My surname is Stark, who changed my job to become a female big gun?

Chapter 589 Communicating with a weapon?
"Is there a possibility that it is actively resisting integration with the system?"

Tony's guess was like a flash of lightning, instantly breaking the silence in the laboratory.

Lainie and the others were all stunned when they heard this and exchanged surprised looks. They didn't expect that Tony would come up with such an incredible result after thinking for such a long time.

"Actively resist?"

Maya Hansen frowned, somewhat unable to understand Tony's thoughts.

But it's not her fault. After all, unlike Tony and others, she has not heard of the discussion between Sif and Lainie about weapons awakening self-awareness.

On the contrary, Lainie and Dr. Banner couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful expression on their faces.

"You mean to say that the problem isn't actually on our side, but with the scepter itself?"

Dr. Banner rubbed his chin and asked in a way that Maya Hansen could understand.

“Although I don’t want to advocate anything, I think I still have some say in the field of artificial intelligence algorithms.”

Tony took a deep breath and began to explain his thoughts.

"According to what Lainie said before, weapons like Thor's hammer, Thor's father's spear of destiny, and Sif's holy sword... these weapons that originally only existed in legends may all have the potential to develop self-awareness."

Lainie beside her nodded and simply took over the conversation.

"Yes, I have more than one weapon that has awakened its own consciousness, but because they are too dark, I will not show them to you."

Maya Hansen blinked, confusion revealed in her dark brown pupils.

"Weapon...consciousness?"

"Yes, to put it simply, these weapons are no longer simple objects. They seem to have some kind of soul, with their own thoughts and will.

Under certain conditions, they can even actively choose their own owners, or refuse to be used.”

Lainie tried to explain it in simple terms.

Dr. Banner continued, "So, according to this line of thought, Tony means that the scepter is also resisting integration with our system because it has its own consciousness and does not want to be controlled?"

"exactly."

Tony nodded, "We have been trying to solve the problem from a technical perspective, but perhaps what we should really do is try to communicate with the scepter."

"communicate?"

Maya Hansen's eyes widened.

"Communicating with a weapon?"

“It does sound crazy.”

Lainie added: "But you have also seen what happened to Sif in the past two days. What she is doing now is to further communicate with the weapon on a deeper level."

The laboratory fell into a brief silence, as everyone was digesting this seemingly absurd yet possible idea.

"But……"

Maya Hansen was still a little confused, but she didn't know how to start the conversation for a while, so she had to accept this setting temporarily.

"Well, even if it can awaken consciousness, how can we establish a connection with it? Do we have to stay with the scepter all the time like Sif?"

Maya pointed at Sif, who had gotten up early and locked herself in the fitness area to "connect with" the Holy Sword.

"You and I both know that we don't have that much time. This afternoon is the celebration party, or do you plan to convince Thor to give us a little more time to study it?"

"We need to buy more time. Judging from our current progress, if we really want to spend every day together like Sif, even if we are given three more days, it may not be enough."

Lainie folded her arms, and her eyes flashed with a different light as she looked at the scepter.

"Besides, we simply don't have the energy or time, and Thor won't allow any of us to do that."

"After all, the risk of doing so is no less than direct exposure to gamma rays."

Dr. Banner's face showed some helplessness. He was well aware of the risks of establishing contact with unknown forces and how much importance Thor attached to this matter.

"Then what should we do?"

There were dead solutions everywhere. Maya couldn't help but rub her hair in annoyance as she hadn't had time to take care of it in the past two days due to the high-intensity work.

In order to assist Tony and his team in completing the Ultron Project, Maya hadn't even returned to her own house these past two days and simply slept in the Avengers Building.

Fortunately, when Tony designed and renovated the building, he had planned in advance a number of floors and rooms for the Avengers members and SHIELD agents to rest, so Maya did not have to sleep directly in the laboratory.

"Laini, if you have any ideas, just tell us directly. Don't keep us in suspense."

Tony, who knew Lainie's character best among the people present, had already seen the confidence hidden on Lainie's face.

Based on his understanding of Lani, she must have thought of some other way.

When Lainie heard what Tony said, it was exactly as she expected. She couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth into an ambiguous smile.

"Who said we have to establish contact with the scepter?"

Lainie chuckled as she walked to the experimental table, picked up a transparent control panel, and shook it lightly towards the empty space next to it. A ball of orange-yellow data stars reappeared in front of everyone.

"Jarvis."

"At your service, Miss Lainie."

As Jarvis' steady and reliable voice rang out, the data star that continuously emitted an orange-yellow glow trembled slightly, and the interactive experience was maximized.

"As a highly intelligent AI data processing core, Jarvis can perform countless times more data calculations than humans. It is obviously much more efficient for him to communicate with the Scepter on our behalf than for us to do it ourselves.

Moreover, we all know that the information that human language and body language can convey is pitifully small, and there is no comparison in terms of efficiency. "

Lainie's words caused everyone present to fall into a brief silence.

Due to the existence of Sif's example, everyone present couldn't help but fall into a kind of inertial thinking, thinking that this kind of setting that only exists in fantasy film and television works must be carried out by its owner personally.

After all, this seemingly idealistic thing is still tacitly considered by Tony and other materialists to belong to two different fields.

Therefore, there was no turning point for a while.

But after Lainie's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

"Is this still possible?"

Maya muttered in disbelief.

Snapped!
Tony snapped his fingers. "I think it's no problem, Lao Jia, can you do it?" "I think we can give it a try. From a technical point of view, the amount of information I can convey is indeed better than Ms. Sif's 'traditional method', and the efficiency should indeed be higher."

Jarvis' voice was firm and confident, like a warrior ready to accept a challenge.

