"Rest. It's safe at home now. I'm sure they won't find it here."
"Um……"
"what's on your mind."
"I'm... worried about my backup..."
"You have several backups."
"There should be... only one..."
"Are you not sure either?"
"Well...every time I go to back up, it's in the same place. I don't know how many copies of this data there are. They said that thinking data must be saved using a special storage system. Each of us is customized according to the thinking characteristics.
, there shouldn’t be many copies.”
"It's okay, I'm just asking casually, you don't need to worry about it."
"How can I not be entangled... If my father activates my backup and makes her become another me, then wouldn't I be pushing myself into the abyss? I cannot accept such a result."
"This outcome will not happen."
"how do you know?"
"Your father will not tolerate the existence of another you. You are his only daughter."
"He won't care about this. A family like ours, which has completed the uploading of consciousness, has no longer had the problem of ordinary people's understanding of 'self'. We are just tools to serve the family. If we die and lose it, we will use a backup to replace it.
, if it breaks, you can use a backup to replace it. In my father’s opinion, there is no essential difference between people and application software.”
"You are different."
"Why do you say that?"
"Have you ever wondered why in the family, you are the only one who has retained the thinking mode of a natural person and retained his humanity?"
"Of course this is to save face for the family~ If everyone is as ruthless as machines, it will definitely affect the family's reputation when interacting with other financial groups. Isn't my role just to be a decoration for the family?"
"Modern AI technology has become very advanced. It is not difficult to write a completely realistic social program. People in your family also have such a program."
"That's what you're talking about~ They do have it, but after all, it's not as easy to use as a real natural person like me. The reflection mechanism based on sample rules is too templated, and it won't have the unexpected performance of a real person. For example, crying with joy,
AI can only judge when someone will cry because of joy based on the type and extent of events already in the database, and this judgment is not appropriate in many cases."
"That's enough. The exchanges between consortiums are mainly based on interests, and everything else is just embellishment. Your family has strong strength, which is enough to make other consortiums respect you. You have over exaggerated your role."
"Really, when you say that... ugh~ I feel even more incompetent."
"Since you have also realized your incompetence, you have never thought about why such an incompetent person enjoys such favorable treatment in the family. Compared with your brothers and sisters who are pure tools, your contribution to the family is obviously the least.
, but it takes up a disproportionate amount of resources.”
"I...to be honest, I don't actually take up much resources. I usually just stay in that small shop that pretends to be online, and I basically don't spend any money. Where do I take up resources?"
"Raeder, do you know how much this machine of yours is worth?"
"My machine is indeed very expensive~ But don't everyone in the family use this kind of machine? I'm not the only one~"
"No, your body is extremely special. It is different from any other similar body in the world."
"Ah? What are you talking about? What do you know?"
"Raeder, do you know the development history of your family?"
"This... is not very clear. There is no record of the family's past in the information."
"Then you know what your father did in the past era, and what your mother did."
"Of course I don't know these things, and no one will know."
"I know."
"Why on earth do you know so much about our family?"
"There's no reason, I just know. Do you want to hear it?"
"..."
"Why, don't you want to hear it?"
"No... I don't know if I should know so much... My father must have his reasons for hiding these secrets. Maybe I'm not qualified to know."
"It seems that you still care about your father and don't regard him as an enemy."
"How could I regard my father as an enemy...I was...created by him, and he gave me everything so that I can live comfortably in such a world...I may not feel comfortable mentally, but look
After seeing the living conditions of people in the outside world, I know that I am indeed living in heaven, so I am even less likely to hate him. I just want to live freely and explore the world, and do not want to be imprisoned in a cage.
It’s just…”
"So your father is successful."
"What success?"
"Create a person of flesh and blood in this cold world."
"Is there blood...flesh? I don't have one~ There is not a single biological component in my body, it's all mechanical!"
"This is just a saying in our hometown, which means a person is full of emotions and humanity."
"oh……"
"In order to develop this machine, your father summoned the top engineers and scientists he could find, set up a research and development team, and also promoted the development of legacy technologies from the previous era. A rough estimate is that you now,
The cost is almost the same as building a standard-sized city."
"What? Are you serious? This is too ridiculous! This machine of mine... actually costs the same as a city?"
"Although it includes the fraud of the backup body and consciousness backup system, your body is indeed one of the most expensive in the world."
"Why, why is it so expensive?"
"Because it is almost impossible to completely store and operate all the thinking information of a natural person under the current level of technology. After many years of trying, the R&D team found a clever way to use two sets of completely different structures.
The computing module executes your emotional and rational data respectively, and uses a special underlying program as a bridge to connect. In my opinion, although this system still has many flaws, it is already considered a miracle. You and a natural person with a brain
The difference is not big, I just act more rationally."
"Special underlying program, do you mean..."
"Yes, that program is your mother. The wish she made before she died was to always accompany and protect her daughter who does not yet exist, and your father helped her realize this wish."
"This... what are their... identities in the past era?"
"Your mother is an authority in the fields of neurology, physiological psychology and brain-computer interface. Your father was also a wealthy man in the last era and was a pioneer and founder in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. They are both great people.
"
"Then...why did my mother die?"
"Because war is a monster that cannot be controlled by anyone once it is released. Even people who are extremely wealthy will die in indiscriminate bombing."
"..."
"Raeder, maybe you don't play a big role in the family, but you are the most precious thing to your father."
"I...I want to know more, tell me about them, how did I get here!"
"Okay, just calm down and sit down, I'll tell you."