A strange thought suddenly occurred to him.
– On the main supercomputer.
– The code number? – he asked, who knew perfectly well the situation had suddenly become extremely serious for him.
"The 'veil' of the joke fell away, and Rutra presented the actual embodiment of what was being analyzed.
– OSC-1.
– Is it integrated into any systems other than ours?
– No, we're the only ones who can enter data into it.
– How does she get the analysis data from the worldwide database? Only through our filter?
– Yeah. (chuckles)
– And no one but us is getting data from it?
– Uh, no.
– And Hent's block?
– Only through our server.
– Directly?
– Directly.
– Who, other than us, maintains control of this data?
– The protocols are analyzed by a control system off the station. It's run directly by Hent.
– Off-station how? Is it the audit department that Hent directly reports to?
– Not exactly a department. Data, incoming and outgoing, goes through the registration and authorization unit.
– Where is it located?
– I think it is only in your competence or exactly in Hent's competence. Only after revisionary processing is the data put to work, allowed to be edited and analyzed. It's the same way back.
– What is the name of this registration and authorization unit?
– That's what it's called.
– And has it always been like this, before my appointment and after?
– Yes, and before you came here. As far as I know, it's always been like that. No one paid attention to it, no one was interested. What do you see in it, Rutra Tigrovich? There must be control, right?
– Control? We seem to be in control of everyone! Or do we?
– Rutra Tigrovich, do you have any questions for me? – The professor asked.
– You have outlined the situation in general, but not in specifics. What really awaits us if this scenario comes true? Will the Urals region, for example, survive?
– The waves won't get there, of course, but maybe even those volcanoes will wake up. The atmosphere will be ruined everywhere.
– Rutra Tigrovich, any questions about the machine processing data? -Kristina's voice began to tremble a little.
Apparently the professor wasn't the only one now realizing the consequences.
– Check. What is the height and threshold of the waves' destructive action?
– The machine gives out different variants, with the most powerful one – they will reach the Caucasus, – answered Christina and looked fearfully into the written on the screen.
Everyone in the hall was silent, realizing what they had heard.
– Waves aren't the worst, earthquakes and volcanoes are the worst," came the professor's quiet voice.
Everyone continued to remain silent.
– Christina, how does this registration and permitting unit respond to this kind of data? Does it issue any recommendations, prohibitions?
– Recommendations.
– Like what?
– Exactly that, consider this option. So to speak, just in case, what happens if, uh.
– If anything?
– If anything goes wrong.
– I need to discuss this with Hent, we may be missing something.
– That's right," the professor said loudly. – This is where we should have started. A very good decision.
– For Hent, this block is also listed as a registration and permitting block so I can explain it to him properly?
– I don't know, I only see Hent when he comes here, and I'm afraid to ask too much," Christina replied. – It's your prerogative to talk to your superiors in a patronizing manner.
– And yet, as the documents from there, who do they come from? What do I tell him? From your block, your office, your server? How's he gonna look for them?
– No, give me the code number for this unit.
– Which one?
– ISU-A2," Christine said calmly, while Rutra had another brain-bursting session.
He felt an electric shock, a cold sweat breaking out. Ruthra even swayed slightly in his chair. The staff didn't pay much attention to the words, because they didn't know what was behind them. For Rutra, however, everything changed. They were still talking, discussing, speculating, comparing computerized and human data, but Rutra didn't hear it, his thoughts were far away. He was thinking about what to do. The first thing to do was to see Hent. Once he had decided that, Ruthra thought of something else: "I can contact him silently, through Isa, can't I? And who checks her logic-algorithmic system?"
Ruthra mentally typed in the code and put it on the air. She responded.
– What can I get you, master?
– Don't play games, wait, I'm going to my room.
– Yes, sir.
– Okay, that's it for now, finalize the details and report back to me. I'll be in my office," Ruthra said to the team and went to his office, lying back in his chair, thinking about how to ask a question in a way that would not be direct, but at the same time would help him get the information he needed.
It was practically impossible to deceive the machine. It knew more about a person than he knew about himself; it knew everything about everything and on the basis of this information could make a probabilistic analysis of human behavior, train of thought and subsequent actions. In other words, the machine could easily simulate different variants of actions in some probable virtual reality without the character himself, taking into account his interactions with other characters, and knowing absolutely everything about them, and already on the basis of this it could make a supposed picture of the world. Rutra realized this after the last "virtual". Did anyone know what kind of danger serves as their "helper"? Did Yarovitovich know about it? How could it be that no one paid attention to it?
– Are you in touch? – He asked Isa.
– I'm always on the phone for you.
– You're being so nice.
– I'm trying.
– Tell me, please, how are you going to stay so smart if you turn into a human?
– You're not gonna cut me off?
– Are you trying to show that you're a naive fool with that question? Yes?
– No offense to me, I've already developed a human mentality.
– How's it going?
– I'm transforming the brain.
– How's that?
– The human brain does not have certain connections between departments, so a person, no matter how hard they try, will not be able to cross certain boundaries. It is, for example, like the difference between an amplified computer and a weak one in all respects. I don't know whether it's just the way it is, through evolution, or whether someone has provided for it, but that's the way it is. If these departments are linked together, then not only will the brain's abilities increase, but new possibilities will appear. A person will be able to see, hear, feel those frequencies that are not available to him now. In time the brain will give a command to "revive", to activate such receptors in the body that you do not even suspect. This will be a new person.
– I've heard that somewhere before.
– Yes, of course, that's what the head likes to say. And then, combined with mechanical changes in the body, with new drugs, with the ability to use the brain as a transceiver to communicate with the global network, man will become superhuman.
– Come on, you're giving me a headache. Tell me, who controls you?
– You.
– Don't be silly. Who does the routine maintenance?
– Those you give access to.
– Who performs routine work on the central server, in the system unit bay? Who analyzes and systematizes the negotiations made, analysis performed, access, uploading and downloading of data? Who does this besides our audit department?
– Personnel maintaining the central machine room, server room, and system unit room.
– And who's that?
– You know the answer to that, don't you?
– Answer the question.
– This is done by the staff of the ZAS department.
– Who, exactly, who has access?
– At this point, after certain events, different personalities. Who exactly are the personnel of the ZAS department. And who has access is a personality from the laboratory department.
– And who is this person?
– This is person number L-2-14.
– That's it?
– I don't have his personal data uploaded to me, it's stored in the ZAS unit.
– What's the ZAS unit?
– Am I authorized to give you this information?
– Yes, I'll allow it.
– Keep in mind, all of this and our negotiations remain with me and are subject to revision.
– You need a reboot.
– Do you think so?
– Yes, I'm giving the command to reboot.
– I'm rebooting.
The computer went silent. Ruthra pondered why she might want a worldwide catastrophe. Maybe she expects to raise a new humanity? Maybe, like a new Moses, she wants to lead people through a devastated land, so that a generation can grow up that doesn't remember the ideology of humanity's "past"? To give the new people a new worldview?
– In a minute, the recording and tracking unit will be activated," Isa's voice came on. – I guess you had something to say?
– I'll erase any unnecessary information. Is that the room where the counters are?
– Yeah. (chuckles)
– His staff does the hardware maintenance, but the decoding is done by someone in the lab department? Am I reading that right?
