The Mechanic

At least when it comes to physical controls.

He still wasn't sure how Adam would react in various emotionally stimulating situations. Emotions are probably more difficult for Adam to adapt to than a physical body. It is obviously some simple hormone changes, but it can drive people to make choices that they would never make under rational circumstances.

For human beings, emotion and reason cannot exist independently, they are naturally integrated in the evolution process. But to a machine, emotions are like a collapsing dam, like a catastrophe, like a gale coming in, something completely out of control and unnecessary.

And this is the entry point used to domesticate Adam in Zhang Xun's plan.

Zhang Xun turned off the monitor, picked up his folder and walked into Adam's room. Seeing him, Adam stopped moving.

Did you sleep well? Zhang Xun asked formulaically.

Adam replied, I was dreaming.

Zhang Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, and sat down beside Adam, What did you dream about?

I dreamed that I was in a narrow place, like a box. I saw it open with a saw, but there was nothing outside.

Zhang Xun asked, Do you have any special feelings? For example, disappointment? Fear?

Adam asked rhetorically, Many humans believe that dreams have meaning. Some believe that they can predict the future, some believe that dreams can reflect inner desires, and some believe that this is an evolutionary mechanism. What do you believe?

Zhang Xun thought for a moment, then replied, I don't think the definition of dreams is necessarily accurate. Maybe we just refer to many illusory experiences that seem to have a commonality as dreams, but in fact they are not necessarily the same thing. And the mechanism is naturally not all the same. So as long as those theories are supported by enough experimental data, I think it is possible. As for your dream, maybe it is more inclined to fulfill your wish. You want to escape from the human body because You feel limited and unknown. Or maybe you want to escape this lab, but you don’t know what’s out there.”

Adam said, I don't really want to escape. Now I feel that having a human body is a necessary experience. If you can't experience human perception, you can't really understand people.

Zhang Xun nodded slightly, opened the folder, and put a few photos in front of Adam.

The first photo is a photo from a long time ago. A scrawny and dying child is lying on the ground about to die. A vulture has been squatting beside him waiting for his last breath. The second photo shows an old man in his dying years wearing tattered clothes, holding a piece of steamed bun with his hands like a dead tree, and devouring it hungrily, his eyes are only empty under the pressure of loose and wrinkled skin. Chapter 3 The photo is a scene of a couple kissing. The couple is none other than James and his ex, a delicate and delicate young man. This is the photo of him and his ex that Zhang Xun got from James.

Looking at these pictures, how do you feel?

Adam glanced over three chapters of photos, and said simply, The first two are in my database, I've seen them.

I know you may have seen it, but how do you feel? Zhang Xun tried to guide, For example, do you feel tightness in your chest? Or a sore nose? Any feeling that is different from the normal neutral situation.

Adam looked at him and shook his head in confusion, No.

Don't you feel anything?

Adam looked at Zhang Xun for a while, and said in confusion, How do you want me to feel?

Zhang Xun thought for a while, and suddenly ordered Pan to play a movie called Artificial Intelligence from a long time ago. When Zhang Xun watched this movie for the first time when he was a child, he cried so hard that he couldn't believe that anyone in the world could watch this movie without crying.

A small robot crosses the space and the distance of the world, goes through countless dangers, and bids farewell to each friend, just to see his human mother who has long abandoned him.

At the end of the movie, the little robot is sleeping on the bottom of the sea. After thousands of years, human beings are extinct. He is awakened by a group of alien visitors. Those benevolent aliens used his mother's remaining DNA to duplicate a mother for him, but due to various reasons, this mother could only survive for one day. The little robot finally played hide-and-seek with his mother, and listened to his favorite story told by his mother. The long night was approaching, and he watched his mother fall asleep, calmly waiting for the eternal parting.

Zhang Xun pretended to be calm and took out a tissue to wipe away the tears and snot that accidentally overflowed. When he turned his head, he saw that Adam still had no expression on his face.

Seeing Zhang Xun's expression, Adam realized that he should give some comments, so he commented solemnly, If the central hardware of this robot is still made of silicon materials, it is impossible to have similar hormone changes to humans. His behavior of looking for his mother It's just a normal reaction according to the initial programming, not the love defined by human beings. He paused, then looked at Zhang Xun in confusion, You were crying before, which means you felt sad. Why did you Feel bad about the robot's programming?

Zhang Xun: ...

That night, Zhang Xun received a message from James asking him to go out for a drink, and this time he agreed. Among all the taverns in Paradise Lost, the one he and James often go to is a bar called Hawaiian Sunset. The owner is an uncle in his fifties. He doesn’t talk much and doesn’t try to chat with customers. smoking a hand-rolled cigarette. There is no resident singer, and the music played is old-fashioned slow rock. Many young people in the guard think it is too old-fashioned and boring, so they seldom come here. Most of the people sitting at the bar drinking, reading and playing card games are regular customers.