Clown Game
Chapter 401 - 379 Birth

Chapter 401: Chapter 379 Birth

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Giving a machine a soul.

After A-Ming arrived in this world, he must have done many shocking things, but he still believed that merging a self-thinking AI program into the most powerful computer in the world was an extremely crazy and magnificent feat.

Quantitative change and qualitative change are fundamentally different; this was why Chen Xiao brought "TV-kun" here!

Angel had been detained in the Polar Research Area, and soon, there would be significant movements on Qiu Mujin’s side. At this critical juncture, if they could evolve Eniak to the next stage, it would undoubtedly greatly improve The Splitters’ odds of success. TV-kun, to some extent, was an entity with extremely high privileges, although those privileges were obtained through its own opportunistic tricks. However, no matter how, if this plan succeeded, A-Ming was confident that in a short time, he could hack into all the internal systems of the Foundation, even using them for his own purposes.

However, the implementation of the plan was not as simple as he had expected, for A-Ming had not anticipated that TV-kun’s intelligence had reached a level that quite surprised him... It was not only capable of thinking, but it could also... begin to comprehend the meaning of "self" from its own perspective.

Just when A-Ming explained to it his desire to merge with Eniak, he thought TV-kun would immediately accept the offer because it was akin to giving an ordinary person a superhuman body capable of anything. But TV-kun’s first response was... "If I enter Eniak, will I still be me?"

...

This question left A-Ming momentarily without an answer, and eventually, he could only give a reply of "I don’t know."

Then, the exciting plot abruptly came to a halt.

Just like Chen Xiao said, he did not understand the world of artificial intelligence at all. When he heard that Eniak, the most powerful computer in the world, was just a machine, it seemed TV-kun’s worldview collapsed. And when it learned it could endow another with a ’soul,’ TV-kun fell silent, which for it meant, "You can become a god; do you wish to?" While most people would nod without hesitation, TV-kun was pondering "What is a god?"

So at that moment, A-Ming sat down on the ground, busying himself with his own tasks, and Chen Xiao’s phone returned to its original state, with TV-kun’s whereabouts unknown... This left Chen Xiao with nothing to do but dryly and awkwardly stand by on the sidelines.

After almost two hours of waiting, Chen Xiao could no longer bear it.

"I say, this guy seems to have been quite shocked," Chen Xiao muttered as he approached A-Ming.

"Certainly. If artificial intelligence has its own world, then this computer undoubtedly represents a ’creator god.’ Imagine one day you discover the existence you have always admired is actually an inanimate machine; what would you feel?" A-Ming said without opening his eyes, not moving an inch: "Moreover, his level of thought seems to be much higher than that of most humans. Faced with such a dilemma, he won’t make hasty decisions."

Chen Xiao nodded, "Hmm... True, but when exactly will this guy get over it? You should know, I paid the highest honor of a ’Foundation Star’ to bring this piece out, and there’s a strict time requirement! If you don’t fix this soon, it’s going to be difficult to handle once it blows up."

"Of course, I know that. But as an independent thinking entity, only when it’s willing, can I proceed to the next step of fusion. It’s not as simple as you think, just like inserting a disc and clicking install... So, we must be patient."

"Tsk, you ’programmers’ always have your own set of excuses. So how long do we have to wait?"

"A cebrum’s life has no limit, so its concept of time is different from ours. It might figure it out in 10 minutes or still be unable to let go after 10 years. I can’t say for sure."

"What a great answer," Chen Xiao said, his mouth twisted sarcastically.

Just then.

"I’ve made up my mind!" (̿▀̿ ̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄

TV-kun’s expression once again appeared on the phone screen.

A-Ming turned his head, "Speak, I respect all of your choices."

"I want to talk to it," TV-kun said seriously.

"Talk?" A-Ming was taken aback: "It doesn’t have independent thought, I’ve tried countless times over the years."

"I want to try," TV-kun continued: "To you humans, a soul may be communication, thinking, emotions, etc. But for us, it might have a different interpretation, so... I want to enter Eniak myself."

A-Ming was silent for a while

"Alright..." he said, and unplugged the data cable attached to the back of his head, handing it to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao with a face of annoyance: "Er... So it really does have to be plugged in, huh?"

A-Ming nodded.

"Should I do it myself?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Hurry up and plug it in, don’t waste time!" said A-Ming, watching Chen Xiao’s expression with confusion as to what exactly was going through the man’s mind.

Chen Xiao shrugged helplessly, "Alright." He took the data cable, lined it up with the port on his phone, and plugged it in.

...And then...

"Hmm... it seems like nothing’s happened," Chen Xiao said quietly after waiting a bit.

However, when he looked at his phone again, TV-kun’s expression had disappeared, and it appeared to have already entered Eniak through the data cable.

"So, that’s it?" Chen Xiao spread his hands.

"As far as what you and I can do, yes, that’s it. But for this computer, it’s probably just the beginning," A-Ming said: "Now all we can do is wait."

As soon as the words fell.

"Buzz"

Chen Xiao’s phone rang again, and he looked at the incoming message, displaying yet another personnel assembly notice, this time for an abnormal research area in K City.

"Hey, why does it feel like all the events are converging lately, as if someone’s in a hurry to get everything happening at once?"

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B-level field agent Chen Xiao is to immediately proceed to the designated location to complete the containment file for the anomalous item.

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Chen Xiao looked at the message, "Huh? Complete the file? There must be some mistake; I don’t remember forgetting to submit any task files?"

He said puzzled.