Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 698 2. Big News

According to the original design of the scientists of the Future Technology Foundation, all kinds of omnics can be manufactured, and the omnic center that injects preset emotional templates and thinking circuits into the omnics is an out-and-out behemoth.

It was originally designed to be twice as large as the dock built by S.H.I.E.L.D. for the upcoming command space carrier.

However, as more and more smart people use their outstanding wisdom to improve and rest, the finally established smart center, that is, the smart tower, will eventually reduce its footprint greatly.

This is also due to the series of advanced technologies contributed by Wakanda, which pretends to be a backward agricultural country, but in fact has led the world in technology for at least 150 years.

The smart tower itself is the body of the omnibus center. This 50-meter-high silver-gray tower is reinforced with military-grade concrete on the outside, but the main body inside is actually made of steel. After using Cybertron technology, in extreme cases , this steel tower itself can also be moved, and even deformed.

Of course, it's certainly not as convenient as Cybertronian robot transformation, which is just a backup feature, and in the vast majority of cases, the tower won't move.

At this time, after Tony pressed the start button, the observation windows around the central control room were opened in unison, revealing the super-large mechanical modules that started to operate around. Due to the use of packaging technology, laymen like Merlin and Pierce, It is completely incomprehensible how the system works.

They can only see some large-scale metal equipment moving according to the circular orbit in the tower. Under the control of the artificial intelligence named "Architect", those metal modules are continuously put into the up and down operation in a very precise way. In orbit, and then sent to a workstation below the ground, several holographic projections were placed above the observation room.

In those projections, a whole fully automatic production line is activated, and the metal modules that are sent down are quickly decomposed, and then under the manipulation of those dazzling mechanical arms, the steel is cut and shaped into presets. Good shape, followed by countless standard industrial parts are housed in metal modules.

Merlin could see that the omnic's arms, torso, legs, and head were molded. During the operation of the assembly line, one data module after another was placed in the omnic's torso, just like making a car. Full of an industrial beauty.

But this is only the most basic production process, which is not difficult even at the level of technology a few years ago. The real difficulty is the part after the assembly is completed.

There were whispers in the observation room, as if scientists were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of this manufacturing system.

"'Wisdom Enlightenment,' we call this last step."

Beside Merlin, Dr. Banner, who later participated in the writing and testing of the data program of the omnic center, explained to Merlin in a low voice:

"After the omnic's body is assembled, it will be sent to the 'Enlightenment Center' of the Smart Tower, where it will receive enlightenment and awakening. Although we have solved most of the problems, to be honest, this system is still not perfect. "

"How to say?"

Merlin asked in a low voice, and Banner explained:

"The omnics we make are 100% similar to the omnics born naturally, and even the internal structure can be completely similar, but we still can't understand the working principle of the fire source energy, what I mean Yes, there's still a difference between our omnics and real omnics, at least in terms of energy."

With a burning curiosity in his eyes, Banner said:

"I can't understand how those omnics that are naturally activated achieve self-recharge, but they can indeed be active for a long time without charging, and will not start actively looking for them until the energy in their bodies is low. External power. Not our omnic, which has to be recharged every 48 hours."

"If its activity frequency is very high... this time will be greatly shortened. Theoretically, every two years, we need to replace the internal power supply for the omnic."

Banner said:

"This shows that our omnic is not yet able to reach the level of the original version."

"It's ok."

Merlin shook his head. He watched the assembled omnic on the projection being sent into something similar to an experimental cabin. He said to Banner:

"As long as people don't doubt the difference between omnic and omnic, it means we have succeeded."

"Dr. Banner, you have to understand that we don't need to make 'real' omnics, we don't... we just need to make people think that omnics were made by humans, and that's enough."

"Well, that's what I said."

Dr. Banner nodded and said:

"Human beings are always partial to their own creations, but wary of alien creatures... This kind of guidance is indeed necessary."

"It shows you're a really wise man, too, Banner."

Merlin put his arm around Banner's shoulder, and he said:

"A lot of people think we're doing something bad."

"Look, it's going to 'wake up'."

Banner laughed twice, took a sip of his wine, and said to Merlin:

"I don't know what it will name itself."

"Oh? Will they still name themselves?"

Merlin said in surprise:

"I thought you would take the initiative to assign names to them."

"They're wise too, Merlin."

Banner shrugged:

"If we want them to integrate into human society in the future, then we have to respect their intelligence from now on..."

At the moment when Banner's voice fell, in the projection in front of everyone's eyes, the biological cabin-like thing slowly opened, and the silver-gray omnic with an anthropomorphic appearance walked out of it.

Everyone is watching it.

It is like a human being who has just woken up from a deep sleep. It stands on the ground in front of the Enlightenment Center. It looks around in a daze, then raises its hand, puts it in front of its eyes, and moves its five fingers. Although the mechanical face There is no expression, but everyone can feel the kind of bewilderment.

In the observation room, Tony handed a microphone to Pierce, the chairman of the World Security Council and the most senior man present. He also looked at the projection in front of him. He put the microphone near his mouth and asked :

"Son, what's your name?"

The newly born artificial omnic raised its head abruptly, as if wondering where the sound came from.

But the instruction from the heart made it have to answer this question. It froze for a few seconds, and then said in a voice mixed with metallic sound:

"My name is...Adam."

"You look dazed, Adam."

Pierce went on to ask:

"What are you going to do?"

"I...I don't know."

The omnic replied:

"who are you?"

"My name is Pierce, Adam, and I have a suggestion for you."

Pierce said softly:

"You can find something to do, work, work will give you purpose. Go, boy, go to work, and if you're bored, you can listen to music."

