Rust - Chapter 274



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RUST [RUST]-274

Samantha responded.

[Would you like to exchange information?]

“No. I refuse.”

[Information exchange between AIs is completely encrypted···.]

“Hey. Don’t make me repeat the same thing. I said no.”

Tria, who had been silent until now, tried to explain further, but Maru cut her off in the middle.

“Didn’t you understand?”

As Maru’s eyebrows began to furrow slightly, the AIs immediately responded.

[All right.]

[I will decline.]

[······.]

The information was important.

But, information exchange between AIs? How do you know what information will be exchanged and how it will be exchanged? It wasn’t a question of whether you trust AIs or not.

Let’s think about the concept of trust and faith. Is it right to apply the concept of trust and faith, which are commonly mentioned among humans, to artificial intelligence?

When the results of the operation show that breaking the contract has a clearer advantage, can it always be said that it is better to maintain the concept of trust and good faith that the contract must be kept even if it means suffering a loss?

For example, if Russia helped Korea develop its weapons systems and maintained good relations with Korea, and you judge that supporting Russia is the way to maintain trust and good faith? What if an AI that has learned trust and good faith makes a decision to support Russia? What should you say?

When Russia declared a moratorium, what if we consider that Korean companies kept their loyalty to Russia and cite the fact that Korean companies that kept their loyalty are doing well in Russia as evidence?

For example, when Korea was having a hard time due to export restrictions from Japan and China, how about Russia stepping in to help?

What if AI makes such judgments about trust and good faith? Should we quantify the words trust and good faith, saying that trusting and supporting Russia is breaking America’s good faith? Should we say that we should keep the trust of the greater side through comparison?

Humans could not know how artificial intelligence would digest the words trust and faith.

“Because how you learn is also important.”

[What is it? Why do you look like that?]

‘Why? They say they learn by watching you.’

‘Just do as much as I can, what more do you want?’

Maru and Kim Yang exchanged glances.

Kim Yang often looked up at the sky without any shame.

“Yeah. But do it in moderation. In moderation.”

[······.]

Information exchange between AIs was currently sufficient with only information exchange between Diana, Samantha, and Tria.

It was dangerous to allow information exchange without knowing anything about the performance and tendencies of the artificial intelligence possessed by other organizations.

What if the logical operation standard changes due to information exchange between AIs? Even Diana was influenced by Kim Yang. Samantha and Tria were also stimulated by each other. Therefore, it is premature to connect with other AIs.

That was Maru’s judgment.

“Even if we only exchange information, it is dangerous.”

[That’s true.]

Kim Yang agreed. If you say that only information is exchanged, what if other things are exchanged? The numbers here were small. They say it has decreased significantly, but the proportion of agents from the Department of Homeland Security was not small.

What if something like an order comes along with the information exchange?

“It’s best not to give them any room to spread the word in the first place. The same goes for information. Even just the information that the infected people have become like that is dangerous.”

The same was true of information that the movement of infected people had decreased. Even without that, it seemed that the Ojin Group had made a strange proposal, so it was a problem that it would become a headache.

“There are too many AIs requesting information exchange. There is a possibility that they are working to gain control.”

If the AIs possessed by each organization tried to subdue this AI all at once under the pretext of information exchange, there was a risk of losing control of the building.

[Doesn’t that matter?]

Kim Yang stuck out her arm. She was holding a detonator, as if she always carried it with her. ‘If you lose control, just bang! Why worry so much?’

Maru shook his head at Kim Yang’s calm voice.

Even Diana’s support alone was a great help. Samantha’s information processing skills were also good, and Tria’s research assistance was also excellent.

‘So that’s what happened?’

Since Kim Yang didn’t know where to turn, the AIs, the doctor, and the hood couldn’t move.

‘I guess Ms. Kim can continue to manage the AI, Hood, and Doctor.’

Maru nodded inwardly.

“Do it in moderation. Do it in moderation.”

[Doing reasonably well.]

