Two weeks had gone by while Emma focused on his assignment. He only went outside once. And it was to scavenge for food at the junks yards. After staying around the junkyard for close to three months. Emma had discovered the locations and times when there would be good food for eating.

Most of the time, Emma searches for can food. If it was the old Emma, he may have ventured out of the lonely facility. But Emma now, he knew if he did not have something of value. He will be disposed of like a waste. And he refused to live a life of waste.

Inside the glass room. A continuous tapping could be heard. It was the keyboard echoing in the quiet room. Emma was sweating under the AC when he wasn’t able to solve an algorithm question with the time almost up. Lily, his teacher was monitoring his progress.

[Time up!]

Baum!

Emma banged the keyboard. He stared at the rows of code on the screen, dejectedly. ‘Where did I got it wrong?’ Without running the code. He knew some things were missing in his algorithm. But he could lay his finger on it. He took a deep breath for Lily to evaluated him.

[2% security safe. While your typing speed is gawd… 0.005%. You’re goddam slow.]

Emma exhaled. “How many errors?”

[Do you need to ask?]

“It evaluation. I need to know.”

[Tsk…2% should give you an appropriate answer. Anyhow as your teacher. I’ll tell you. You wrote 150,000 lines of code with a loophole of 1000. There is a 20,000 redundancy line that wasn’t needed.

Emma had been mentally prepared for the knockout. But the reality shook him to the core. He became restless. He didn’t have the motivation to look at the monitor again.

[My estimation was just on the face value. If it was Ai, then your code will breach in a matter of seconds. Don’t even talk about me. Because I don’t see a firewall.]

“You’re not helping. Don’t you know how it feels? To put all your effort into something and later be told it was rubbish. Goddammit!” Emma banged the keyboard, marching out of the glass room.

[…]

Shortly, Emma returned into the glass room with an apple in his hand, munching it slowly. He was much relaxed than before. He stared at the big screen looking at the set of code in a daze. It was Thunder programming language, good for it security. Emma was creating a four-layer security firewall but everything went down the drain.

[Are you in the right mind to continue the lesson?]

Emma nodded. “What is your thought on my code? Any advice?”

Shortly, Lily lectured Emma on how to set up a solid security firewall. As the lecture continued, Emma was shocked at how Lily modified the same code he wrote to produce a better secured one. ‘I’m still far behind.’ After one hour, Lily finished his lecture.

[A good security doesn’t have a beginning or an end. It’s infinity]

” Thank you”

[Enough of security lesson. How’re the others coming up.]

“I have progress better in both than Thunder. The parallel is good for machine learning while I Tudor simulation is the best. I tried to create a simulation with parallel but it was a hell of a difficulty with so many drawbacks. While Thunder could not perform any deep learning like parallel. Truly the three are the best in their field.”

[What do you think is the fundamental of all these Languages?]

“Mathematics of course.”

[So your math and physic will take another notch.]

“Sure. I’m ready for it.” Emma paused “Since you said I should not download the Ai suit on the net. I want to create my own.”

[I know. Do you forget we’re one? Whatever you see I see. Only your thought is obscure to me.]

[Do you know the requirement?]

“Yes, I have sturdy all the Ai architecture on the net. Besides, with the new technology, you taught me. I believe I can create something OK according to your standard.”

[Now let me ask? Do Ai you wanna build. Will it be your primary Ai or what?]

“I don’t know. Just wanna build some that assist me in my task.”

[Then, you better not create it yet.]

Emma was puzzled. “There many types of Ai suits like on the web. I can easily download one and start using it. But you say no. Now, I want to create my own you said no again. Are you kidding?” He said in annoyance.

[If you don’t control your emotion. You won’t know how you die.]

Emma took a deep breath, calming his racing heart.

[I have taught you something you can’t ever know on your own. If I meant bad for you do you think I teach you? Why are you so stupid? Do you want everything to go your way every time? If I asked you not to do it for a year. You should know I had my reason. And you didn’t bother to ask. You start spouting nonsense from that your foul mouth not using his brain.]

Emma: “…”

[The millions of people that will read your emotion and toy with it like their plaything. Musclehead.]

“—S-oo-ry.” Emma inhaled and exhaled. “I’m sorry. That won’t happen again.”

[If sorry could solve everything, why would there be the law, the police, and the judge.]

“I know I fumbled. It won’t repeat it again.”

[Good! As your teacher. I won’t dwell on it any longer.]

Emma rolled his eyes with a bitter smile on his face. “Thanks. Why did you ask me not to create the Ai?”

[First, you can’t create a giant Ai in a day or year. It takes time and development. Let me ask you. If you create this Ai. You want it helps you in your mathematic, physics, and many more in the future. Right?]

Emma nodded.

[That’s why I asked you not to create the Ai. You need to understand. Do an Ai grow.]

“Yes”

[How?]

“They learn through their neural link compare old data with new data and store the appropriate data it in their dataset.”

[Good. When your Ai had to turn into giant Ai. Do you think it will be easy to manage or correct if there is an error? The answer is no. And besides, A single Ai cannot master every field proficiently. If it tries. There would be many loopholes in calculations and accuracy. While the issue of security will be there. Do you get what am teaching you?]

“Yes. What I wanted to create is childish won’t help me on the long run. It may later turn into a burden for me.”

[So how do you solve this issue…]

Emma thought for a while but he couldn’t find the proper answer. All the Ai he saw on the web had only one function. So he couldn’t think of a way. Emma shook his head. “I don’t know yet. I will have to ruminate about it.”

[Ah! Ah! You have your teacher as your guard. I will surely perform my duty…]

Emma: “…”

[Cyclemorphism and Flip Flop Spiral gates. What does it mean? You create a central Ai. The brain for your work. While you will create smaller AIs with specific functions. The smaller AIs will revolve around the Main AI or core AI. Then the Flip Flop Spiral Gates makes the connection between all AIs to be unique and efficient. With this technique. You can develop your Ai seamlessly while upgrading them will not be a hassle. Do you understand?]

“Thank You. I know I can’t do anything without you.” Emma replied happily.

[Of course, with that your empty brain. you can’t do anything without me. So, cherish me very well]

‘Why would an Ai turn to be a narcissist’

[So, what are you going to do next.]

“Get all the materials for the core AI or the Mother AI. Before I create the child Ai using the Cyclemorphism and Flip Flop Spiral Gate.”

[Do you even understand the logic of Cyclemorphism and Flip Flop Spiral Gates?]

“Yep. I may not be able to do it base on your own advanced technique but I understand the basic logic. So, watch and see the magic in front of you.”

[Ok.]