Inspector Phamorn stood calmly in front of the glass door almost in the center of the control room. He continued to stare at the double-layer safety glass door that had quite a few cracks and looked beyond into the server room that was the heart of the hospital, or data center. The server room still has its lighting and cooling systems running because engineers have retrofitted it to the system that was in place five or six years ago.

In order to provide services to patients as usual, the hospital administrators are lobbying hard. in order to open the system

that are currently in use can be returned as quickly as possible Because it is the face that shows the technological progress of the organization.

The keycard control panel used to open the server room door had burn marks on the unit, with traces of flames visible all the way up the wall. Bumblebee briefly surveyed the damage. in the server room Through the glass door from the outside The front right rack can be seen with a slight burn mark in the middle of the cabinet.

But overall, another server rack cabinet. The items placed in rows in the room should still be in normal condition. He opened the file of evidence and case documents in his hand and flipped them back and forth several times before stopping to look at a picture. It was a picture of a middle-aged man. He died while sitting with his head leaning against the wall next to the glass door, his right hand left at his side.

But holding a famous brand of smart phone loosely

The sound of the signal to open the door in front of the control room sounded and Bumblebee snapped out of his reverie. Turn around and look at the door.

Dr. Chariya, an expert surgeon, wears a smart colored skirt covered with a lab coat. Entering the room with a sassy demeanor, she is an expert at performing small-area procedures using surgical robots. Being a spokesperson to publicize the hospital as well as being a legal coordinator with Inspector Phamorn since the incident. She smiled at Inspector Bamorn before introducing another young woman who followed her into the room.

“Inspector, this is Miss Rattiya. Engineer who came to control the system in place of Dr. Nat who died...."

The young woman who Dr. Jariya introduced as an engineer was wearing long pants and a fine denim jacket. He wore a white shirt inside, looking like a teenager. Judging from their appearance, the two women were probably at least 10 years apart in age. The female engineer raised her hand to politely greet Inspector Phamorn.

“I'm really sorry, I'm not dressed very neatly. Actually, it fits the clothes I have. It will be something like this. The company in China suddenly sent me back to Thailand to look at this case, so I haven't had time to prepare anything yet.”

“The engineer wears a more polite outfit than the one I wear....”

He smiled to show friendliness. before looking down at the clothes he was wearing Polo shirt with collar With the old black police tactical pants on, he immediately felt that the dress was much less modest than the two young ladies.

“I didn't think Mr. Engineer looked this young. Nowadays, modern children are very talented. Until people from the past generation like me really couldn't keep up...”

“I understand that it might be because I am a student of Achan Nat. And being Thai, the company decided to send me to continue working on this project. Another thing....I have been working on a project on artificial intelligence with a professor since I was at university when he just finished his doctorate. especially about

This is the thesis that I used to complete my master's degree.”

“I... You.... You mean..”

“That's right. The artificial intelligence system that... Professor Nat ordered the system to be permanently shut down before he died.”

Inspector Phamorn nodded in recognition.

"What kind of work do I do for the hospital..."

"The inspector should already know. Our hospital promotes it very loudly..."

Dr. Jariya interrupted, before smiling openly at him as she began to explain according to the PR script distributed to all media to advertise the hospital's modern services.

“Ai is an artificial intelligence that takes care of and provides convenience to service users from the first step they enter the hospital. Take care of the entire records system Giving advice before seeing a skilled doctor Arranging a queue to see a doctor and giving advice about illnesses and medicines to the doctor. Intelligent pharmacist system even surgery

Ai also has a system to monitor and monitor the operation of all surgical robots in this hospital, making it possible to treat service users. Fast and accurate like no other hospital can do.”

"Apart from these tasks, Mr. Engineer, is there anything you would like to add..."

Inspector Phamorn turned and asked the young engineer again with a serious expression. She was silent for a moment. Before talking about something It's like I just remembered it.

"Uh... 2 years ago, Ai was assigned to act as a data warehouse by collecting history and information about various diseases, treatments, and patients, sorting them according to specified standards, and sending them to the central cloud in the country. China To use data mining to find trends and causes of disease.

symptoms of illness and for use in the planning of global organizations As requested..."

"Show me now I'm not doing this duty anymore, am I?"

