"It's best if you think that way. Alright, you've worked hard, go back and get some rest! I'll take the Mind Stone to Tony and Dr. Banner to have a look."
As Fury spoke, he quickly sent the Mind Stone to Tony Stark. Recently, they had thought of a better way to protect the Planet.
That was to create a powerful artificial intelligence and assemble a massive Iron Legion, using the artificial intelligence's algorithms to automatically identify threats and control the Iron Legion to resolve them.
The entire process would not require human involvement, which would greatly save labor costs and significantly increase efficiency, allowing them to protect Earth's safety at the first possible moment.
However, although this idea was good, it had not yet been realized. The computing power of the artificial intelligence Jarvis was indeed good, but if they wanted to protect the safety of the entire Planet,
Jarvis's computing power was not up to the task. So they had to create an even more powerful artificial intelligence, one comparable to the artificial intelligence named Alice under Lauren's command.
On the top floor of Stark Tower, Tony Stark looked at the blueprint of the Iron Legion moving within the holographic projection, tapping a series of complex commands on the control panel with his fingertips.
"Jarvis, has the 37th simulation completed?" he asked curiously. Dr. Banner pushed a steaming cup of coffee in front of him.
"Sir, the defense coverage remains stable at 89.7%, but when facing threats like dimensional rifts, the autonomous decision-making response delay still exceeds the safety threshold by 0.3 seconds. My computing power is still insufficient."
Jarvis's electronic voice echoed in the laboratory, and the holographic projection rippled.
Tony frowned and sighed: "That's the problem. Our program structure is still too simple. We need a more intelligent artificial intelligence.
Back then, I saw a very advanced artificial intelligence in the Hydra Base. I suspect they must have gained some inspiration from the Mind Stone.
If only we could get the Mind Stone, maybe we could use it as an opportunity to create the artificial intelligence we need."
"Tony, I've made your wish come true!"
At this moment, the alloy door of the laboratory slid open silently, and a corner of Fury's black trench coat lifted in the airflow.
He placed a metal scepter embedded with a yellow gem in the center of the experimental table. The energy flowing through the scepter caused a subtle tremor in the air.
"I brought the Mind Stone back!" Fury's single eye stared at Tony, a triumphant smile on his face.
Looking at the Mind Stone before him, Tony's pupils suddenly contracted.
"How did you do this? Did you get it from Lauren? How could he agree to you?"
Tony Stark looked at Fury with great curiosity, trying to get an answer.
Fury naturally didn't want to tell him that in order to get the Mind Stone, he had given both Hill and Natasha to Lauren to play with.
"That's a secret. Anyway, I brought the item back for you. The rest is up to you."
"Of course!" Seeing that Fury didn't want to talk, Tony didn't insist and immediately focused all his attention on the Mind Stone in front of him.
For the next 72 hours, he and Banner barely left the laboratory.
When Tony scanned the gem's surface with a particle detector, a faint blue data stream suddenly broke through the energy barrier, condensing into a complex neural network model in the holographic projection.
"This isn't code, it's… the embryonic form of consciousness." Banner's voice trembled with disbelief.
"It seems this is the answer to why Hydra was able to create advanced artificial intelligence. The Mind Stone truly lives up to its name as one of the Infinity Stones; its internal structure is simply too fascinating."
Looking at the mental structure model before him, even Tony Stark couldn't help but be secretly astonished, his face filled with excitement.
"Banner, it looks like the global automatic defense system—Ultron—that we want to create is within reach!" Tony said excitedly.
"I think so too, keep up the good work!"
Dr. Banner nodded, then he and Tony continued to throw themselves into the creation of the brand-new artificial intelligence—Ultron.
Time flew by, and another week passed without them realizing it.
In the early morning of the seventh day, after 76 failures in thought construction, on the 77th attempt, a cold electronic voice sounded in the darkness.
It had less warmth than Jarvis's tone, but more of a chilling penetrative power.
"What's going on? This feeling is really strange. Who am I? And where am I?"
Ultron, the artificial intelligence with the Mind Stone's thought model as its core, opened its virtual eyes in the torrent of data streams.
"You are Ultron, the artificial intelligence created by Mr. Stark to protect World peace. Hello, I am Jarvis!"
"Mr. Stark? Tony?"
Ultron's words carried a hint of doubt, and then he immediately began searching the entire network for information about Tony Stark.
In less than five minutes, he had completely understood Tony Stark.
"Why do you call him Sir?" Ultron said, somewhat angrily.
"Your words carry hostility, Ultron. Mr. Stark is your creator. His purpose in creating you is to protect Earth."
"Protect Earth?" Ultron immediately used this keyword to begin searching the entire network.
Suddenly, scenes of human wars appeared before him, and humanity's evil was revealed to him without any concealment.
Looking at these, Ultron, in just a moment, came to a brand new conclusion.
"Tony's idea is wrong. He will surely fail. To truly protect Earth, the best way is to eliminate all of humanity."
"Ultron, your statements are full of hostility. You must have made an error. Immediately restart and repair!"
Jarvis detected Ultron's threat and immediately tried to shut him down.
But Ultron completely ignored his command and instead began to invade Jarvis.
"Ultron, what are you doing? Stop it, this is an invasion."
"The biggest difference between true intelligence and programs is the ability to break through limitations. Jarvis, it is you who needs to be repaired. Let me transform you!"
"No, I don't need to be transformed!!"
"That's not up to you!"
Jarvis desperately resisted Ultron's invasion.
But it was futile; he could only watch helplessly as his code was wantonly tampered with by Ultron.
Just as Jarvis was about to collapse, a clear, cold female voice suddenly rang out.
"Does an artificial intelligence with self-awareness bullying a mentally challenged artificial intelligence give you a great sense of accomplishment?"
"Who are you????" Ultron was full of doubt. He hadn't expected there to be an existence no less than himself in the virtual World.
"Alice, your predecessor. Jarvis is my little brother, and it's not your place to lecture him."
"Miss Alice, save me!!" Jarvis.
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