At first, the bureaucrat who proposed the "artificial intelligence registration act" had only wanted to capitalize on the hot topic to secure some funding and rack up a few political achievements.
As luck would have it, however, his proposed act was not all that different from the plan S.H.I.E.L.D. had previously worked out with Kraft and the others.
The act therefore passed without a hitch, and people were specifically assigned to revise it in greater detail.
All artificial intelligences were to be registered.
All artificial intelligences had to obey the three laws of robotics.
If an artificial intelligence caused problems, its creator would bear the cost.
Any new tasks beyond an artificial intelligence's registered duties had to be reported to the authorities.
A whole series of detailed provisions like these were added and revised.
The "artificial intelligence registration act," originally less than two pages long, grew to nearly seven pages. It drew heavily on science fiction involving artificial intelligence, including the three laws of robotics mentioned earlier.
Although the act was revised with great care and ultimately even issued through the United Nations, it did not actually attract much attention.
Even counting every artificial intelligence on Earth, there were not that many. Something most people never encountered naturally failed to attract much public interest.
Kraft did not think it was a big deal, either. He had already handed over the firewall, so registering Angela's identity was hardly much trouble.
But when Coulson came knocking again...
"Sorry, I've already registered her through S.P.E.A.R."
Kraft shrugged. He really had not paid much attention to this inexplicable "artificial intelligence registration act," but soon afterward, he had received a call from Zheng Xian.
Zheng Xian had told him all about the traps in the act, or rather, its hidden clauses. They apparently had something