Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 637 46. Onika Group

"This plan..."

The big bald-headed Lex Luthor is a very patient person. He stood by the window and read through the unnamed plan at hand. After reading it, he said softly:

"It's interesting."

The wise man looked back at Fury and said:

"It must have taken you a long time to comb and plan to produce this huge and complete plan... I have to admit that I underestimated SHIELD before."

"it does not matter."

Fury didn't care. While playing with the badge of the Future Technology Foundation in his hand, he said:

"People who are not familiar with us will always look down on us and will not look at us until we punch us in the face. This is normal and we are used to it."

"A group that spans countries and geographical concepts, specializing in the research and development of artificial intelligence and new mechanical products, in order to open the era of omnic..."

Bruce Wayne threw the plan aside, he glanced at Fury, then at Merlin, and said:

"It sounds very feasible. Are you planning to slowly infiltrate the people's ideas?"

"Yes, at the beginning it was semi-intelligent devices, sweeping robots, smart speakers, etc., then the primary intelligence, fully autonomous vehicles, intelligent service systems to help paralyzed patients, and finally robots, used to replace dangerous industrial production jobs, And mechanical servants and so on."

Merlin said briefly:

"This has a complete hierarchical system. People's fear of unfamiliar things comes from the unknown, so it needs to be promoted step by step. But this kind of thing cannot be done by the official, which will be interpreted by the media as some very bad omens, Therefore, it is most appropriate to leave it to the commercial system to operate.”

"But even Wayne Industries, or Lex Group, Stark Industries, or even Wakanda, couldn't do it on their own."

Merlin says:

"We need all of you to form a consortium. You have all been carefully selected, and you have all proved your position in the previous Cybertron War. Of course, this consortium only needs nominal capital injection, and its daily operation is up to us. It is controlled under the supervision of the World Security Council. But all the profits from your investment will be returned to you.”

"When it just appeared, you also need to use your energy to make it quickly on the right track."

"Wait, I have a question!"

The smart Reed frowned, looking at some information in the plan, he asked:

"You intend to tamper with the birth information of omnics, completely separate their origins from the Cybertronians, and let them be set as the product of human development of artificial intelligence, so as to eliminate the public's fear and worry about omnics, I can understand the reason for doing this, but I doubt that with our current technology, we can accomplish this kind of large-scale data level...well, 'brainwashing'."

"After all, as far as I know, there are already a lot of omnics in the world."

"Good question!"

Fury snapped his fingers, looked back at Reed, and said:

"We can't solve it, so that's why you are here, the world's most intelligent person, we need your wisdom to solve this problem, and I also believe that you can complete this task."

"Uh."

Reed didn't expect to ask a question and fall into the language trap that Fury had prepared in advance.

He is a little hesitant, he is a neutral faction, he has neither good opinion nor bad feeling for omnics, but this kind of large-scale erasure of omnic data memory always feels a little scary.

Prince T'Challa of Wakanda, who stood beside him, also objected:

"Wakanda has promised to protect the lives of all omnics who enter our borders and are willing to abide by Wakanda's laws. This large-scale memory wipe will make them feel uneasy."

Princess Su Rui also said:

"And I think you underestimate the intelligence of omnics, especially the first and second batch of omnics, they have the energy to recombine to perfect their personality modules, they are no more stupid than humans, frankly, they are more Some human beings need to be smart. This kind of simple 'brainwashing' is very difficult to achieve, both technically and ethically."

"about this issue..."

Merlin and Fury glanced at each other, he put a stereoscopic projection device on the table, and the next moment, the projection was turned on.

In the projection, George, sitting on a suspension chair, is facing a weird omnic.

It's weird because this omnic is reading...

For real reading, there are all kinds of classics in front of its eyes.

"Meng Data, what have you learned from studying in the past few days?"

George in the picture asked.

"Please don't disturb me, sir, I am thinking about the relationship between soul and body... Do we have a soul? How should we understand the concept of soul? Most importantly, if there is no soul in our mechanical body, then what should we do?" How is a soul born?"

"Ah, this problem is too difficult, my logical processor can't handle such a problem..."

The omnic turned a page and said:

"I must draw wisdom from the history of humanity...please leave me alone."

"Swish"

Projection ends here.

Merlin looked at Su Rui, and he asked:

"Tell me, Su Rui...do you think omnics have souls?"

"this..."

The always smart Princess Su Rui said she couldn't answer, but Lex Luthor, who was sitting across from her, had a flash of light in his eyes. Obviously, Mr. Luthor understood.

"Reed, you are the smartest person in the world, tell me, does omnic have a soul?"

Merlin looked again at Mr. Reed, who shrugged and replied:

"I don't know, maybe I can answer your question after I have delved into the knowledge of the Cybertronians."

"Ok."

Merlin looked at T'Challa who was frowning again, and he said:

"Your Highness, you promised to protect the personal safety of omnics. This is very good, this is great, very kind, very kind, but the problem is that the birth of each racial civilization must have its own unique culture and civilization. For For a group of creatures that just use data to simulate personality, their memory, their cognition, I mean, do these things they simulate make sense?"

"I'm a wizard, gentlemen."

