Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 376 Holographic Video Phone

Three days later, all staff at the national laboratory received a message.

To improve the performance of the central supercomputer "Pioneer" and better serve laboratory personnel, a general-purpose large-scale artificial intelligence model has been deployed in "Pioneer". In the future, from any location that "Pioneer" can detect, such as networked cameras, microphones and other networked devices, calling "Pioneer" will allow users to receive support and assistance at any time.

At the same time, any future projects in the national laboratory will need to be carried out under the supervision and collaboration of pioneers.

Meanwhile, in order to expand the coverage of the Pioneer network, the national laboratory began to deploy wireless network equipment, mobile office equipment and other devices on a large scale, and gradually updated its various scientific research facilities to enable them to access the Pioneer network.

With these actions, Murphy gained tens of thousands of eyes, thousands of ears, and hundreds of mobile robots.

No movement or disturbance in the entire laboratory escapes his notice.

At the same time, with the support of pioneering computing power, Murphy was able to use the Mind Network much more recklessly than before.

10 Downing Street, England.

Patrick was having a small meeting with the Secretary of Defense, who was explaining things to him point by point.

The British Navy today is no longer what it was during the British Empire's heyday; it is ill-equipped to deal with the United States' provocative actions in the Mediterranean. It's best not to provoke them...

The Soviet Union was too far from Britain, and although its strength would certainly make other European countries wary, we should still be mindful of their feelings and ease relations with France...

Suddenly, a voice echoed in his mind, "You should fire this guy."

"Murphy?"

Suddenly Murphy appeared to his right and sat down in a chair. "Of course we should listen to meaningful advice, but this guy doesn't offer any solutions other than to dampen your spirits. Let's fire him; he's a nuisance."

However, the Defense Secretary seemed not to hear him as he spoke, continuing to talk to Patrick. Noticing Patrick's distraction, he stopped and said, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister?"

Patrick immediately realized that the other person couldn't see Murphy.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, our national security is under threat, and the most urgent task is to de-escalate the situation through diplomatic means..."

"Alright, thank you for your advice, Durando," Patrick said, extending a hand. Durando shook it blankly, and then the Prime Minister said, "You can go back now. You don't need to come to work tomorrow."

"W-what...?"

Durando was escorted out by the guards. Patrick looked at Murphy, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Are you here?"

"No," Murphy smiled, "I just made a holographic video call to you. Sorry I didn't knock."

Patrick had already connected to Murphy's telepathic network and often reported to Murphy through the network, but that was usually in the form of voice calls. This was the first time he had experienced such direct, face-to-face communication.

"Are you in my mind right now?"

"More or less, but don't worry. It just mobilized some neural signals in your brain, making your brain mistakenly think that you saw me. Rest assured, I won't detect your thoughts."

Patrick frowned. "To be honest, I don't really believe you would respect other people's privacy."

"Uh... okay, I'll knock next time." Murphy said a little embarrassedly, "It's my first time using it, I'm not familiar with it yet."

Patrick shrugged. Ever since he learned that Murphy was a wizard, he had become used to these things. Moreover, he had a pretty good idea of ​​Murphy's character. Although he did not have the moral integrity to respect other people's privacy, he had the arrogance to disdain petty tricks.

If he wants to use Legilimency on you, he will most likely tell you directly.

"You came all this way just to scare me?" Patrick looked at him. "I'm the Prime Minister, after all. I'm very busy."

"No, that's not it," Murphy denied, sounding a little guilty. "I have something important to discuss with you. Here's a proposal; what do you think?"

As Murphy spoke, he conjured a plan out of thin air and pushed it in front of Patrick.

The latter reached out to grab it, but found nothing.

"You can't touch it, but just pretend it's in your hand," Murphy said.

Patrick held the book carefully with a strange expression, only to find that it seemed to be in his hand as he moved it, and the pages were trembling slightly.

It's just motion tracking and real-time calculation; this level of computing power is nothing to the Pioneers.

Patrick placed the "book" on the table. The cover read: "National Automation Program." Below it was a Soviet seal.

"this……"

Isn't this something from the Soviet Union?

"Take a look first."

Patrick was puzzled, but he patiently tried to turn the page with his hand. Sure enough, the page was turned over very smoothly. Before he could marvel at how realistic the effect was, he was drawn in by the first sentence.

"The National Automation Program aims to utilize computers and the Internet to collect information from various fields, process it through a national supercomputing center, and make decisions to achieve the nation's material production and wealth distribution according to the optimal and most rational solutions..."

After a while, once he had finished reading the general overview, Patrick pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is this your plan?"

"It was done by someone else, but I'm prepared to adopt it."

"I have a few questions," Patrick said. "How far are you planning to take this project?"

"Hmm... It's probably even deeper than what this plan didn't mention. I plan to bring all aspects of the country's production and daily life under the control of the supercomputing mainframe."

"This..." Patrick frowned. "Wouldn't this be too oppressive? If all actions are monitored and controlled by the state, people will lose their will and become walking corpses."

"I wasn't quite right. Let me explain in more detail," Murphy said. "First of all, economically, I won't follow this plan exactly."

"One of the major drawbacks of the Soviet Union was that it failed to unleash the productive forces of capitalism; they ignored the existence of this class. The world today is not yet at the point where capital can be eliminated. At this stage, accepting the bourgeoisie and restraining them with institutions, maximizing their role in promoting the market on the one hand, and preventing them from causing harm on the other, is the approach that is in line with the laws of history."

"Therefore, I will even gradually loosen restrictions on some sectors and industries, no longer fully state-owned, while still firmly holding onto the most critical industries and sectors, such as military industry, energy, and communications, and we must never loosen our grip on capital."

"Complete rationing is not in line with people's needs at this stage. Economically, the role of the national automation plan is more about providing a complete information platform."

"On this platform, anyone can obtain the maximum amount of market information, thereby making the best choices for their economic decisions and reducing everyone's trial and error costs."

"A perfectly efficient market?" Patrick asked.

(End of this chapter)