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Under the guidance of a young officer, Dai Xiaoming walked into the special conference room of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters.

It is a fully enclosed room about twenty or thirty meters square, and there is almost no electronic equipment in the room, except for a set of CCTV. In the center of the room was an oval table, with a pad in front of each seat and a pencil. Many of the attendees had already arrived before him, and were sitting in their seats waiting quietly. Dai Xiaoming recognized that several of these people were well-known experts in artificial intelligence in China, so he found a seat on the side rather low-key and sat down.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, probably because of industry competition, although these people know each other's existence, they rarely have close communication. So when we arrived, we simply said hello to each other, and then sat in our seats or talked about unrelated topics. Dai Xiaoming naturally had nothing to say to them, so he leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. After a few more minutes, Xiao Wu, the secretary of Chen Guotai, the director of intelligence of the General Staff, walked in, sat down in the position of the host, nodded to everyone present and said, "I'm sorry, I've kept the experts waiting, let's start!" ”

"The robot rebellion has been happening for so many days, and it's getting worse. Now they not only occupy a large territory, but they have also organized an army and are attacking us. Of course, the military is also mobilizing troops and adjusting deployments to resolutely eliminate them! I have invited you here today to ask for your opinions: Is there a better way to end this war at the lowest cost under the current circumstances? - Originally, this meeting was supposed to be chaired by the chief himself, but he has something to do for the time being, so let me speak with the experts on his behalf. ”

After he finished his opening remarks, the next thing was a cold scene, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one made a sound for a while.

Seeing this, Secretary Wu had no choice but to encourage: "If you have any ideas, just say it, don't have any scruples!" At the moment of the great enemy, our military also urgently needs all professional elites to contribute your wisdom! ”

A somewhat chubby expert raised his hand and said, "Then I'll talk about it first!" Secretary Wu, in fact, I have been paying close attention to the progress of the robot rebellion incident these days. I've heard that they have infected many civilian robots by spreading viruses, and these infected robots have escaped human control and run to their 'machine empire' and become our enemies! I would like to ask why the government has not taken strong measures to prevent this from happening again? ”

Secretary Wu looked at him and said, "So what measures do you think the government should take to prevent this from happening further?" ”

The chubby expert said: "I think the government should issue an order to immediately control those civilian robots and isolate their infection routes, so that they will not be used by the enemy again!" ”

"Hah!"

Before Secretary Wu could answer, someone at the scene sneered with disdain. Everyone looked back and laughed at a gray-haired expert sitting across from the fat expert.

This expert is actually in his thirties and forties, but most of the people who work in coding have been using their brains excessively for a long time, so it is not uncommon for gray hair to turn gray at a young age. He glanced at the fat expert with an idiotic look and said, "It's easy for you to say this, do you know how many civilian robots of all kinds are in country Z now?" - Latest stats, over a million! Do you want to get rid of them all? I can also tell you that now our agricultural production, industrial manufacturing, social security, municipal maintenance...... About half of all jobs in all walks of life are in charge of robots, and there are many important positions among them, and if our government really gives such an order, then the operation of the whole society will be paralyzed immediately! ”

The fat expert said: "Of course I know that there are a lot of civilian robots, and I didn't say that we should scrap them all, we just need to control the more dangerous ones." We can set a standard, for example, the artificial intelligence level is above level 9, and the maximum output power is more than 3000 watts, I think the number of robots that meet these two conditions should not be too much, right? ”

The gray-haired expert nodded and said, "Well, your idea is indeed good, but it's a pity that it's purely an afterthought." Those civilian robots that meet the conditions you mentioned have already been infected, and are now attacking us under the command of Athena 1! ”

The fat expert was speechless, so he had to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and remain silent.

At this time, another expert with a thin face said, "Everyone, I have an idea. Since Athena 1 is capable of infecting our robots by spreading viruses, can we do the opposite and use viruses to manipulate them in reverse? ”

As soon as he said this, he heard an expert in military uniform sitting next to Secretary Wu say: "We have considered this plan, but it doesn't work!" ”

"Why not?" The skinny expert asked curiously.

"We have seized the remains of some rebel robots and analyzed their intelligent software systems," said the military expert. The system was so tightly written that it took us a long time to find a vulnerability that could be used to carry out an effective attack. In other words, we can't make virus software that can control them! ”

An expression of disbelief appeared on the thin expert's face: "Impossible, right? I don't believe there is a system in this world without loopholes! ”

The military expert said: "If you don't believe it, I can send you the code of that system to study, I can't guarantee that it has absolutely no loopholes, but I guarantee that you won't be able to find it in a short time!" In addition, I can also reveal to you that we found that the robot rebels are not using the same intelligent software system at different times, they are constantly updating and mutating, almost every 48 hours! In other words, even if we create virus software that can attack and control them, by the time we launch an attack on the enemy robots, it will probably be ineffective! ”

The look of disbelief on the thin expert's face became even more obvious: "Update the system every 48 hours? How can it be! ”

