Chapter 43: Some people are happy to be fathers, while others are still pure virgins
The next morning, Ai Yue woke up to the sound of someone banging on the door.
"You're awake, Dr. Ai Yue."
Prometheus' voice reached Ai Yue's ears immediately: "Dr. Vill-V has been waiting for you outside the door for one minute, fourteen seconds and twenty-one. According to her current emotional state and the pre-built behavioral logic model, if you don't open the door for her within fifteen seconds and seventy-nine seconds, she will choose to break in."
"Here we go!" As Prometheus calmly stated, Ai Yue had already finished putting on his clothes and other actions. "Stop smashing it, or the door will leak!"
"Who told you not to get up at this hour?" After the door opened, it was Vill-V who looked impatient. "I got up early to see Prometheus earlier. Do you know how long it takes to get here from Asia?"
"You're from Asia?" Ai Yue rubbed his eyes. "Why, the shelter has been built there?"
"A big shot above hired me to design a shelter for him at a high price," Vill-V said as she squeezed her way into the door. "He was very generous with the money, and I'm short of funds right now, so it was natural that we hit it off."
"Why are you short of money again..." Ai Yue shook his head, "Why do I feel like you are either asking for funds or on the way to asking for funds?"
"Genius creations always cost money!" Vill-V replied, "Prometheus? Come out and let me see!"
"I'm here, Dr. Vill-V." Prometheus showed his projection image, "Nice to meet you."
"Oh, that's great!" Vill-V carefully observed the projection of Prometheus, "You are worthy of being my child!"
"Don't get too complacent," Ai Yue came over from behind, "Rose's successful birth was mainly due to me. You didn't do anything except providing the supercomputer."
(TL: Rose is the nickname that Ai Yue gave to Prometheus )
"You can't say that," Vill-V shook her head. "Supercomputers are the foundation for the rapid growth of artificial intelligence. Without such hardware foundation, even if you can create Rose, what's the use? Do you have to use those broken computers you had before for Rose?"
"I think what Dr. Vill-V said makes sense." Prometheus nodded. "If I didn't rely on supercomputers as the basis for calculations, my ability would be greatly reduced. So without the efforts of either of you, Prometheus would not be born in the world in its current form."
"If what Dr. Ai Yue said is true, then the two doctors are my parents."
"Yeah, that's a good way to put it." Vill-V nodded and smiled happily, "So Rose, don't call me Doctor from now on. Just call me 'Mother Vill-V'!"
"Okay, Mama Vill-V." Prometheus followed suit. "Dr. Ai Yue, should we also change your name to 'Father Ai Yue'?"
"No, not for now." Ai Yue looked strange. "Let's not talk about the tendency to take advantage of others in this matter. Calling me like this only makes me feel like a ghost father who uses his daughter as a laborer."
"I see. Let's keep the original name for now." Prometheus nodded and looked at Vill-V again. "Mom Vill-V, what are you doing here today?"
"Ah, I almost forgot!" Vill-V just remembered something at this time and hurriedly walked out the door, "Ai Yue, come and help!"
A moment later, two people came in from outside carrying a huge box.
"What's this?" Ai Yue put down the box, "Don't tell me this is your luggage. You're going to live with me from now on, right?"
"What are you thinking about? Spiral Workshop is my home." Vill-V rolled her eyes at him, then opened the box, revealing the various electronic devices that were carefully packaged inside. "This is an upgrade kit for the supercomputer. I'm here to upgrade Rose's hardware."
"Thank you, Mother Vill-V." Prometheus said obediently.
"Don't be polite," Vill-V waved her hand nonchalantly, "When you become really powerful, go help mom get all the money in those big shots' accounts..."
Before Vill-V finished speaking, Ai Yue quickly covered her mouth: "Don't teach the child carelessly!"
As an artificial intelligence, Prometheus's education problem has always troubled Ai Yue. If it is led astray by Vill-V, a self-taught super wild person, it will be really difficult to deal with.
Prometheus blinked but said nothing.
However, a yellow bean-shaped expression indicating thinking appeared on her head again, and it was obvious that she had taken Vill-V's words to heart.
'Mother Vill-V wants the money in the big shot's account.'
"Okay," About half an hour later, Vill-V finally finished upgrading Prometheus' hardware, "How do you feel, Rose?"
As the supercomputer was restarted, Prometheus reappeared in the room. She closed her eyes, and the twin ponytails behind her head seemed to be blown up by invisible air currents, straight into the sky: "I have restarted, and I feel good. The current processing power has increased by 5%, the computing speed has increased by 12%, the overload redundancy has increased by 10%, the memory storage space has expanded by 20%, and the comprehensive ability has increased by 16%."
"16%? That much?" Vill-V touched her chin. "Strange. According to my plan, the improvement from this upgrade should only be around 10%."
"Because of the algorithm optimization performed by Dr. Ai Yue, I was able to maximize the performance of the hardware." Prometheus said, "Please don't use the standards for judging ordinary artificial intelligence to measure me, Mother Vill-V."
"Hehe, you are so proud." Vill-V smiled. "If that's the case, I have to work harder. I'll bring more powerful upgraded hardware next time!"
After saying this, Vill-V pulled the empty suitcase and left without looking back.
"Really swift and decisive." Ai Yue shook his head and refocused his attention on Prometheus. "Okay, Rose, do another self-test."
"Understood. Begin self-test." A series of data flashed through Prometheus's eyes, and then she closed her eyes. The two drills began to fly again. "Who are the key targets for testing?"
"Your mother Vill-V installed new hardware for you." Ai Yue shrugged and sat down on the chair. "I don't believe she didn't prepare a loophole or a backdoor. This guy is a repeat offender."
Ai Yue, who is familiar with Vill-V's character, naturally would not allow the other party to leave anything that might cause hidden dangers on Prometheus. Super artificial intelligence, which has exceeded the current limits of human technology, can only be completely mastered in his own hands, Ai Yue can feel a little more at ease.
Alas, this is the weight that the savior has to bear.
"An abnormality has been detected." Prometheus opened her eyes, and the color of her pupils turned a darker red. "Do you want to eliminate it?"
"Let's rule it out, although that guy will definitely not give up." Ai Yue shook his head and picked up the tools beside him. "That's great, let's use it as a means to stimulate you to become stronger."
Just then, Ai Yue suddenly picked up his cell phone.
It showed a new message from "Dr. Mei".
"Mr. Ai Yue, please come to my office as soon as you receive this message. I have something important to discuss with you."
"What time is it now?" Ai Yue looked at the watch and couldn't help shaking his head. "Kevin, you didn't do anything last night, did you?"
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