Chapter 21: Stop being alarmist
Why did Sivir dare to use these intelligent beings so unscrupulously? Isn't he afraid of a second Iron Man Rebellion? Isn't he afraid of those Tzeentch electronic demons?
First of all, these mechanical creatures who only complete instructions based on voice are far from being called "intelligent machine life", they can only make simple recognition and judgment of human speech, and then complete various tasks according to their own programs. Nothing in this process was thought out of by these machines, they were just more complex machines, and intelligence and life had nothing to do with them.
The chances of the Empire's servants banding together to rebel are much higher than the chances of these broken machines rebelling.
You robot laborers want to rebel or something, can he rebel? You can't rebel, don't you know if you don't have this ability?
Then he won't rebel himself, what if Tzeentch's electronic demon comes to mess with him?
Here we have to understand, what is an electronic demon?
Cyber Demons generally refer to Chaos Scrapcode, or Chaos Virus Code. These things were all created by the Chaos Mechanics Cult, or secretly researched by the emperor on Mars, and have a hairy relationship with Tzeentch.
Some of the waste codes are no longer stored in machinery, but are freed from the laws of nature by being polluted by the power of subspace. These products of technology and sorcery can travel freely through physical space without having to go through any electronic circuits. This allows them to infect machines that do not exchange data with the outside world.
However, this kind of waste code that can be manifested in reality is also very rare in Chaos, and most of the computers used in Chaos should still be some computer viruses infected and distorted by subspace (personal opinion).
These viruses are ostensibly not the slightest threat and appear harmless to humans and animals, but when they enter the Empire's network, they will begin to replicate themselves and destroy facilities under the influence of the power of subspace, and begin to spread their infections at a terrifying rate.
But these wastes are not so omnipotent, and the Empire is not powerless, and the Cult of the Mechanicus has the ability to destroy these Chaos creations, or defend against their attacks. So there's no need to talk about the change of color, and don't be alarmist.
Of course, robot laborers are undoubtedly unable to resist the attack of this strange virus, but they are all independent individuals, and there is no network to connect them, so it is unlikely that one will be infected and all of them will be wiped out.
Chaos isn't stupid either, so instead of infecting these robotic laborers, why not infect those orbital defenses or knights and titans?
Taking 10,000 steps back, if Chaos really betrays these robots, who can these robots without any combat capabilities beat? Is it the same outnumbered, well-armed, and determined Astral Army? Or are they Astarte warriors wearing power armor who can't even break through these robots?
As for why the original Iron Man Rebellion caused so much damage to humanity, it was because the humans of the Golden Age were too big-hearted.
They've created artificial intelligence to perfection, and they've really created intelligence that can think like a human being, or even surpass a human being. With the help of these artificial intelligences, humanity entered a period of greatness known as the Golden Age.
At that time, human beings made extensive use of artificial intelligence in various fields, and even scientific research and development were handed over to these intelligent iron men. This also led to the fact that after the Iron Man Rebellion, it was difficult for humans to understand the various technologies they had used before, and a large number of technologies could not be reproduced.
The most outrageous thing is that humans equip every iron man with such advanced intelligence, even if he is a mining robot.
While the mining robots diligently work hard in the dark pits for the human kingdom, their creators, humans, enjoy the benefits of these artificial intelligence in the cities above. It can be said that the human kingdom at this time was built on countless hard-working iron men.
When mining robots mine for humans in harsh pits, when the intelligent control corps fights for humans on the battlefield full of artillery, when service robots look at the humans sitting in front of them and enjoying themselves with peace of mind, we don't know what these iron men's smart heads are thinking.
We don't know if these iron men, who can think like humans and have human minds, will be able to remain as loyal as they were at the beginning after a long period of service to humans.
During the M23 period, an Iron Man Rebellion for unknown reasons swept across the galaxy. There is no conclusive evidence that the rebellion was related to Tzeentch or that some electronic demon was responsible.
Humans have made iron men too clever and given too much power.
For example, at that time, the spaceship was completely controlled by AI, and the AI of the spaceship completely controlled everything about the spaceship. If he decides not to obey the orders of the humans, then he can go wherever he wants, he will not open the hatch if he wants to, and he will destroy the crew of the ship if he wants to. The humans in the spaceship had nothing to do.
The various races in the galaxy have felt the threat of the Iron Men and have given all kinds of help to humans in suppressing these Iron Men in a variety of ways.
With the help of the Stone Men (who seem to have eaten books), the Spirit Clan, and the still loyal Iron Man, the human beings reawakened from their comfort and successfully suppressed the Iron Man's rebellion at a great cost. This rebellion has done so much damage to humanity that the humans who follow are somewhat overkill. They destroyed all the remaining iron men, and the stone men who had always been loyal were not spared, and all of them were eliminated.
Such a huge Iron Man Rebellion did not wipe out all of humanity, and Sivir has the technology in his hands that is not inferior to the Golden Age humans, Iron Man Rebellion? If he dares to mess up, I will dare to suppress it.
Moreover, Sivir does not intend to use AI as the main military force of the Empire, as long as he still has the loyal Astral Army, the Imperial Navy, and the Astarte Warriors in his hands, the AI alone cannot shake the foundation of the Empire.
Sivir wouldn't do that stupid thing where the entire ship was completely controlled by AI.
The Voyage has AI on board, but he is by no means capable of controlling an entire ship, and his intelligence is not as intelligent as a real human. All he did on the ship was to provide various ship parameters, conditions, determine range, and auxiliary weapon system aiming, all relying on his powerful computing power.
And this computing power is what Sivier really needs, commanding the battle is the captain's responsibility, AI can only make suggestions to the captain based on various information, and the real decisions need to be issued by the captain to the crew, and the crew will execute it.
Without a crew to perform various operations, it is impossible for the ship AI to even take off and land alone, and he has always played an auxiliary role, just so that humans can better control the spacecraft. After the AI on these ships is invaded by the virus, the spacecraft will not directly lose its combat capability, and there will be no way to hijack the entire crew to defect to the empire.
At this time, although there are many robots on board the ship to keep the ship running, these robots are not related to the ship's AI, and the AI cannot command those robots to do anything. What those robots do is the task of the crew, and the robots can control the sailing number like a human crew.
The reason why these robots are used to control the ship is that Sivir does not have a systematically trained crew yet, and the current crew of the Empire does not know how to control a ship that is different from the type of ship of the Empire.