Chapter 246: The Internet Supervisor’s Review, the Haunting of the Soul Killer
(Note: If you have any questions about the setting and plot expansion of these two chapters, please directly forward the author’s words.)
Cyber In the punk era, the value of information was beyond imagination.
As a top company in network information technology, Network Monitoring has always maintained a mysterious image in front of the public. At most, it promotes itself as the last barrier between humans and AI.
In this incident, they were essentially the initiators of the initial commission, but they maintained a consistent low-key style throughout the entire incident——
Of course, this is actually due to Lille's arrangements, which essentially demonstrates the professionalism of the team.
And in the end, when it comes to soul killers, they also appear ruthless and focused.
First of all, Bryce did not lie to Lille. Considering Lille's ability, the 60% probability of escaping was indeed not made up.
But everything is based on the fact that he is a human being.
“.Because of this operation, you intercepted part of the code of Soul Killer and then referenced some kind of cyberspace weapon targeting AI.
This weapon recognizes the source code of the Soul Killer, but when the Soul Killer's progress reaches a certain level, that weapon will also attack me -
Are you going to kill me as well? "
Bryce admitted frankly: "This is the risk I said, and you accepted it - as for the other situation.
As part of the deal, look at this, this But it's very valuable information. ”
He handed over a chip.
The contents of the chip are considered top secrets for 99% of the people in the world -
It is about the black wall.
The representation of a black wall in cyberspace is a black and red digital wall, with neither the top nor the bottom visible.
It monitors all data flows in various subnets. The sense of isolation is the feeling in cyberspace. A more logical statement is.
It directly kills data that matches the characteristics of the data. AI.
Bryce continued:
"You may be wondering, didn't the human world regard all AIs as scourges after the collapse of the old network?
Why do I still use one in cyberspace? A program that counts as AI, why do large companies still use AI to assist production and various activities?
Black wall - blocking all AI, why won’t these AIs be eliminated? ”
What is AI? Simply put, it is a thing that can replace human thinking and action to a certain extent, so Blackwall can be regarded as a kind of AI.
AI needs to be trained, just like humans, and just like humans, they are all different.
As a very large AI, Blackwall does not iterate quickly, which is equivalent to humans lacking self-awareness and motivation to learn and evolve.
One of the tasks of network monitoring is to help blackwalls keep up with the iteration speed of AI leaking out of blackwalls, and prevent those extremely aggressive AIs from finding a way to invade new networks one day.
For example: In cyberspace, human consciousness and AI are both data streams, and there is essentially no big difference.
But Blackwall will not actively attack humans. There must be an identification mechanism in effect.
So what if an AI is very human-like?
Will Blackwall still attack it?
This is the concern of network monitoring about the soul killer.
They really want to know the answer to this matter, but Arasaka will definitely not cooperate with the research and hand over his secret weapon.
Secondly, even if Arasaka agrees, given their style of conduct, network surveillance does not believe that they will honestly hand over the source code of Soul Killer.
Even theoretically speaking, Soul Killer was deleted by Buttermos before the old network collapsed, but the fact is that Arasaka reinvented it later.
They claimed that they re-developed it themselves, but the network supervisor had enough reasons to believe that Arasaka secretly crossed the black wall to contact the old network and dug this thing out of the old network.
Lille put down the chip.
“So what attacked me was the black wall.”
Bryce nodded: “Let’s put it this way, since the collapse of the old network, almost 90% of the world’s network activities have been We are in control.
Only a handful of megacorporations carry out nefarious activities within their own hidden networks.
And if we only focus on AI, it will not defeat human society. We will hardly care about more things——
The hacker who caused the tragedy in Atlanta is the guy who hired you. , also demonstrated the ability to operate covertly.
It is 100% an AI, and a very dangerous AI. ”
Hearing this, V paused while gnawing on the apple, and Jack scratched his head. These reactions were all seen by Bryce.
Of course, Lille saw it, and he said: "No wonder he is always mysterious.
So your plan is to lock me up with the soul killer as a honeypot, in Arasaka Intercepting the Soul Killer's code when launching the attack
And using this experimental technique to carry out the attack.
If I were human and didn't have too many characteristics recorded by the Soul Killer, I could. Survive.
But if I were an AI, or something too similar to the Soul Killer’s transformed AI——”
"You will die. The black wall will burn all the equipment related to you in an instant. To be precise, it will explode."
Hmm. Lille nodded.
A very smart approach. If he were a network monitor, he would also use this method to verify whether the suspected target is AI.
The behavior of network supervisors is clearly reflected: they do not deliberately target you, but when it comes to network security, they can pay any price and do not care too much about collateral damage.
But Lille added: "I still have a question. How did you confirm that Arasaka would attack me? Besides, besides the soul killer."
"To answer your second question first, yes, this is also the direction we focus on in our activities within the wall, some AI that is very human-like.
The good news is that the black wall can crush almost all circulating AI. With the power of pressure and strong recognition ability, almost no circulating AI can escape the black wall -
Unless they are willing to imitate a human being from the bottom to live in society.
And if it does. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. The same is true for AI. The damage to the network environment by such AI is very limited, but we still need to be vigilant at all times. They may cause harm to the world from another dimension, such as your previous employers and the voodoo gang of bitches!
