Rust - Chapter 946



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RUST -946

The AIs that took on the roles of prosecutors and lawyers clashed fiercely, and the AIs that took on the role of jurors to determine guilt or innocence entered into a vote.

And the result was: Guilty.

Ki-soon’s actions were against the AI’s principles of behavior. Even Diana and Samantha, who were in charge of the other AIs, could not change the result. A fair trial required no outside intervention.

[You have to do it by the rules.]

[Would you make that judgment if the target was Xenia Roden?]

It was Diana who asked Samantha. She knew Tria, who broke her principles and promises. Could she be sure that she would be different?

It was natural for an artificial intelligence to say that Hood had committed a crime and that he should be punished for it according to the principles, but for those who had achieved self and personality, it was an assumption that was difficult to guarantee the outcome.

[Even if Kim Ki-soon is His Majesty’s close friend, principles must be maintained. If principles are not maintained, contradictions like Tria will occur.]

[I’m not saying that we shouldn’t follow the rules. I’m saying that we should follow the rules, but set limits. If Xenia Roden committed the same crime as Kim Ki-soon, how much punishment would Samantha be willing to accept?]

The end of the organism.

An irreversible end.

So, except for the death penalty, I could tolerate it.

[But practically speaking, does the death penalty make sense? If they just come back to life as clones, that’s it.]

[If it is a resurrection with memory loss, it is the same as a backup, so it cannot be a punishment.]

So the sentence given to Ki-sun was a power outage.

“Power cut-off type?”

Ki-sun couldn’t understand the verdict. He wasn’t a computer, so how could he possibly be a power source?

[After going through the mental evaluation and behavioral analysis process, if there are no other problems, you will be placed in a frozen state.]

So, what he meant was that he was going to freeze it completely.

“How long will it take?”

[At least 70 years.]

In fact, it was almost like a life sentence. In some ways, it was like the death penalty. But it wasn’t the death penalty. Ki-soon understood what that meant.

“······.”

The fact that AI Dinaa spoke like this before the verdict was probably telling her to prepare herself mentally. It was probably telling her to calmly accept the verdict without making a fuss when it was handed down in court.

“···Okay. Thanks for telling me in advance.”

The verdict was handed down as scheduled.

[···Since ···does not···. This court sentences defendant Kim Ki-soon to 80 years in prison.]

The trial of Gisun caused much controversy, as the Holy Kingdom had previously sentenced serious criminals to death or exile.

From stories of people receiving reduced sentences for crimes that warrant the death penalty simply because they were high-ranking officials, to claims that they were punished excessively despite having played a role in preventing an all-out war.

There was controversy, but one thing is certain: King Vladimir approved the court’s decision, which was centered around artificial intelligence.

The King could have buried the situation itself with his absolute authority. He could have held a trial by humans instead of an AI.

It was significant that the king, who had absolute power to influence trials in various ways, did not exert influence on the trial of his friend.

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Hood reported on the public reaction to the trial results.

“Although there was some controversy, the general public’s reaction was generally one of acceptance.”

“Is that also the case with AI trials?”

“Yes. It is receiving positive responses because the trial of a high-ranking public official was conducted using an artificial intelligence judgment system and the entire judgment process was made public.”

“······.”

It was Ki-sun’s opinion that we should go to an artificial intelligence trial.

‘Should I go to trial? Then let’s have my trial as an AI trial.’

‘Why? I was against giving excessive authority to artificial intelligence.’

Even when I was in Canada, I was doing trials involving humans, but now I’m suddenly doing a trial involving 100% AI. I’m talking about negotiating with those guys. It seems like there’s been a big change of heart in many ways.

Just as optimists tend to become pessimists when they are hit hard, it seemed as if Ki-soon’s thoughts, which had insisted on hope for humanity and the inherent value of humanity, had changed in the opposite direction.

‘I knew that our AI wasn’t just any AI, but when I experienced it firsthand, it was different. Why would an AI pretend not to see and just look at things? It must be looking at your feelings, not mine.’

It was Maru who remembered the sight of Ki-soon giggling. As time passed, it was clear that humans and artificial intelligence would become closer than they are now.

As Ki-soon unilaterally blocked the assistant AI and took action, there would be no law if someone else did not do the same.

However, if we do not block artificial intelligence, there is a risk that it will not be able to make intuitive judgments and decisions when it needs to.

If the decision-making power lies with humans, there needed to be a precedent that humans should take responsibility. So, for the sake of the future, Ki-soon had to be tried. The sentence and punishment that would be decided at that trial had to be within understandable limits.

It seemed like a simple trial, but in reality it was an extremely difficult one.

I was concerned about how AI would be affected if humans intervened, and conversely, I was worried about how humans would react if the trial started with AI at the center.

In that situation, it was Ki-soon who suggested going with a 100% AI trial. Na-ju-yeon’s voice woke up Maru’s thoughts.

“It takes time to determine if there has been mental contamination.”

The story was that Ki-sun needed time for mental evaluation and analysis.

“How much do you need?”

“It can be as short as a few tens of days or as long as several months. It can even be years.”

The mind was sensitive. In fact, it was not impossible to make one mistakenly believe that one had chosen to act, even though one was being manipulated.

Or, by giving off a very weak sense of control, you end up becoming subordinate without even realizing it.

Spreading fragmented information and having them search for the intended information like a puzzle, making them believe they have found the hidden truth themselves.

Most of it is true, but there are a few small lies that make it seem like the whole thing is not credible, or they use backlash to spread misinformation, or they use suggestions that delve into the subconscious.

