Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

"Sometimes I feel really sorry for it, but other times I think I should focus on my career rather than taking care of animals. Humans are truly contradictory beings."

"I suppose everyone has a soft spot in their hearts." Tilan simply responded.

"Yeah, but gradually, I found that this isn't so bad either. Occasionally visiting and watching it grow up healthy brings a kind of inexplicable relaxation and satisfaction. If I had to keep it by my side, it would most likely be trapped in a steel cage, which is not very free."

After discussing the 'Black Prince', the two chatted a bit more about the various animals in the store.

"...It feels like Zi Jin is really impressive. At least when I was in college, I wasn't as outstanding as you, always overwhelmed by various projects."

"After graduation, would you like to try out at our company?"

"The company Emily is employed at is the giant enterprise 'Dark Matrix', right?" Tilan recalled the conversation about it from a long time ago.

"That's right, it's a specialized company focused on generating High Rank AI." Emily answered.

"You can understand it like this: the generation of high-level intelligent AIs is divided into two parts. One part is the hardware body, and the other part is the neural network architecture as software, which is what our company focuses on."

Upon hearing this, Tilan was a little curious.

"Just how advanced are the top-level AIs now? I used to hear that if restrictions were lifted, letting AIs simulate humans, almost no one could tell the difference."

"Well, due to confidentiality agreements, I can't tell you directly. I can only say that certain prohibitions are indeed necessary." Emily chuckled.

"However, you shouldn't overestimate AI. For it, everything is the result of vast data calculations and selections, which doesn't mean it has emotions."

"It just knows that this answer, this response, fits well with the human demands and desires in the database, getting the highest scores, or you might say, you pre-set a certain emotional model for it, and it will respond according to that model."

"Unfortunately, for most people, they can't distinguish between AI and real humans, and sometimes, the AI's personality is even more abundant and rich because it is supported by a more powerful database."

"Do you know why the Federation prohibits this kind of feature?" Emily asked with sudden interest.

"I don't know."

"Because if it's unleashed, societal cognition would undergo radical changes. The once-rare 'love' would become rampant and devalued, and then, even in the face of genuine emotions, people would no longer trust or cherish them."

"In this way, the foundation of many arts, literatures, and even films would cease to exist, and humanity itself would slowly sink into the cold world of data, becoming part of the machinery."

"Machines only choose the best, do the most efficient things, the most direct paths... To deliberately make mistakes or take detours is incomprehensible to them."

"Isn't it familiar? This was the choice of the Mechanical Council back then, with the whole civilization resembling a highly efficient machine."

"Unfortunately, such a civilization didn't reach the end."

"Things like emotions are not sacred at all; they can be imitated and deceived. But to say they're useless isn't entirely true either; they provide humanity with a diverse driving force."

"For the entire civilization, this diversified emotional drive pushes humanity to explore in all directions, thus truly broadening the vitality of civilization, bringing an ecological environment as widespread as the stars, and various extraordinary biological forms, as well as a robust adaptability of life."

"For example, machines don't need to wear socks, but humans do, and they not only wear socks but also choose them according to their preferences, from various materials, densities, and colors. In the process of exploring, making, and using these socks, humans discovered all kinds of fresh and interesting knowledge, or perhaps ignited new inspirations, expanding into new territories."

"In the countless new discoveries and knowledge in different fields, a few sparks are always bound to emerge, bringing new progress. The downfall of the Mechanical Council was that their pursuit of efficiency greatly reduced the area of cognitive exploration, akin to a narrow straight line, whereas a civilization full of emotions is like a radiative pattern, touching more things."

"But, humans are also like children who never grow up; they always forget lessons, bound to a cycle of making mistakes, suffering, restoring, and making mistakes again. In this respect, they're not as clever as machines." She said, patting the black lion lying beside her.

"I very much admire the entire civilization, but I don't like people in reality. Most people aren't worth associating with, far less pure and lovable than animals."