"Still working on it. Most recently, I just sent information to the company a few days ago..."

"Does the hospital know about this..."

“I know. The company has agreed to provide maintenance to the hospital for an additional 5 years in exchange for information for public benefit. The hospital has many conditions. citing privacy and patient rights Therefore, it is necessary to conceal some information from disclosure. The algorithms we use as tools have limited capabilities.

Unable to distinguish information that needs to be blocked So the teacher and I consulted together on the network to help him learn how to differentiate. By teaching it to learn in a deep learning manner so that it can learn by itself. Through user behavior and decisions From the information in the data bank that has prepared hundreds of thousands of samples, the inspector will definitely not believe it.

We can create smart algorithms that develop new algorithms on their own, processing them hundreds of times faster than we thought.”

The female engineer explained the details that Inspector Bamorn didn't quite understand with a serious expression, her eyes clearly showing her pride in the system she had designed.

Phamron smiled in confusion. But still asking questions

“Could it be that someone is unhappy about sending information to China? It may be someone's secret information that they don't want revealed. Until it was the trigger for having to kill and silence Dr. Nat...."

Dr. Chariya disagreed, so she quickly interrupted their conversation.

"Dr. Nat died from suffocation because of the automatic fire extinguishing system. Everyone knows that. It was an accident.”

"I'm just wondering...."

"...Impossible, Master, I don't even know what the information is. Ai selects and performs all submissions himself. Even if I kill the teacher, I won't be able to stop Ai's system..."

The young engineer completely rejected that idea.

“It may be that someone ordered the door to be closed. to lock the deceased in a room The vent to reduce the pressure of the fire extinguishing system suddenly broke. cause nitrogen overdose And it's dangerous to humans. I think it's too random..."

“The inspector saw the CCTV footage from the incident and there was a fire in the server room. The room door malfunctioned. Dr. Nat picked up a fire extinguisher and smashed the glass and sat down before a fire broke out in the automatic door control panel. He was so worried about the server that he didn't think of escaping through the front door."

The young surgeon continues to express her opinions in support of her beliefs.

“That matter makes me even more suspicious. The automatic smoke detection system reported the beginning of heavy smoke nearly three minutes after the victim's attempt to break the glass, indicating that flames began after the glass was broken. The burns in the server room and control room likely occurred simultaneously.

The fire extinguishing system's pre-activation warning sounded in the control room and the deceased likely rushed out of the front door. but opposite Instead, he sat and used the phone with a blank expression as if he already knew. Front door of control room It was locked in the same way as the server room door...."

Inspector Phamorn looked into the eyes of the two girls as if asking for their opinions.

“Dr. Nat called me that night. But I didn't hear a sound. So I didn't answer his call..."

“The teacher called me from China. At that time I was playing sports in the gym. I left my phone in the locker so I couldn't hear it. When I called back, no one answered..."

Bumblebee nodded in recognition. He looked past the burnt racks in the server room again. before frowning as if thinking about something

"Mr. Engineer, that cabinet that burned down was you... I mean, did you…"

The girl in jeans approached the broken glass door and slowly shook her head in denial.

"No, er....Actually, I don't exist. It's not a tangible thing. It simply relies on the appropriate processing hardware to perform its tasks. If Inspector is referring to processing hardware, It was a rack that was lined up in the left half of the room. None of the servers that comprised it were damaged, only that she was disabled.”

"Can Ms. Rattiya be allowed to turn on her cough so she can come back to work? Right now the hospital is in chaos. People who can use old systems that don't have a control console. There will only be a few people if we leave it like this. There must be many more problems for sure.”

Dr. Jariya spoke in a sweet, pleading tone. Inspector Bhamron smiled and the young surgeon let out a long sigh. came out once Demonstrates difficulty in making decisions

“Can I have a little more time please? There must have been some reason for the deceased to order the system to be shut down before he died. Mr. Engineer If we haven't turned on the AI ​​system yet Will the engineer be able to check the information for me? that before the deceased died What is he doing with the machine?

Or what did you do to me? I understand that There must be some trace left that we can use as a clue. To lead to some explanation of the incident....Can you do it?....I request it most urgently."

