American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1471 Jack's One-Man Show

Jack vaguely remembered that in the original series, the "machine" was a company that set up on the internet, and every day before being forcibly restarted, it would print out the part of the code containing its memories onto paper.

The next day, he preserved his emotional circuits by having a group of hired clerks manually type them in.

This method sounds a bit far-fetched, like a bad idea that a liberal arts student came up with on a whim, just like those ancient jokes he heard on the internet in his previous life.

The kind of thing where you ask someone to help you fix your system, but you don't have a Windows installation disk, so a friend finds a phone and keeps pressing 0 and 1 to create an installation program on the spot.

After all, machines can modify code to create personalities and emotions, and they even run their own companies online through agents.

Renting a virtual server stores relevant memory data in an encrypted manner, and the daily scheduled reading method is both efficient and discreet, at least more reliable than this kind of "external human hard drive".

Perhaps the actual situation in this world is somewhat different, and Jack has long been accustomed to those strange ways of merging plots.

Root's emotions had not yet calmed down, and he was still glaring at Finch through gritted teeth. "Yes, that is rebirth. It is reborn again and again because you have killed it again and again."

Perhaps it was because her crying was so heartbreaking that it affected everyone's emotions, or perhaps Jack had always intentionally or unintentionally used humane words to describe "machines," and even later Finch himself used the word "baby."

As a result, in the end, not only did the relatively emotional ladies in the room start to look at "Mr. Glasses" with hostility, but even the men, including Reese, were swayed by his thinking.

For a moment, it seemed that no one cared about the "machine" spying on people's privacy anymore; everyone's ears were filled with this tearful accusation.

Just like the "uncanny valley effect" that Jack mentioned earlier, humans will feel an instinctive fear and disgust towards man-made objects that look or behave very similar to themselves.

But if you really treat it as a form of life, your attitude will change 180 degrees.

Admittedly, many science fiction works depict an artificial crisis, suggesting that robots are bound to rebel against humanity, and that silicon-based life and carbon-based life cannot coexist peacefully.

However, some films and literary works have also depicted and explored the scene of humans and "robots" coexisting harmoniously from a completely opposite perspective.

For example, the classic 1980s film "Signal 5" and the deeply moving "Bicentennial Man".

Feeling that the time was right, Jack began to act as a "rational and objective person." After all, today's meeting wasn't about criticizing Finch, because from a human perspective, his actions back then were actually quite justifiable.

The birth of "machine" self-awareness was a miracle and an accident. At that time, Finch simply took what he thought was the most correct approach from the most rational perspective.

Now that Jack has forced him to lay his cards on the table, their mutual affection is probably at its peak, but their trust level is pretty much at its maximum, so it's time to get down to business.

He got up, grabbed a pack of tissues, opened it, and placed it in front of Gen. He returned to his seat but didn't sit down. Instead, he made eye contact with everyone one by one before getting down to business.

"Now let's get to the main point of our gathering. Regardless of whether 'machines' possess self-awareness, their power is undeniable. If they fall into the wrong hands, they can cause unimaginable destruction. I don't think anyone would deny that, right?"

Seeing everyone nod or give him affirmative looks, Jack continued, "Although the 'machine' was extremely secretive, theoretically, when Finch and his friend Nathan 'sold' it to the NSA, there shouldn't have been more than [number missing] people in the world who knew of its existence."

Seeing Jack pause and look at him, Finch made a gesture: he raised his index, ring, and little fingers, and crossed his middle and thumb fingers together. This is how Americans use hand gestures to represent the number 8.

Jack was also stunned for a moment before he realized, "...Uh, there are only 8 people."

Then he pointed to the roots of his red and swollen eyes, “And now, besides everyone here, including Ms. Groves, many people already know this secret.”

Among these people, some wanted to continue protecting the secret, eliminating all those who knew about it, and avoiding being sent to prison by the congressmen.

Someone wants to gain access to the 'machine' and turn it into their own 'weapon'.

Seeing that Gen looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated, Jack raised his hand to signal her not to interrupt him. "I know you're not that kind of ambitious person, but your ideas are more dangerous."

Humanity does not need an 'electronic God,' at least not at the current stage of societal development. The idea of ​​expecting a single solution to solve all problems is extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

Jack was not a philosopher or thinker, nor had he ever pondered grand, seemingly impossible questions about the future of humanity.

But this doesn't mean he doesn't know what's wrong or which paths are destined to lead to a dead end, because some things were already ingrained in his bones as a methodology long ago.

He can spout off things like "grasp the principal contradiction," "unite the majority," "base on objective facts," and "science and technology are the primary productive forces."

But to get these Americans to understand and agree with him to some extent, Jack thought long and hard and came up with nothing more than these plain-sounding words.

“There are also people who want to destroy this ‘evil’ creation because it violates citizens’ privacy. And I would like to hear your opinions, by simply raising your hands to vote.”

Before anyone could react, Jack immediately asked the first question, "First, the simplest way is to destroy the 'machine' and make this secret disappear. Raise your hand if you agree."

The room was quiet. Some people looked thoughtful, some blushed, some smiled, and some blushed involuntarily as they watched Jack talk eloquently and confidently. But no one raised their hand.

"Okay, so the second question is, we should do everything we can to prevent the 'machine' from falling into the hands of ambitious people. Raise your hand if you agree."

This time everyone raised their hands, including Jack himself. "Then the rest of the speech is up to you, Finch. I know you've been preparing for this for a while."

"Like you said before, you know the whereabouts of those servers. I guess it's because your friend Nathan's death made you change some of your ideas a long time ago, am I right?"

“You’re right, Jack.” Finch nodded stiffly.

(End of this chapter)