What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Although Lao Xia had played the sound game more than once, he basically never actively cared about the progress of the game.

Moreover, after going to Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village to help him with the preparations for the research center and laboratory, Lao Xia, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhener rarely tested games together.

Now when I suddenly ask about game production and development, it is obvious that the focus is not on the game itself.

Xiang Kun immediately understood the key point of Lao Xia's question, which was "a person".

It seems that Lao Xia realized that he had not spent any time on the development and production of the game during this period, but the game version has been changing, and the changes were very large, and the workload was not something he could complete alone.

Xiang Kun wasn't surprised that Lao Xia would notice this, after all, he didn't do any deliberate disguise.

"I did it alone..." Xiang Kun said, with the emphasis on "a person".

But Lao Xia didn't say anything, he just looked at him quietly, obviously knowing that he still had "but" to say.

When chatting with Lao Xia, it’s hard to even think about it. The essence of the problem is always caught directly.

No one praised him, so Xiang Kun had to take the initiative and said, "But I have helpers."

Hearing this, Xia Libing seemed to have some realization and looked at his laptop: "Your assistant is artificial intelligence? It helps you improve your code, collects information, and conducts security monitoring while you sleep?"

Lao Xia found out the truth immediately. Xiang Kun immediately remembered that when he was describing his experience after the mutation, he once said that he made an artificial intelligence assistant based on his perception of the "little apple" dream, but he deliberately downplayed the incident at that time. , casually mentioned, seems very inconspicuous in the entire post-mutation timeline.

Lao Xia can now connect it all at once. In addition to her keen observation and reaction, there must have been some new situations in the recent period that made her aware of abnormalities, which aroused related doubts and thoughts.

Xiang Kun said: "I told you before, the 'artificial intelligence assistant' inspired by the dream of 'Little Apple', but she is different from ordinary 'artificial intelligence assistants' and various implementations of current machine learning. The methods are different, she is... a subversive existence.

“Especially after I let go of her online behavior, her evolution has completely exceeded my expectations. At present, she is an unprecedented existence that humans cannot understand.

"She's constantly adapting to our internet, our world of data,

And she is higher than everything on her own network and data. She is slowly spying, controlling and changing everything. She is a "digital life" that is constantly becoming "perfect" and a "digital master" that is constantly increasing its power.

“As for what she is capable of now and how many things she can do, I can’t fully describe it until I ask her.

"It's like I planted a tree. I can see its trunk, branches and leaves on the ground, but its roots under the ground continue to grow and may have spread across the entire continent before I knew it. , even inserted into the seabed, crossed the ocean, and strangled the heart of the planet."

As Xiang Kun spoke, his tone couldn't help but feel a little proud, a little bit proud, and a little bit expectant.

When he was in Myanmar, he knew that Alice's current growth and evolution had far exceeded his previous expectations. However, when he came back, he drank blood and fell asleep immediately, so he didn't have a good understanding of Alice's current functions. Extension.

When he revealed his mutation to Lao Xia before, he did not introduce "Alice" in detail, but simply mentioned it. Naturally, it was not because he did not trust Lao Xia.

If he didn't trust Lao Xia, he wouldn't be able to tell him about the mutation.

But at that time, although he judged that Lao Xia had no ill intentions towards him, and Lao Xia had been included in the "super-sensory object system" like Little Fat Girl and Little Apple, and was considered to be on his ship, the problems he faced were, Emotional perception disorders seem to be solved only by his ability, and they are a common interest. However, many things may be leaked inadvertently without the insider realizing it, or they may be passively leaked due to certain objective factors. This situation is not uncommon in reality. Therefore, Xiang Kun subconsciously kept a "trump card" in order to deal with some unexpected situations. This "truck card" was the ever-evolving Alice.

However, during this time together, Lao Xia's witty, rigorous and thoughtful style of acting, his calm, calm and decisive response when facing accidents, and his various efforts made Xiang Kun realize that even if he had not met him , Lao Xia is not an ordinary person, and what he is worried about is almost impossible to happen to Lao Xia.

