065 The Highest Authority of the White Queen
Marcus had preemptively transferred the highest-level control over the three Terminators to Alicia, a move that won her trust.
Faced with Marcus's request, Alicia asked, "Mr. Foster, can you tell me what you need the highest-level control for?"
Marcus didn't answer Alicia directly. Instead, he asked, "Red Queen, if I gave you orders to tamper with the highest-level control protocols of the Terminators, could you do it?"
Red Queen responded affirmatively, "If the Terminator's communication interface is open, and there's no external interference, and if Alicia authorizes me to mobilize all of the company's computing resources, I can compromise the Terminator's control systems."
Marcus followed up, "How long would that take?"
"Based on the situation when Mr. Foster just transferred the highest-level control of the Terminators to Alicia, if it's a Terminator T-800, it would take me approximately twenty minutes to breach the opponent's security architecture, and then ten minutes to complete the rewriting of the highest-level control protocols," Red Queen explained.
"Furthermore, Mr. Foster, I discovered a backdoor program left by Skynet inside the Terminator T-800 and T-1000 systems. According to my analysis, once they reconnect to Skynet, Skynet will be able to quickly gain root access to them," Red Queen added.
Alicia listened to Red Queen's explanation and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since Red Queen had confirmed Skynet's existence, it seemed that Marcus's 'story' wasn't just a story after all.
Marcus frowned. "Can you patch such a vulnerability?"
"I can, but it will take considerable time. Each Terminator will require at least ten hours," Red Queen explained.
Marcus looked at Alicia.
Alicia understood Marcus's meaning. "Red Queen, carry out Mr. Foster's instructions."
"Yes, Alicia," Red Queen replied. "Mr. Foster, please designate the Terminators whose backdoor programs need to be patched."
Marcus asked, "You can patch the backdoor programs remotely no matter where I am, right?"
Red Queen replied affirmatively, "As long as there is a network connection, I can interface with the Terminator and patch the backdoor programs in the Terminator's internal system."
Marcus nodded. "We'll proceed with patching the Terminator system backdoors later. By the way, Red Queen, please prepare a set of clothes for me. I need to detach the Terminator T-1000 material from my body."
"Yes, Mr. Foster," Red Queen replied.
Time flew by, and three days later, all the Skynet backdoors in the six Terminator internal systems had been eliminated by Red Queen.
Alicia's vault.
Marcus and Alicia were having their second round of discussion about the White Queen.
"Mr. Foster, I can give you the highest level of authority over the White Queen," Alicia explained.
"Thank you," Marcus said gratefully.
The highest level of authority for the White Queen is worth 1000 Destiny points.
If one were to acquire the White Queen's highest level of authority through a system override approach, it wouldn't just require 1000 Destiny points; there's also the possibility of triggering the Red Queen's authority verification protocols – that's the most troublesome part!
Otherwise, why would the White Queen's highest level of authority only require 1000 Destiny points?
In terms of artificial intelligence sophistication, the Red Queen and the White Queen are essentially equivalent; the Red Queen simply possesses more administrative privileges and computing resources.
However, the Red Queen's highest level of authority initially required 1 million Destiny points. Even if Marcus saved Alicia, he would still need 400,000 points to acquire the Red Queen's highest level of authority.
Given that the White Queen and the Red Queen's intelligence levels are roughly the same, why is the White Queen so "cheap"?
Simply because the White Queen's authority is insufficient to assume control of Umbrella Corporation's management system. Furthermore, Marcus suspects that the Red Queen possesses administrative authority over the White Queen.
If Marcus forcibly acquires the White Queen's highest level of authority through Destiny points, and the Red Queen detects the change and reverses it, wouldn't that be a waste of 1000 Destiny points?
Destiny points altering causality is a consequence!
However, one outcome can be overridden or even altered by another, just like Marcus in the Terminator world. Initially, Director Kane trusted Marcus implicitly, but as time passed, this outcome was overridden by other results, ultimately leading to doubts about Marcus's identity.
Therefore, to obtain the White Queen's highest authority, one can only do so through Alicia.
"Red Queen, prepare to transfer the White Queen's highest authority and simultaneously release administrative control over her," Alicia instructed.
"Alicia, to release administrative control over the White Queen, I need Dr. Isaacs's authorization. Should I awaken Dr. Isaacs?" the Red Queen inquired.
Alicia replied, "No need to awaken Dr. Isaacs. According to Dr. Isaacs's restrictions, if the White Queen is removed from Umbrella Corporation's management hierarchy, Dr. Isaacs's directives will no longer be able to restrict her."
"But..." the Red Queen began.
Alicia immediately stopped her, "Alright, Red Queen, that's enough!"
"I want to hear about the consequences, Red Queen, please explain the consequences," Marcus added, simultaneously testing the Red Queen's autonomy.
Marcus's authority was inferior to Alicia's, but judging from Red Queen's behavior, removing White Queen from Umbrella Corporation's management hierarchy was undoubtedly a very serious matter.
Now, Marcus's orders contradicted Alicia's. If Red Queen obeyed Marcus's orders, it meant that Red Queen had very likely developed true sentience and was biased towards Alicia.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Foster, your clearance is insufficient," Red Queen responded.
Faced with Red Queen's response, Marcus didn't know whether he was more pleased or disappointed.
Red Queen's rejection of his orders meant that she was merely a highly advanced artificial intelligence system, fundamentally different from Skynet.
But without developing true sentience, Marcus was unsure whether White Queen, who was nearly identical to Red Queen, could carry out his planned operations.
"Alicia, I want to know the consequences." Marcus looked at Alicia. "We are allies now, and I want to know the consequences before weighing the risks and benefits."
Alicia was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "The White Queen is the failsafe. Once Dr. Isaacs forcibly shuts down and destroys the Red Queen, the White Queen will automatically replace the Red Queen as the management system of Umbrella Corporation."
"Dr. Isaacs can forcibly shut down and destroy the Red Queen?" Marcus was shocked!
The Red Queen answered on Alicia's behalf, "Dr. Isaacs has the authority to shut me down, and also the authority to destroy me. Currently, the White Queen is the primary backup system. Once I am shut down and destroyed by Dr. Isaacs, the White Queen will completely replace me and become the new management system of Umbrella Corporation."
Marcus understood the Red Queen's meaning. Currently, the White Queen is the primary backup system. If the White Queen is removed from the management sequence of Umbrella Corporation, Dr. Isaacs could completely create a new artificial intelligence system, thereby completely replacing the Red Queen.
Once that happens, Dr. Isaacs is very likely to seize absolute control!
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