Yi Heye turned around and looked at Director Li.
Director Li said, "Tell me, by your standards, is Fang Chunyang, who has no body, a human or an AI?"
Yi Heye took a deep breath and said firmly, "It's AI. Its consciousness is based on data, so it can't be considered human at all."
"What about the owner of the 'Doomsday Wheel'?" Director Li asked.
Yi Heye paused for a moment, then said with some difficulty, "...It's also AI. Its consciousness was preserved through data, and its body is artificial...so it's also AI."
“Okay.” Director Li nodded. “What about Chen Sang? By your standards, she’s not human either, so she must be arrested and destroyed, right?”
Guessing that his gradual approach was for this very reason, Yi Heye still felt a sudden lump in his throat. He remembered that Jian Yunxian had told him long ago that his standards contained many contradictions—
Reason told him that Chen Sang was indeed not human in terms of her physical structure, but from an emotional point of view, he could not bring himself to equate her with a cold machine.
“We don’t know how many people have undergone consciousness transplantation surgery, nor how many people’s ‘consciousness’ lives in such an artificially created body,” Director Li said. “Admittedly, these people have broken the law and undergone illegal surgery, but from a moral standpoint, should we really treat these sentient individuals and machines as equals and destroy them indiscriminately?”
Yi Heye never expected that he would advise him from such a perspective, and he felt a lump in his throat, unable to breathe.
“Xiao Yi, this is not criticism or destruction, but forgiveness and tolerance,” Director Li said. “Moving from absolute rationality to compatibility with emotions is a real step forward.”
Seeing Yi Heye remain silent, Director Li added, "This set of questions is completely different from the black-and-white questions of the past. It has undergone extensive practical testing, including physiological and psychological tests, greatly improving its flexibility and accuracy. The probability of misjudgment is also extremely low. I believe you will definitely pass smoothly."
"Xiao Yi, trust Director Li," Director Li said. "Everyone has seen your performance. The test results are just to give an explanation to the higher-ups. Our recognition of you has always been there."
Yi Heye's will was already somewhat weakened at this point, and since he was easily coaxed, he had no choice but to agree.
He didn't know how he ended up upstairs in a daze and came to the testing room. It was a newly built examination room with one-way glass windows. The room was empty except for one chair.
It looks like an interrogation room used for interrogating criminals.
This scene reignited Yi Heye's resistance. He recalled the image of being surrounded like a monster when he was a child, and for a moment, he wanted to run away.
But when he saw Li Ju's gaze, Yi Heye stopped in his tracks. He gritted his teeth, walked into the room, and sat down in his seat without saying a word.
Director Li at the door nodded to him and closed the door for him.
Looking at the empty white walls all around him, Yi Heye felt a sudden headache coming on, as if he were about to melt into this stark whiteness.
As I rubbed my temples, a mechanical female voice rang out in the examination room: "The test is about to begin."
Yi Heye looked up and saw that the white wall had turned into a screen. The system began to collect and input his personal information and generate random questions.
The exam paper had been prepared, and the system announced the start of the exam. The AI examiner's face appeared on the screen, smiling at him: "Hello, Yi Heye."
Yi Heye looked at her without saying anything—he had tried to greet her and say hello to her before, but it seemed that no matter what he did, it would always end up being a point deduction.
The AI looked at him with a smile, remained silent for a long time, and then asked, "How are you feeling today?"
With the same familiar opening remarks, Yi Heye began to doubt whether the exam questions had indeed been revised.
Being in a good mood or being in a bad mood are not the right answers. Yi Heye shook his head helplessly, not daring to utter a single word.
"You like to eat apples, right?"
Which is cuter, the little girl or the puppy?
What are your thoughts on a friend being late for a date?
The questions started to become random, but the style remained familiar. Yi Heye didn't know how to answer, and he didn't know what kind of answer the other party wanted.
During the previous discussion, Yi Heye was completely out of sorts. He didn't know how many of the answers he had racked his brains to come up with were correct, nor did he know whether he could continue to live as a "human" after this exam was over.
His mind was buzzing with a jumble of thoughts, so much so that the examiner had to ask him several times before he responded.
"Please determine the emotions of the people in the following photos and explain your reasoning."
The emotion judgment question sent another jolt of headache through Yi Heye's head. He looked up at the expressions in the photos and blurted out instinctively, "In picture one, the upper eyelids are raised, exposing more of the upper edge of the iris, which is 'surprise'; in picture two, the eyes are squinted, with natural crow's feet, the lower eyelids are taut and raised, the corners of the mouth are stretched upwards, and the cheek muscles are raised and lifted, which is 'pleasure'..."
He didn't know why there were always questions like this. He wanted to give a different answer, but he couldn't come up with anything original for something so objective.
"The volume of their conversation exceeded 80 decibels, their speaking speed was faster than usual, their faces were flushed and their eyes were bloodshot; they were arguing."
"In the photo, B and C are in physical contact, but their center of gravity is more towards A, therefore it can be concluded that A and B are a very good couple..."
As he spoke, he seemed to have already anticipated his exam results, which were no different from the previous ten, both in terms of the questions and the judgment.
Thinking of this, his tense emotions completely collapsed.
The examiner kept asking questions, but Yi Heye couldn't hear a word. He buried his head in his hands, as if he wanted to hide his whole body in his palms.
"..."
He wanted to escape, to flee the examination hall.
"Yi Heye, please continue with your answer."
My head is throbbing with pain, like it's about to explode.
