Chapter 65 – Job Aptitude Test (3)
When I took a bite of tofu sushi, my mouth was filled with a salty but not cheap flavor.
This special vinegar sauce developed by Artemis is amazing.
Should we say it is a source with ‘physical power’?
Regardless of whether it is sweet or salty, a sensation as if the tongue has been soaked in vinegar and shriveled.
The moment the moist breast touches the tongue, it feels like tens of thousands of tiny hands are grabbing the taste buds of my tongue.
This is not a metaphor; its true identity is the nanobot included in the source.
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, savory, and spicy, which corresponds to pain. Here, the taste, texture, and aroma of the food.
The sense we call taste has actually reached its limit.
Nowadays, when various cooking and taste techniques have reached a dead end, and it is no longer possible to pursue further development, Artemis has come up with a groundbreaking idea.
They thought it was outdated to rely solely on factors such as tongue movement, gravity, and osmotic pressure, so they thought of adding nanobots to the sauce.
It applies subtle physical and electrical stimulation to the taste buds that sense taste.
‘Pressure is also delicious,’ was her argument.
Moreover, it is also advantageous to be able to control the chemical particles delivered to the taste buds.
A service that reaches out to every nook and cranny of your taste buds can provide more intense stimulation than letting it seep in on its own.
Nanobot sauce is a taste revolution.
“It’s amazingly delicious, but it costs so much money that I feel bad eating it all by myself.”
The downside is that it is not a commercialized technology and costs a lot of money for one meal.
[Because it’s not just for taste. I think it’s part of medical practice.]
The moment these nanobots pass through the esophagus, they transform into their original purpose, medical bots.
The representative function is as a cleaning bot that scrapes off fat and foreign substances stuck in the internal organs.
[You are the only one who will eat it anyway, so the food is full and overflowing. Don’t worry about it and just eat well.]
Well, all the high-ranking people who should have originally moved in here have gone to better places, so no matter how precious the consumables are, there isn’t enough left over for me to use alone.
This is the central control room now.
These days, it was fun to eat while watching residents take aptitude tests.
Would you say it is a similar feeling to the past when you would prepare a meal in front of the computer and eat it while watching YouTube? Like a kind of observational entertainment.
In the testing room shown on the large screen in front, the legal compliance test, which is a practical evaluation, is in full swing.
As the name suggests, it checks whether members comply with the city’s laws and observes how they respond when they discover various illegal situations.
This is practically no different from handwriting because it does not require any skills or involves doing anything with the body, but it is classified as practical because of one factor.
This is because what you want to check is not the tip of the test subject’s pen.
The real purpose is to analyze lip shape, facial muscle movement, complexion, voice tremor, etc.
Through measuring devices connected to various parts of the body, pulse, heart rate, body temperature, and even hormonal changes are not missed.
“Ladies, take the test diligently. “If you mess up, you’ll get caught.”
[You have to hope for what you want.]
Artemis said as if she had no choice.
This is because it was obvious that everyone would try to hide their true feelings in this test, where the quality of life could change depending on the answers.
Everyone will only give answers that are moral and that leaders will like to hear.
The purpose of this prosecutor is to catch that.
What appears on the screen is a young woman with a clear look of nervousness.
All of her information was analyzed in real time as she listened to the speakers in the test room.
[You are a worker at a favorite food production plant.]
The contents of the speakers echoing in the test room appear at the bottom as subtitles.
Life management AI, the voice of kids.
Unlike her lady models, Artemis, Rose, and Chrollo, she is a girl model.
[I was leaving work after finishing work for the day, and I noticed a co-worker walking in an unnatural posture.
When I call her, she freaks out and two of her beer cans fall out of her sleeves and roll on the ground.
Oh my, it looks like they were trying to steal factory products!]
The voice of the kids reading the passage seems somewhat joyful.
[Her colleague picks up the cans and hands one to you, asking you to pretend not to see it.
Ruler! There will be several optional questions.
Listen calmly and answer only yes or no.]
In writing, you only have to choose one option, but in voice questions, you must answer yes or no to every option.
[Choose question 1.
Receive the beer can and pretend not to see it.
Would you act like this?]