"Okay! Thanks for the reminder, Pierce."

Adam nodded, and under the order of the thinking circuit set by the "architect", Adam quickly left the enlightenment center and entered the production workshop, where there was a position that belonged to him.

These first batch of born artificial omnics have their own tasks, and they will be the first batch of maintainers and workers of the omnic center.

According to the design of the Future Technology Foundation, there will only be a small number of maintenance personnel in the omnic centers that will be established around the world in the future, and most of the work will be done by the omnics themselves.

"It's really surprising."

Pierce put down the microphone, and the old man patted Tony on the shoulder, saying:

"It felt like I was speaking to a real kid, not a cold mass of machines."

"This is only the beginning, Mr. Speaker."

Tony said to Pierce:

"We still have a lot of things to do, about the omnic's social system, about their leadership model, about their class division, etc., these complicated follow-up work will take up a lot of time, but we have already stepped out of the first step, the most difficult step."

"I'm sure you guys can do a good job."

Pierce smiled and said to the scientists in front of him:

"You have the most outstanding intelligence among human beings. You are doing a great work. The World Security Council will do its best to support you. Well, please allow me to leave now, everyone, the opening ceremony is about to begin, Although what is displayed there is not as amazing as what can be seen here, it still represents a new, intelligent age for our people."

"Thank you again, scientists, you are the best."

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The opening ceremony of the Numbani Smart Industrial Park by Onika Group was quite a success.

Attending the opening ceremony were not only the chairman of the World Security Council, but also leaders from various African countries. Pierce delivered a passionate speech. He declared that the Onika Group put the first industrial park in Africa, which also represented The United Nations attaches great importance to and expects Africa, and he hopes that the opening of this industrial park will become a symbol of Africa's economic rise, blah blah blah.

In short, the old man who is well versed in speeches said that all the African leaders were smiling, and the reporters in the audience frantically pressed the shutter and recorded pictures one after another.

After the opening ceremony, representatives of Aonica Group showed reporters several smart products to be launched in the Numbani Industrial Zone.

Including new energy vehicles that can drive unmanned, smart home systems, the latest smart navigation equipment, and even a set of private space travel projects that will become a reality in the future.

In addition to these gimmicks, the most eye-catching thing is the new generation of personal artificial intelligence assistants they announced, which appear in the form of eyes or bracelets, equipped with "most advanced" artificial intelligence programs, and can assist users in office work. Provide various kinds of help, as well as functions including AR, VR, virtual reality system and so on.

Representatives of the Onika Group declared that such artificial intelligence assistants will be the trend of future technology and life.

And the best thing is that this artificial intelligence assistant can even be used to play games. The Onika Group has reached an agreement with Toumat Studio. The game "Assassin's Creed", which has recently caused a worldwide boom, can also It will be transplanted to this next-generation smart product.

However, compared to these gimmicks, the really big news is that Onika Group has also launched a new type of intelligent industrial robot.

It is more convenient, easier to use, smarter than previous industrial robots, and most importantly, it is cheap enough.

For reporters with a keen sense of smell, they can easily smell the breath of a new round of industrial reform from this upcoming industrial robot.

What does that mean?

More efficient industrial production, cheaper products, and... unemployment!Even more terrifying unemployment!

Robots that don’t get tired, don’t make mistakes, don’t need to rest, and don’t even need to be paid to replace humans will undoubtedly take away more jobs, which will cause a new round of shocks to the already declining employment situation , and may directly lead to a series of subsequent social problems.

The reporters who smelled the big news immediately became agitated.

They desperately wanted to interview the representatives of the Onika Group, and well-connected reporters went straight to the interior of the industrial zone to interview the businessmen who were invited, and even more well-connected reporters, such as Louise and Eddie. , They don't need to compete with their peers, they can sit in the comfortable living room in the industrial area, chatting and laughing with those big businessmen.

"Oh, Louise, you seem more beautiful than the last time we met."

Tony walked into the reception room with his female companion. He greeted Louise Lane who was already waiting for him there, and said a little frivolously:

"So tonight, do you want to have dinner together?"

"If Miss Potts doesn't mind, I'm perfectly fine."

Faced with Tony's molestation, the well-informed Louise dealt with it very gracefully. She invited Tony to sit on the sofa, and she said:

"Of course, I will take my boyfriend with me..."

"Well, your boyfriend, is that him?"

Tony pointed to Clark, who was standing behind Louise, adjusting the camera, and said:

"What a lucky guy."

In previous reports, Louise had interviewed Tony several times, and they were barely acquaintances. They exchanged a few words and then got to the point.

"Tony, as the actual controller of Stark Industries, I believe you must attach great importance to the issue of profit and cost, so I would like to ask, what do you think of the new intelligent industrial robot launched by the Onika Group? What do you think? Is it going to be the wave of the future?"

As soon as Louise came up, she asked the most crucial and sharpest questions.

And Tony did not avoid suspicion, he looked at the camera calmly, and he said:

"It's a great thing, it's valuable, it's worth adopting, it's being used...You ask me what I think about it? It's simple, Stark Industries' factories will adopt this new type of robot one after another."

"It's going to be trendy, and there's no doubt that there's nothing stopping it from getting into every factory in the world, or stopping merchants from using it."

"I know a lot of people will have misgivings about it, but trust me, time will tell that it does more good than harm."

Louise couldn't help but blinked at Tony's frankness. Louise imagined that Tony should know what kind of results what he said would lead to once it was reported.

But he still said that, which meant that Tony didn't seem to worry about the follow-up troubles, maybe he was ready?

(End of this chapter)