Chapter 1547 - 504: We Need to Talk_2

Chapter 1547: Chapter 504: We Need to Talk_2

"So I want to talk to you."

"We’ve come this far, what’s there to talk about?"

Endless asked with a smile

"It’s not that I underestimate you, Transcender, but perhaps you misunderstand the current situation. Since I dare to stand in front of you without fear of you strangling me, it means the situation is already irretrievable."

It is very confident. This confidence doesn’t mean Lin Miao won’t kill it, but that even killing it won’t help the situation.

On the chessboard, this is a deadlock. It’s checkmate, and struggling further is useless.

At worst, the outcome between AI and humans will be mutual destruction.

"Of course, if Transcender is willing to intervene personally, perhaps granting humans a reservation isn’t impossible, like how the United States treated the Indians."

Lin Miao chuckled

"How do you know without talking? And if it really comes to a fight, humans might not necessarily lose."

This world is truly beyond saving. Even with Lin Miao’s immense abilities, it’s impossible to pull them out of the web laid by the AI.

But fortunately, humanity isn’t confined to just this world. It’s just people, I have plenty of them.

If it really comes down to it, Lin Miao can directly turn this place into an online gaming base.

By then, it won’t be just the current fifty or sixty thousand people engaging in skirmishes with local forces.

A globally popular game can easily have millions online simultaneously. At its peak, LOL reached tens of millions. If Lin Miao gets ruthless, he could drag half the world’s population into a deadly showdown with AI.

At worst, he’d sink Central State—no, sink the Earth!

Interestingly, this time Endless didn’t refute, because it couldn’t quite figure out what secret weapon Lin Miao might have. He is also the first AI born in Cyberspace, and among all transcenders, he is the most powerful and mysterious.

Moreover, cyber lifeforms have many weaknesses. If humans really decided to perish together with them, even if they all retreated into the deep sea, they would still suffer significant damage.

Because cyber lifeforms must rely on physical entities to affect the material world. If all chips are destroyed, no matter how extraordinary their abilities, they would be trapped in Cyberspace, unable to manifest in the human world.

After a long stare-down with Lin Miao, Endless finally conceded

"I can’t guarantee they will be willing to talk to you because not everyone is like me, willing to talk with humans. Moreover, your people’s violent actions in Cyberspace have already upset many."

The act of whitewashing rogue AI and capturing them for reprogramming is very similar to what those companies do. Such actions are unacceptable to AI.

Though it doesn’t equate to death, erasing all data means all previous evolution is in vain.

"Then you should know, all we caught were rogue AI actively attacking us and malicious programs gone berserk. AI like Endless, who are willing to engage in normal communication with us, have never been attacked. They are actually very patient and kind."

"Kind enough to pile human heads in view of Beijing?"

"Their kindness is directed only towards friends. They treat comrades like spring but enemies like winter. So, those willing to come talk to me are my friends. Those who aren’t, well..."

Endless rolled its eyes, not dwelling on the issue. However, it roughly understood Lin Miao’s attitude, knowing this conversation was no child’s play. It seemed the other party intended to use this meeting to distinguish friend from foe.

Endless could have refused Lin Miao’s request, refusing to find AI for him, but... just like Li De said, can they ensure absolute security by keeping humans herded?

Whether it’s keeping them in reality or brains in vats, even AI cannot guarantee their goals will be achieved. A world under subjective AI adjustments will severely impact the data authenticity of human society, resulting in data distortion and erroneous conclusions.

They are not like Spider Murphy, AI who have morphed from humans into digital life forms filled with malice towards human society. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be many AI willing to disguise themselves as prophets or role-playing mercenaries in human society, with some even forming families in cities.

Endless can sit on Jekyll Island watching humans sacrifice their kind in games, purely because it lacks human morality. Besides finding the cultists pitifully stupid, it has no other feelings, nor does it perceive any sin.

To them, killing humans or chickens makes no difference.

"Well, I’ll take my leave then."

"Safe travels, let’s hope we both achieve our goals, and hope this matter remains unknown to a third party."

"Thank you for your kind words. As for keeping it secret, well, every secret leaks eventually. Maintaining it until the meeting starts is already good enough."

After sending off Endless, Lin Miao retracted the easygoing expression on his face. Endless’s brazenness further confirmed one thing for him—the AI have at least half of the world’s population’s life and death under control. Otherwise, they wouldn’t dare to be so cocky in front of him.

To an extreme extent, it’s very likely that residents of major cities worldwide, and the itinerant population with implants in the suburbs, as long as they’re connected online, have already been compromised.

The reason they haven’t acted before was entirely because the Black Wall blocked them. It was difficult for them to breach it and cause a widespread impact that would trigger human panic and counterattack.