Chapter 154: Buying an AI

Michael went back to the living room, relaxing on the couch, while going through the Internet, to get an update of what was happening.

With him rarely going out, he still needed to catch up with the trending events. That way, he would be able to know what to do during some situations.

While he was relaxing, he suddenly received a phone call. Seeing the caller, it turned out to be Kate.

Slightly surprised that she was calling him, Michael received the call, “Hey.”

“Do you have time to hang out tomorrow?” Kate asked, her voice unnatural.

Michael initially wanted to refuse. But in the end, he thought, why not? He had been locked in the villa for quite a while now, so, he could as well go out to relax his mind for a bit.

Without a lot of pressure at the moment, there was no need for him to push himself too hard. Of course, he was not planning to relax on earning SP. Instead, he could just come back and earn SP through the night or early the following day.

“Sure. Where are we going?” Michael agreed before asking.

Despite possessing quite an amount of information on the city, he wasn’t really sure on where to go to. Ever since the passing of his parents, he had rarely visited any place that was for fun, apart from the time that he had gone together with Alex and the others.

“How about going to the amusement park? I heard from my friend that it is a lot of fun there.” Kate was silent for a moment before she gave her suggestion.

From the way that she was speaking, Michael could easily tell that she had never been there before. So simply put, this was going to be the first time that she was going to visit such a place.

Even during the time that his parents were alive, Michael had never gone to such a place. So, this was going to be his first time as well.

But even then, he had already heard some rumors about the park. And it seemed to be quite a good place to relax someone’s mind.

“Okay. What’s the time?” Michael inquired.

“I will come to pick you up at around 10 a.m.. I’m not sure if that is okay with you?” Kate responded.

“Sure. See you tomorrow then.” Michael agreed. He thought, by 10 a.m., he would have already pushed another skill to the expert level. So, there was no problem with him going out at that time.

After the call ended, Michael continued relaxing, and a little while later, he heard the sound of a helicopter flying away.

Several minutes later, there was once again the sound of a helicopter approaching. Michael could easily tell that it was the helicopter that Adrian had bought two days ago.

A little while after the helicopter landed, Adrian came over.

“You have dealt with it?” Michael asked as he looked at Adrian.

“Yes. I decided that the best solution to deal with him is to eliminate him. That way, we can avoid all types of risks in the future. So, I have dealt with the body as well, making sure that nothing is linked back to us.” Adrian responded.

“Okay. But make sure that you keep a tab on the actions of the Death Shadow organization. By the way, you can try to access their dark web, so that we can monitor their activities.

In case they target me or someone close to me, we can take action in advance. That way, I can be more assured.” Michael said after a moment of thought.

“I will do that. By tomorrow, I will be able to access all the data of this organization, including the location of the headquarters.” Adrian responded seriously.

If he really wanted to get the information, with the skills that he possessed, it was quite simple. That was of course unless the information could not be found online.

Despite the death shadow organization using another network for their website, it was still online. So, Adrian could still do some work, and with some effort, he could access the database.

That way, it would be much easier to be able to monitor the activities of this organization, especially if the activities were targeted at Michael.

Suddenly, Michael thought of something else. These things, such as looking for information, or monitoring the activities of an organization, if Adrian was asked to do that, there would be a time that he might not be able to respond.

After all, it was not as though Adrian was always idle. So, there might be a time where he would be busy, and would not be able to react to some changes.

And since that was the case, why not purchase an AI? At least, with an AI, he should be able to completely monitor the activities related to him.

Additionally, this can give Adrian some break, together with Lucas. This would allow them to be more useful, especially for Lucas, who was usually so busy with compiling the information on different skills.

As soon as he thought about that, he quickly accessed the system store, before he began searching for what he was looking for. After applying some filters, he finally found the AIs.

Artificial intelligences existed in levels. Narrow AI excelled at specific tasks like playing chess, recognizing faces, or recommending content, but could do nothing beyond its programmed domain.

General AI could learn, reason, and adapt across multiple fields like a human mind.

Super intelligent AI far exceeded human cognitive abilities, processing information at incredible speeds, forming distinct personalities, and making decisions with creativity and foresight.

As for the cost of the AIs, Narrow AI units could be purchased for 0.25 SP. General AI came at 350 SP.

At the pinnacle, the Super intelligent AI, was priced at 7,500 SP.

Looking at the price of the AIs, Michael was quite surprised by the price of the super intelligent AI. The price was very high as compared to the price of obtaining a bio human.

Considering the capabilities of bio humans of Adrian’s level, with the capability of learning different skills without any limitations, why did it seem like the system priced them at a lower price?

After all, to Michael, just paying 110 SP in order to be able to acquire a loyal and capable subordinate, it was quite cheap. But now, just to acquire an AI, he was required to pay 7,500 SP.

For the bio humans, the price was equivalent to $11 million. But for the AI, of course the best one, it was priced at $750 million!

A price difference of almost 70 times, to be exact, 68.1818…, this difference was just huge.

But as he thought about it, Michael realized that the super intelligent AI had quite a number of advantages.

While it might be true that Adrian was capable of doing most of the things that the AI was capable of doing, the efficiency could not be matched.

The AI was capable of multitasking, not just doing two tasks, but it could do even 10 or 20 tasks at the same time, and none of the tasks was related to the other.

That was the incredible ability of the AI. After all, it could monitor someone’s computer or other electronic devices, create a website, create an animation, develop an app, summarize information based on something, help in writing reports and so on, all done at the same time.

As he looked at the description of the super intelligent AI, Michael immediately thought that he had to acquire it. After all, this AI was just too awesome.

As long as he had this, it would not be a problem for him to deal with those that tried to target him online. As long as it was anything related to the Internet, he would have much more control over them.

His information would not be easily accessed, or transferred to someone else online. This would make his life better, at least, he would be able to avoid some unnecessary troubles.

Additionally, with Adrian and Lucas being free, they could finally help Damian and Benjamin fully, to make sure that the expansion and optimization of the three industries was done as fast as possible.

At the end of the day, even if he dominated the Eastern province, it was not enough. After all, the Eastern province was only the third largest province in the country.

Wanting to become the richest person in the world, he first needed to set the central province as the starting point. So, basically, right now, he considered himself to not yet have began.

In order to purchase the super intelligent AI, Michael was required to purchase a very high level laptop, which was going to be the anchor of the AI.

The best laptop present in the system store was a high-level, shape-shifting nanotech laptop, engineered to support the immense processing power of a super intelligent AI.

It could expand into a full workstation, collapse into a compact tablet, or transform into a wrist-worn device, adapting its interface for any situation.

Its nanostructured processors allowed instant reconfiguration of circuits, while modular energy cores supplied uninterrupted power.

The device featured holographic displays, gesture and voice input, and self-repairing materials that healed minor damage automatically.

For the cost, it was priced at 150 SP. The price was high, but considering just how efficient this device was, it was worth the price.

Michael did not hesitate, spending a total of 900 SP to make the purchase. And in the next moment, with a flash of light, on the coffee table in front of Michael, a device appeared.

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