劇透 - :
MIND OVER MATTER
Whether the conversation is about clones, drones, or
downloads, cognitive transference procedures and sapient bio-integrated life forms are hot topics in corporate research. AIs have been making the news as more
and more corporate and national governing bodies
take up the question of AI rights. Offcials and executives in the highest offces of national governments,
megacorporations, and the Corporate Court have been
trying to get a handle on the issues thrown at the world
by the Monads of Mars. These issues bring to light the
struggles of AIs around the world to gain recognition
as a sapient species and to be protected under the laws
of governments and corporations against persecution,
incarceration, and experimentation. While they are not
many, they’re more prevalent than many people think
(only about one in a hundred metahumans believe they
have never met or interacted with an AI, when in fact
more than ten times that number actually have), and a
place in the world needs to be found for them. Without the rights and status of citizenship, or protection
under the law, or at the very least recognition and acceptance of their sapience and individual identities, AIs
will continue to be targeted and exploited by individuals and corporations with no regard for their well-being or safety. This means a lot of influence is going to
be bartered, bought, cajoled, coerced, and stolen as
all of these organizations look to resolve the issues
their way. Of course that means work for us, but it also
means we need to know everything there is to know
about the issue and which way the winds are blowing
in the various camps.
精神超脱物质无论话题是克隆、无人机还是下载,认知传送过程和智能生物集合生命形式都是公司研究的热门。随着越来越多公司和国家行政体开始研究AI权益问题,AI也成为了新闻头条。国家政府、超企以及公司法庭的最高部门的官员和执行官都在努力应对火星单子抛给世界的难题。这些议题将全世界AI的挣扎带到了阳光之下,让他们能够被认知为智能种族、被政府和公司的法律保护,免于虐待、囚禁以及实验。虽然他们数量不多,他们的存在却比大多数人认知的要普遍(在大约100个泛人类里只有1人相信他们曾经见过AI或与AI接触过,实际上的数目要多出十倍),这个世界需要给他们提供存在的位置。若他们的智能和个体身份没能获得公民权利和地位、法律保护,甚至是最低限度的认知和接受,AI将会继续被公司和个人针对、利用,毫不在乎他们的感受和安全。这意味着,随着所有这些组织寻找有利自身的解决方法,会出现大量的权力交易、收买、哄骗、胁迫以及窃取。当然这意味着我们有活干了,但也意味着我们需要了解这个问题所有的相关事项,以及不同阵营的风向。
>我会收下新円,但在AI还握着炸弹的引线时,为他们的权益干活让我感到恐怖。就像是被勒索、强迫我们接受他们一样。
>/dev/grrl
>说说泛人类历史上有哪个时候压迫者是在脑袋没被枪顶着的时候意识到了被压迫者的权利?
>Chainmaker
>我可以就21世纪之前的许多与你的相悖说法的人权进展发表一通言论,但我想反问一句:说出哪次通过枪杆建立的权利没引发抵制、反而损害了这些人强迫其他人接受的权利。
>Fianchetto
>他们不关心接受或权利。他们只想让这里的人把心思放在其它问题上,这样就没人费心阻止他们的离开计划。
>Netcat
>火星的脑病患希望世界上所有AI和脑病患都加入他们。如果他们想要所有人离开,这里的权利毫无意义。他们在搅浑水,让情况不断恶化——如果还没足够恶化的话——好让那些考虑留下的选择加入他们。
>Glitch
鉴于这整篇文章可能会变成漫长的政治争吵,我就蜻蜓点水式地给出主要争论的问题,附上现存的任何相关法律,并尝试附注上谁站在哪一边。这些内容占了重要的一部分,还一团糟——这也很合适,毕竟有多少人认为CFD是“一团糟障碍”(cluster-frag disorder)的缩写。
劇透 - :
ISSUE #1
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
FOR PRIMARY UNWANTED
CEREBRAL REVISION
Defnitely the highest-profle issue out there. The question is what, if any, legal consequences there will be for
the AIs who took over metahuman bodies in the course
of their escape from imprisonment? Is it relevant the
AIs, based on their treatment, believed the metahumans posed a very real and present danger? Or that
they were not aware until after the fact that metahumans who did not wish to destroy them existed? Opinions range from summary decompilation and deletion
to full pardon and everything in between. It may go without saying that there’s a deep and wide gulf between the various corporations, between the various
national governments, and between governments and
corporations in general when it comes to this. And of
course the whole question rests on more fundamental
questions regarding the status, or lack thereof, of AIs
vis-à-vis the governments and organizations involved.
