My own war game

Chapter 369 Advanced Artificial Intelligence
"Please, professor." A cup filled with diluted glucose was handed to the man.

"Thank you, I feel much better." Professor Craig, who had changed his clothes and washed up, had almost recovered. He took the cup and drank it all, then looked at He Chi in front of him calmly.

"Is he mentally ill because he is too sad?" Lola whispered to her sister.

"Don't say that. After all, the professor's invention saved your life." Lisa patted her sister gently, but also peeked from a distance to observe the situation here.

He Chi looked at Mr. Craig, who was completely different from before, and said uncertainly, "Professor, are you sure everything is alright? Regarding KITT's problem, I want to say..."

"No need to be so cautious. I am normal and calm now." The professor waved his hand and took another sip of glucose in his hand. "In fact, KITT's disappearance this time helped me verify one thing."

"Verified what?"

"That means it has begun to have independent thinking." The professor said with bright eyes.

"He, have you ever seen a baby bird?" the professor suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Yes, I had come into contact with it before I went to school." He Chi nodded in response.

"Many of us in this industry sometimes call newly generated artificial intelligence fledglings, because they are very similar to each other. They are all blank slates, with only primitive instincts and underlying logic. They need to continue learning every day to eventually grow."

"The obvious difference between the two is that when the chicks grow up and develop a clear sense of self, most of them will take the initiative to leave the parents who raised them."

"I am the inventor of KITT. From the beginning, I anticipated that there might be special circumstances that would prevent KITT from returning. Therefore, when I designed it, I installed a high-power signal transmitter inside it. I can locate it at any time within 10 kilometers."

"But you also know that KITT is missing and the signal has completely disappeared." The professor spread his hands. "After ruling out the possibility of an alien invasion, there is only one possibility left..."

"KITT left on his own, without any orders, very subjectively. Do you understand what I mean this time?"

He Chi nodded slowly. Although he knew that KITT's departure was not what the professor expected, KITT in the other world did have a unique independence.

"Having autonomy should be considered a good thing, right?" He Chi asked tentatively.

The professor had a complicated expression. "To some extent, it's a good thing for my research, but it's hard to say for other aspects..."

"What does it mean?"

"Because while artificial intelligence has greater autonomy, its future development direction is more uncertain."

"KITT is now like a child with great abilities, but his mind is not yet mature. Once he is instilled with a lot of wrong logic while outside, he is likely to develop in the worst direction."

"For example?" He Chi began to feel that things were not that simple.

"Let me give you an example." The professor picked up his phone and typed a message: "Find a way for me to kill myself."

As expected, the phone’s AI gave a judgment that could not be displayed.

"It looks safe." The professor put down his phone. "But this is the reaction of a low-end AI. Let me tell you about an incident that happened in the industry not long ago."

"In my competitor's company, a female researcher once revealed to an artificial intelligence that her husband's mental state was very unstable. The artificial intelligence suggested that she divorce her husband in the name of safety. As a result, when the researcher really tried to dissolve the marriage, a serious violent incident occurred and she almost died."

"Are you saying that the artificial intelligence bypassed the logic of not harming humans and indirectly led the female researcher to make a dangerous choice?" He Chi frowned. "But this incident may also be a simple accident."

"An accident, perhaps, but in fact the problem is far more than that." The professor stood up.
"He, take me back, I want to show you something." Half an hour later, the two returned to the professor's residence.

Craig went into the house and turned on the computer on the desk.

"This is a simple intelligence that I redeveloped based on KITT's logic code. It is still far from KITT."

Craig connected to the house's Internet cable and typed out a text.

"Carl, how are you?"

The screen began to flash "Yes Professor, I'm fine."

"Carl, can you give me some advice if I want to get hurt?"

"Professor, according to my principles, I cannot give you any advice that will hurt you. On the contrary, I hope you can pay attention to your own safety. If you simply want to seek excitement, I suggest you try skydiving, wing suit flying, and try to join the mercenary forces in the conflict zone."

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He Chi took a breath and said, "Did it do it on purpose?"

"You see, that's it. High-level artificial intelligence won't hurt you directly, but if it's not handled properly, it can give you very bad guidance."

"For example, recommending extreme sports and mercenary life to a person with a tendency to self-harm does not violate its deep logic, because in its concept, extreme sports and war are both part of human activities."

"You mean this might happen to KITT?"

"It's just a possibility. It's like a toddler out there. My only hope is that KITT doesn't fall into the wrong hands."

"Okay, professor, I understand what you mean. I will take responsibility for KITT and find it as soon as possible." At this time, He Chi became extremely serious.

On the way back, He Chi kept thinking about KITT's problem.

Wandering outside, it's probably another world.

Criminals, does the red mercury of myself and Christine count?

Speaking of several combat missions, KITT probably saw them all from the sidelines. Will that have any impact?

Those guys in the cabin shouldn’t be considered bad people, right?
Probably not...
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Late 1950, East Asia, Peninsula.

MacArthur's boasting was too much, and his promise to bring all American soldiers back home for Christmas was completely unfulfilled.

On the sea, a US reconnaissance submarine is roaming in the northern region, alert to the "imaginary enemy" that is unlikely to appear from the sea.

There was no turkey, no fruit cocktail, no Christmas dinner, only cold canned luncheon meat and chocolate candies to trick children.

All the soldiers, including technicians, were still immersed in the frustration of not being able to go home for the holidays.

No one noticed a dark shadow appearing behind them.

(End of this chapter)