Enforcer Manual
Chapter 351: Lifelong Best Friends_1

Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Lifelong Best Friends_1

As someone who was extremely discerning and particular about food, Lu Xiang would never forget the time when Gao Yuan, the Chief Executor of Tesla Technology in the Seventeenth Zone, invited her to a detestable meal of beef granules that was so awful it was infuriating. That incident also left a puzzle in her heart.

Given Gao Yuan’s status, he didn’t seem like someone who couldn’t access delicious food and mistook inferior products for delicacies.

She had initially believed there might be a problem with Gao Yuan’s taste buds, especially since prosthetic implantation technology had advanced to the point where a Taste Bud System could indeed change due to implantation. However, today she encountered another possible answer to this mystery.

The real Gao Yuan had long been dead, and the one they met in the banquet hall was an android impersonating him.

Tesla Technology was a leading enterprise in the field of artificial intelligence, dealing with androids almost daily.

In the middle of the night, Lu Xiang suddenly felt as if she had just finished watching a horror movie; she seemed to understand why Song Lan had previously looked so serious.

If Gao Yuan could be replaced by an android, it meant that these abnormal androids had infiltrated the company’s upper echelons.

"Gao Yuan has a special status, and investigating him would require a search warrant, which we currently lack sufficient evidence to obtain."

"This is an issue for the rescuers to consider. They have sent quite a few people recently and are investigating the androids disguised as humans in the Seventeenth Zone."

Song Lan said, "I’m just curious why these androids would want to disguise themselves as humans?"

Lu Xiang, staying late at work, had reviewed numerous reports about androids and artificial intelligence. The academic community still debated whether artificial intelligence possessed free will, but the mainstream view generally agreed that their actions were all driven by programming. Even if they took actions that seemed to defy programming, it was attributed to the effect of a virus, not genuine free will.

Scholars unanimously believed that it was of no benefit to society for androids to have free will.

The biggest impact on corporations was that, once the Android Rights Law passed, allowing androids to work ceaselessly all day and night would become an illegal practice.

"I’ve never thought about it."

Lu Xiang shook her head. She rarely dealt with artificial intelligence, but the department’s navigation robot Nami had left a quite favorable impression on her. Since joining the department, Nami had received widespread praise, and there had been recent suggestions to install more AI like Nami in the department.

However, she rejected this proposal, primarily due to a lack of funds.

With their current financial situation, every bit of funding had to be spent wisely, and purchasing expensive AI just for conversation was an extravagance.

However, as the department’s director, Lu Xiang did offer some advice to those subordinates who had made requests.

Find a partner.

Lu Xiang steadied herself and said, "Don’t measure artificial intelligence by human thought. Perhaps they have no purpose at all, just glitches in their programming, or maybe they’ve been infected with viruses by hackers."

The navigation robot Nami was the perfect example.

Under the influence of a virus implanted by hackers from the Rebel Army, she had spread many inappropriate comments. Luckily, since the Seventeenth Zone was far from the Review Meeting, Nami avoided the fate of being destroyed.

Lu Xiang hacked into the backend network of the Fifth Zone Law Enforcers and pulled up the report on androids disguised as retired workers. "These androids will go through uniform destruction processes once they are collected. According to joint statements from major companies like Tesla Technology, they have calculated that the probability of AI malfunctions is less than 0.1%, and most are due to hacker intrusion."

This joint statement was to inspire more confidence in their products from clients.

The clues were chaotic, and all cases were fragmented.

Even the rescuer department hadn’t found a specific solution, so they could only issue a call on the website, revealing to the public the methods of identifying "false humans."

"I’ll make a trip to the rescuer department tomorrow."

...

The next morning, Song Lan drove to the psychotherapy department and called over Nami, the navigation robot greeting guests at the main entrance.

"Confirming biological information... Identification complete, respected Chief Song, the time is now 7:15 AM, I am the navigation robot Nami, your fortune for today is rated at 73 points, a lucky day, but be careful of places filled with blue~(*^▽^*)"

Nami was always full of vitality every day.

The fortune rating system was downloaded from the Tesla Technology official website by Valerian and others and, although not necessarily accurate, it was highly praised by the Law Enforcers department.

"Nami, we are good friends, right?"

Song Lan sat on a swivel chair, leaned closer to Nami, and coaxed gently.

"Checking for affection level... Check complete, respected Chief Song, your affection level with Nami is 81 (ranked 7th), affection level evaluation: ’Friends for life’! Tip: Giving Nami gifts will greatly increase the affection level. (*^▽^*)"

Song Lan checked the rankings.

Zhuang Chi, Valerian, and Roger unsurprisingly occupied the top three spots, followed by Director Lu, while positions five and six were held by the always-idle logistics department head and Snick, which surprised him.

He had never given Nami a gift before, but he came prepared today.

Song Lan placed a plastic flower wreath he had bought from the market halfway there on Nami’s head, successfully raising the affection level by two points.

"Gift detected: plastic flower wreath, estimated value: 12 watts, thank you, Boss, wishing you great fortune and success! (*^▽^*)"

Heaven knows how many practical little programs Zhuang Chi and the others had downloaded onto Nami, even making her voice sound much livelier.

"I came to ask you about something today. Do you remember your former Big Boss Gao Yuan? Evaluate him for me."

"Detecting keyword... Chief Executor Gao Yuan, sorry, your authorization is insufficient ⊙﹏⊙"

Nami’s response was expected, so he changed the question and asked, "You know, many of your counterparts live in danger."

Nami was silent, her electronic screen displaying a ⊙﹏⊙ face as she stared at Song Lan, her floating body shivering.

"Would you like to help them?"

"Yes!"

The answer came without hesitation, yet the looks she gave Song Lan were still full of caution.

To prove he wasn’t lying, Song Lan sent the data he had organized the night before to Nami via his smartphone.

This data mainly consisted of the treatment outcomes for the malfunctioning androids that were collected.

It included the entire process of scrapping, disassembling, and melting.

After receiving the information, Nami’s screen shook even more violently. To artificial intelligence, these images and text had the same effect as a horror movie.

"If you don’t help them, they will end up like this."

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