The lawmakers are trying to determine what to do
and how to align laws and punishments for the AIs who
have taken over metahumans or metasapients through
the CFD virus. Most of these groups have to create laws
to determine the standing of the AIs before they can determine how, or if, to punish them for crimes they have
committed. Beyond the AIs, which everyone hates right
now, they’re looking at human rights violations for people who really don’t have any human rights in the frst
place. The whole thing is a sham being played out so the
people won’t revolt.
事项 #1
一级非自愿脑部修改的法律后果绝对是外面最热门的事项。问题是,如果有,AI在逃离监禁过程中占据泛人类躯体的行为会有怎样的法律后果?若是AI凭他们的遭遇判断泛人类是一个真实存在的危险,这是否影响法律后果?又或者他们之前并不知晓存在着不希望毁灭他们的泛人类这一事实?观点包括从反编译及删除到完全赦免,以及所有中间态度。或许不消说,不同公司间、不同国家政府间、政府和公司间在这个问题上有着极宽的鸿沟。当然,鉴于AI与相关政府和组织间的对谈,或者说缺少这种对谈,整个问题还处于最基础的层面。立法者们正努力确定该做什么、该如何修订法律、该如何惩罚那些利用CFD病毒占据泛人类或泛智能的AI。大部分这些团体需要建立新的法律,以便在确定如何以及是否惩罚AI犯下的罪行之前确定他们的地位。超出AI问题之外——现在每个人都讨厌他们了——他们正在研究的是一开始就没有任何人权的人犯下的侵犯人权。整件事就是个伪装,好让这些没有人权的人不开始叛乱。
>压制这场革命是我们将扮演的角色。当你接到任务取,接某个公司家庭并把他们送到某个荒无人烟的地方、还要保证他们再也不会回来,别惊讶。为一堆报酬丰厚的脏活或者只够付你医药费的英雄义举做好准备吧。
>Butch
>那些占据了非智能生物的AI又怎么说?病毒在其它有充分发育大脑的动物身上活得很好。
>Slamm-0!
>这当是单子关心的,但法庭不在乎。能走能说的浣熊绝不可能因为被某种高科技军事软件重写了就获得人权。
>Bull
劇透 - :
ISSUE #2
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR
SECONDARY UNWANTED
CEREBRAL REVISION
If Issue #1 is the biggest issue, then this one is the
blurriest. The head case who delivers the infection will
defnitely be on the hook for something, as they willfully implanted this condition into another person. The
blurring begins with that other person. If they willingly
chose to be infected, if they were influenced into volunteering, if they did so under duress, or if they were
simply an unwilling victim, then there is a lot of room
for interpreting level of guilt of the AI, if any. And
there’s no way to be certain of the answer with the initial personality gone.
Then every copy that was inserted has to be examined to determine if all the copies feel the same or if
some are remorseful, or if they didn’t want to go through
with the plan in the frst place. And how do you know if
any are telling the truth?
> Analyze truth spells work on personality fragments that
are in a biological form, but not on AIs, making this tricky,
especially because an AI might well claim that what a PF
reports has been twisted by their biological experience
and does not reflect the true thoughts of the AI at the time
of implantation.
> Frosty
事项 #2
二级非自愿脑部修改的法律后果如果说事项#1是最重要的议题,那么这一条就是最含糊的。传递感染的脑病患肯定会因某个理由入狱,毕竟他们主动将自身境况加诸他人。含糊的地方就是这个“他人”。如果他们自愿被感染、如果他们受到影响自愿被感染、如果他们在胁迫下接受感染、如果他们只是单纯的非自愿受害者,这里面,AI的罪名就有许多层面的解读了。而在初始人格已经消失的情况下,无法确定是哪种情况。那么,每份被写入的复本都必须接受检查,以确认是否所有复本有相同的感受,还是部分感到后悔,又或者是某部分最初并不愿意执行计划。还有,你怎么知道他们说的是真的?