Even if the AIs on this side took over the other side, it would still be dangerous. Because you never knew what the AI ​​on the other side would do the moment you touched it.

Since we’ve been hit by a nuke, why don’t we just put a nuke or a bunker buster in there? The reason we built shelters in Detroit in the first place was to prepare for a world that would collapse little by little. Who would have thought it would all be over in one shot like this?

Wasn’t one of the reasons for building shelters in the city so that people could use the human curtain?

The reason for receiving the modular nuclear power plant was the same. It was because it became easier to secure electricity, but also because it created the risk of radiation leaks.

Although it is called a modular nuclear power plant, it is still a nuclear power plant. There were calculations that it would not be attacked arbitrarily due to radiation.

But we’ve already been hit by a nuke. What if we spread some radiation to Detroit while we’re at it? If that happens, we’re doomed.

So, ‘Keep quiet, avoid, and let it go.’ This was the policy Maru decided on.

[John Burr?]

“Okay. Don’t provoke them. Let’s just think of this side as going into hiding for a few years and hold out.”

It’s good to hold on

[Gold and silver?]

If the world is destroyed, whether it’s an apocalypse or something, isn’t gold the best? Banknotes are just scraps of paper. So what about the gold that the gangs and cartels took?

Maru raised both hands in response to Kim Yang’s obsession with gold.

“Like I said before, do whatever you want.”

[Okay.]

In this way, Maru and Kim continued to check the data.

[The situation on the Chinese front is a bit strange.]

“How is it weird?”

[If you look there, they say China is divided]

“China is divided?”

[It seems like it will be roughly split into 7 or 8 parts.]

Starting with Uyghurs, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia, there were signs that the country would break into four or five pieces due to the combination of warlords and regional political forces.

[That too, there’s data there.]

[Looking back, the number of casualties among the ROK-US Combined Forces is skyrocketing.]

“It’s split?”

[That’s why I said it was strange.]

First, the joint special forces succeeded in taking control of most of China’s nuclear power plants. They initiated the shutdown and decommissioning procedures. Before the aftereffects of the nuclear explosion had even subsided, the ROK-US joint special forces pushed in, delaying China’s response.

This was because the regional military, which had already been militarized, blatantly entered into independent militarization, but also because it was immediately after the nuclear attack and the radiation concentration was high, so it was not expected that troops would be sent directly to China.

The US, a war expert, and South Korea, which is very venomous, did not miss this opportunity to exploit China’s weakness. They landed 250,000 troops in China, including 200,000 South Korean troops and 50,000 reorganized US troops.

The reason the troops that had been advancing so quickly in the beginning were stopped was because of urban fighting. As we can see from the Ukraine situation, urban fighting is a bloody battle.

The city, made of a forest of reinforced concrete, was stronger than expected. There were too many survivors in the shelters woven like a maze underground in the city.

Shanghai alone had a population of 26 million, and its neighbor Suzhou had a population of 11 million. The two cities combined had a population of 36 million.

Of the 36 million people living in that small area, including the number of migrant workers living in the countryside, in reality there were about 45 million people living in the Shanghai and Suzhou areas.

Can a force of 250,000 be in charge of a population of over 45 million? Even if half of them were killed by nuclear weapons, the remaining population would be over 22.5 million.

Although 250,000 troops were not a small number, it was virtually impossible to take control of the city without worrying about supply lines. As time passed, the number of casualties among the American and Korean troops skyrocketed due to attacks by Chinese soldiers hiding among the civilian survivors.

The material Maru saw contained exactly that situation.

Easy landing. Unable to leave Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. Chinese troops attacking with civilians at the forefront.

‘Let’s demolish the buildings around the supply route.’

‘The area around the base must be completely reduced to rubble.’

There was no choice but to bomb, shell, and bomb the city again. It was the beginning of a war of annihilation, free from the attrition of urban warfare.

“If we continue like this, there will be problems later.”

[Okay.]

