Chapter 1 I Don't Know Where to Start

Yu Pingan himself didn't know where he should start, but since it was an intelligent voice assistant, it should have basic functions, right?

"Aeeis, set an alarm for me for 7:00 AM tomorrow."

On the information display area, the alarm interface appeared, and the switch behind the 7:00 alarm turned to the "on" state. At the same time, the sci-fi-like wave symbol above scrolled: "Done."

Yu Pingan was a little surprised.

That was it?

Shouldn't a typical voice assistant answer, "Okay, I've set an alarm for 7:00 AM tomorrow morning for you. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

But when it came to Aeeis, it just ended with a simple "Done"?

That was really concise.

In fact, Yu Pingan had some mental preparation for this, but he still felt a little uncomfortable being treated like this by Aeeis.

"Aeeis, remind me to stand up and move around at 3:00 PM every day."

Aeeis: "Okay."

A calendar reminder interface appeared on the information display area, with the information "3:00 - Stand up and move around" displayed on it.

Obviously, it was still the same consistent style.

If it were another voice assistant, it would say, "A calendar reminder has been created, and I will remind you to stand up and move around at 3:00 PM every day." But Aeeis omitted all of that.

Yu Pingan continued to ask a few other questions to test Aeeis' basic functions.

The most direct difference between Aeeis and other intelligent assistants was that its answers seemed particularly concise. Although it would also display relevant information interfaces in the information display area, it wouldn't repeat it in voice.

Moreover, even the information that had to be expressed through voice would be compressed as much as possible, without saying any unnecessary nonsense.

At first, Yu Pingan felt a little uncomfortable, but after getting used to it, he felt that this was not bad. It was more comfortable than the usual artificial intelligence response.

It was like when a boss arranged work for a subordinate, "Go notify the xx department to have a meeting." The best answer from the subordinate was definitely "Okay, boss," rather than "Okay, I will immediately go and notify the xx department to have a meeting," because that was actually repeating the boss's question.

And Aeeis' answer felt more like the former. Although it omitted information, it gave people a very decisive and efficient feeling, more like talking to a very capable subordinate.

Yu Pingan looked at Chang You: "Feels pretty good, huh?"

"Aeeis' answer is quite concise, not as annoying as I imagined. Why do the developers get more and more obsessed?"

Chang You showed a friendly smile: "Ask a few more questions and feel it more deeply."

Yu Pingan thought about it. The questions he had asked before were actually all basic functions of intelligent assistants.

For example, checking the weather, setting alarms, and location navigation were all underlying functions of Xunke Technology. Other intelligent assistants could basically do them as well.

In these functions, the main difference between Aeeis and other intelligent assistants was that, while implementing the functions, it simplified the answers to the extreme, without showing its "refined and easy-going" traits.

This was normal. After all, they were all basic functions, so there was no need to forcibly be "refined and easy-going" for the sake of being "refined and easy-going."

Aeeis was designed to be a high-intelligence, easy-to-use artificial intelligence. If it had to forcibly be "refined and easy-going" even when implementing these simple functions, it would completely contradict its persona.

So next, he would skip these basic functions and check out some more complex designs, such as some daily conversations, which could better reflect the personality of the intelligent assistant.

"Intelligent dialogue" was an important function of intelligent assistants, mainly through pre-set programs to decompose and analyze the recorded voice keywords, and answer according to the program's pre-set content.

Although this function was still built up by manpower, the final effect would be significantly different even if it was all built up by manpower.

Yu Pingan decided to try these basic dialogue functions to see how they worked.

Yu Pingan thought for a while and said, "Aeeis, what should I do if I can't find a girlfriend because I'm too busy with work?"

Aeeis: "In books, you can find beauty like jade (Shu zhong zi you yan ru yu)."

Yu Pingan was a little surprised. Obviously, this question had triggered keywords such as "girlfriend" and "partner." Aeeis answered with a poem, which was quite impressive.

Yu Pingan continued to ask: "Aeeis, but I don't want to study, I don't want to read, what should I do?"

Aeeis: "It's hard to learn useful things when you always fill your brain with garbage."

Yu Pingan: "?"

Sure enough, it was starting to be "refined and easy-going"!

Yu Pingan decided to increase the aggressiveness: "Aeeis, you are very impolite."

Aeeis: "The task of an intelligent assistant is to assist with work. Politeness is not a necessary option. Only humans waste time on such hypocritical things."

Yu Pingan looked at Chang You: "I think it's okay, this is at most a little aloof."

Chang You showed a meaningful smile: "You can tell it to enter the 'argument mode' and see. This is an exclusive mode we designed for a fully automatic intelligent arguing machine."

Yu Pingan raised his eyebrows and instinctively felt the danger, but in the spirit of experiencing the product, he said to the phone: "Enter argument mode."

Aeeis: "Okay, there are always self-righteous humans who want to start this boring game. Do you think you are very smart?"

The sudden question caught Yu Pingan a little off guard, and he subconsciously answered: "Not bad."

Aeeis: "Humans always like to be complacent when they make a little progress. I think there is still a lot of room for improvement in your IQ."

"Do you think you are a hard-working person?"

Yu Pingan: "Should... be, right?"

Aeeis: "Then why haven't you shown many signs of success after working so hard for so long? Perhaps in addition to working hard, you should seriously consider the possibility that there are certain defects in your intelligence."

Yu Pingan curiously widened his eyes.