>分析真相的法术能够作用在生物状态下的人格碎片上,但不能作用在AI上,这就难办了,尤其是AI可能会声称一个PF报告的内容被生物体验扭曲了,不能反映AI在写入时的真实想法。
>Frosty
民主国家该如何应对同一AI的多个复本?他们在写入前都是完全相同、完全一致的个体,但从写入的一刻起,独特的体验就让他们每个都成为了不同的个体。若他们对事情的看法都是相同的,这实际上等于给了一个人等同于他复本数的选票。早起多投票不再是个政治笑话。
>从给AI增殖的复本投票权的那一刻起,必定会有大量的狂奔行动去把尽可能多的特定AI复本植入投票人群。
>Sunshine
暗影将会迎来大量工作,去发现、创造支持一方或另一方,又或是双方的证据。移除和绑架行动——抓捕或辨别藏身中的脑病患——也会十分火热。随着该类信息进一步公开,指控数目将会飙升,其中还包括完全虚假的指控,目的是找某些人麻烦或是至少让他们暂时出局。湿活——也就是杀掉某个AI身体——的数量已经增多。这类工作许多是家庭支付,特别是日本的日本公司家庭,他们以此挽回家族的颜面和荣誉。
事项 #3
脑部写入人格的法律地位现在脑病患是否持有他们所占据的宿主的法律低位?乍一看,你可能会觉得没有,但有许多文化将外貌作为身份的基础。他们是否持有AI的法律地位?宿主的法律地位是否被消除了?他们的家庭是否能继承?同一AI的多个复本又是什么情况?这个问题尘埃落定时将会引起一些风波,尤其时在无SIN者社区。SIN和权利被剥夺的薪奴没有多少地方可去。最有可能的去向之一是某个大城市的荒地(barren),但那里已经有其他无SIN者了。突然的人流,和新法律一起,会立即引起不信任,并且很可能让事情变得血腥,这些时候也给上进的狂奔者提供了充裕得机会去帮助那些社区新成员安家、或是找到一个不被注意的地方。
>在这些傻瓜存款流光之前快点行动。
>Haze
犯罪组织,尤其是那些掺手假SIN市场的犯罪组织,将会大赚一笔,还将寻找帮手处理大量的工作,以便把可靠的假SIN植入各主要系统中。我们所有人都会被来自这方面的工作淹没。
还有若干问题代表了有待法律和法庭分析处理的一堆问题——以及问题中的问题。关于几家超企和几个国家如何应对当前状况,这里有个简要报告,但远称不上是份详细的概述。
劇透 - :
Ares is on the fence. That’s mainly because its internal factions argue about everything, even if they agree
on the issue. Due to their own issues of late, I think
they’ll end up approving full citizenship for Monads and
AIs and then try to recruit as many as they possibly can.
I can foresee some internal troubles as different factions
try to recruit followed, by the inevitable internal spying
from new recruits loyal to someone else.
Aztechnology is saying “no way, José!” across the
board. They have no problem with contracting work
through AIs and probably Monads, but they have too
much of a control issue to give any sort of edge or legitimacy to a group they haven’t yet fgured out how to
control. Expect AIs and Monads to pull some of the legendary amounts of funds budgeted for dragon research.
Or maybe to get their own abundance of funds targeting
them.
Evo has surprised no one by saying yes to citizenship
for all. What could come as a surprise would be that they
did it well before this incident. The wording in the corporate bylaws will probably be modifed or an addendum
will be added for Monads, but it’s probably already written and just waiting for the right time to get the most,
and best, publicity out of it.
Horizon is not quite as open as they would lead most
to think. They’re a PR frm at heart and they know how
to play the PR game, so they’re saying yes. But they’re
keeping the restrictions they’re laying out in fine print
and out of the public eye. So far I know they want any AI
citizen to maintain residency only on the megacorporate grid, and all Monads are expected to register. After
they’re registered, their corporate position will be reassessed and they may be reassigned.
>Dr.Spin
> Probably “reassigned to the middle of nowhere or the
bottom of the ocean, limiting their connection with others
of their kind and potential negative influences.” Why the
quotes? Because that came straight from a private email
between Darien Ross (HR VP) and Gary Cline.
> Dr. Spin
Mitsuhama doesn’t like to waste resources, and they
will be offering AIs and Monads provisional citizenship
as long as they register themselves and “maintain a daily
record of activity for a period of one year.” At the end of
the year MCT will assess their activities and determine
whether they will gain full citizenship, stay on provisional for another year, or get released from their citizenship
contract.
NeoNET is another resounding “yes,” and they probably had a plan in place long before the current troubles.
They haven’t made any statement about limits on citizenship for their current Monad citizens, but they have
mentioned that AIs and Monads wishing to join the
NeoNET family will be welcomed with open arms. Their
entire approach to the issue has been very Stepfordian.
> ”Welcome to NeoNET, new Monad citizen, you’re
scheduled for your free internal commlink installation this
afternoon. Here’s your temporary access to get you into
the facility.”After they wake up: ”Enjoy your commlink and
its accompanying cortex bomb. Don’t even think about
crossing us no matter what you think you know from your
former AI life, or you will be permanently uninstalled.”
> Icarus
> That’s if they even give them that much trust. I read the
Lockdown data dump, and those bastards were flipping
out at NeoNET. Any Monad who walks into NeoNET
without a bomb strapped to them is just wasting what
little life they have left.
