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nChapter 25: Setting Up The AI

nDante’s goal here was pretty simple. He couldn’t be here physically all the time to lay the groundwork, but this quantum computer could handle anything he needed to since it came with an advanced system AI.

nThe AI within was not as advanced as the one in the brain chips, but it was enough to surpass anything that the humans of this earth could picture in their movies and TV shows, not to mention that was only the base AI.

nDepending on the user’s necessity, child AI with custom uses could be easily created and run at the same time as long as you supplied enough power. This was why the miniature nuclear reactor was needed, AI of this level could obviously not be powered by a wall socket.

nIn doing so, Dante would destroy every power plant linked to his apartment and damage the mini quantum computer due to lack of power on startup.

nThe mini nuclear reactor was good enough, it had a high power output enough to maintain constant use of the quantum computer without external input since the system was endlessly renewable and produced next to no waste.

nIf the people of the eternal universe were comfortable enough to let children play with it, you know that its hazard rating was extremely low.

nDante plugged the mini-quantum computer into the main port and it came to life immediately. He could tell because space seemed to warp around it slightly and bent the area around his table like a model’s poorly done Photoshop to increase the size of her assets.

nNot only that, the quantum computer connected to his AI chip and registered him as its user. This meant that even if Dante gave this to anyone else, without an AI chip and a Citizen Id, they could not use this thing.

nDante allowed the base AI to maintain a supervisory role while he created child AI. The first one was the Student AI, which would connect to earth’s internet using his name and sign up for plenty of online courses where he didn’t have to show his face.

nEven if he did, the child AI could easily replicate a 3D model of him on screen that looked lifelike, like a Vtuber sort of thing but infinitely more perfect.

nAs for the courses, there were many universities that were online and gave out such courses, some with cheap fees to gather money and some with high fees because they had accreditation that was actually worthwhile.

nDante didn’t care about that though. The AI was just to stake as many courses on diverse scientific topics over the next few months and then excel in them greatly. That way, he would build up ‘knowledge’ with ease.

nThe second child AI was the Tycoon AI, which was to make him rich. Dante did not plan to take his shabby degrees earned by the Student AI to find a job, and that would be pointless. The schools that offered these courses were cheap in the first place because no respectable company would hire graduates of such a thing.

nSo he would have to set up his own labs in his own name and be his own main researcher. Luckily, in America of today, one did not need much to set up a lab except to follow the safety guidelines, acquire the relative permits, buy the equipment and hire the necessary staff.

nIn fact, most applied science-related graduates would tell you that the hardest part about setting up a lab was the bloody money, because acquiring the machines and tools needed to run the experiments cost a heckload of money.

nObviously, the Tycoon AI was on that. How it would make money was by doing various internet jobs that were short and quick payout, like art commissions. With a quantum-level AI, you could be sure it could generate a whole anime series of top-notch quality based on a 20-word prompt in any sub-style you want, so mere commissions were nothing.

nThe AI would also write web novels and upload them to certain platforms that paid well for them. No organic author could beat its chapter upload speed and mechanical accuracy, so it could have hundreds of chapters out in a day, but obviously it would be best to tone it down to make it realistic.

nThe Tycoon AI would also develop games of all genres, from 2D anime-like games similar to dangaronpa, to 3D anime games like Genshin Impact, to 3D realistic games like The Sims, it could code anything in seconds and produce all the assets itself with slight training.𝒷𝓭ℴ𝓋𝓵.𝒸ℴ𝓶

nWhat you thought the Tycoon AI would do think like hack banks, play with the stock market, and steal money covertly from the rich? That was too naive and cliche, not to mention it was not solving the issue of acquiring clean and irrefutable money.

nWorking internet jobs like this was the only way to quickly amass money with clean electronic traces without working a physical day job, that’s why so many people do it. Even if the Pentagon, the CIA, the FBI, the other governmental agencies of America, and even the other big countries wanted to descend on Dante once he released some of his ‘findings’, they would be left speechless.

nThe boy was from a good family and his grades all his life were above average. No offenses, a very clean sex life that could not be turned into blackmail from false rape accusations nor any illegal drug use.

nThe boy was just a socially-adept handsome nerd!

nHow do you deal with someone like that?

nThey’d be more likely to believe he was a natural genius that awakened later than any foul play. After all, it wasn’t impossible for him to gather such skills given that his mother was a Chemical Engineer, so there were some ‘science’ genes in him.

nThe third and final AI was to perform the task of Assimilation and Qualification, called the Genius AI. This AI would publish some papers in various science journals that were very groundbreaking and near to the truth, but not enough to give others the boots they needed to get there ahead of him.

nIts job was basically to make his name rise to fame among the world of scientists, making even the best of the best known that there was a rising kid who seemed to be enlightened by the God of Science himself.

nThe reputation was necessary because if he opened his lab and officially published his results, the first pushback would be among the science community. They are responsible for a lot of the great technological progress we have made, but as stated, the human element stains everything.

nHubris grows where intellect flourishes, and it festers evermore.

nNone of the older scientists are subconsciously willing to accept that some brat from somewhere suddenly got up and solved the problem they had been stumped with for years, and so they would hinder it. It didn’t even matter if they took a look and felt like this was the truth, they would refuse to see the positives and only see the negatives then exaggerate them.

nHowever, if Dante had built up his rep as a wonderkid close to the truth, some may not even go against him. He might even have some fans among the older folks because scientists respect anyone who can truly enlighten them and make them marvel.

nIn essence, the goal was to change ‘where did this arrogant brat come from? Where are his qualifications?’ to ‘hm, if it’s that stellar young man, then it might be likely’.

nAfter setting them up, Dante stood back and saw that everything was beginning to run smoothly. The Quantum Computer obviously did not need plugs or ports, it could connect to any network just like his chip.

nThe Tycoon AI would take over Dante’s accounts and debts, and pay what needed to be paid while gathering the finds, the Student AI would take his credentials from his schools and then act like him, ‘studying’ online, and the Genius AI would contact various journals with his ‘minor breakthroughs’ and build credibility as well as fame.

nSeeing that everything was set, Dante was satisfied. There was also the mother AI to supervise anything and maintain the set of extensive rules and commands Dante had input to be the baseline.

nIt could be seen that in the time Dante was away, this small black box could turn the world upside down and do things no human would think possible, but funny enough, that would only be the tip of the iceberg.

nDante stepped back and nodded to himself before teleporting to the Eternal universe.

nWhen he appeared, he was in his bedroom, still seated in the place he left. Obviously, nothing had changed since he only spent a few minutes away, and Dante finally felt the fatigue that came with completing so many objectives in a short period of time.

nHe sighed and had his exosuit sink into his flesh as he preferred to sleep with little clothing on. As such, the young man lay on his comfortable bed and set the room to resemble his childhood bedroom before going to sleep.

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