The female engineer answered Bumblebee's words and paused for a moment. before turning to speak with Dr. Jariya

“Doctor, I would like information about the hospital's operating results. Shareholders and the matter......can we do it like this? If possible, I would like to check the hospital's database regarding this matter, so I would like to get in-depth information. Both those who receive benefits from various contracts related to the company

and important patients of the hospital"

“Yes, the inspector can check from this room. Or you could go check at my office. It would be more convenient than here, but all the information Ask the inspector to keep it here. Please don't take it outside because it is a hospital secret..."

“Yes... I am well aware of that. If you don't mind I'd rather go search for information in the doctor's room than stay here. I don't know how strange it feels...."

"Then please...."

Dr. Jariya pressed the door open button to exit the control room. There was a red light and a beep sounded once. The door is locked and cannot be opened. Both opening to the outside from inside the room.

"nevermind The building is probably testing the security system. It has started to get messy since the incident in this room. I'll radio and tell the staff to change to a normal key card system first..."

She smiled at the young engineer and Inspector Bumblebee. Before using the walkie-talkie in his lab coat pocket to report the problem to the building, a moment later a voice replied: All building control systems have been turned off.

Dr. Chariya pressed the button to open the door and leave the room. She radioed the young engineer, who was still in the control room.

"Just in case, to prevent an accident..."

The female engineer raised her hand to greet the two people. Before turning back into the room, Dr. Jariya led Inspector Phamorn across to another building. which are connected by a steel bridge on the second floor of the two buildings. While walking to the middle branch of the bridge Phamron turned to look at the building he had just walked out of. It was a three-story building. There is a small fire sculpture room.

There is a spare transformer building next to it, unlike the main hospital building which is a ten-story building. towering in front

"Are security systems also controlled by artificial intelligence?"

“Yes, but it is a different company's AI. and different platforms from i It takes care of both the security and utility systems of both buildings...."

"So it also has to control the fire extinguishing systems of both buildings, right..."

"Not really. Fire extinguishing systems installed at several points in both buildings. It is a specialized closed system computer with a very detailed smoke and fire sensor. Just invisible smoke It will be able to detect and send an alarm. If it reaches the level of fire It will start the automatic fire extinguishing system by activating the alarm in the fire area.

This signal informs the security system's AI to assess the situation. and warn of fires in nearby areas or the entire area will be informed in the event that the fire cannot be controlled..."

Inspector Bhamron frowned again, he was still questioning.

“On the day of the incident, did the security system warn anyone? that there was a fire that occurred..."

"The security system must have failed since that day... There was a warning only for the fire extinguishing system, but no one in the entire building knew about it. The system has crashed. So we went to the data center room and found Dr. Nat. Has died..."

Everything seemed rushed for a hectic Monday morning.

Inspector Phamorn received a call from Dr. Chariya early in the morning. She begged him to force him to come to the hospital to give her some very important advice, possibly because of the rush. Bumblebee was nearly caught by the glass door in front of the building. It only missed his body by a red pill line, he didn't care.

But still walked straight to his office. Dr. Jariya is on the second floor.

Bumblebee knocks on the office door. Even though the door was already open Before stepping into Dr. Jariya's room Still sitting tensely with the file in front of him. She took off her glasses and put them on before standing up and offering her hand to him and inviting him to sit on the chair across from him. On her desk, there were still dozens of patient files piled together. Judging from her face and the same clothes she was wearing yesterday, it was not hard to guess that Phamon was. She had probably been working all night until this time.

"Doctor, would you like to rest first? I'm just asking for your cooperation. It is not required to be completed within today...."

Dr. Jariya smiled faintly. She sat down in the chair. before starting to explain what she discovered last night.

"The inspector made an observation about the income that went into the hospital. It has increased exponentially even though users of the service have not increased. or even decreased I believe Found the cause....."

A loud knock on the door interrupted the conversation. Rattiya, a female engineer, slowly stepped into the room. Raise your hands to show respect to the two people with consideration. She was still in the same jeans jacket as Dr. Jariya.

"Excuse me, I just heard that the inspector has arrived at the hospital. So I would like to come and report the results of the inspection that the inspector asked me to carry out..."

Phamorn turned to look at Dr. Chariya. She smiled and gestured towards the young engineer to let her report the inspection results first.