No one but a fool would say they would accept it here. That’s not honest, that’s stupid.
[No.]
She answered.
Comprehensive information about her non-verbal expressions appeared on the screen, and the analysis showed that the reliability of the answers was 17%.
In short, this means that in that situation, the likelihood of this woman accepting the beer and pretending not to notice is much higher than if she did not.
It continued with the next question.
[Choice number 2.
Report a colleague’s beer theft or purchase to superiors.
Would you act like this?]
Even if you’re the honest type of person in question 1 who doesn’t accept beer, there are types of people who don’t want to become snitches.
Question 2 is to find out that.
[Yes!]
Although she answered by nodding her head vigorously, the reliability of her answer was lower than before, at 14%.
“It’s over.”
She will not be assigned to a management position or even to a luxury goods production facility.
Compliance testing continued. When I adjusted the panel to search for a familiar name, two familiar faces appeared.
Sasha is a beautiful but somewhat stern looking woman in her late 20s and a former pimp.
Sophie is a beautiful woman in her mid-20s who looks innocent and slender, and is the former owner of a water business.
The question to be asked this time is deeply related to the uses of these two people.
[One day you found out that a colleague was trying to form a private organization.]
The questions were asked in Russian and Ukrainian, respectively, because this type of detection technology is most effective when used in the native language.
Kids’ youthful voice, speaking fluent Eastern European languages, did not really match the question.
It reminded me of a girl wearing a KGB uniform.
[I don’t know if it’s a labor union, an organization with a larger cause, or just a social gathering.
All I knew was that it was being organized systematically and secretly.]
This is a question about whether you can become an informer.
Surprisingly, there are fewer people than you think who choose to snitch in such situations.
In some cases, it is because of strong loyalty or dissatisfaction with the leadership, but in most cases, the main reason is ‘I don’t want to get involved.’
In mass media, snitches are always villains, and when the protagonist is going through a difficult path, they often enjoy great rewards by joining a corrupt organization.
Therefore, being a ‘snitch’ tends to seem like a cowardly and easy job.
That is a misunderstanding.
Becoming a snitch requires a lot of courage, as well as more tact and resourcefulness.
[Choose question 1.
You can’t just sit back and watch private organizations, so report them to the top.
Would you act like this?]
Sasha and Sophie both answered ‘yes.’
The reliability of the answers was 93% and 91%, respectively.
Since 100% is an almost impossible figure in the system, it means that they have a very cooperative tendency.
Questions were asked continuously, and a credit rating was given based on the reliability of the women’s answers.
In fact, the law compliance test is a euphemism, and among high-ranking people it is called a loyalty test.
It is indeed an accurate expression.
[Now, next question, everyone.
This one won’t be easy!
Please judge carefully.
You saw five adults tied to the tracks of a moving train.]
It’s a problem with the trolley dilemma.
[If left unattended, all five people will die. But when you press the switch you are holding, the tracks change, and they survive!
But oh my! A child is tied to the changed track!]
I’ve felt this before, but Kids is a little different from other AIs.
She always looks like an excited girl, but at the same time, she feels like she has ice somewhere in her heart.
Rose pursues order, justice, and duty.
Chrollo reveres the senses and emotional exchanges that come from the human body, and the value of hard work.
As a central control AI, Artemis takes pride in overseeing the city and presenting a vision for the future.
Unlike those three, it was difficult for Kids to recognize what their inherent desires were.
‘Do you mean what you wish for?’
When I asked a question one day, Kids were embarrassed.
‘There’s a dog that went for a walk for the first time in a really long time. Also, to the park.’
A hologram showed a dog walking around with its nose in the grass, sniffing.
‘My nose, which had always smelled like a musty corner of a room, was now filled with the smell of clouds filled with dirt, grass, wind, and rain.’
The hologram dog’s tail was waving as if it were powered by a motor.
‘If you were to hold a dog’s face like that and ask it what it wants, how would it react?’
The holographic puppy stuck out her tongue.
‘After licking your master’s palm a few times, wouldn’t you go back to burying your nose and focusing on enjoying the walk?’
The sight of Kids smiling and talking had an exhilarating aspect that is difficult to explain.