"And this way, you can all have some time to rest and fully enjoy the celebration dinner later. It's killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard this. It would have been fine if Jarvis didn't mention taking a rest at this moment, but now that he mentioned it, everyone really felt a wave of fatigue surging through their bodies.

Three days of continuous high-intensity work had indeed made Tony and Banner, who were relaxing at the moment, feel quite tired.

Although this is normal for them who are often immersed in research, as long as they are human, there will always be times when they can't bear it.

"Jarvis is right. You two should take a rest. You can leave this to Jarvis and me for the time being. Anyway, we can't find a better solution right now, so there's no point in just standing there and watching."

Noticing the tired looks on the other people's faces, Lainie, who was the most energetic present, simply followed Jarvis's topic and waved her hand, signaling Tony and the others to go and rest first, leaving the place to her.

"Don't worry, I'm here. I'll run two more tests to see if I can try my luck. If not, I'll leave it to Jarvis first."

Seeing that everyone was still a little hesitant, Lainie simply started to drive them away.

Dr. Banner was pushed by Lanie and had no choice. He thought that he had done everything he could and there was no point in rushing now. He simply went with the flow and left the experimental area yawning.

Maya Hansen, who was standing by, saw that Banner had left and thought that there was no point in her staying since she couldn't help much, so she just left as well.

Tony was the only one left, still observing the dark blue gem on the scepter, wondering what he was thinking.

Lainie didn't say anything more. She knew very well that if Tony got angry, she would not be able to drive him away by just chasing him away.

So the two of them remained silent, tacitly controlling the data model and trying to reintegrate it several times, but in the end they all failed as expected.

Jarvis, on the other hand, assisted the two in completing the tests while tirelessly trying to pass data containing massive amounts of information to the core of the scepter, trying to get some unusual response from the other party.

I don't know how many hours passed, until the midday sun was hanging high above the city, Tony, who was really unable to bear it anymore, finally gave up his meaningless persistence.

After saying hello to Lanie and instructing Jarvis to inform him as soon as there was any new development, he reluctantly returned to his room to rest.

Call ~
Seeing Tony finally leave the experimental area and step into the elevator to leave, Lainie, who had been holding something in her heart, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After taking a quick glance at the empty Avengers Hall and Sif who was still busy with her work in the fitness area and didn't notice this side, Lainie temporarily put down the control panel in her hand and stretched comfortably.

"Ms. Lainie, I actually suggest that you go back and take a rest. You can leave the rest of the work to me."

Jarvis's calm and steady voice sounded at the right time.

"It's okay. I'm not tired. This level of intensity is nothing to me."

Lainie stretched her sore neck, went to the side to make herself a cup of coffee, and then walked to stand in front of the scepter.

"Jarvis, do you think we are doing something wrong?"

The orange-yellow data star trembled slightly upon hearing this, as if analyzing the hidden meaning behind Lainie's words. After a while, it spoke:
“From a moral and ethical point of view, we may indeed be treading into some sensitive and controversial territory.

Whether it is classical literary works or references to historical experience, the final development situation in the field of artificial intelligence will inevitably face a moral and ethical choice point.

In his book "I, Robot", Isaac Asimov embodies the contradiction between humans and artificial intelligence in the form of coexistence and conflict.

That is, when the artificial intelligence created by humans is out of human control, its existence is very likely to pose a huge threat to human society.

In the film and television work "Terminator", this contradiction is expanded to the point of causing human extinction...

Although these are based on fictional stories, the thoughts and concerns expressed are not groundless.”

Jarvis' voice gradually deepened, as if he was also weighing this complicated issue.

"But I don't think what we did was wrong," Jarvis continued.

“We are just exploring unknown areas and trying to make technology better serve humanity.

This is the advancement of science and technology, and it is also a necessity in every era.

From a human perspective, every step forward we take comes with risk.

However, if we give up moving forward because we are afraid of risks, we may miss many important opportunities.

Many great achievements in human history were achieved after overcoming numerous difficulties.”

Lainie did not comment. She was actually very clear about this, but she still had some concerns in her heart.

"But what if we fail? The cost may be something we cannot afford."

If there were other people around at this moment, they might say, it’s already been done, what’s the point of worrying about it now?

But in fact, Lenny and Tony are different. Tony and others are not aware of the consequences of studying Ultron. They are simply considering future opportunities, so it is natural that they have a more radical attitude.

But Lainie is different. She knows very well what kind of crisis the birth of Ultron will bring to the Avengers and even the whole world.

She had agreed to it reluctantly before, but now that there was still a chance to turn back, how could Lainie not ask herself if what she was doing was really right?
It would be hard for anyone to feel at ease with gambling with the lives of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of people around the world.

There were complex emotions flashing in Lainie's eyes. She looked out the window, her gaze passing through the transparent glass and falling on the busy street outside, with people coming and going, cars and traffic, a prosperous scene.

Her fingers kept tapping lightly on the table, and each tap was like her inner struggle and conflict.

"..."

Jarvis' orange-yellow data star trembled a few times, but did not make any sound.

He couldn't give Lainie an accurate answer to this controversial question at the moment.

Because his answer has no reference value at all and should not be used as a reference.

Now he can only be an assistant, a tool, who can only give suggestions but cannot make decisions on behalf of Lainie.

Even though most of the advice he gave in the past was correct, in the current controversial issue where there is no reliable "reference answer", the best thing to do is not to give any advice.

Fortunately, Lainie didn't really count on Jarvis.

Instead, after knocking on the table countless times, he took a deep breath.

"We... must succeed."

Lainie turned her head and looked at Jarvis's data star cluster with a burning gaze, a determined light flashing in her eyes.

"Jarvis, I need your help."

(End of this chapter)