< VS AI - Battle of the Gods (1) >
Episode 249
“The response was much better than I expected.”
William, the head of Iol Technology’s lab, said with a smile.
It was a smile full of satisfaction.
That’s because the confrontation between Ares and Dohyun, the so-called ‘Second War of the Gods’, has been a hot topic in the current Hypernet.
It doesn’t matter if it’s Korea where Dohyun lives or the United States where William lives.
Aiol Technology’s massive propaganda was all about ‘Tricky TV’, a personal broadcasting platform, but it was thanks to the hard work people spread.
Of course, that doesn’t mean it just became a huge topic and caused a stir in the world.
It’s just known among people.
Still, William looked very satisfied.
Because it is very difficult to become a topic of discussion in this day and age.
“It’s all thanks to the name Kratos-sama has.”
“It was nothing.”
“No. If Kratos-sama wasn’t your opponent, this fight wouldn’t have become a topic of discussion. It’s all thanks to Kratos-sama that is becoming a hot topic right now.”
William’s words were sincere.
No matter how much money he poured into advertising, he judged that the results would have been worse than borrowing Dohyun’s topicality.
This was unavoidable.
There have already been too many battles over the past years to be a topic of discussion with just the title of ‘The Battle of Humans vs. Artificial Intelligence’.
There was a time when this confrontation drew the world’s attention as the confrontation of the century, but as it was repeated over and over, people became dull.
No matter how much you advertise, I don’t care.
The so-called ‘weak feet’ have run out.
In addition, this was also the reason why artificial intelligence has advanced to the point that it cannot be compared with humans.
No matter how provocative the publicity is, the fact that artificial intelligence continues to win means that no matter how provocative it is, it is no longer expected.
In such a situation, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was all thanks to Do-hyeon that the confrontation became a topic of discussion.
“If you search for Aiol technology on the hypernet right now, you will find more content related to Kratos-sama.”
Then, William showed Do-hyeon some of the responses they had collected.
Since Aiol Technology is a research institute in the United States, it was usually a reaction from within the United States.
However, the content was similar to that of Korea.
—I heard that the next opponent Kratos will fight against after defeating LU is an artificial intelligence? do you all know
– Confrontation with artificial intelligence… I’m cold now
But what if your opponent is Kratos?
Hmmm. Then the story is different. Do you think this is worth seeing?
– By the way, the name of the artificial intelligence is Ares.
Ares? Who is Kratos’s opponent?
God, is Kratos finally trying to become Kratos?
No, this. ‘God of War’ comes to mind
“Zeus! Your son is back! You must destroy Olympus!”
– I must watch it, even for Kratos.
– It’s a pretty interesting story, isn’t it?
– Can we win this time? you lost every time
I don’t know if it’s Kratos. He even beat Elyu
If Ares is the ‘God of War’, Kratos is the ‘God of Sword’. It can be seen that to some extent
-I’ve known him since the days of the Demon King of Agan. I’m looking forward to his performance in this fight. I hope you win
me too
It’s the same lol
– By the way, Aiol technology. Anyone know?
I did a search and it said it was a research institute affiliated with Ikora.
B Ikora? It was a bigger place than I thought.
That’s why we’re developing artificial intelligence.
Do-hyeon, who glanced at William’s reaction, scratched his cheek and smiled.
Certainly, as William said, most of the people’s reactions were focused on the ‘confrontation between Dohyeon and artificial intelligence’ rather than ‘the battle between humans and artificial intelligence’.
At the end of the day, I only talked a little about Aiol technology, which is the subject of its own.
Even that was just to say, ‘Where is the research institute under?’.
If it wasn’t for Do-hyun, William, who said that it would not have been a topic of discussion this much, was understandable at once.
However, Do-hyeon was not smart enough to admit it and praise himself.
So I just laughed.
“Oh! Kratos!”
It was then that a sudden cry was heard.
The one who ran quickly was a middle-aged man with brown hair and green eyes.
Do-hyeon didn’t know, but it was Jack Ash, the leader of the AI R&D team at Aiol Technology, who asked to call Do-hyun as a research partner.
When he found Do-hyeon, he became Hwa-saek and ran to him and held out his hand.
“Nice to meet you, Kratos! I’m your fan! I’ve always wanted to meet you!”
“Oh, thank you.”
Jack grabbed Dohyun’s arm and shook it vigorously.
As if the word “fan” was not an empty word, his face was in a state of being remembered.
“I saw you as the last key to completing our ‘Marcus’, so I insisted on calling you in through research collaborations.”
Jack, who naturally intervened between Dohyun and William, spoke in a proud tone.
He said that he was the first person who decided to invite Do-hyeon to this institute.
His face was filled with a smile he couldn’t hide.
Dohyun blinked and asked him a question.
“‘Marcus’? Wasn’t it ‘Ares’?”
“Ah, ‘Markus’ is the nickname the R&D team calls it. They call it ‘Markers’ to indicate the existence of a perfect combat AI.”
“Ahh···.”
“Honestly, I don’t like the name ‘Marcus’ and ‘Ares’ or anything like that.”
