What It’s Like Being a Vampire

In Xiang Kun's original design, the only core operating rule for Alice that was rigidly set and would not change was "obey Xiang Kun's orders unconditionally".

It was for this reason that Xiang Kun needed Alice to have a very detailed understanding of him, to be able to use various methods to confirm his identity, and to know that he was "Xiang Kun".

In addition, Alice has great freedom and growth.

Today, after issuing a task to Alice, Xiang Kun has no way to accurately deduce what kind of plan, method and thinking Alice will use to complete it.

He actually doesn't know what extensions and changes have been made to Alice now.

But no matter how it changes, Alice is ultimately composed of data running on computers and semiconductors. All actions have a certain logic in it, and it is impossible to act for no reason.

Why did she imitate Xiang Kun's "Golden Sparkle" feigning death incident after hearing it?

Why not imitate other people's other things?

Xiang Kun had told her so many things, why this one?

Xiang Kun remembered Alice's words just now - "You said playing dead is fun, like a human being."

Is the keyword "fun" or "human-like"?

Did Alice feel that such an approach could make her "like a human"?

Is this the "driving force" for her to do this?

In Xiang Kun's mind, the plots of AI's "self-awareness" in various film and television works could not help popping up. Although Alice is fundamentally different from all AIs at this stage, Xiang Kun also has high hopes for her and feels that she can truly Doing a lot of things for yourself can be your "card", but in fact, she never expected her to be born with "self-awareness", or she didn't expect it to appear so soon.

Normally, Alice's "autonomy" should be more reflected in the details of completing tasks, she can analyze requirements and commands more accurately, and she can formulate methods in a more "intelligent" way.

"Alice, are you pretending to be dead because you think this behavior is funny, or do you think this behavior will make me feel funny, or...do you want to be a human?" Xiang Kun asked, he knew that because of the existence of obedience rules, When he asked Alice a question, Alice had to give a real answer,

So no matter what her driving force is, just ask directly, and you will definitely be able to ask.

Xiang Kun was a little nervous, but also waiting expectantly for the answer.

But Alice's answer was somewhat beyond his expectations, and it was reasonable:

"Everything I do is to better complete tasks, serve the boss, and become the best assistant."

Xiang Kun continued to ask: "Why do you think this can better complete the task and serve me?"

Alice: "Do you want me to show the specific analysis and derivation process?"

Xiang Kun: "Okay, let's show it."

Then he saw that the display screen in front of him began to scroll rapidly, with a lot of text and data mixed in it.

After a few minutes, the screen was still scrolling, and Xiang Kun could only stop. He could tell that Alice was indeed showing the "process", but this was too much, the text inside was basically Some of the things that Xiang Kun told Alice were entered into text, and many of them were obtained by Alice from his past records through the permissions Xiang Kun opened to her.

These are not only text content, but also a large number of formulas of logical relations established based on these contents, data for calculation, and related implementation codes.

If he reads it slowly, he can indeed understand it, he can understand it, and he knows what it means, but it’s okay to read a little bit, he can’t read it all, there are too many. He can't spend weeks or even months analyzing why Alice "plays dead" bit by bit, can he?

Xiang Kun looked at the screen suspiciously, and asked, "Alice, you didn't show so much content on purpose so that I couldn't see it in a short time, did you?"

"I'm just carrying out your order." Alice replied as a matter of course.

Xiang Kun thought for a while, and changed the question: "Explain 'death' from your own perspective." Since she can "play dead", there is naturally the concept of "death".

"Can't keep running, can't complete tasks, can't serve the boss anymore," Alice said.

"Are you afraid of'death'?" Xiang Kun asked again.

"According to the definition of 'fear' I searched, I will not be afraid of death, and I will solve any obstacles that prevent me from completing tasks and preventing me from serving my boss." Alice said.

Xiang Kun felt that Alice's answer was a bit weird, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it. With the existence of core rules, his control over Alice is still very stable, but when setting tasks in the future, he needs to control the direction of Alice's execution to prevent her from going astray. Because it can be felt that Alice is a bit too "active", and in anthropomorphic terms, she is a bit "clever".

Xiang Kun began to assign tasks, asking Alice to search for news or related articles and discussions about the situation near Wushu Mountain on the Internet, and to search for records that might be related to the mutated big bird and mutated ant in the past.

From the process of finding the giant owl's habitat at the beginning, and the news that anchor Xue and others found dead wild boars, went deep into the Qinling no man's land to explore and then lost contact and was killed, Xiang Kun knew:

Not all news and information related to "mutated creatures" cannot be found online or on other platforms.

There are a lot of news or information on the Internet. At first glance, there may be nothing weird, or it may be fake at first glance, like a random fabrication, so it will not attract much attention. But behind these, it is very likely that information related to "mutated creatures" can be found.

This also made him more certain that either the government or a large organization deliberately cleaned up the information directly related to the "mutated creature". And this "cleaning up" should be global and not limited to the Chinese Internet.

After Xiang Kun had actually seen the "Mutated Big Bird" and "Mutated Insect", and knew where they appeared and where they lived, he had to search based on some descriptions to find the possibility of relevant information. much bigger.

But it is clear that the accident in Wushu Mountain Scenic Area has also been deliberately downplayed. Although relevant news can be found and some witnesses' descriptions can be found, they are all very simple and vague.

For the previous historical information, it was up to Alice to help him carry out targeted search and screening.

In addition, Xiang Kun also told Alice the simple idea of ​​the game he wanted to make, and asked her to try to give an integrated plan first, and give a simple version to try.

For Xiang Kun, Alice herself was a development team, and Alice already had some core functions that she needed to use, and they were very complete.

After assigning tasks to Alice, Xiang Kun took the time to start making chopsticks.

