I Favor the Villainess

Claire-François (first (·) circumference (·) eye (·)) perspective.

"It's Ohashi Zero. Thank you very much."

The boy who bowed like a Japanese looked much younger than the age on my profile.

I heard that Asians look younger than their real age, but that's especially true for her.

I don't think she looks much more like a researcher than wearing a white coat.

In other words, it is an atmosphere that seems to be used by OL in some company.

"I'm Claire-François, Chief. Thank you very much."

"This is Assistant Chief Raine. Nice to meet you, Zero."

"Yes"

Zero was a woman who didn't change her expression very much, and it was difficult to understand what she was thinking.

This area may be the difference between Europeans who respect self-expression and Japanese people whose virtue is humility.

But what is required here is not character or personality, but ability.

Even if she was somewhat difficult to deal with, there is nothing to complain about as long as she does her job.

"Let me introduce you to time. Time, we'll start working together today."

Nice to meet you, Zero.

"... you are the best AI in the world..."

Zero turned to time to see something noble.

The Japanese say that things are more soulful than Europeans, but is she like that?

"... you're going to be cruel."

Huh?

"No, anything."

I answered her back, but she made a fool of her words.

"So, what do I do?

Did you change your mind? Zero has just asked me a job question.

I like people who are motivated.

"Our ultimate goal is to prevent the extinction of humankind. You know that, don't you?

"Yeah, maybe."

Zero looked at me with no temperature.

Maybe?

"Here's the story. Please continue."

"... that's fine. Even if the ultimate goal is that, it's not as simple as it can be right away. For the time being, we need to deliver results that will contribute to that within six months."

I see.

"What I was expecting from you was your field of research - the quantization of souls. It's about providing research data on it in time."

I briefly explained how to enter the study data.

She seems to be brilliant and quickly gained guidelines.

"I understand."

"Do you have any questions?

"One"

I'm coming back.

"Does the project require flesh for the survival of humanity?

"... what?

I didn't know what Zero wanted to say at first.

"What do you mean?

"I believe that if the quantization of the soul is fully realized, the body is not necessarily necessary."

And I was still bewildered,

"I mean, here's the thing, zero. If you can convert a soul into a quantum and store it in some medium, you don't have to stick to the vessel called the flesh."

"That's right. Thank you, Time."

At last, I understand, but what about it?

The very concept of the quantization of souls, a zero specialty, has existed for centuries.

But it's all about fiction.

In fact, it has been a reality for more than a decade, and the idea of throwing away the flesh has to be said to be even more dramatic.

"If you have flesh, you're not human. Can you call a human being who's completely quantum only?

"As long as we are aware of the existence of the flesh, is that okay?

"... does it feel like having an avatar in the virtual world?

"That's right. If I don't feel uncomfortable with the person, I think that's fine."

I don't know.

"Even a medium that stores quantized souls needs maintenance, right? Then we still need the physical body to do it."

"I don't think humans have to do it. Isn't that all the machines have to do?

……

I was being persuaded.

Her theory seemed convincing.

However, on the other hand, I was unable to suppress my rebellion against it.

"Let's get this argument over with. First of all, please start typing data on the premise that you also need flesh."

"... okay."

Zero was as expressionless as ever, but I saw something frustrating on his face.

Still, she started working as if she were following instructions.

"She's changed."

Leaving time behind, René, who was watching our arguments in silence, whispered.

Sure, it's a little strange.

"You don't have to have flesh. Her values, aren't they a little dangerous?

"You can't, Rene. I've been uncomfortable with the people I'm going to work with since the first day."

"That's true, but..."

To be honest, I felt the same way about Raine, but from my point of view, I can't say that either.

The idea that no body is necessary is often depicted in some SFs.

But the psychology of seriously trying to implement it feels close to madness.

However, although the zero eye is hard to read from the heart, the light was extremely rational.

It is unlikely that her thoughts are captive to madness.

Perhaps that would be her conviction.

I don't know how this kind of belief will be fostered.

"Come on, Raine, do your job too. You haven't written a paper on the reproduction of fossil fuels, have you?

"Yes."

At my urging, Rene went back to her desk and started working.

When I saw it, I tried to do my job.

(Do humans need flesh...)

It was a theme that I thought about in the process of building artificial intelligence.

The human mind is deeply connected to the body, and it is impossible to build advanced artificial intelligence without a sense of the body.

There are many elements that make up the human mind that depend on the five senses.

For example, unless you eat with your mouth, you can't really make AI understand the taste or the feeling of eating.

When I made time, I gave her a pseudo-five-sensor.

I have crossed walls that cannot be crossed by a purely programmatic approach.

For me, flesh was a necessary and natural thing for humans.

But zero says that human beings don't need flesh.

What kind of experience and thinking leads to such a conclusion?

I became interested in her with disgust.

And...

(Cruel...? What the hell...?

Looking at the time, Zero certainly said so.

When you do something cruel,

I wonder what that meant.

After that, the research that reached zero showed remarkable progress.

The help she advocated to save humanity.

It was something I could not think of very much.

She came to this laboratory and in just four months she did it.

Human survival loop regression system - it was definitely a genius idea.