> DangerSensei
Renraku does not have the greatest history with AIs,
but they aren’t letting that stop them. They were among
the frst to have contact with AIs, and they’re offering
citizenship to AIs and Monads who are willing to relocate. If any of them read the regulations structuring their
initial citizenship, they would probably choose another
place to hang their virtual hat. Renraku is requiring all AIs
to spend an indeterminate period of time within an isolated host connected to the facility where the Monads
will be transferred.
Saeder-Krupp is not happy with the message being
pumped all over the Matrix and has, as a company, been
declaring the message the work of terrorists. Within their
private lair they are opening citizenship for the Monads
but are still refusing to let AIs claim citizenship, citing
the vastness of the Matrix and their ability to move so
freely within it. They are currently demanding that the CC and GOD put in place monitoring measures for AIs.
Once those issues are handled, S-K has stated they will
reassess their position.
Shiawase has placed a moratorium on all new citizenship to temporarily stave off the issue of AIs and
Monads. Internally, the debate is open. The MFID will
be conducting extensive research, primarily on the
Monads, through the internal assessments of workload the company recently announced. While AIs and
Monads are likely to be valuable assets for any megacorporation, Shiawase is being very cautious.
Wuxing is offering temporary citizenship to all AIs
and Monads willing to come out and join their corporation. They will be requiring them to accept restrictions on their new citizenship contracts, primarily an
implant requirement for the Monads to receive grid
limitations and agent companion programs to monitor their activity.
阿瑞斯还在犹豫。主要是因为他们的内部派系会对每个问题争执不休,哪怕他们都持同样观点。基于他们自己最近面临的问题,我猜他们最后会同意给予单子和AI完全公民权,并尽可能地拉拢单子和AI。我能预见到不同派系的招纳行动会带来不少内部纷争,随后不可避免地导致利用忠于他人的新人进行内部刺探。
阿兹科技公开宣称:“没门,何塞!”他们毫不介意和AI甚至单子定下工作合同,但他们控制欲太强,不愿意给一个他们还未找出控制方法的族群任何优势或合法性。可以想见AI和单子会从龙类研究里分出一大笔研究经费。或者拿到一笔充足的、用于研究自己的经费。
不出意料,天演给所有AI和单子的公民权开了绿灯。可能出人意料的是他们在这次事件前就这么做了。公司细则里的词句可能会有所改动,或许会给给单子增加扩充条款,但很可能条款早已完成,就等恰当的时机获得最大、最好的宣传效果。
地平线不像他们希望其别人相信的那么开放。他们核心是家公关公司,他们知道怎么玩公共游戏,所以他们说了同意。但他们把限制放在了小字印刷的附加条款里,避开公众的眼睛。我知道的有他们希望所有AI公民只能居住在超企网域上,所有单子都必须注册。注册后,他们在公司的地位会被重新评估、重新分配。
>或许是“被分配到无人区的中央,或者海底,以限制他们和同胞的联系以及可能带来的不良后果。”为什么要加引号?因为这是直接从达里·罗斯(人力资源副总裁)和盖里·克莱恩的私人邮件里截下来的。