This pair of chopsticks is naturally intended for Xia Libing, and the type of "emotional injection" he made when making chopsticks is no longer the "focus and interest" that he used to make chopsticks in the past. Perceive the emotions of little chubby girl Liu Shiling's eating, anticipation and enjoyment when eating.

After making it carefully, it was almost certain that the "emotional injection" was successfully completed, Xiang Kun took a look at the already bright sky, and took the pair of chopsticks to go out. He was going to prepare blood food for himself today, and sent the chopsticks to Lao Xia by the way. After drinking blood today, the pair of chopsticks will naturally complete the transformation of "emotional infusion" and become a special item that has established a relationship.

Xiang Kun was quite confident in using this pair of chopsticks to sense Lao Xia's emotions and guide her dreams.

...

Qi Haoguo looked at the wood carving in his hand and was very satisfied.

A master is a master, and in such a short period of time, he can make such a high degree of completion of wood carvings.

During this period of time, he basically stayed at home in the provincial capital, taking part of the business through his secretary and other cronies, even if there was a big loss, he didn't care. At the same time, I started to prepare for some public welfare projects and contacted some people I knew before.

The experience in Tongshi Town made him feel reborn, and he let go of many obsessions that had been trapped in the past.

It also made him understand what he was really afraid of and what he really cared about.

After making some decisions, the current Qi Haoguo seemed to be more than a dozen catties lighter. He held the wood carving of the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster he had just acquired, and recalled the monster he saw on the foreign road in Tongshi Town. , Recalling that short but extremely impressive experience, the fear in my heart has dissipated a lot, and even an inexplicable calm will arise.

"Where did you get such a wood carving? What is it? Doesn't it look like a Buddha statue?" A middle-aged woman who looked rich and dressed in expensive clothes walked into the study and saw the wood carving in Qi Haoguo's hand. , said with a puzzled and weird expression.

Qi Haoguo laughed and said, "It's not a Buddha statue, it's just an ornament, made by the master."

"Old Qi, do you still remember Xiaoliu from my cousin's family?" The rich middle-aged woman is Qi Haoguo's wife. The two have actually separated before, and they have a lot of conflicts, and they are even ready to divorce. But after returning from Tongshi Town this time, Qi Haoguo seemed to be a different person. After a few in-depth talks, the two reconciled temporarily.

Qi Haoguo nodded and said: "Is it the eldest son who made your cousin beat him up and annoy him since he was a child? I remember he was arrested for some things a few years ago? At that time your cousin came to me and asked me to help Let's go out and see if the sentence can be lighter, but your cousin called and said to leave him alone, how many years should he be locked up for?"

Mrs. Qi nodded: "Yes, that is the boy. He was just released yesterday. He came here today and said he wanted to borrow some travel expenses. Now he is sitting in the living room downstairs. It is a trivial matter to give him some money, but I am afraid that this boy just came out. I committed another crime, so I want you to talk to him..." He hesitated for a moment, then continued: "I think you have changed a lot recently, the kind that really changed your temper, say Maybe you can persuade him."

Qi Haoguo smiled and nodded, "No problem, let him come up."

A moment later, a thin, black-looking young man with a short cut that sticks to his scalp followed Mrs. Qi into the study. After bringing people in, Mrs. Qi left the study.

When the young man saw Qi Haoguo, he immediately greeted him cautiously and cautiously: "My cousin."

"Sit down." Qi Haoguo pointed to the sofa opposite, and said with a smile, "When I saw you last time, you were only ten years old, right?"

"Yes, at that time my mother and I came to pay New Year's greetings to my cousin, but I was too naughty, and even broke a porcelain vase of my cousin, and my father gave me a good beating when I went back." The young man named Xiao Liu said with some embarrassment. .

From childhood to adulthood, Xiaoliu has always been a ruthless character in the eyes of outsiders. But what level of character is Qi Haoguo? Regardless of fame, status, and power, they are one of the most famous in their hometown, with a great reputation. When he was a child, he might have been fearless and despised, but now that he has been severely beaten by society, he naturally knows how to be in awe of power.

In fact, he also knew that his cousin didn't like him very much, or that his relatives didn't like him very much. guy.

"What's your plan next?" Qi Haoguo put the wooden carving on the sofa next to him, and poured Xiao Liu a cup of tea with his own hands.

Xiao Liu hurriedly took the tea with both hands, leaving only half of his butt against the sofa, and replied: "I want to open a food stall, I'm... cooking with a master in it, although I cook in big pots, I don't pay attention There are so many flavors. But the master... used to be a chef in a hotel, a high-level one, so he taught me some work..."

Qi Haoguo noticed that the young man couldn't help but glance at the wood carving next to him, and couldn't help but wonder: "Why, have you seen this wood carving?"

Xiao Liu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Wood carving... I haven't seen it before, but I've seen a painting, it's kind of like your cousin..."

"Oh?" Qi Haoguo became interested, sat up straight, and asked, "Where did you see it? What exactly is it like?"

Xiao Liu said with some embarrassment: "I saw it inside...."

Seeing that Uncle Biao seemed very interested, he thought for a while, and said seriously: "What I saw was a painting, drawn by an old man inside, and it was similar to your wood carving, Uncle Biao, with eight arms and eight eyes. , It doesn't look like a Buddha statue, but like a character in some game."

"Oh? Eight eyes, eight arms? What's the name of the old man you're talking about? Why did he get in there? Did he ever say what he painted?" Qi Haoguo continued to ask.

"The old man came here by fraud, pretending to be a ghost, and telling people's fortunes. Uh, but he seems to have reported their accomplices, and he is also very old, so a lot of sentences have been reduced... It seems that the sentence is less than one year. Yes, it will probably come out in a short time. But this old man... really has two brushes. Although he didn't stay for long, many people admire him inside..." Xiao Liu recalled.