control you." Mu San leaned close to him, a pair of dark eyes staring at him tightly, "It will know all your information, it will trace all your paths, and when you are not careful, it will control all your consciousness." You're afraid it's not safe, but there's nothing you can do to stop it from becoming dangerous; You want to get rid of it, but you have to cling to it. ”

Ke Qinghe looked at Mu San, and on the other side of his hand was his mobile phone.

"Do you feel like you're going to get nervous as soon as it leaves your hand? Want to find it? ”

Ke Qinghe wanted to deny it, but he didn't have the capital to deny it.

"Are you afraid that if one day it is gone, all your information will be gone?" Mu San stared at him, "Even if your information is all retrieved, someone already knows some of your secrets, doesn't it?" ”

Ke Qinghe glanced at his mobile phone, which had disappeared from his side for twenty years.

"This world, there are a pair of eyes, in places you can't see, watching you, watching your every move, and your connection with him has always been in your own hands......"

The constant temperature environment should have been comfortable, but at this moment, Ke Qinghe's back clearly felt a burst of coolness, and the cold sweat that began to break out on his forehead unconsciously......