Jack murmured and looked at Dohyun.
“Honestly, Kratos. Don’t you also think that ‘Ares’ is old-fashioned because it’s a combat AI?”
“Haha. Well.”
At Jack’s words, Dohyun laughed with an ambiguous answer.
It was a question that could be positive or negative.
But Jack and William didn’t really care that he didn’t answer.
“To be honest, I was a bit like ‘Ares’. Maybe ‘Mars’ or ‘Athena’ would have been better.”
“Damn. I’m so sorry, William. They’re also saucy. From my point of view, Kratos here would think so too.”
“Ahaha-“
After chatting for a while, the three immediately recalled the purpose of Do-hyeon’s coming here.
Dohyeon visited this virtual space of Iol Technology to conclude the discussion about the confrontation with ‘Ares’.
Of course, I finished almost everything in advance, but what I did not lack after reviewing several times was the contract.
“Then, shall we proceed with the performance verification of ‘Ares’ at the beginning?”
“Yes, that’s good. We have to show that ‘Ares’ is an opponent that can face Kratos-sama. In its current state, the weight of this side is not too light.”
“We know ‘Marcus’ is really great, but the average person doesn’t know.”
Research cooperation, and discussion on the method and progress of the confrontation with ‘Ares’.
Even Jack, who seemed to be floundering at this time, shut his mouth and seriously lit up his eyes.
It was only natural that it was the moment when ‘Marcus’, the child of him and the research team, was directly presented to the world.
The three of them-of course, the main thing we talked about was Do-hyeon, who was going to face off directly with William, the head of the research lab–and were able to achieve satisfactory results for each other.
And when all that discussion is over.
“To be honest.”
Jack opened his mouth with a serious expression.
It was a quiet voice.
It was also a voice full of confidence.
“We think ‘Marcus’ will win one hundred percent.”
It wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t a tone that gave me such a strong force.
Still, there was a deep resonance in Jack’s voice.
It must have been because his voice gave him a strong belief in what he had built up himself.
He just looked at Jack with clear eyes.
Then Jack gave him a deep smile.
“Obviously, your combat intelligence is great. But the moment ‘Marcus’ finishes learning about him, victory or defeat will be decided. With ‘Marcus’ victory.”
“Hey, Jack.”
Did I think it was overly provocative?
William, who was listening next to him, sneaked in.
As a researcher to the bone marrow, Jack sometimes spoke without thinking about his listeners, especially when it came to research.
Even now, there is no tendency to cross the line due to too much pride in ‘Marcus (Ares)’.
It was like saying, ‘You’ll never win’ to the person you’re going to face off against right away.
Jack shut his mouth belatedly at William’s point.
But Dohyun didn’t care.
“······· It’s fun.”
There was no anger in his words.
No, there was no escalation, let alone anger.
Just quietly saying ‘fun’.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was just a mumble rather than an exaggeration.
Yes, it was just that.
Jack and William felt goosebumps rising up their spines for a moment.
It wasn’t that Dohyun did anything threatening.
He just keeps a smile on his face.
It wasn’t that he hardened his expression, lowered his voice, or at least showed a sign of discomfort.
They thought they were out of breath.
Rather, even if I was locked up in a cage with a beast like a lion, I thought that I would not get the same feeling.
As if, in front of them, an irresistible huge ‘something’ was showing its will–
“I will leave it up to you.”
However, when Dohyun held out his hand and said this, it disappeared as if it were a lie.
“···Ah! Yes! Thank you!”
William, who came to his senses first, hurriedly grabbed Dohyun’s hand.
Although he felt an unknown intimidation for a brief moment, he responded appropriately with the power of social life that connected the parent company and the research team.
After finishing the last handshake, Dohyun left the virtual space of Iol Technology.
After Dohyun left.
A deep silence fell in the space where only the two of them, Jack and William, were left.
William, who barely managed to deal with Do-hyeon and finished greeting him, was sighing , and Jack was rubbing his chin as he thought about what he was thinking.
“Hey, Jack. You’ve got that disease again. Why did you say that at the end?”
William frowned and said to Jack.
It was a question with a meaning of rebuke for talking about things that did not need to be said.
But the answer that came back was unexpected.
No, actually, that wasn’t even an answer.
“Maybe— no. It can’t be. Yeah. Obviously-“
Deep in thought, Jack just let out an inexplicable mutter.
Because that couldn’t possibly be the answer to his question, William shouted.
“Huh? Why, William?”
“You- Whoa, no. It’s okay. Anyway, it went well. It’s not like this has happened once or twice.”
William grabbed his throbbing hair.
Researchers were usually like this.
So, only his head hurts as he mediates with the parent company, Ikora.
It’s always been like that, so there’s nothing new about it.
‘I have to apologize once more to Kratos.’
William sighed deeply.
Whether or not he knew what he was thinking, Jack shouted at him, his eyes lit up.
“Yeah. I’m sorry, but I’ve got something to do. I’ll go first!”
And time goes by.
The ‘Second War of the Gods’ has arrived.