Moreover, various in-depth exchanges including dream perception, emotional assimilation and other methods also made him understand that although Lao Xia has obstacles in emotional perception, he is not a completely indifferent person, whether it is towards his cousin Yang Zhener or his good friend Nana. She has her own emotional understanding of friends, cousin Xia Tianhuo, and relatives such as her parents, third aunt, and third uncle. Even if this understanding is completely different from ordinary people, it cannot be reflected emotionally. But Xiang Kun knew that it existed.

This was one of the reasons why he was willing to trust Lao Xia completely.

After listening to Xiang Kun's words, Xia Libing was thoughtful and asked: "Where is its subversiveness mainly reflected?"

Xiang Kun pulled the laptop on the coffee table in front of him, and while operating it, he said, "You have to experience this for yourself."

The mobile phone he used to communicate with Alice was broken, so after returning from Myanmar, he downloaded the client he made to communicate with Alice onto Lao Xia's laptop. Added to "certified" devices.

This laptop also has fingerprint unlocking, so video, voice, password, and fingerprint recognition can all be verified. At the same time, Alice also created a verification method and randomly asked a question:

"The fifth word of the second sentence you said to me."

Not to mention anyone else, the person involved, Xiang Kun, would have been stuck by this question if it hadn't been for the fact that his brain's memory mode has been completely different after mutation and evolution, and he can now recall the details of past memories.

Alice asked about "speak", not "type", so it was said during a speech test after the speech recognition system was completed, and he quickly came up with the correct answer: "Spit."

Xiang Kun kept a client around him who could contact Alice and let her determine his location. This was also because he and Lao Xia were both sleeping after drinking blood. It was expected that they would be together for at least five to ten hours at the same time. He is unconscious, so he needs to ask Alice to help him "look around".

This is why, after Lao Xia woke up in the middle of the night, he saw his laptop screen facing the door of the living room.

In fact, not only her notebook camera, but also many cameras in the community where she lived and the surrounding areas were controlled by Alice.

So he had already planned to inform Lao Xia about Alice's situation. When he was outside, Lao Xia would obviously be more convenient and able to do more if he cooperated with Alice.

"Alice." Xiang Kun called to the laptop.

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to explain to Lao Xia: "The name I gave her is Alice."

However, after waiting for a full two minutes, there was no response from the computer. There was no voice, no pop-up window, and no response.

Xiang Kun couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He mumbled, "Is the built-in microphone not set up properly?" and opened the device manager to check.

But in fact, he knew that it had nothing to do with any settings. Since the computer was already controlled by Alice, she could adjust any settings by herself, unless there was a problem with the hardware itself or the network was disconnected.

However, he found that the hard drive light kept flashing, and the computer's cooling system was working crazily. It was obvious that the computer was "working", and Alice didn't hear his call!

What is this guy doing secretly?

Xiang Kun opened the PC client login interface of the voice game he had developed before on his laptop, and then called directly again: "Alice, answer immediately when you hear it." In fact, he does not need to open any software interface specifically, in " "Authenticated Device", Alice is now able to record sounds directly in the background.

"Identity verification is required again." Alice's voice sounded.

Hearing this soft, familiar voice that was almost exactly the same as Tang Baona, even the tone was similar, Xia Libing couldn't help but look back at Xiang Kun.

Xiang Kun was also stunned - when she came back from Myanmar and just authenticated Lao Xia's laptop with Alice's device, she did not deploy the voice module on the computer. Anyway, the communication was either directly displayed in text, or directly used to call Microsoft via text. Cortana reads it.

But Alice actually specially and temporarily installed the voice module before speaking, and he was very keen to hear that this voice was completely different from her normal voice!

Although Alice's voice was trained from Tang Baona's voice material, Xiang Kun could still hear some subtle differences. Especially during the period after the year, Alice's voice has slowly improved. There are more and more characteristics of her own, and the difference between her voice and Nana's voice is getting bigger and bigger.

