My own war game

Chapter 389 Trouble/Disaster?

"Taking advantage of the rules?" He Chi looked at Carl in front of him. He was as small as KITT, but his whole body movements revealed a different temperament.

That’s right, it’s the word “temperament”. He Chi couldn’t find any other more suitable adjectives to describe the two robots.

Carl actually feels smooth when executing human commands - provided that there is a loophole in the command.

To give the simplest example, if you give a command "Carl, go straight!", then no problem, Carl will go straight forward like other football robots until he hears the next command.

But if you say "Carl, go!", which is a more vague concept, he will go straight to a place with an obstacle within a 30-degree range in front of him, and then stop in front of the obstacle.

"Is he taking advantage of the loopholes in the order to slack off?" He Chi looked at Carl who stopped in front of a table.

"This statement is inaccurate. There is no such concept as laziness for robots. It should be said that they use the ambiguity of commands to avoid energy loss and parts wear." The professor corrected He Chi's statement.

"Can you be lazy? Can you fake a fall? Is this a major breakthrough?"

"He, you don't understand. It's not complicated for robots to do low-level work. Now many assembly lines have automated or semi-automated functions using low-level AI. Both the United States and your country across the ocean already have demonstrative products for this."

"However, enabling robots to participate in higher-level creative functions has always been a global problem, as they are unable to diverge and understand their owners' commands."

"For example, if I buy a robot chef and I ask for a plate of pasta when I'm hungry, it will cook it easily."

"But if I say, just have something to eat, as long as it fills your stomach, this kind of command will hardly get effective feedback."

"Because even though I said just something casual, it's obvious that I'm in a hurry, so the implication is that it's best to make something quick, and a simple meal should be the best choice at this time."

"But a regular, rigid robot can't understand what you mean. While you're waiting anxiously, it's probably feathering a turkey leg because you said whatever you want."

"But Carl, he may be able to give a satisfactory response in the future - guessing your needs and making a sandwich."

Dr. Craig seemed to be in high spirits at this time. He seemed to have returned to his previous state. "He, just wait and see. Carl's performance will be epoch-making and may even affect the entire human world and initiate another industrial revolution!"

Seeing the doctor regain his spirit, He Chi had an indescribable feeling.

He inexplicably thought of the system.

"Sir, I have a hypothesis. If there is some kind of super artificial intelligence, and it behaves like Carl and is willing to try to bypass the rules, what will be the result?" He Chi tried to ask.

"Super artificial intelligence? How powerful is it?" the professor turned around and asked, obviously interested in this topic.

"The ability is so strong that it can travel through time or different dimensions."

"Time travel?" The professor hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
“This scope is beyond my comprehension, but since AI has reached that level of technology, human civilization must have evolved to an unimaginable degree.”

"Otherwise, it would have been a disaster."
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In another world, the Minerva is also experiencing a "disaster"

"Quick! Close that valve! Adjust the pressure back!" "Damn it! The water pressure is too strong! Help me!"

"Get a crowbar! One, two, three! Hard!"

The entire submarine was in chaos, people were running around in panic, and He Chi and Christine were directing others to handle emergency situations on the submarine.

When everything calmed down, Christine pulled He Chi into a small room alone.

"He, there may be a traitor in our group." The French girl said seriously.

"Why do you think so? The people on the Minerva hardly have contact with the outside world on a daily basis, and everyone's resume has been verified repeatedly. The possibility of a traitor should be very low." He Chi directly denied this view.

"But the fact is that problems have occurred many times in the six months that you have been acting alone in East Asia," Christine said affirmatively.

"The tail parameters of the new missile that Dr. Heilmann was experimenting with were adjusted, and the automatic switch circuit of the hatch was reconnected. And just now..."

Christine lowered her voice and told He Chi with a serious expression, "Someone secretly modified the water pressure coefficient of the torpedo tube, which almost caused the tube to burst. If it hadn't been discovered earlier, more than a hundred of us would have been fed to the sperm whale."

"The water pressure coefficient was changed privately..." He Chi muttered, and then dialed the internal line, "Dr. Hellman, please come in, I have something to ask you."

Soon Hermann, sweating profusely, came over. The German immediately said, "He, you must listen to my explanation. Although I have complained about the lack of vacation time here, I am definitely not a traitor."

"Relax, relax, Doctor. I have no doubt about your intentions. I called you here literally to ask for advice." After comforting the other party, He Chi let the doctor sit in his seat.

"I would like to ask, Doctor, does regulating the water pressure in the torpedo storage have any other effect besides the risk of leaks?"

Dr. Hellman looked at the Oriental man and blinked in surprise. "He, you were a weapons designer in Copenhagen. Don't you even understand the basic principles of torpedo water ballast tanks?"

"Ahem!" He Chi coughed twice awkwardly. "Well, I don't know much about submarines."

"Okay, this is a very basic theory. Let me explain it briefly." Dr. Hellman stood up and gestured on the wall behind him.
"Before launching a torpedo, we introduce seawater into the torpedo tube through a special water injection system. The purpose of this step is to prevent seawater from pouring back into the submarine or ship when the torpedo tube cover is opened, and to establish a pressure difference, and then to launch the torpedo by pressurizing it."

"If the pressure is too high, it is likely to damage the pipeline and cause internal leakage, and in serious cases it may even cause the submarine to disintegrate."

"Of course, there is a slight advantage to doing this, that is, greater water pressure can passively increase the range of torpedoes, but it is difficult to grasp the right balance."

After hearing the doctor's analysis, He Chi rubbed his chin and roughly knew what was going on.
"Kristen, there's no need to conduct an internal investigation. I roughly know where the problem lies. I'll just..."

Ding, ding, ding! There was a knock on the door, and Jima interrupted the conversation with a telegram.

He Chi glanced at it and then said, "Let's put aside what happened just now. The submarine has changed its course and we are heading north."

In 1953, the sky over Moscow was overcast.

(End of this chapter)