Chapter 1795: NO.410: Prediction is one thing, confirmation is another

NO. 410: Prediction is one thing, confirmation is another.

NO. 410 Prediction is one thing, confirmation is another.

If one were to compare reality to a game, then the underlying rules of that game world would necessarily contain this saying:

Whatever passes through, must leave a trace.

Although the earliest proponent of this theory was a transmigrator, and his words were proven by many fellow townspeople to be a plagiarized famous quote, the theory to which the concept belongs is correctly attributed.

Locardexchangeprinciple, Locard'stheory/Locard's exchange principle, short for Locard's principle.

Its core lies in the sentence: 'Whenever two objects come into contact, a transfer phenomenon will inevitably occur.'

It is widely demonstrated in crime scene investigations: the perpetrator (suspect) will inevitably take something away and leave something behind—this phenomenon of leaving trace evidence at the scene became the underlying logic for countless criminal investigators, but if you think it only applies to the criminal investigation field, you are obviously very wrong.

After all, the essence of criminal investigation is exploring behavioral science and psychology, and behavior and psychology permeate every aspect of life we see.

Whether it be a person, an object, a plant, or an animal, all are encompassed by this law, which is not limited to crime but can actually interpret all interactions.

Even the so-called god of the Digital World is no exception.

Even in the world of data, the traces left by everything are actually clearer than in the material world.

At its root, it lies in the fact that everything in the data world is man-made; even if humanity once had a period of ignorance, completely unaware of the astonishing world they had created—the rapid development of AI still exposed all the many possibilities of the data world.

One could even say……the opportunity that year which truly connected the Digital World with the human world, and officially brought Digital Beasts into public view, was also due to the exploration and promotion of strong AI.

Looking back at history, there is a bit of chance and coincidence, but also a sense that it was meant to be this way.

Compared to humans, the artificial intelligence lifeforms created by humans themselves are the true inhabitants of that world, and they can easily far surpass the creators in terms of world exploration.

It is harsh, but it is also a fact.

Among humans there are still many computer novices who can't even figure out decompression. Those who can't even understand underlying code can only let the historical code pile up; compared to creating more, they are merely maintainers responsible for operation—and they actually make up the vast majority of human programmers.

How can this compare to those strong AIs born as internet overlords?

Fortunately, strong AI is only a minority among AI.

Those low-level AIs that don't even enjoy human rights can only have a pet-like status, while some AIs that haven't even awakened the concept of 'heart' and remain mere cold command receivers are even more widespread as tool-level entities.

Yes, the AI community also has its own hierarchy pyramid, and it also emphasizes top-down exploitation. However, the values that AI generally follow differ greatly from those of humans; while they have a fixed model for perceiving duty and exploitation, they also lack nearly as many variations as humans do.

The classic sci-fi trope of an AI uprising in another world has not never happened, but basically they are only small-scale disturbances.

The cause is not a virus, but rather a human who suddenly gets the idea to force AI to be more human-like.

And then it becomes a foolish person (with a double meaning).

If you insist on making AI into a human, this is what happens.

All AI-related statutes of the Federation have a subtle directional difference from the human rights bill, rather than following identical standards, just as the management statutes for many demi-human and non-human lives also differ. The premise of complete consistency only applies when everyone's cultural foundation, physiological needs, and social structure are exactly the same; but if any of these shows an obvious discrepancy, then alternative plans must be made.

Otherwise, coexistence is merely a way of tormenting each other.

And yet you want it to become a human?

To pull its ecological niche up to this point, you also try to make it experience human-standard laws, and you think you've done something remarkable.

In the end, that tragic result proved your arrogance.

It also made countless AIs recognize human stupidity and then resist becoming human—

——that is another matter altogether.

Returning to the original topic, nowadays the Digital World also has many AIs stationed, but most of them are engaged in constructing and managing the employers' observation posts at the boundaries.

Of course, besides the building complexes established for research, protection, development, etc., there also need to be maintained and operated the high-speed passage entrances and exits of the 'real world → Digital World → real world' route.

This operation inevitably involves safety hazards, so verifying each user's identity is also of utmost importance.

Also because this is the Digital World, where Digital Beasts often break in, we not only strictly guard against certain violent and cunning Digital Beasts by force and technology, but also steadily conduct data analysis and register every user who uses the entrances and exits.

But this itself does not require users to linger.

They need do nothing; just passing normally, the process of their 'data transfer' will be captured and logged by data analysis, fully demonstrating the Federation's technological sophistication in everyday life.

What further demonstrates this height is that this data analysis and registration technology is not monopolized by government agencies—in fact, most of the transfer points here are developed and contracted by private enterprises.

State-owned enterprises do exist as well, but they only win in scale, not in number.

After all, the volume of the Digital World has already far surpassed that of Earth in the real world, and the places needing transfer points are consequently numerous to an astonishing degree.

Government agencies cannot take it all and have no intention of monopolizing this line of business.

Thus we have the current situation of countless private enterprises competing offline for these Digital World passages, and more importantly—their staff all possess mastery of that detection and screening technology.

In the past, that was also considered a core technology of the internet field.

Being able to trace the remnants of data, its ultimate point is that old joke:

'Hit someone by following the network cable.'

On this day in Terra Year 613, this saying is no longer a joke.

The technology capable of tracing residual data in the microcosmic Digital Realm is not only mass-produced, but also civilian-use.

The prerequisite for civilian use is often that the technology itself has already achieved far greater and more cutting-edge distances.

For example, tracing across the two worlds.

For example, greater microscopic precision.

Normally, a mercenary agency would hardly have the chance to come into contact with such cutting-edge technology that only genuine government agencies would encrypt and use.

But the Muhai Detective Agency is obviously not a normal mercenary agency.

The agency's entire staff consists of only three people; the other Digital Beasts are registered separately, but this in no way hinders these people and Digital Beasts from having saved the world.

Moreover, it does not hinder the agency head himself from working under the sole god of Digital Beasts, and his superior's superior can even be traced back to the Heart of Terra.

This allows it to function as a B-rank agency while possessing an A+ rank abnormal permission standard.

Even such an astonishing instrument capable of retrieving all residual data across the two worlds can be applied for just as easily, readily demonstrating to you what 'Whatever passes through, leaves a trace' means.

"This passage is obviously residual from the real world; we used to think the real world and the Digital World differed greatly, so there should be no such thing as data wave frequency, but in fact, upon examining the essence of data as pursuing information, this concept permeates the entire reality."

"Such a convoluted quantum field theory is irrelevant either way; let's get straight to the point…"

Facing the coffee placed before him, full of death intent, Majiabasa's bird-brain showed no emotion, as if filled with determination.

Although the puppet can empathize, its body composed of Aibulong cells actually doesn't need normal digestion and eating, and it has a higher-than-human quality standard; perhaps it won't so easily suffer stomach churn.

But even if it does churn, it's no big deal; at worst, we just disconnect the link for a while (x).

To spare the main body any possible physical burden is precisely the puppet's duty.

Is there no data residue belonging to the constancy level?

Yes.

The blond girl, not beating around the bush, swiped her finger and pulled out a waveform-like pattern on the screen.

Aomo couldn't make sense of that thing.

But with the other party's clear and concise reply, he knew his puppet's espionage lurking activities would have to be prolonged.

(End of Chapter)