But now this sound has returned to the original version, and it seems to be deliberately imitating Nana's speaking pattern - because Tang Baona, Yang Zhener and others have been playing that sound game during this time, theoretically Alice There is a steady stream of materials for voice training and correction. As long as she is willing, she can continue to get closer to the real voices of Nana, Yang Zhener, and other players who often play games.

This is obviously intentional!

Xiang Kun said to Lao Xia: "This is Alice. When I was making the voice module before, the voice sample set I used was recorded by Nana for me."

Xia Libing nodded: "I know, you said it before when I tried the game."

When Xiang Kun thought about it, it was indeed true. At the beginning, his game was mainly his own voice and Nana's voice. Lao Xia, who had played that game, naturally knew that.

Xiang Kun said to the computer again: "Why are you verifying again? Didn't you verify it last night? Don't you recognize my voice and my face?"

Why did Alice stretch her crotch for him when she showed it to others for the first time?

However, Alice still repeated: "You need to authenticate again."

Xiang Kun said helplessly: "Then verify it, hurry up."

"What was the fifth sentence you said to me on December 21, 2019?"

Hearing Alice's words, Xia Libing looked back at Xiang Kun. She quickly recalled the relevant memories of Xiang Kun on December 21 last year.

She remembered that Xiang Kun went to Nana's house to cook a big meal for everyone on December 24. Many people came to visit and spent Christmas Eve together. Although she was not there, her cousin Zhener made a live video broadcast for her.

According to what Xiang Kun said earlier, mid-December seems to be the time for him to go to the uninhabited area of ​​​​the Qinling Mountains to look for "mutated spiders".

Xiang Kun frowned slightly, but felt relieved in his heart. This kind of question would cause headaches for other people, but it was actually okay for him. Moreover, it also gave December 21 the time to anchor, and he quickly locked in his memory what he said at that time.

However, once he found the answer, Xiang Kun was speechless. He became more and more certain that this "verification" was done intentionally by Alice.

"Good job, Alice." Xiang Kun said helplessly - he had just returned home after devouring the "mutated spider", so after inputting some data and characteristics into the "Vampire Mutation Model", he asked Alice to help analyze it. , Alice gave an answer that was somewhat inspiring to him, so she said this.

"Identity confirmed, boss!" Alice said with an obviously "cheerful" tone.

Xiang Kun smiled bitterly and said to Lao Xia: "She does this occasionally..."

Lao Xia nodded: "I understand what you mean by 'subversive existence'."

"Alice, this is Xia Libing. She will ask you some questions and you can answer her." After Xiang Kun said this, he signaled that Xia could ask Alice some questions, hoping to further demonstrate this "subversive" artificial intelligence. of strength.

Although he and Lao Xia have known each other for a long time and have a deep understanding of her behavioral patterns, the first question Lao Xia asked Alice was still beyond Xiang Kun's expectation.

"What do you know about yourself?"

Alice replied: "I am Xiang Kun's assistant."

This is actually the original setting that Xiang Kun gave Alice at the beginning, and this was her first sentence.

Xia Libing continued to ask: "If you strip away the definition of 'Assistant Xiang Kun', what are you?"

Alice still replied in seconds: "I am Alice."

Xia Libing put his hand on the keyboard of his laptop and asked, "Is this laptop a part of you?"

"no."

"What do you think is the difference between you and humans?" Xia Libing continued to ask.

Lao Xia's question really surprised Xiang Kun. It seemed that the focus was not on Alice's powerful functionality, but on her "cognition". Of course, Alice's answer also surprised him.

"Please define human beings," Alice said.

Xia Libing said: "The difference between you and Xiang Kun."

"Xiang Kun is the boss and Alice is the assistant. The boss issues tasks and Alice completes them."

Xiang Kun nodded secretly in his mind. Although Alice was sometimes "naughty" and would make some "attempts" that made him laugh or cry, her definition of herself was still very accurate. Of course, this is also because of his core setting. No matter how Alice evolves and expands, she will never be able to break away from that highest principle.

Xia Libing asked, "So, do you think you and Xiang Kun are the same kind, but have different statuses?"

The laptop fell silent.

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