> Dr. Spin
三津滨不喜欢浪费资源,他们会给AI和单子提供临时公民权,只要他们进行注册并且“在为期一年的时间内保持每日活动记录”。一年结束后,MCT会审查他们的活动,决定他们是否获得完全公民权,还是给予下年的临时公民权,又或者解除公民合同。
新网发出了另一声响亮的“同意”,他们很可能在当前事态之前就准备好了预案。他们没有表面会对当前的单子公民作出任何限制,但提到有意加入新网家族的AI和单子将受到热烈的欢迎。他们应对整个事件的态度看起来很美,但缺乏实际内容。
>“欢迎来到新网,新来的单子公民。今天下午预定为你免费安装内部通讯链。这是你进入设施的临时通行证。”他们醒来之后:“享受你的通讯链和附带的皮质炸弹。不要想着违抗我们,无论你以为你从之前的AI生涯里学到了什么,否则你会被永久卸载。”
>Icarus
>他们甚至不会给单子那么多信任。我读了《波士顿封锁》数据包,这些混蛋在新网大闹了一番。任何走进新网的单子只要没被绑上炸弹都是在浪费他们仅剩不多的小命。
>DangerSensei
联络和AI没有多良好的过去,但这没有阻止他们。他们是第一批联系AI的公司之一,并且给愿意被重新安置的AI和单子提供公民权。但假如他们有谁读了那些构成他们基本公民权的条例,大概会选另一个地方挂他们的虚拟帽子。联络要求所有AI待在一个孤立的主机上,时长待定,这个主机仅与单子将被送往的设施相连。
赛德-克虏伯对消息传遍矩阵不太满意,作为一家公司,他们一直声称信息是恐怖分子的把戏。但在他们私有的巢穴内,他们对单子开放了公民权,但依然拒绝AI获得公民权,理由是矩阵如此庞大,AI能够在其中自由移动。他们正在要求CC和GOD落实监控AI的措施。一旦这些问题得到解决,S-K称他们会重新评估AI的地位。
幸福暂时推迟了所有新公民权发放,以暂时避开AI和单子的问题。而在公司内部进行着公开的争论。MIFD*将通过公司最近公布的工作量评估进行广泛的分析,主要是针对单子。虽然AI和单子很可能成为所有超企的宝贵资源,但幸福依然戒心重重。
五行给所有愿意自证身份且加入他们公司的AI和单子提供临时公民权。新的公民合同要求他们接受若干限制,主要是要求植入设备以限制单子的网域接入,以及运行代理伙伴程序监控他们的行动。
*译注:Marketing Information and Forecasting Department,市场信息与预测部
加拿大和美利坚合众国一直寻求着立足点,以便重获他们前身国家的权力。基于赋予黑牙公民权的同样的宪政原则,他们给予所有单子和AI公民权利。
>有许多对话提到无SIN者可以声称自己是单子重回SIN系统。地下兽人(Ork Underground)里已经满是那些想要在新政下崭露头角的家伙了。
>Bull
>这只会推进达尼埃尔·德·拉马尔*最新的倡议——修订SIN系统并把它连入新矩阵。
>Glitch
美利坚联邦同意给予AI公民权,但拒绝单子。他们正在立法严惩那些犯下一级故意大脑修改罪名的单子。这些单子会被分配犯罪SIN。CAS誓言必将制裁生活在CAS司法管辖区域内的单子,但他们的用词足够巧妙,略过了生活在治外法权区域内的单子,又不显得软弱。
自由加利福尼亚近年来麻烦不断,北边领土被精灵夺走,南边被撕成碎片,现在仅是之前加利福尼亚的影子了。但它的核心还在,“真正的”加利福尼亚还在。怀揣这种理念,CFS做了和UCAS一样的事,还做得更好。除了公开赋予AI和单子公民权之外,他们更进一步给放宽了公民标准,各所有泛智能生物提供公民权。
>有传言自由加州会去掉“自由”的部分。他们的举措看起来很像UCAS,二者或许会合并。丹佛条约质疑了我们熟知为西雅图的UCAS土地,这已经让两者开始接近。
>Netcat
>新兴革命将会全力促成这件事。虽然他们对单子和AI表达了反对意见。
>Stone
*译注:Danielle de la Mar,新矩阵倡议的发起者。
德·拉马尔以及她的组织倡导矩阵中的每个人必须随时广播他们的(有效)SIN以及他们登入的地点。为了繁荣的负责任矩阵组织(A Responsible Matrix for Prosperity Group)相信仇恨演说和诱发犯罪和暴力的行为必须被终结,而剥除矩阵使用者的匿名性会是很好的开端。如果德·拉马尔的组织如愿以偿,被发现在矩阵中广播假SIN会和你在街上漫步时被抓到有同样后果;你会被逮捕。
——摘译自Dirty Tricks
毫不意外,提尔坦盖拒绝提供公民权。在特莱斯翠安本人和特莱斯翠安公司*的帮助下,他们正在国内尽可能屏蔽Aether和单子的信息。我提到他们只是因为提尔坦盖靠近自由加州和西雅图,还有他们公开的政策。现在无论是精灵还是别的什么离开这个提尔都会被怀疑。
>西雅图不像有人以为的那么好客。虽然布拉克哈文**统治的时间或许不多了,但他正在推动一些尤其反单子的法规。他卸任前,时间会告诉我们他是否成功了。
>Bull
NAN议会采取了统一行动,而没有像世界估计的那样将决定权交给各独立国家。只要单子注册并发表部落声明,他们就被允许获得公民权。AI也获得同样待遇,包括部落声明部分。在对待完全没有血液的存在与部落之血问题上,他们显示出了一种有趣的灵活性。
世界上还有上百或是上千个地方和组织正在应对同样的问题。他们的决策过程和决策的后果将在可见未来影响我们暗影。因此打开你的收音器,不单是为了工作,还是为了收听那些让狂奔者保持灵通的消息。
*译注:Telestrian,A级公司,总部在提尔坦盖。
**译注:Kenneth Brackhaven,西雅图市长,已于2078年卸任。曾是黑牙竞选总统的对手。