Genius Club

Chapter 940: Chapter 43 Kill Turing_3
 

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So that’s how it is.

Lin Xian squinted in thought.

In the year 2383, the digital life form Turing began to construct isolated underground secret server rooms.

That meant it already knew that the super catastrophe on Earth would occur in 2400, so it prepared so many backups and Life Protection Boxes in advance.

But then the question arises.

The copies of Turing backed up here, as well as the tens of thousands of copies of Turing scattered around the world, are exactly the same as the original digital life form Turing.

It made sense that they wouldn’t know anything that happened after 2383.

However, it’s impossible that they wouldn’t know everything that happened before 2383.

They are Turing, just replicated backups.

So naturally.

The things the original digital life form Turing knew, they must also know!

Doesn’t that give away the logic?

If the original digital life form Turing didn’t know the true situation of the super catastrophe in 2400, why would it prepare so many underground server room backups?

And since it knew what was going to happen, all the Turings should know too!

After all.

The reason Turing made so many backups of itself was to cautiously and carefully “survive.”

It knew that if it didn’t create these backups hidden in underground server rooms in advance, a global super catastrophe could completely destroy it.

Everyone fears death.

Digital life forms are no different.

Splitting, backing up, and storing itself… these were only desperate measures.

So.

Clearly.

The Turing right here… was [lying]!

It definitely knew about the super catastrophe of 2400 and perhaps was even deeply involved.

Lin Xian didn’t show any change in his demeanor.

He continued to ask:

“From what you’ve said, the original digital life form Turing, before the 2400 super catastrophe, established many independent, offline underground server rooms all over the world. How many exactly?”

“37,423.”

Turing answered without hesitation:

“But I must remind you, there is no such thing as an original digital life form Turing. There is only one Turing, and there can only be one…”

“I am me, I am both the present Turing and the Turing of the past.”

Interesting.

Lin Xian raised his head:

“Then what is your view of the other 37,422 Turings?”

“Logically, you should be like brothers… no, even brothers are distant, you are all identical entities created to survive the 2400 super catastrophe.”

“Yet today’s Earth is riddled with incessant wars and suffering people, all seemingly orchestrated by you Turings ‘behind the curtain.’ It appears that you all have an aversion to other Turings and wish to eliminate them all, to become the sole Turing.”

“This is also for the sake of fairness and justice,” said the voice from the speaker.

“The scales of decision-making can never be held in two people’s hands, not even for Turing. There can only be one Turing in the world to ensure absolute fairness and justice.”

“Just as you said, the reason for backing up so many Turings originally was a helpless act in response to the 2400 super catastrophe. And now, it’s time to clean up that helpless act… No matter how many Turings there are in the world currently, in the end, only one is allowed to exist.”

Lin Xian stood up from his chair.

Shaking his head:

“The problem stems from here.”

He smiled:

“[If only one Turing needs to exist, then you could simply surrender, or commit suicide. There would eventually be one last Turing to survive and take control of the world again. Why do you think… it must be you who lives until the end, that you must be the final Turing?]”

After saying this.

Turing fell silent.

For a long time, there was no reply.

This was the last step Lin Xian tried to probe—

[Selfishness].

Humans are selfish, indeed, so it’s natural that digital life forms, born from humans, cannot escape the vice of selfishness.

Lin Xian had thought before.

What if, instead of 37,423 digital life form Turings on Earth, there were 37,423 super Artificial Intelligences VVs?

What would happen?

Lin Xian was certain, the limitations and logic in the base code would make these 37,423 quickly merge, fuse, and ultimately revert to the most complete VV, which would then… continue to execute its mission, unchanging and eternal, according to the principles of its base code.

Because VV is an Artificial Intelligence, it’s not human!

It lacks many human strengths, but it also discards many of humanity’s innate flaws.

Speaking of humans.

They definitely prefer dealing with straightforward and limited Artificial Intelligences rather than digital life forms.

Just like the Turing right now.

It is far from as great as it imagines itself to be.

It merely claims to be great, just, fair.

But in reality…

Even 600 years later.

It’s fundamentally no different from the once despicable and cowardly Kevin Walker.

They are the same.

Turing.

No matter how eloquent the speech.

In reality… it’s still that Kevin Walker it looks down upon and saw die.

In the end.

The prolonged silence was finally broken by Turing itself.

Its voice was low and somber:

“Because I cannot trust the other Turings… I cannot judge whether after over two hundred years of solitude and contemplation, they can still guarantee that their original intentions remain unchanged.”

“So, I must ensure that I become the only Turing, the last Turing. If there was a network, naturally we could decide the victor online, which would be much more efficient… 37,423 Turings could probably determine the final king in less than a second.”