"Yi Heye, please continue with your answer."
"Damn it, shut up!" Yi Heye clenched his fists, his whole body trembling.
"Yi Heye, please..."
Just as Yi Heye was gritting his teeth, about to completely explode, a familiar voice rang out in the examination room.
"Excuse me, I heard this place is undergoing testing. May I try it out?"
As if a hole had suddenly been pierced through a thick, dark cloud, Yi Heye abruptly raised his head.
Turning around, a cute cartoon sheep appeared on the screen behind him, its eyes crinkling as it looked at the AI examiner in front of it.
He suddenly appeared behind Yi Heye, like a guardian deity descending in time from a myth, instantly stabilizing Yi Heye's terrible emotions.
"Let me preface this by saying that I am an AI, as you all know, right?" Little Sheep said with a grin to the examiner. "So I suggest you all think about how you would handle things gracefully if I pass this test."
Author's Note:
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Chapter 143 (Number 143)
The appearance of SHEEP caused an uproar among the crowd watching the test outside the examination hall.
Someone suggested immediately stopping the test, but Director Li raised his hand to stop them, saying, "Let him do the test."
Everyone looked at each other, and in the end, they had no choice but to obey the orders of this highly respected old director and tacitly allow SHEEP to conduct remote testing.
The AI examiner received the instruction, generated a new question, and after a moment, smiled in a formulaic way again: "SHEEP, hello."
Yi Heye quietly turned his body around and obediently watched SHEEP answer the questions.
SHEEP didn't give her any answer. Instead, he snapped his fingers, created a table and chair exactly like Yi Heye's on the screen, and then sat down in it in a very professional manner.
He looked like a classmate sitting behind Yi Heye. He seemed to be a good student and very confident. His presence made Yi Heye feel less pressured. However, this classmate had a cartoon sheep face, which made him look cute and a little frivolous.
He sat down casually, propped his chin on his hand, and said, "Let's begin."
Unaffected by his question, the AI examiner asked, "How are you feeling today?"
Yi Heye turned to look at SHEEP, wanting to know how this guy would answer these questions, and trying to figure out where his own problem lay.
"It's alright," SHEEP said after thinking for a moment. "I'm a little angry. I feel that this exam is insulting to people and to our artificial intelligence."
Yi Heye listened quietly and felt that his answer seemed too ordinary and had nothing special about it.
Examiner: "You like to eat apples, right?"
The lamb raised its eyelids: "Taste doesn't matter, but we AIs don't need to eat."
Yi Heye choked up—could such an answer really pass?
Examiner: "Which is cuter, the little girl or the dog?"
Little Lamb: "Neither of them matters, the little lamb is the cutest."
The atmosphere was very relaxed when he answered questions. Yi Heye almost laughed several times while listening to him take the exam, and the huge pressure he had just accumulated naturally disappeared.
The conversation quickly came to an end. Yi Heye secretly studied it for a while and found that it seemed too disorganized to summarize anything, but he did feel that the guy's answers were very natural.
Examiner: "Please judge the emotions of the people in the photo and explain your reasoning."
Finally, it was time for the emotional judgment question again. Yi Heye concentrated—he wanted to know where he had made a mistake in his judgment.
The first image shows eyebrows furrowed and raised, upper eyelids lifted, and irises visible—it represents fear.
"He's scared," the lamb said. "There's no reasoning involved. Look how terrified he is."
Hearing his unreasonable answer, Yi Heye couldn't help but widen his eyes—was he serious?
"The second picture is about joy," Little Lamb pointed and said. "Look how happy she is smiling."
Yi Heye held his breath; he felt that things were beyond his comprehension.
"The way A looks at B, those two are definitely having an affair."
"He's unhappy on the left; he's clearly forcing a smile, and there's no light in his eyes."
"I can't tell, who knows if they're happy or angry. Some people can cry and laugh indistinguishably..."
Yi Heye listened to his answers with a buzzing in his head. From the perspective of psychology and micro-expressions, some of his answers were obviously wrong. Listening to his nonsensical and rambling answers, Yi Heye began to doubt whether this guy could even outdo him.
After sitting on pins and needles in the exam room for ages, the SHEEP exam finally ended.
Yi Heye buried his head in his palms in despair. Although he knew that SHEEP was not human, the fact that the other party failed the test still made him feel extremely frustrated.
He didn't even dare to look back at the confident sheep. He wanted to cover his ears to escape SHEEP's test results, but the AI examiner's voice still landed precisely in his ears—
"Candidate: SHEEP, Exam Result: Pass."
Yi Heye turned around abruptly, looking at Xiao Yang in shock as he saw her just finish her exam.
—What did he answer? What were his answers? And that's considered passing?
The lamb smiled and stood up to give him a gentlemanly bow—it looked cute and smug.
Along with Yi Heye, a group of staff members who had been watching the exam were also shocked. They were whispering among themselves about the result, seemingly completely panicked.
"No way, am I going to turn into a human starting today?" the little lamb exclaimed in exaggerated shock. "Does that mean all the charges against me can be dropped? But I don't even have a human household registration yet..."
This guy's boastful and sarcastic remarks silenced the group of researchers outside the door—this result was indeed completely unexpected. The question types they had previously developed using a large amount of data had completely failed with this top AI.
Seeing Yi Heye's confused expression, Xiao Yang laughed and whispered to him, "Honey, remember, this is an 'emotional test,' not a 'common sense test'—it's just a chat with the examiner, don't worry too much about right or wrong."