105 Vol 2. pt. 42 Patch 7.0: The Defiance of a Wolf and a Serpen (1/2)
Fenrir realizes something as he's walking toward the Hermetic Scholars' office. If he is able to feel how Nell is feeling at all times now, then doesn't that have some scary implications? The technology to share the feelings of somebody's heart through virtual reality is a serious deal. Couldn't that same technology be used in law enforcement? Business? One would probably be able to tell whenever somebody else is lying.
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Though, he figures that such a thing is only possible because of how the virtual assistants are essentially ”installed” inside of their brains. The assistants probably read how their humans are feeling and then upload and share that information, so feeling what somebody else is feeling is only possible through virtual reality and when both parties have AIs more or less installed inside of their brains that are communicating through a virtual medium.
”Am I right?” Fenrir thinks to Saya.
”Pretty much, Onii-chan! It's explained as magic here, but it's really just science and programming,” Saya answers.
”Still, it's scary to think about. What if one of those crazy groups calling for everybody to 'transcend' with AIs – actually, now that I think about it, you wouldn't even need both parties to have an AI in their heads. Only one person would need an AI, and that AI could just send all of their information to whoever wants to know it. What if criminals all had AIs forcibly installed in their brains to monitor them as part of their punishment?”
”Well, Onii-chan, stuff like that isn't really illegal, so maybe it'll happen!”
”You know all of my thoughts, feelings, and memories, right?”
”Right!”
”You don't share that with anybody or anything, do you?”
”Correct! Since you didn't actually read the terms of service, there was a part in there that said all information like that will not be going to any third parties or stored anywhere! Some of that stuff can be accessed in-game, but the only stuff that anybody else would ever be able to see is all stuff that has happened here in this world. Even then, us assistants will closely monitor all information being shared and are responsible for protecting anything that might be too personal.”
”Why do I have a feeling that some governments have totally gone and asked Clark for access to all this information?” Fenrir asks, standing outside of the office now waiting to finish his conversation with Saya.
”They have! It's been in the news, Onii-chan. The good news is that Jenson Clark has, as you would probably put it, 'fuck you' money. Being the smartest and richest man in the world means that governments can't scare him! I mean, he's even got his own private space station!” Saya explains.
”I wish I had a personal space station.”
”Maybe someday, Onii-chan.”
”Alright, thanks for the information. Now, let's hope that Thelmes is working today,” Fenrir says.
”Good luck, Mr. Fish Armor!” Saya teases before going silent.
With a sigh, Fenrir walks into the office.
”Fenrir!” Thelmes happily shouts as soon as he sees Fenrir.
Something looks different about the cat-goblin-thing.
He no longer has the ”cat” part to go with his goblin and thing parts.
Instead, he… has the lower body of a pig? Before, he was just standing on two cat legs. Now, he is like a pig-centaur-goblin-thing as his body turns into that of a pig's at his waist.
”Change of style?” Fenrir asks.
Thelmes looks down at his body. ”Ah, yes! How splendid for you to have noticed,” Thelmes says. ”Now, what brings you here? More experiments, perhaps?”
Fenrir holds out Rod. ”I figure you might be interested in getting to experiment with a partner gem, so are you feeling up to running some tests while helping me bond with him? I don't even know where to begin.”
”Splendid! I can already see that gem is shining much more brightly than it was when you first brought it here. Wait, did you refer to it as a he?”
”Ah, yeah, I did. I asked him if he's a boy or a girl, and he said boy.”
”You can talk to it already?!” Thelmes asks, practically jumping up and down from excitement.
”Kind of? I told him to pulse his light once for yes, two for no. Watch.” Fenrir looks at Rod. ”Are you a fishing rod?”
Rod pulses its glow once.
”Are you a boy?”
Another single pulse.
”Are you a secret lizard person in disguise trying to take over the world from the shadows?”
Two pulses.
”See?” Fenrir looks at Thelmes.
Thelmes looks at the Rod with wide eyes and an opened mouth. ”How did… how did I never consider such a thing? I. Have. So. Many. Questions. Fenrir!”
”Yeah?”