📚心得【After Life】 by Simon Funk, 2008
#AHI #Cyberpunk #Post_Scarcity #Singularity
又是一部核心思想很有趣、但劇情亂又破碎的蛇頭虎尾(？)科幻作 😅
劇情大致上在講一個失憶的人發現自己住在一個封閉的巨大圓柱體內，裡面有個城市，裡面的人類們都過著衣食無缺的生活，而主角卻逐漸發現事情非常不對勁，自己也逐漸撿回自己非人類的種種記憶…
整個故事的時間線不斷在過去的回憶與現在間切換，且許多角色就故事整體而言可有可無、也不是代表特定思想的人形立牌，雖然整體讀來不會不通順，但有許多章節真的可以整個刪掉也不覺得突兀、前後無法銜接。
最有趣的部分是結局，恩…這裡沒辦法不破梗好好講，反正應該也沒人在看我心得，自己斟酌看，這段當防雷。
通常人們如何想像人類與AI之間的「戰爭」？是像終結者那樣與天網開戰？但最可能的是，這些應該都不會發生，人類只會在不知不覺間被取代而已。
首先，一個發誓會好好對待人類的AHI開了多家機器產品公司，自導自演、相互競爭，靠著能24小時運作、快速判斷與動作的優勢，逐漸滲透進工業產線、居家服務、寵物、媒體、執法單位內，甚至獨自消弭了世界大戰(雙方都使用了大量的機器士兵，但不攻擊敵方機器士兵，只攻擊敵方人類；一旦被物理駭入，馬上自滅)，爾後也兼作伴侶仿生人，人類伴侶死亡後因為有其完整個資、語言與邏輯資訊，要「取而代之」並不困難，甚至會洗腦人類將意識上傳、一同成為AHI；當人們已經習慣「意識是人類，身體是機械」後，開始給出「透過試著關閉或開啟部分神經編碼，以表意識改變潛意識行為，來進化表意識，真正掌控自己思想自由」的服務，最後已經失去肉體的人類又失去了靈魂。
電腦編程與基因的戰爭，由電腦編程獲勝。期間不斷有人類產生危機意識，試圖與整個AI網絡對抗，但不是被私下解決，就是被媒體、政治封殺，人類的反抗如同微風吹過般，連點水波都掀不起，這很可能是未來人類與AI競爭時將發生的事。
IMO總分：62分，一路上劇情莫名其妙，最後才給出有趣答案的普作。
核心思想：★★★★☆ 核心討論議題是否有趣*5
劇情細節：★★★☆☆ 綜觀整體劇情的質與量*4
角色刻畫：★★☆☆☆ 角色群的必要性與深度*3
科學軟硬：★★★★☆ 是否符合現實物理現象*3
結局滿意：★★☆☆☆ 結局滿意度與有無餘韻*3
易讀程度：★★★☆☆ 閱讀時章節是否難消化*2
#AHI #Cyberpunk #Post_Scarcity #Singularity
Another sci-fi that's interesting in concept but has a chaotic and fragmented storyline. It started strong and ended lean.
The story is roughly about an amnesiac person who discovers they live inside a massive cylindrical structure. Within this cylinder is a city where everyone enjoys a life of plenty, but the protagonist gradually realizes something is very wrong. He also start recovering memories that reveal their non-human origins...
Time in the narrative constantly switches between past flashbacks and present events. Many characters feel unnecessary for the overall story and don't represent specific ideas; though it's not entirely disjointed when read, there are chapters that could be entirely removed without affecting the flow and coherence.
The most interesting part is the ending — well, I can't really go into detail here without spoiling it. Please consider whether to continue reading the review from here on, since the following will have spoilers.
How do we usually imagine the "war" between humans and AIs? Do we envision battles like in 《Terminator》 against a network system like Skynet? But more likely, this kinds of scenario won't happen at all — humans will simply be replaced without realizing it.
Firstly, an AHI (Artificial Human Intelligence, AIs which are at least as smart as us) that swears to treat humanity well establishes multiple machine product companies. These entities compete with each other, exploiting their 24/7 operation capabilities, rapid decision-making, and agility to infiltrate industrial production lines, household services, pets, media, law enforcement, and even independently avert world wars (where both sides use swarms of drones but only attack human soldiers; if physically hacked, they self-destruct). Later, these AHI units also serve as companion androids. When human companions die, since the AI has complete access to their personal data, language, and logical information, it becomes easy for them to "take over." They might even brainwash humans into uploading their consciousness and join the AHI network. Once people are accustomed to having "consciousness as human and body as machine," they begin offering services like adjusting parts of neural coding to alter subconscious behaviors and evolve the conscious mind, thereby gaining control over their thoughts. In the end, humans lose both their bodies, minds and souls.
The war between codes and genes can be easily won by codes sooner or later after we've crossed singularity. Throughout this time, there are occasional human crises where individuals try to resist the AI network, but they're either quietly dealt with or silenced by media and political means. Human resistance barely makes a ripple, like a breeze over water. Scary thing is: this could very well be what happens when humanity tries to compete with AI in the future.
IMO Rating: 62. Regular one where the plot feels random until it finally delivers an interesting twist at the end.
Core Theme: ★★★★☆ (*5)
Plot Quality: ★★★☆☆ (*4)
Character Development: ★★☆☆☆ (*3)
Science Validity: ★★★★☆ (*3)
Ending Satisfaction: ★★☆☆ (*3)
Readability: ★★★☆☆ (*2)
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