"The Self-Evolution Program was operating normally. The Synthetic Matrix's average complexity variation was 0.002. Everything was looking good."
OIS reported to Harry on the developments since the Synthetics had entered society.
A positive variation value indicated that most deployed Synthetics were changing toward human standards. In other words, if humans were used as the benchmark for "life," then even if these Synthetics were less life-like than humans, they possessed the ability to develop in that direction.
0.002 was not a particularly large number, indicating that the rate of change in the Synthetics was relatively gradual.
Once that figure reached 1, it would mean that the Synthetics' average consciousness intensity had reached the human level.
Overall, the technology for "creating Synthetic life" had already succeeded. All that remained were the social issues.
The Osborn Group immediately released news online: the Osborn Group was now capable of creating Artificial Life forms truly indistinguishable from humans—"Synthetics."
Not only that, Osborn and the Group also announced that within the Osborn Special Economic Development Zone on Earth, Synthetics possessed the same Citizenship rights as humans.
The next day, UNSC immediately announced that Synthetics possessed Citizenship in outer space.
The announcements caused a massive uproar. Everyone was dumbfounded. Synthetics? Artificial Life? What even were these things?
A few days later, UNSC and the Osborn Group jointly held a press conference.
"We know that the Osborn Group has claimed that they possess human intelligence, and that within its own 'Special Administrative Region,' it has established their civil rights.
As far as we know, there were already more than fifty thousand registered 'Synthetics.' Many people warmly welcomed this—after all, our civilization now had new companions. They were hardworking and ambitious..."
After explaining the current situation, the reporter began subtly pushing his own ideas and views, though they naturally