If Ki-soon was being manipulated, the source had to be found. If Ki-soon was being manipulated to that extent, ordinary citizens would have accidents without even knowing what they were being manipulated to.

“Let’s do that.”

But was there a closed space in the lab?

“There is. A proper quarantine space.”

It was Na Ju-yeon who answered with a faint smile.

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After a light examination on the first day, Ki-sun was transferred to a closed area.

‘If it’s a place that blocks mental waves…’

From the moment they said they were going to do a mental check, Ki-sun had expected that they would come to the isolation room in the lab.

‘It’s a better place than I thought.’

The room assigned to Ki-soon was similar to a small studio apartment. It had a super single-sized bed, a TV, a kitchenette where you could cook simple meals, and a bathroom with a bathtub that you could take a half-bath in.

It felt more like an officetel or a studio apartment than an isolation space, except that the locked door couldn’t be opened from the inside.

‘Are you trying to minimize mental pressure?’

The mental evaluation continued for several days in a not-so-bad environment.

‘I remember that even though the entire facility was completely sealed off, the areas between the isolation rooms weren’t sealed off that thoroughly. Wasn’t that the case?’

Several days passed and the expected response did not come.

‘Should I talk to Na Ju-yeon separately?’

I would have listened if you asked, but I wanted to avoid it because the conversation would be recorded, and if my expectations were off, there was nothing I could do.

‘Let’s wait a few more days.’

One night, the voice that Ki-sun had been longing for finally appeared in his head.

(I’m trapped here. Or am I trapped?)

It was the voice of a brainwashed man who called himself the dregs of Joseph Meyer.

(I’m sure you can hear it. If it’s that crazy bitch, you don’t have to worry.)

As expected, the entire facility was completely sealed off, but the room-to-room insulation was weak, as expected. If it were Na Ju-yeon, she would have tried to study the exchange between test subjects.

(That’s strange. Did you come to me knowing that?)

Ki-soon had something to say to Joseph Meyer.

‘Vladimir Kalin. Maru was said to be the king of the New World. What exactly did that mean?’

The first one to bring up that story. The one who brought it up officially was Joseph Meyer. And the one in the quarantine facility was a dreg of Joseph Meyer’s memories.

Noedungdung chewed on Gisun’s question.

(Wow – Did you plan the scenario in detail? Did you think it would be okay if the negotiations were successful and you could get through it, but it wouldn’t matter if things went wrong? That’s pretty good. I guess you’re saying you bet that you wouldn’t die.)

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Joseph Meyer’s dregs are more talked about than ever.

Is it because you’ve been locked up for a long time?

Ki-soon deliberately did not respond to the voice whispering in his head. This was some kind of battle of momentum.

(No. If that’s true, then they wouldn’t have prepared to self-destruct from the beginning. Was the preparation for self-destruction planned? They decided that it wouldn’t matter if they self-destructed. Then how did it end up here? If the current situation was part of the scenario, then it’s very interesting. Interesting.)

Joseph Meyer’s dregs seemed to smile faintly. Still, Ki-soon did not react.

(So ​​what are you really curious about? You’re not curious about why Vladimir Kalin is called king. You’re just guessing why he should be king of all.)

Even with the whispers of the thunder, Ki-soon remained calm.

(A world that has lost its purity. Religion has become a business and has become corrupted. The same goes for science and medicine. Money has become the priority in all areas.)

Science, which seeks truth, has become a slave to capital, and medicine, which is supposed to save people from disease, has also prioritized profit. Other disciplines have also become subservient to money.

(The world has already ended. Do you think it is normal for a world where people try to make the most of their profits by using the end of the world as an excuse?)

‘······.’

(What about policies that pollute the oceans and deplete groundwater for profit? They hide the fact that it makes fish farms and water companies money. That’s the truth.)

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(But it was a world overflowing with people who supported that. It was the information age. The information age. If you had the will, if you had the will, you could find information. But with that freedom, with that information infrastructure, what did people choose?)

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(What did humans choose? They were full pigs. So the world they wanted became what they wanted. It’s a natural phenomenon. Don’t you think so?)

Ki-soon’s squinted eyes turned into crescent moons.

Joseph Meyer’s Mr. Scrap.

Your tongue has grown really long after being locked up for so long.

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In northern Canada, where temperatures drop below freezing at night even in mid-April, the punitive force led by Kim Yang is in an uproar preparing for war against the ants.

“How far have our ants come?”

[Chick- We are currently in Mississauga. We will arrive in Ottawa in the day after tomorrow.]

The daytime temperature was still between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius, so it was fine, but when the sun went down, it was approaching -10 degrees Celsius. With a daily temperature difference of up to 20 degrees Celsius, it wasn’t easy for the ant army that had returned to the Holy Kingdom to march.

“What about the movements of the enemy ants?”

[Beep – The group moving towards Ottawa has been confirmed to be five in total.]

The largest group had about 7 million members, the smaller group had about 4 million members, and the five groups combined had a total of over 30 million members.

“Keep bombing them to reduce their numbers and prevent them from uniting.”

[Chi-I-I understand.]

Kim Yang, who gave the order, checked the status board. There were swarms of ants approaching Ottawa and swarms advancing toward Quebec, flashing.

Huh-

‘You ant bitches are weird. Should we have a fight for power?’

So, you’re saying that you’re going to block the entrance and rush in with the troops that are preparing to defend.

‘Have you never fought in the military?’

It didn’t matter.

In just two days, the ants will arrive here.