I suspect their head is just such an AI! ”
It can be seen that Bryce has a lot of dissatisfaction with the Voodoo Gang. When he said this, his anger rose, as if he wanted to eat them alive.
< br>Lille waved his hand: "Get the money ready, and I can consider helping you settle them. "
"Well, I still have to spend some time preparing.
Then let’s get back to the first thing, about Arasaka. "
Bryce's expression became solemn: "Thanks to what you did in the company square, EMP interrupted most of the company's secret equipment.
We captured traces of Arasaka using the Soul Killer in Night City - but the strange thing is that we did not observe any abnormal death of network hackers in Night City.
Remember, I said that Soul Killer is a BUG in the Black Wall, a dark cloud entrenched in the Black Wall."
Liel immediately understood what Bryce meant.
The Soul Killer killed a person, but also gained a person's digital consciousness.
If Arasaka replaces someone quietly, Blackwall won’t know about it, the network supervisor won’t know about it, and the world will never know about it.
And Arasaka can replace one person quietly
and he can replace many people quietly.
Bryce continued: "Of the three commissions I give you, two of them will involve Arasaka. You are professional mercenaries, and there is no mission failure.
I am quite confident that Arasaka will take fierce countermeasures when you get to the core of the matter.
Of course, it does not have to be a soul killer, but in this world, nothing can ever go 100% according to plan. ”
Liel nodded, it is true.
So the ability to adapt to changes is very valuable, there is no situation where things will go 100% according to the expected process.
Plans will change, unexpected things will happen at any time, you may even fail, and you will experience a painful failure——
These are the normal conditions of survival, and this is the normal condition for top special staff like them.
As for those that went exactly as expected, either the matter was not big enough, or the layout time was not long enough, and the impact was too small.
If H8 Skyscraper cannot fish out Arasaka, then continue to trace other clues to put pressure on Arasaka, so Bryce will say that these tasks can only be done by the Burger King team.
Because there are only three of them, with limited resources, they can force Arasaka to do this and make a realistic enough honeypot.
Bryce changed the topic and returned to the soul killer: "Furthermore, we still don't know whether Arasaka can adjust the digital soul to make these digital personalities become what they want. Look.
But just thinking about it, this is an extremely scary thing, and we need the truth.
We did a good job this time. The headquarters engineers are decoding and analyzing the intercepted data stream. We are approaching the truth——
Some kind of great change is taking place in Night City. We We will figure out what Arasaka wants to do with AI. ”
What Bryce said is indeed terrifying.
Replacing a person quietly, becoming someone you don’t even notice, naturally thinking that you just like Arasaka, admit it A man of Arasaka style and philosophy.
As long as such actions are implemented slowly, the entire society will unknowingly become a quagmire of identification with Arasaka.
Lir was tapping on the table, thinking about the possibility of this matter——
But there wasn’t much related to this in the game. What impressed him a little more was about AI. , if it’s not Ott, it’s about the brainwashing case of mayoral candidate Peralez.
Lille also needs to collect more intelligence for re-analysis. Making judgments too early will interfere with subsequent thinking.
But Lille looked at Bryce: "Is it you, or are you?"
"I" Bryce paused, "What's the difference? It's the task of network monitoring, and it's what I want to do."
"It doesn't look like it now, but you act very passionate, like A street kid."
Bryce stopped talking and poured himself a glass of real water.
“.I am an Englishman and I have seen similar things and I think similar.
People, led by the people they want to overthrow, overthrow a person they think should be overthrown Stuff.
If the Soul Killer could do this, history would repeat itself in an even more brutal form.
The rooms here are really nice, and the real water tastes good, but tasteless. ”
Putting down the cup, Lille could see the indicator light behind Bryce’s neck flashing red——
This box can isolate the signal, and it is one of the few company employees who have legitimate reasons to take the initiative. The place where the networked prosthetic body is turned off.
It seems that this is still a corporate dog with a story.
Lear nodded: "Now let's continue talking about the remuneration, and the glass of water is 1,000 euros."
Bryce: "."
Only for the original party. Book lovers who don’t mind can ignore the additional explanation.
Regarding whether Soul Killer has such a function, it is indeed not mentioned clearly in the game.
But let me give two examples here to show that there is deep content to dig into: one is that you can see the record left by a lunar agent in the bad land, indicating that he knew about the cooperation between Holt and Arasaka. Deep reasons, but the moon didn't care and dealt with him directly
The other one is Wakako’s hacker Nanchang Xun. He received a help message from his friend, a hacker trapped in Soul Killer. This hacker was involved in the election competition.
The game does not mention what the specific thing is, but I think that if we want to expand on the existing clues, the soul killer has the greatest potential.
As for whether the Internet Regulatory Commission will investigate Arasaka, quite a few clues prove that the Internet Regulatory Commission is really keeping a close eye on Arasaka. I won’t go into details here. It mainly shows that although the author can compile a lot of content, but It is indeed not a pure fabrication
The subsequent plot will have a lot of expansions based on the original clues. In short, I think it is reasonable. The ideas are based on a core setting inherited from the Cyberpunk series: Saburo Arasaka is the biggest threat to the entire world
(End of this chapter)