Ms. Kim answered calmly.

“There was a lot of talk about the civilian casualties. It’s okay.”

[I got hit by a nuclear bomb. No one said anything.]

That’s true. It was hit by a nuclear bomb and was in a rapid acceleration state.

“Were the Chinese army that elite? The Allied casualties are so great. Is it because of the medicine?”

[maybe?]

China has released drugs. Drugs that have deadly side effects, but that drastically increase fighting power. Crystals. And things like enhanced humans that China has created itself were written in the data.

There was a plethora of places where Maru and Kim Yang were needed.

Eliminating separatists, dealing with mutant monsters that have started to unite, cleaning up the Goddess of War that has been installed in California, and even Chinese enhanced humans and drug dealers who are harassing the ROK-US Combined Forces.

‘Stay put. Stay put.’

Maru read the materials again, strengthening his resolve to remain silent.

South Korea, in a state of rage, issued its first mobilization order and began organizing 1.8 million troops.

North Korea was startled and raised its spines like a hedgehog.

After China and the US launched their nuclear weapons, a nuclear weapon was also dropped on South Korea, and the eyes of the South Korean kids who had been feeling weak suddenly rolled back.

What if you do something wrong when you turn your eyes? It would be a waste to have sparks flying around for no reason.

Even if I just sit still, my body starts to tremble, but then I hear a noise from the Chinese central government telling me to attack South Korea immediately.

Are you in your right mind? An attack order? It’s ridiculous. They made a treaty and an agreement and they dropped nukes on the US and now they want us to preemptively attack South Korea?

The respected Comrade Leader, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, conveyed to China that he could not mobilize the military due to serious concerns about his health in the wake of recent events.

They are shameless, saying they will fire the nukes and clean up the mess with us. Even the Northern Theater Command of China was preparing to come down, saying that they would maintain order if North Korea collapsed.

So North Korea ignored the Chinese Communist Party’s order to attack. If they gave them Manchuria and Liaodong, they would be willing to get involved a little, but if they didn’t, they wouldn’t be involved in the fight. And even if they did, it wouldn’t be the fight China wanted.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to end the civil war quickly rather than attack South Korea?’

North Korea was preparing for China to strike. They had not forgotten the story of China arbitrarily dividing North Korea into its own parts.

‘So. Raise the stakes. Or we’ll end the civil war.’

As North Korea began to talk about stakes against a China that was beginning to tear itself apart, Russia suddenly launched a surprise attack and occupied Hokkaido.

Japan had not formed an official government for more than half a year after the disaster. After the government collapsed in the early stages of the disaster and even the provisional government disappeared, Japan was literally left to each region to fend for itself.

However, Russia took Hokkaido by surprise and created an independent nation called the Ainu Republic. The world failed to respond to Russia’s actions.

The US and South Korea were at loggerheads with China, and Europe was distracted by terrorist attacks and the spread of a bizarre cannibalistic disease.

And the embers of war slowly began to burn in Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East.

In Southeast Asia, it was the conflict between Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Philippines used to import grain from Vietnam and Indonesia, but Vietnam and Indonesia imposed export bans, which was the beginning.

Since the contract was unilaterally broken, shouldn’t the money be returned along with the penalty? However, Vietnam and Indonesia refused.

The idea was to pay the deposit and other money in food instead of dollars, based on the current high food prices. Southeast Asian food importing countries, including the Philippines, strongly opposed the idea.

Thus, conflicts over food began to intensify in Southeast Asia.

The food problem was the same in North Africa and the Middle East. North Africa and the Middle East, which imported grain from Russia and Ukraine, immediately suffered from the surge in food prices. Jewish grain companies were identified as the main culprit for this increase in grain prices.

Yes, Jewish grain company, grain distribution company, so Israel.

Maru, who was reading the material, said something.

“This is crazy.”

What the fuck.

Why are you doing this?

Why are you doing this when you’re just a mutant or a monster or something like that?