Merlin drew out his wand and shook it. He said to the others:

"I can answer you from the level of magic, omnics have no souls, at least at this time, they have no souls. The Mengda tower you saw before is a special omnic, and we have transformed its The logic circuit, the ability to think emotionally, it was really hard to do, and we spent a lot of time."

"In short, what I mean is that before Mr. Mengdata's thinking about the omnic's body and soul is completed, and before it truly realizes the meaning of the soul, the so-called personality and memory of the omnic are just a bunch of data. "

"Although I say this a little coldly, but the fact is, I can tell you, Cybertronians, in this world, there is probably no one who understands these mechanical lifeforms better than me...the 'citizens' in their eyes, Those are robots that have been endowed with a meaning of existence, and have sound personality traits and self-logic correction."

Merlin spread his hands:

"From this point of view, even in the eyes of the Cybertronians, omnics are just tools that can move and think. Do you think we are persecuting omnics? No, wrong! We are helping them complete the real Become the evolution of a soul creature!"

"We're helping them!"

After Merlin finished speaking, Fury reached out and knocked on the table. He said:

"Of course, Mr. Reid and Wakanda have had plenty of time to think about our proposals, and now it's time for us to discuss specific matters."

"There is a very important link in this plan, which is the equipment we call the 'omnic center'."

Fury said:

"The function of this device is to simulate the process of the natural production of omnics from the source of fire, so as to realize the independent production of omnics by humans. We can't use a scam to fool our people. Before omnics are accepted by the public, we must complete This central program that can continuously produce omnics, or artificial intelligence."

"If we claim that we created the omnics, then we must do it! Folks, deceptions will be debunked someday, but truths are not afraid to stand the test."

"Based on the current data to speculate..."

Merlin says:

"In the end, the number of omnics born naturally may be between 200 and 500 million. This number is not too large, but if the omnic center is really developed, then the number of omnics in the future will be greatly increased. 500 million robots What can they do? Even if they all have souls, they are just a minority. If we want omnics to truly change our social form and future, then 10 times their number is not enough...they need more many!"

"What I want to tell you is..."

Merlin propped his hands on the table, and he said seriously to everyone in front of him:

"Don't think the Omnic Project is just a pointless hoax, it's not!"

"In addition to helping omnics truly integrate into the earth's civilization and avoiding the omnic crisis that will arise in the future, it is also a progressive promotion of human technological civilization proposed by us."

"We hope that our world will become better in the future, and the development of science and technology will make our expectations come true. We said that we will open the door of a new era, and we are doing so!"

"Everyone, you are the wisest, smartest, and most visionary people in human civilization. We hope that you will also participate in this action, use your power to promote it, monitor it, and judge it. Correct the pace and rhythm brought by the intelligent age, correct the dangers that may arise, and finally lead the world into a more advanced era bit by bit.”

Merlin glanced at Luther, he smiled and said:

"Our civilization is excellent, it does not need the intervention of external forces, nor does it need to be encouraged, but I don't think the omnic project is a kind of interference with civilization, it is a reinforcement for the civilization of the earth, because one day , those omnics will stand with us and loudly declare that they are also a member of the earth..."

"They were born on Earth, they have nothing to do with the Cybertronians, they are our fellow races... It is our birthright to help them become better, to help them realize the meaning of their existence .”

"What do you think?"

Merlin's words were very good and provocative, but unfortunately, the people in front of him were not young people who would be easily incited.The people here have their own ideas and wisdom, and none of them is stupider than Merlin, nor will they lose their own thinking due to Merlin's words.

So the atmosphere was a little awkward.

After several minutes, Luther put the document in his handbag, and he said to Merlin and Fury:

"I need to think about it for a while... I think you can understand."

"Me too."

Tony Stark glanced at Merlin, he said:

"This thing is too big, so big that I don't even want to participate. You are doing a very dangerous thing, planning for the future... Humph, I think you will screw it up."

"What are you afraid of messing up?"

Merlin laughed and said:

"Isn't there Tony Stark who will appear at the last moment to complete a grand finale to turn the tide?"

"I'm not interested."

Tony snorted proudly, stood up, grabbed the document casually, and said:

"I'm going to stay with Potts, women are trouble... just wait for my message, I will reply as soon as possible."

"I need to give the papers to my father the king."

T'Challa and Princess Shu Rui also announced their farewell, and he said to Merlin and Fury seriously:

"No matter what the result is, we will give you an answer as soon as possible."

"Ok."

Merlin watched the people in the room leave one by one, and only he and Fury were left in the end. He shrugged at Fury, then reached out and grabbed under the table, and three bugs of different shapes were released. was thrown on the table.

Well, one for Tony, one for Bruce, and the last one should be put by Su Rui.

He said to Fury:

"Dealing with this group of smart, over-the-top guys is a real headache and exasperation."

"But only they have the ability to participate in it."

Fury sighed, he looked at Merlin, he said:

"Now we need to wait for the news...Oh, yes, I have a name for the brewing consortium."

"What do you think of the Omnica Group?"

Merlin rubbed his chin, savoring the name:

"Is it omnipotent?"

"Well, it's not bad..."

(End of this chapter)