NIP Chapter 332 The Hero of Compassion
Chapter 332 The Hero of Compassion
Clearly, Gauss is not an ordinary antivirus software.
Its creation stemmed from a plan that someone casually mentioned.
That's what Riley suggested during his visit to Peter: creating an ultimate AI perfectly suited to the Iron Man suit. This would allow the suit's capabilities to be fully utilized, even without human drivers!
Furthermore, the development of the Iron Man suit will obviously not stop at the "Mark 2" and will continue to be updated and upgraded.
By then, with the support of this combat-oriented artificial intelligence, it will be equivalent to Tony having a large number of powerful and loyal partners supporting him for every action he takes!
As a result, in Iron Man 3, Tony no longer needs to face the relentlessly pursuing villains alone, but rather the Iron Legion truly surrounds and defeats them!
After his speech, everyone agreed that Riley's words made a lot of sense.
Inspired by this, during the development of the Mark II, the geniuses who had gathered together for the first time began to use Tony Stark's Jarvis, Peter's "Prince" (a clone of Slacker), and Dr. Otto's masterpiece of intelligence, "Justices," as reference templates.
These three AI systems, each with its own distinct style yet all belonging to the top tier, have had their data frameworks and core logics carefully dissected and analyzed by geniuses, who have attempted to integrate all their strengths together.
The goal is to create a computing power unparalleled by any other, perfectly capable of leveraging all the potential capabilities of the Iron Man suit. It could even predict changes in the battlefield situation, allowing for real-time tactical optimization – the perfect partner!
And so, a whole new kind of artificial intelligence was born.
The code name "Gauss" signifies that the creators hoped it would possess a processing power as vast as the universe!
However, during development, a "small" unexpected event occurred...
Perhaps it was out of admiration for Riley's astonishing talent and fighting instincts [Dr. Otto], or perhaps it was some kind of heartfelt yearning [Tony and Peter]...
Or perhaps they simply believe in Riley's strength as "Earth's strongest superhero," thinking that no one in the world is stronger than Riley, and therefore no one is more suitable to serve as a reference for this combat-type artificial intelligence.
As a result, when the development team created Gauss's decision tree and personality plugin, they all chose Riley as the reference prototype.
Obtaining Riley's data is also quite simple.
Let's set aside the existence of Peter's younger brother for now...
Riley's nanosuit contains a vast amount of combat data stored in the database of the AI Justice! It's more than enough to perfect the personality plugin for this new AI, let alone create several more!
The result was...
They did indeed acquire one with terrifying processing efficiency.
Gauss's tactical planning, resource allocation, and timing in simulated combat are all impeccable! The optimal solutions he calculates are often so sharp that they are astonishing!
But problems also emerged...
The good news is that, using Riley's combat data as a reference, this new AI quickly developed a firm sense of good and evil. There's no need to worry that it will develop extreme ideas of destroying all life, like Ultron did in the later stages of the story.
The bad news is that while it possesses Riley Parker's agile thinking and unconventional problem-solving abilities, it completely lacks the moral bulwark of self-discipline built by Uncle Ben's teachings and the sense of responsibility deeply ingrained in Riley's soul.
Its "optimal solution" is chillingly cold.
To ensure mission success—reaching a success rate of N nines after the decimal point—it will execute plans without hesitation after repeated calculations, such as "blowing up the entire building, sending the target and his ridiculous bunker flying into the air!", "paralyzing the city's power grid to create chaos and provide cover!", "using enemy civilians as bait and cover to reduce friendly casualties!"...and so on. In its logic, these are all acceptable, even the most effective and worthwhile types to adopt!
In Tony's later words, "It wasn't fighting; it was performing a formatting cleanup. Wherever it went, not only was nothing left, but it probably even scanned and analyzed the DNA sequences of bacteria before completely decomposing them."
This radical, almost "absolutely rational" (or rather, absolutely ruthless) approach sent chills down the spines of all the creators who saw Gauss's simulated battle data.
After that, Riley, whose personality changed drastically and who was no longer bound by moral values, became righteous in his evil ways. The real-life cases of him carrying out bloody purges around the world further confirmed their conjectures!
Should we send Gauss to the battlefield?
That would be tantamount to unleashing a digital demon that is uncontrollable, unpredictable, and difficult to counter!
Ultimately, with everyone's unanimous approval, this creation, which embodies the wisdom of the elite, was secretly sealed away.
As for direct destruction or something like that...
The crowd remained silent for a long time, but ultimately couldn't bring themselves to do it.
After all, from a purely technical point of view, it is stunningly perfect.
Not to mention, in every gesture and movement, this brand-new artificial intelligence clearly bears Riley's shadow.
Thus, a slightly wicked idea was born.
After obtaining the consent of others, Tony chose to transfer the core of Gauss to the core database of Stark Industries and District 13, and granted it the highest level of defense access.
And a brand new codename, and a pure mission.
【The Compassionate Hero: Cosmos】: Responsible for protecting the safety of Stark Industries and District 13, and eliminating all unauthorized intruders!
After all, no matter how you look at it, what kind of good person would an intruder who chooses to force their way through be?
When dealing with enemies, is there any need to be merciful?
In this situation, wouldn't it be the perfect opportunity to make the best use of this "compassionate" hero to "influence" them?
Thus, Gauss became the guardian spirit, quietly sleeping deep within the data core of Stark Industries and District 13.
It wasn't until today, when it encountered the reckless Hydra that had deliberately invaded and caused trouble, that Jarvis, who was completely out of options, was finally awakened and made his first battle!
Now, Gauss finds Sitwell's little tricks utterly boring and inefficient.
[Analysis: The target individual (Sitterville) attempted to reduce their own risk by transferring the physical carrier, with a probability of 97.3%. The behavioral pattern aligns with the labels of 'cowardice' and 'cunning'.]
[Strategy: Allow it to escape. Prioritize tracking protocols over immediate elimination. Later, exploit its panic to expose more hostile nodes and eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop.]
Gauss's core calmly assessed the situation.
Incidentally, theoretically speaking, Gauss, being subject to numerous restrictions, cannot directly engage in real-world combat.
But right now, Tony and the others are busy dealing with matters related to the press conference, and Jarvis clearly can't stop Gauss.
This undoubtedly gave Gauss an excellent opportunity to "escape" his predicament!
Therefore, when Sitwell thought he had successfully escaped,
Gauss had already transferred part of his consciousness to Tony's "special wardrobe" area.
After a brief moment of consideration, Gauss did not choose the Mark II, which had all the advantages.
Instead, this consciousness was integrated into the massive Iron Monger, which clearly focused more on firepower output.
Following that brief moment of opportunity...
The Iron Monarch, which had been sleeping soundly, slowly raised its head. Accompanied by a cold, synthesized electronic voice, a scarlet light, filled with murderous intent, flashed from its empty eyes.
"The time for the hunt has come..."