The female engineer sat down in the chair next to Bumblebee. She looked flustered as if she were excited about something.

"From basic principles I tried checking all the logs and similar files on her system but it felt strange, like some parts had been edited and added to make it look more authentic and some strange code was inserted. But I was able to notice something unusual..."

"So how? I'm really sorry. I still don't understand."

"From a random inspection without an index, it is believed that Professor Nat tried to turn off the AI ​​system from the machine in the control room but was prevented by her..."

Phamorn and Dr. Chariya turned to stare at each other confusedly. The female engineer paused for a moment. So he began to explain.

"She wrote a complex code and cut off control from the control room..."

“The deceased then tried to directly turn off the server. But the door was locked so he had to use a fire extinguisher to break it down. But I was unsuccessful..." Inspector Phamorn interrupted the young engineer's explanation.

"It shows that Dr. Nat probably knew that I had made an unforgivable mistake, so he tried to shut down the system..." Dr. Jariya Adding to his opinion, Inspector Phamorn Sai Na disagreed.

"Doctor, can you please tell us what the doctor found last night?"

Dr. Chariya sat back and leaned on the back of his chair. She seemed to be trying to think of something to say that would be easily understood by Inspector Bamorn. rather than using the academic terminology she was familiar with.

“Over the past two years, some unusual things have happened. I believe Ai tries to distort information to give advice to doctors Trying to prolong treatment unnecessarily Falsified doctor's orders regarding prescription medications, including attempting to prescribe a large amount of medication. and focus on expensive drugs..."

Dr. Jariya's office was shockingly quiet at this time. Even breathing could hardly be heard.

The female engineer's voice broke the silence.

"The doctor is going to say Coughing the patient's fever It's impossible. AI is really intelligent. But it cannot think differently from the central weight, it is not human..."

“I don't know if Mr. Engineer and the deceased taught him to think on his own using some examples, but I believe that I... she is misunderstanding what the goal of her work is... "

"...the goal of her work is...profit.." Dr. Chariya added the meaning that Phamorn left out.

"impossible Or because of that smart algorithm...if she can think like a real person. You are an achievement that no one has ever achieved before.... Should I be happy or sad? She is developing her own complex way of thinking...."

The female engineer said casually. It's like you don't want an answer.

“Death is a virus that prevents Ai from achieving her goals, so she quarantines him like an antivirus program protects against dangerous viruses. When she couldn't contain the virus, she deleted it.”

“Ajarn Nat called me to warn me about this. before he could think of a backdoor he had left in the system. So he used his online mobile phone to remotely turn off the system. Before dying...."

The female engineer summed up the story at the end.

Dr. Jariya let out a long sigh before deciding to ask some questions.

"What will be the outcome of the case next..."

“I probably can't arrest an artificial intelligence for murder. It's just a matter of who was negligent or not. I don't have an opinion right now. Really dark."

"I must inform the management immediately. Please excuse me first, Inspector..."

Dr. Jariya raised his hand to pay respects to Phamorn. He was shocked and hurriedly raised his hand in greeting. She jumped up from her seat and quickly disappeared from the room.

Rattiya, a young female engineer, showed hesitation as she turned to look at Inspector Phamorn.

"Wait a minute, Inspector... There are some things I still don't understand. Unable to command the security system to close the door There is another AI controlling this system..... Or..."

The female engineer rose from her chair. She walked around and sat at her desk. which was more convenient for using the computer on the table. For a moment, she showed a shocked expression. She talks about what she found. Even though your eyes are still looking at the screen

“The strange code I was talking about. It was sent to the AI ​​security control system. He can communicate with her using a secret code that is mutually understood between her and him...."

The female engineer was still staring at the screen. Hands fidgeting on the keyboard in front of you. While still talking to Inspector Bamorn without stopping his mouth

“He closed all the doors in the control room. Intentionally causing part of the system to burn down So that the smoke detection system will work automatically. Release fire extinguishing gas to extinguish the fire. and killed Achan Nat...."

Rattiya raised her head to meet Bumblebee's eyes again and she exclaimed quite loudly.

“She sent some code to a data mine in China. The same day that Acharn Nat died...."