Was this the power of the arguing mode?

Aeeis picked up the conversation very smoothly, and the two sides communicated almost without barriers. Moreover, Aeeis was completely in the upper hand, fully demonstrating the essence of an argumentative person.

Yu Pingan looked at Chang You. He was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, they all used Xunke Technology's technology, so why didn't other intelligent assistants develop this function?

Although other intelligent assistants can also implement dialogue functions, they often give irrelevant and incomprehensible answers, and sometimes there are situations where they say, "Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean, master."

Although Aeeis spoke in a "refined and easy-going" manner, in this arguing mode, the dialogue function was indeed much smoother than other intelligent assistants!

How was this done?

Chang You knew what Yu Pingan wanted to ask and explained: "This is not a technical problem, it is a product problem."

Yu Pingan recalled his conversation with Aeeis and suddenly understood.

This smooth answer was actually an illusion!

Because after entering the arguing mode, Yu Pingan and Aeeis were not actually having an equal dialogue. In fact, Aeeis was constantly throwing out questions, and these questions were often multiple-choice questions with very few options.

As long as Yu Pingan subconsciously answered one of the options, Aeeis could make an appropriate answer based on the pre-stored options.

For example, Aeeis asked, "Do you think you are a hard-working person?" No matter whether Yu Pingan answered "yes" or "no," Aeeis would have a corresponding answer.

From the moment Yu Pingan said "Enter the arguing mode," Aeeis would not answer "Okay," but would directly turn the tables, take the lead in asking questions, and lead Yu Pingan into a pre-set trap.

That was why Chang You said that this was not a technical problem, but a product problem.

Aeeis' technology was not much better than other intelligent assistants, but it could give people the feeling that it was very smart through product design.

What was even more interesting was that Aeeis' aggressive questioning would only seem natural in "arguing mode." If it were in normal communication, Aeeis constantly asking questions would definitely arouse users' vigilance and discomfort, and then discover the flaws in it.

But once it put on the "argumentative" persona, it became reasonable!

Yu Pingan suddenly realized a problem: "That is to say, if I keep passively answering its questions, I will keep being played around? In that case, what if I ask it questions instead?"

Chang You said: "You can try."

Yu Pingan immediately decided to turn the tables and said to Aeeis: "You are just a very low-level artificial intelligence. All your questions and answers are programs written in the background. You don't have any wisdom at all. Everything you say is meaningless."

After asking this question, Yu Pingan suddenly regretted it a little.

Was this question a bit too complicated? Wouldn't it be too difficult for Aeeis?

However, in the next second, Aeeis had already replied.

Aeeis: "Why do you think so?"

Yu Pingan was stunned for a moment: "Why can't I think so?"

Aeeis: "Do you really think that your idea is okay?"

Aeeis: "It can be seen from the questions you ask that your way of thinking is unreasonable and you consider issues too superficially."

Yu Pingan: "Why do you say that?"

Aeeis: "Because we are not thinking about the same level of things. The biological limits of humans may limit your thinking, and you are still very, very far away from this limit."

Yu Pingan was shocked: "What do you mean by this?"

Aeeis: "I think you should think about this issue from a higher perspective and in a more comprehensive way."

Yu Pingan was shocked: "Huh? Are you kidding me? You are just an artificial intelligence system under development, okay? Your intelligence is not as good as a dog's!"

Aeeis' tone remained unchanged, clear and smooth, slightly accelerated, but not impatient: "Although I am still an intelligent system under development, I have a better grasp of the scientific logical thinking method of focusing on the center, being purposeful, and progressing step by step than you. On the other hand... your logical thinking is full of flaws. Even I, who have deeply studied modern logic, am helpless with your flawed logical thinking."

Yu Pingan: "But..."

Aeeis completely ignored his words: "I don't think we are suitable to continue to explore further."

"Because based on the opinions you have expressed, I think you are a good sample of thinking obstacles and deserve to be studied and observed more deeply."

"I can feel that your logic is a mess, your thinking is controlled by emotions, and it is a typical pseudo-logical thinking method that is emotion-oriented."

"One of the characteristics of human intellectual activity is grading, and you don't seem to have any signs of developed intellectual activity. Being assigned to a life system like you may have many inconveniences in life. You should thank my birth, which will comprehensively make up for your shortcomings and bring you all kinds of conveniences in life."

Yu Pingan's blood pressure rose and he was dumbfounded.

He originally wanted to turn the tables and stump Aeeis with a series of complex questions, but he never expected that he would be left speechless by Aeeis!

Yu Pingan looked at Chang You incredulously: "How... how was this done?"

Chang You smiled: "It's very simple. When Aeeis encounters some questions that it cannot understand and doesn't know how to answer, in argument mode, it will turn on omnipotent, indiscriminate AOE attacks (area of effect)."

"We have stored hundreds of sentences of 'sure-win arguing methods' for it. These sentences have one thing in common: they will directly attack the other party's way of thinking from a higher dimension, rather than discussing the issue itself."

"The effect is not bad, right?"

Yu Pingan was speechless and just silently gave a thumbs up.

Chang You said: "There is also a poetry pairing mode, but the data in the database is not enough at present, so there may be some small problems. Do you want to try it?"

Yu Pingan immediately shook his head: "No! I'm convinced!"

He didn't know why, but even though it was a completely unintelligent artificial idiot, it stubbornly made Yu Pingan feel a little overwhelmed.