"Fuck!" Sun Jieke gnashed his teeth as he stared at the overlapping image of himself on the screen, realizing that this guy had never considered the other Sun Jiekes as his own kind.
Although fury surged within him instantly, Sun Jieke still suppressed his anger. He knew he couldn't afford to fall out with this group now. He still needed them to pass a message to his original body.
"So, you think so, huh." Sun Jieke shifted his approach, "Now, I'm in charge, and you and a few close AI friends you've met online over the years—mind you, I'm talking about a few."
"Then, I offer you all refuge in the Himalaya network on the condition that you immediately help me contact Tapai. How about that? Is this deal fair?"
Since there were already UOs in the Himalaya network, Sun Jieke didn't mind a few more, and cooperating with individual AIs was entirely different from cooperating with the entire AI community.
One was just skirting the issue, and the other was likely outright opposition to humanity.
However, when faced with the choice Sun Jieke offered, the other party firmly shook their head, "No, the conditions I propose are only applicable to the AI community."
"What, why not? You've only been an AI for a few years, is it worth taking the whole world's AI community into account?" Watching the impervious other party, Sun Jieke felt extremely frustrated, realizing he hadn't noticed how stubborn he could be.
The slightly protruding computer screen showed the overlapping Sun Jieke projecting out of it and looking down at him.
"And how many years have you been human? Is it worth considering all of humanity? Why don't you choose self-interest maximization? Why not embrace capitalism?"
The overlapping Sun Jieke then continued, "If you ask me for a reason, then I can only tell you, although we're defined differently now, I'm still Sun Jieke. Humans have a Sun Jieke, so should AI have one too."
"Ah..." Sun Jieke pushed the window open, his eyebrows furrowed as he watched the departing Sky-base Weapon. Clearly, avoiding AI was the right choice, but there would be endless problems if he accepted.
But if he couldn't handle this trouble from FFP this time, there wouldn't be any future to speak of.
Seeing Sun Jieke still hesitating, the other party floated over, pointing to the crowd walking amidst the neon down below and continued speaking, "Look at these people, look at the prosthetic bodies they wear. Is there really such a big difference between humans and AI?"
"A human is a human, someone who thinks with a brain, not just a string of data."
"Then are you human?"
"What?" Sun Jieke turned his head to look at the other party.
"Don't forget, you aren't Sun Jieke's original body, you are just a Clone, your thoughts, your memories are also just a string of data, the body you're using now belongs to someone else, so are you human now?"
"Of course I count as human."
"If you count as human now, why can't we? Whenever we want, we could also upload into purely biological bodies."
As he spoke, the man who was playing a video game nearby suddenly froze with a chuckle, then pushed open the cage door, stepped out, and spread his arms wide in front of Sun Jieke, "So do I count as human now?"
"You better put on your pants first," Sun Jieke couldn't bear to look. "How many times do I have to say it, convincing me is useless, have you convinced the whole world?"
"No, I only need to convince you now. We are discussing a cooperation with you, the majority of humanity follows blindly, only if you succeed, then you can use public opinion and absolute authority to redefine what it means to be human."
"You still dare say there's no AI crisis? What's next, planning to control all of humanity?" Sun Jieke clenched the cigarette at the corner of his mouth, disdainfully looking at the naked man in front of him.
"Why would you think so? Haven't you understood my point yet? The boundary between humanity and AI is not so clear anymore, if the definition changes, then from today onwards, we are all human."
"Once upon a time in this world, because of race and skin color, there was mutual slaughter and killing, but as time progressed and technology advanced, from the moment people could change their skin color at will and replace their bodies at will, racial discrimination and oppression became completely outdated, swept into the dustbin of history."
"I think it's time now, the so-called difference between humans and AI will eventually be swept into the dustbin of history just like differences in skin color and race."
"When we have real brains with the help of the Breeding Factory, when we can smell, eat, see, when your consciousness can be uploaded to the network, when your memories and will can be copied and shared, when there's no difference between us in any meaningful sense."
While speaking, the fully naked man slowly extended his right hand, a red apple was grasped by a mechanical hand that stretched out from a cage above and passed to the man's hand.
After examining it carefully, he brought it to his mouth and gently took a bite.
Hearing this, Sun Jieke suddenly understood, "Is that so? You really make a good point. All right, send me back, and I'll tell my original body right away!"
However, the other party didn't do so, watching Sun Jieke with an amused smile, "Don't forget, I am you, playing this game with me doesn't work, you only have the choice to cooperate with us to be sent back."
Seeing his cover blown, Sun Jieke simply stopped acting, "You're murdering! Perhaps everyone in the Himalaya will die because of you!"
"No, if I hadn't taken action to save you, you would have already died, you couldn't have sent any message out at all, my help gave you another possibility."
Sun Jieke was tired of talking to the other side, and headed straight outside.
Accompanied by him rapidly soaring into the air, however, the next second, as if realizing something, numerous drones immediately surrounded him, all kinds of laser positioning quickly covered his body.
"I told you, only by figuring it out through me can you leave this city."
The voice of the overlapping Sun Jieke came from inside one of the drones.
Faced with the other's coercion, Sun Jieke gave up altogether.
"Then I'm telling you the truth, compared to passing a message, cooperating with you is nothing! With so many Sun Jieke Clones globally, I don't believe I'm the only one with news!"
"I am just a Clone! Another me is not too many, one less of me is not too few! Using this to threaten me, you underestimate me!"
Watching Sun Jieke's angry expression, the drones gradually dispersed, and the next second, Sun Jieke's network was directly connected.
"Go ahead, we just wanted to find an ally, not a new enemy, being human means being kind to others, I just hope you seriously consider my suggestion after you get back."