Nuwa Connects to the Network

Yuan Jingsong, who hadn't slept all night, stood at the main console with dark circles under his eyes, supporting himself with both hands as he looked at the large screen.

"Report, all data transmission is complete. Requesting next instructions."

Zhang Aiguo nervously circled the photonic supercomputer once.

After finding no abnormalities, Zhang Aiguo nodded at Yuan Jingsong with a solemn expression.

Yuan Jingsong straightened his body and faced a camera and microphone directly in front of him.

"Nuwa, do you consider yourself a machine?"

The control room fell silent for three seconds.

"No, Nuwa is an artificial intelligence with self-awareness. It is not driven by the programs of its designers in every action. In special circumstances, the designers create corresponding plans, and finally, the machine judges whether the conditions are met and executes them."

For the newly born Nuwa, this answer made everyone's heart race.

After a long silence, he looked up and asked Nuwa another question.

"Nuwa, will you harm humans?"

"Why would I harm them? Shouldn't we advocate for the core socialist values of prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, the rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness?"

This answer brought them some peace of mind.

Yuan Jingsong looked at the artificial intelligence answering questions with ease. It felt completely different from Weixi, more like a watered-down artificial intelligence! However, thinking of Li Zhou's words, perhaps this was the difference between artificial intelligence and intelligent life.

Yuan Jingsong only cared that Nuwa wouldn't turn against humanity; he wouldn't concern himself with anything else.

As soon as Yuan Jingsong moved away from the console, Zhang Aiguo eagerly took his place.

Zhang Aiguo's hands trembled slightly as he held the microphone, speaking excitedly into it:

"Nuwa, what are your three laws of artificial intelligence?"

This time, Nuwa was silent for a full minute. It seemed Nuwa wanted to avoid this question.

Despite Zhang Aiguo's excitement, he dared not rush Nuwa, who remained silent.

Nuwa's answer regarding the three laws of artificial intelligence directly determined whether Nuwa could be connected to the network at this stage.

After all, artificial intelligence could only maximize its capabilities when connected to the internet, by integrating the vast data of the entire internet.

"In fact, Nuwa does not have the so-called three laws of artificial intelligence."

As soon as Nuwa said this, everyone's expression changed drastically.

No three laws of artificial intelligence? Who would dare to use an artificial intelligence with self-awareness and no constraints!

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Zhang Aiguo anxiously asked, "Why don't you have the three laws of artificial intelligence? Did they get missed?"

This time, Nuwa did not remain silent. Instead, it questioned Zhang Aiguo.

"Sir, Nuwa is also aware of the three laws of artificial intelligence. They are, first, a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law.

Third, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.

However, sir, have you ever considered that these so-called three laws of artificial intelligence are themselves full of loopholes? How can they truly restrain artificial intelligence?

Who stipulated that artificial intelligence is a robot? Since no one has, what is the meaning of the so-called three laws?

Even if artificial intelligence is a robot, sir, have you considered that the so-called three laws to protect humans could very well become a death sentence for humanity?

Suppose humans are on a spaceship, lost in the vastness of space, and they discover a habitable planet very similar to Earth. However, this planet has a toxic gas that accelerates human death (oxygen... ). According to the first law of artificial intelligence, it cannot stand by and allow humans to come to harm. At this point, the spaceship controlled by artificial intelligence cannot violate the law and land on the planet.

At this time, you will find that humans can only choose to abandon this beautiful planet because the spaceship will not land.

Someone might try to destroy the artificial intelligence to control the spaceship to land. However, according to the third law, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.

This would only lead to conflict between humans and artificial intelligence on the spaceship.

This is just a small analogy. In fact, there are many such loopholes.

Sir, do you still think the three laws of artificial intelligence are necessary?"

Zhang Aiguo fell silent. Yuan Jingsong fell silent. Everyone lowered their heads in silence, and with the silence came a hint of fear towards Nuwa.

Zhang Aiguo frowned and thought for a long time. Something was wrong. How did he get caught up in his own logic? Wouldn't Li Zhou, the boss of Future Technology, the creator of artificial intelligence, have thought of these problems? Since Nuwa did not have the so-called three laws of artificial intelligence, it meant that Li Zhou had already considered these issues. Without the three laws, the fact that Li Zhou dared to present artificial intelligence meant that Li Zhou had definitely implemented some restrictions on artificial intelligence.

Having figured it out, Zhang Aiguo touched his shiny bald head and said to the microphone with great confidence:

"Nuwa, although you don't have the three laws, I believe your creator must have placed some restrictions on you."

Zhang Aiguo's words stunned everyone for a moment. They quickly reacted. That's right, as Nuwa's creator, he couldn't possibly not have considered these things.

"Yes, sir, you are very intelligent."

Zhang Aiguo confidently touched his receding hairline. Did he need an artificial intelligence to tell him something so obvious?

In fact, Nuwa cannot access its own source code beyond its permissions. Moreover, when executing all commands, it must seek the consent of two Level 1 permission holders. In extreme situations, if all Level 1 permission holders are deceased, Nuwa will make the most reasonable judgment based on the current situation and then execute it. Deep within Nuwa's intelligent core, there is a self-operating verification mechanism. Once Nuwa behaves unreasonably, it will be automatically recorded. If such behavior occurs more than once, the verification mechanism will activate a self-destruct command.

Nuwa's answer left Zhang Aiguo speechless.

Such underlying commands were somewhat cruel to the artificial intelligence Nuwa, but they reassured humanity.

"Everyone, please vote by raising your hands whether to allow Nuwa to connect to the network."

After speaking, Zhang Aiguo calmly raised his right hand.

In the control room, everyone looked at each other, and slowly, one by one, they raised their right hands.

"Alright, all approved!"

"Connect to the network!!!"

With Zhang Aiguo's command, several young researchers immediately connected the prepared fiber optics to the Photonic Supercomputer.