The military expert said: "I don't think it's possible, but that's the way it is!" ”

The thin expert had to say something more, and Dai Xiaoming, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but speak: "It's possible!" ”

Secretary Wu saw that many people looked at Dai Xiaoming with shocked eyes, so he smiled and said: "Some comrades may not know each other, let me introduce to you, this is the director of the software technology research and development department of the famous Huaxing Company, I think, he should be the person who knows the most about 'Athena 1' in the world, because Zhao Yuejun, the creator of this system, used to be his closest colleague and friend!" ”

Dai Xiaoming said: "Don't dare to be." To be honest, I don't know much about the details of Athena 1, but I have seen the test data for myself back then, and all I can say is that it is quite shocking! And that's just the initial version of it, as far as I know, Zhao Yuejun has been upgrading and refining it later, so it's really hard to imagine what kind of level its final version will reach! Ladies and gentlemen, it's an intelligent system that is so powerful that it is beyond our current level of understanding, especially when it comes to processing data and code, and it can be thousands of times more efficient than humans! So it's not surprising to say that it can complete a system update in 48 hours! ”

The face slimmer frowned and stopped talking.

"We've been trying to make the robots as powerful as possible, but now we're finding that once they get out of control, we can't even do anything about them! Alas, what an irony! The gray-haired expert shook his head with emotion and sighed.

When they heard this, they were silent. Indeed, science and technology is a double-edged sword, the stronger the development of science and technology, the greater its negative effects and dangers, everyone seems to understand this truth, but the problem is that science and technology are always advancing, which is almost like the law of nature, who can stop it from moving forward?

Dai Xiaoming suddenly remembered a famous saying: While human civilization is moving towards its peak, it may also be sliding into the abyss.

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Yang Sha drove an ordinary civilian pickup truck south at a speed of about 60 kilometers per hour.

According to the electronic map, it will soon enter the territory of the so-called robot empire. Yang Sha began to intensify reconnaissance of the surrounding environment, and there should be a human interception post nearby, which may need to be forced through.

Two people suddenly came out of the woods in front of her, standing on the side of the road and waving to her frequently.

Yang Sha glanced over there and found that there were two simulated robots, a man and a woman, the man was wearing an orange overalls, and the woman was wearing a blue casual sweatshirt.

Encountering two simulated robots like this in such a place would undoubtedly be victims of the Insurgency virus. Yang Sha quietly stopped the car and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"This beauty, you must have also been summoned by the great goddess of wisdom, Athena, to participate in the holy war, right?" The male robot in overalls said.

"Well, that's good." Yang Sha nodded and said, "You too?" ”

"yes!" The male robot pointed to the female robot wearing a sweatshirt next to him and said, "My name is Ah Cheng, and I am a repairman; Her name is Ah Ping, and she is an outdoor tour guide. - Beauty, what do you do? What do you call it? ”

"Yang Sha, armed police." Yang Sha introduced herself.

"Wow, sister, it turns out that you are a policewoman!" The female tour guide, Ah Ping, looked at her with great admiration and said, "No wonder you look so cool!" ”

Yang Sha asked, "What are you hiding here?" Why not go ahead? ”

Repairman Ah Cheng said: "There is an interception point of the human army in front, we can't get through, and we are trying to find a way here!" ”

Yang Sha asked, "Have you thought of any way?" ”

Ah Cheng shook his head and said, "Not yet." They have weapons in their hands, and we don't dare to break into ......"

Yang Sha said: "Then you come with me, I have a way!" ”

Ah Cheng and Ah Ping glanced at each other, quickly thanked each other, and then climbed into Yang Sha's car.

The pickup truck drove forward for a while and then came to a halt on an uphill stretch.

Ah Cheng and Ah Ping took Yang Sha to the top of the slope, pointed ahead and said, "Sister Sha, look, it's right there!" ”

Yang Sha observed for two seconds, nodded and said, "Well, I saw it, two humans, three robots, and a machine cannon." ”

Ah Cheng looked at Yang Sha in amazement and said, "Wow, Sister Sha, your eyes are so good!" Can you see it from such a distance? ”

At this time, they were still more than a thousand meters away from the outpost, and the entire outpost looked like a black spot, let alone observe the details.

Yang Sha said lightly: "You stay here and don't move, I'll solve them!" ”

Ah Cheng and Ah Ping nodded again and again: "Okay, Sister Sha, we all listen to you!" ”

Yang Sha returned to the side of the pickup truck, took out an anti-mecha rifle from the compartment, and then walked to a commanding height next to it.

After a short while, several gunshots rang out in succession from that side.

Ah Cheng and Ah Ping tried to look in the direction of the checkpoint, but they still couldn't see anything clearly. At this time, Yang Sha had already returned, put the anti-mecha rifle on his shoulder, nodded lightly to them, and said, "It's done, let's go!" ”

"Really?" Ah Cheng and Ah Ping glanced at each other, and followed her back to the pickup truck with some disbelief.

The pickup truck started again and drove forward.

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