I, the only superpower on earth

With her avatar on top, Petunia stood on the simulated street full of pedestrians, watching the crowds coming and going in different costumes, standing in place, a little dazed.

Just this afternoon, after Navalli's national speech in the video ended, at least hundreds of millions of American "standard citizens" poured into this "full information platform" through semi-access mode terminals.

And then, as the magic of this virtual world was spread more and more widely on the old Internet, the number of people online on the full information platform has exceeded 300 million. It can be said that most citizens of the United States from top to bottom They have all entered this world.

And Petunia is no exception.

Not long after she got the information that her personal terminal had "semi-access mode", she couldn't wait to use the terminal that only her own identity authentication could use, to perform a shallow neural connection, and came to this virtual world.

"forum".

The word comes from ancient Roman times.

At that time, in a small valley between the Palatine Hill and the Capitoline Hill in the ancient Roman city, there was an open space between several government buildings. This open space was the famous "Roman Forum".

Politicians at that time gave speeches here, gladiators performed here, courts judged here-even the most important citizen assembly in Rome was held here.

Many years later, the original meaning of the word has changed from offline to online. With the rise of the Internet era, online public opinion has become the mainstream of the melody, but even so, compared with the "forum" in ancient Rome, the modern Internet However, the forum is far from having the power to determine the fate of the country in the past. It is impossible for any modern mainstream country to delegate votes and representation to the virtual forum.

Although it is full of noise and a sea of ​​noise that is always boiling, it seems to be a world that is basically isolated from reality.

However, now, in the all-information platform created by Navalli, for this online virtual forum accessible to all, he also only uses "forum" as the synonym for this citizen assembly and discussion area.

And according to him, just tomorrow night, a citizen assembly similar to the ancient Roman era will be held here, where hundreds of millions of standard citizens across the United States will choose the system that the United States will implement in the future, which is an unimaginable modern , On the contrary, it is something that the ancient Romans may understand.

Is the "forum" in the full information platform online or offline, innovative or retro?

For a while, Penny didn't know the answer.

...Of course, the main reason is that she didn't know the above knowledge information, and these were all "Lucy" whispered to her.

"... That's it. The above is the extended meaning and related discussions on the 'forum' on the full information platform."

The woman in plain clothes said in a pleasant synthesized voice next to Petunia, her appearance looked like some kind of two-dimensional real person image.

Big eyes, slender figure, skin far beyond normal, almost transparent white.

However, compared with ordinary people, the biggest difference lies in the iridescent light film lingering on her body - "N19Z1705241", a string of numbers looming in the iridescent light film, showing the identity of a woman.

——In the virtual world, an AI that acts in the image of a human.

The string of characters in the iridescent light film is the verification code of its AI program.

"Lucy..."

Penny asked hesitantly about her portable AI.

Since the public use of the full information platform and the opening of the semi-accessible virtual world, the "Lucy" AI software that was used by many American people has become a regular on the spot, from commercial to free and public use, and its official name has become "standard citizen portable General AI".

The name change itself is just a formality, and its core is still the differentiation of the highest intelligence that combines the model core program of Navari and "Lucy", but after the establishment of eight hundred signal giant towers, there is no doubt that every "portable universal AI" Another leap has taken place in the calculation and processing level of the computer, so on a certain level - this is both a name and a reality. The name and the reality are transformed into each other.

However, for Petunia, she is still used to the name "Lucy" - as if she has always regarded the other party as a real friend around her, so even now, she still calls the other party by her original name.

"Lucy..."

Just as Petunia was talking to Lucy excitedly and uneasily, a rough male voice squeezed in.

"Another AI? Machines are more human than human these days."

Petunia stared at the reputation, and immediately saw a man with a long face who didn't hide his face, who looked like a herd horse in the farm, looking at Lucy with a contemptuous smile.

"Wei—this 'Miss Lucy', what's your number? N19Z1705241... Oh my god, your numbers are more than all the call girls in the world combined. Since you are an AI, you should completely obey human orders Right? Then can you take off your clothes and let me see the difference between AI breasts and human breasts..."

The man was chattering and spitting on the virtual street, spouting foul-smelling words. Petunia stared at him with wide eyes. That's annoying.

At the same time, she noticed that the "Number of people with the same perspective" in the upper right corner of her eyes jumped from the normal dozens to hundreds in an instant, and then hundreds. Many overlapping user models are all virtual tourists who gathered here because they heard the conflicts here-it is human nature to watch the excitement no matter what era, even the virtual world is no exception.

Finding herself being watched by so many people at once, Petunia felt a little flustered. Even so, she still took a step forward, pointed at the man with a long face, and said forcefully:

"Hey, what are you talking about... Apologize to Lucy!"

"Apologize?"

The man turned his head to look at her with disdainful eyes:

"Idiot, you don't really think AI is human, do you?"

As he spoke, the man puffed up his chest and approached aggressively, until the "non-contact isolation barrier" in the virtual world was triggered, before he stopped tens of centimeters away from Petunia.

"...AI is a tool, just like physical dolls purchased online-you don't think of yourself as a physical doll, do you? Bitch—"

As he said that, the man laughed loudly, his smile was full of rudeness and obscenity.

Petunia pointed at him, her heart overflowing with rage, but she couldn't utter a word. If it weren't for the fact that she chose the "face covering" effect before entering the virtual world, I'm afraid that her blushing face would have been seen by the man and hundreds of thousands of onlookers who are still rising at the same time.

But because of this, seeing more and more people gathering around, with models lined up one after another, Petunia became more and more flustered, and could only say "you... you...".

The man was extremely proud, and was about to continue mocking, but at this moment, Lucy, who had been silent beside Petunia, suddenly stood up.

"Number K01632856 Standard Citizen—Your behavior has violated Article 35, Paragraph 2 of the 'All Information Platform' Access Regulations, and Chapter 5 of the 'Virtual World Information Security Regulations', 'AI rights in the virtual world Article 92, Paragraph 3 of "Maintenance" - I have reported your relevant actions to the Supreme Intelligence."

The moment Lucy's voice sounded, the man's expression changed suddenly, but it seemed to be frozen, lying in the virtual world.

While Penny was dumbfounded, she didn't notice that the "number of people in the scene" in the upper right corner had suddenly skyrocketed due to this change, from thousands to tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands, and it was still growing.

At the same time, beside the man, a few "Silver Snitches" that are exactly the same as the "Type 1 Sentry" in reality appeared out of thin air. The cold voice announcing the punishment sounded like that:

"Standard Citizen No. K01632856, the Supreme Intelligence has ruled that your behavior has violated the relevant regulations, and hereby pronounces the verdict—for the next month, you are prohibited from accessing the 'forum' in any way, and your 'full information platform' is also sentenced The status is temporarily frozen."

At the same time as the verdict sounded, the figure of the man disappeared instantly in the virtual world. Seeing the place where he disappeared, Petunia was amazed, but when she glanced at the number of people in the upper right corner, she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Why are there so many people?!"

"Let me help you."

Lucy grabbed Penny's wrist, and skillfully tapped a few times in the void. In the next second, the figures of the two had disappeared from the current scene.

All the protagonists in the original scene left the scene.

It seems that things have been perfectly resolved.

But neither the man nor Petunia expected that the video of their small conflict would cause an uproar on the Internet that day.