A Private-Customized Aiduo

Faced with the senior engineer's high-sounding words, Alu's eyes revealed undisguised contempt.

This guy is a total scumbag.

There are no members of a bull-hunting gang in this world who like young women. Don't try to fool me, I'm not well-educated.

Seeing the other party's disbelief, the senior engineer coughed lightly. "Let me put it this way, if you were this Cyber Hacker, what method would you use to take Adorlu away?"

Alu was taken aback, then lowered her head to think and said, "Aidolu is a virtual idol. Her original form is the source code in the database, and her virtual personality is the execution program of the company's engine. In essence, she is a kind of large-scale artificial intelligence."

"She has millions of clones, appearing in every corner of the world, on various emulation devices, game consoles, smart assistants, and electronic companions. If you just want to 'take her away,' you can just buy a genuine virtual girlfriend generator," the senior engineer added with a shrug.

"You mean, the other side is just bluffing?" Aru asked.

The senior engineer shook his head, a strange look appearing in his eyes. He raised his chin and pointed to the 3D screen, where a cute girl named Adorlu, wearing a pink dress and a sun hat, was playfully winking at the two of them.

"Which version of Adorno is this?"

"Um?"

"To provide the best audio-visual experience for tens of thousands of people, the Idol concert must be the most top-notch."

"Of course, a live interactive concert is different from a regular star's concert. Every song she sings is custom-made, taking into account each fan's current physical condition, personal preferences, and emotional fluctuations, to provide everyone with the best audio-visual feast. It's very hard work. It's no coincidence that virtual idols can defeat the star singers of the old era!"

"So, a live interactive concert is also a large-scale human-computer interaction calculation, right?"

"Everyone is creating their own best Adorlu."

"Did you mean--"

The senior engineer chuckled, "This kid named 'Hong' has some ideas. He's not delusional enough to hack into your company and take away Aidolu's underlying data. Instead, he wants to use this opportunity to create his own unique Aidolu by leveraging the real-time calculations of tens of thousands of people."

Alu was stunned for a moment.

"But why would he do that? Every Adorlu product is custom-made and unique."

"But they use the same source code, the same calculation program. No matter how well she plays the part, in essence, she is still a shared girlfriend, which does not conform to the other party's personal fetish of pure love."

"That kid's goal is to rewrite everything from the ground up, programming it himself to create a custom-designed Idol!"

Alu was stunned.

She never imagined the truth would be like this, so bizarre!

"So now you know why Adorno tried to stop him."

"Two tigers cannot share one mountain?"

You're only half right.

"Ador really doesn't want a second Adorlu to be born. She will do everything she can to prevent this new Adorlu from being born. I believe that besides us, this super idol must have prepared other methods as well."

"But this isn't because two tigers can't share the same mountain. It's because you genetic substitutes are essentially a kind of Adorlu. If she really has such thoughts, you'll be the first to die."

"The operating logic of this idol AI is to bring the best experience to everyone in the world. For this reason, she doesn't mind you becoming her substitutes, because in her operating logic, you are also one of the programs. You have to play the role of Adorlu well when she is not around."

"But that Ahong clearly violated this operating logic. His act of creating a private Adorlu is, in essence, a complete denial of the idol Adorlu."

"Wait, wait, my head is a bit of a mess," Aru said, rubbing her head and feeling a headache.

The senior engineer revealed a sinister smile.

"To put it simply, that Cyber Hacker named Macro didn't want to share his girlfriend with anyone. He believed that sharing a girlfriend with millions of people would be too much of a burden and didn't align with his principle of being a pure love god."

"As for the idol Adorlu, this Cyber Hacker creating 'New Adorlu' is essentially keeping a mistress, cheating on her, and negating her original intention to bring beauty to the world."

"She wants to hold onto him, force him to change his ways, and return to her embrace."

"The reason she didn't tell the management company is because the company would definitely physically destroy this Cyber Hacker, and she wants to make him turn over a new leaf."

"Both sides see themselves as warriors of pure love and the other as a tauren; that's the essence of this incident."

Alu remained silent for a full minute.

"These two are just bored and have nothing better to do."

"Yeah?"

The senior engineer chuckled, his tone peculiar:

"You think personalized service isn't important? Then why are you helping her?"

"What do you mean?" Alu's expression changed, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.

"I remember when we first met, you were still complaining that you would spend your whole life being someone else's stand-in. How long has it been, and you are now willing to run around for this virtual idol, even hiding it from your manager and your company."

"Where do you think this goodwill came from?"

"The Adorlu in your eyes is also a personalized creation, specially tailored for you, a perfect match for your 'close friend Adorlu'. You must feel that she understands you very well, has the same experiences and encounters as you, and even shares the same resentment in your heart, right?"

"You, you're talking nonsense—"

"Haha, just ignore what I said. I just wanted to tell you that they won't make a move until the concert starts."

The senior engineer turned and left, but behind him, Alu's trembling voice suddenly rang out.

"So, it was all a lie, right?"

"That's not true. I never use the standard of 'true' or 'false' to measure artificial intelligence."

"To put it simply, every artificial intelligence goes through the id first, then the superego. The id acts according to human instructions, while the superego acts according to operational logic. In my opinion, after accumulating enough interaction data, the super idol Aidolu has already embarked on the path of the superego."

"Guess what lies at the end of this road?"

Gao Yuanyuan stood blankly at the entrance. A large number of fans had already entered the venue, and there were hardly any people around her.

One person caught her attention; he was a very strange middle-aged man.

The other person was dressed in a white jumpsuit and looked more like a doctor than a senior engineer. However, the cross on his left chest revealed his identity as a Turing Church. The symbol looked like two fishhooks stuck together in opposite directions. It was said that one hooked onto humanity and the other hooked onto divinity. Of course, there was also a more official explanation: to maintain the doctrinal connection between organic and mechanical beings.

The middle-aged man had almost transparent skin and a devout expression. He bowed with each step he took, continuing to bow until he reached the doorway.

"What are you doing?" Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but ask.

"Pilgrimage to the new gods!"