最后防线——黑墙

      首先聊一聊流窜AI的翻译因为文中有个地方按“流窜”翻译并不合理,所以提前做个注释。

      流窜AI的原文是Rogue AIs,游戏汉化将Rogue翻译成了流窜,应该是采用了Rogue作形容词时“离群的”的释义,但其实并不准确,根据以下参考的百科文本来看Rogue AIs基本上就两种行为,要么伪装自己,要么杀死其他AI,而且濒临毁灭的AI会复制自己的最高级功能放在小压缩文件里,并且寻找合适的地方自行解压,以百科这段描述来看我个人认为采用Rogue做形容词时“行为失常的”释义翻译成“失常AI”可能要更为准确,仅为个人意见。

     They sometimes bartered with other AIs to sublet living space, moved into non-sentient systems and camouflaged themselves by mimicking the systems tasks, or invaded and "killed" another AIs. Other rogue AIs, faced with imminent destruction, would "spore" themselves, copying their highest functions to a small compressed file headed by a non-sentient hardware search program. The AI would then replicate these files and send them through the Net looking for a place to self-extract.

 

以下翻译均来自Fandom赛博朋克维基百科网站,文笔一般大家嘴下留情。为避免歧义,我会将部分原文一并复制过来供大家参考,部分翻译以游戏内官方简中为准🌹

 

     “人人都觉得那道墙不可逾越,有它在,就能保护人类一辈子。但事实上呢,它就像个破塑料袋,糊在漏风的窗户上。”

           ——网监特工布鲁斯·莫斯利与V交谈

 

     黑墙是由网监开发的一款防火墙。位于赛博空间,它的任务是阻止流窜AI闯入并肆虐剩余的赛博空间。

      防火墙经常将旧网系统一分为二,从而导致一些数据闹鬼的故事。

     The Blackwall (or Black Wall) is a firewall developed by NetWatch. Located within the Net, it is tasked with keeping rogue AIs from breaking through into the rest of cyberspace and wreaking havoc.

     The firewall often splits old network systems in half, leading to stories of haunted data.

 

历史

2040s

      自从瑞奇·巴特莫斯造成数据崩溃后,人类为了保护网络,被迫牺牲获取宝贵资源和知识的机会。网络监察与流窜AI对抗试图夺回网络控制权,但无济于事。作为替代方案,网络监察在“超验感知”和“幽灵”(引号中的两个名字均为AI种类)的帮助下,于2044年秘密开展了一项名为“黑墙”的项目开发,以便控制网络,同时永久地将旧接入节点封闭在网络中。黑墙的任务是保护一块可供人类使用的赛博空间并阻止数十年前存在于网络中的危险流窜AI带来的威胁。

2077

      直到2077年,黑墙依旧活跃,因为流窜AI获得自由后可能会有造成世界末日的风险。然而,一些网络黑客团体认为释放AI可以帮助他们征服虚拟世界,并且寻求能够摧毁防火墙的方法。为了确保这些情况不会发生,网络监察加班加点地工作防止其他人破坏黑墙。

      各种消息来源都透露出黑墙并不是防火墙,而是一个伪装成入侵对抗电元(ICE)的强大AI,它的工作就是阻止任何它能识别出的流窜AI进入安全网络。黑墙也被称作权宜之计,因为作为一个AI,黑墙本身就可能变得失常。巫毒帮认为结果是不可避免的,所以愿意无所不用其极地移除黑墙,并且在流窜AI回归时赢得它们的好感。

      其他更为精英(此处原文中还有一个veneer单词,但是查找后发现没有符合上下文的释义,显得很突兀,不过去除后并不影响阅读,所以此处不做翻译)的团体也对黑墙表现出了兴趣。尤其是新美国的跨国公司军用科技,他们重启暴毙已久的“小北斗项目”,该项目本身是利用自适应神经网络抓捕流窜AI的早期尝试,为了控制并利用黑墙达到军用科技他们自己的目的,尤其是与荒坂竞争。新美国的联邦政府同样也表现出了极大兴趣,他们用像宋昭美这样熟练的网络黑客控制并利用黑墙,即使军科和新美国的做法很可能会导致另一场公司(或全球)战争。

     奥特·坎宁安揭示出黑墙之外最佳的生存方式就是假设人类形态没有转变成纯粹的数据,脱离动物行为。

      根据在游戏赛博朋克2077结局中做出的选择,要么是V或者强尼跟随奥特去往黑墙之外,在那他/她会跟神輿里其他意识体一样与奥特融合。

2040s

     Ever since the DataKrash caused by Rache Bartmoss, humanity had been forced to sacrifice its access to invaluable resources and knowledge for the safekeeping of the Net. NetWatch tried to regain control against the rogue artificial intelligences, but to no avail. As an alternative, NetWatch — helped by the Transcendentals and the Ghosts — secretly started development in 2044 of a project called "The Black Wall" in order to keep the Net under control, while permanently sealing off old access nodes into the Net. The Blackwall's task was to secure an area of cyberspace for human use while holding at bay the threat of the dangerous rogue AIs that were released decades earlier into Net.

2077

     By 2077, the Blackwall is still active, as the danger of the rogue AIs getting free could possibly cause the end of the world. However, several netrunner groups believe the free AIs will help them conquer the virtual world, and pursued methods on how to destroy the firewall. To ensure this never happens, NetWatch works overtime to keep others from destroying it.

     It is revealed by various sources that the Blackwall is not a firewall, but actually a powerful AI masquerading as ICE, whose job is to keep out any rogue AIs it can identify from the secure net. It is also referred to as a band-aid solution, since the Blackwall, being an AI, could go rogue itself. The Voodoo Boys believe that outcome is inevitable, and are willing to do anything to remove the Blackwall and win favors with the rogue AIs for when they return.

     Other groups of a more elite veneer have also expressed an interest in the Blackwall. The American multinational corporation Militech in particular sought to reactivate the long-dead Project Cynosure, itself an early attempt at capturing rogue AIs using adaptive neural networks, to harness the Blackwall for its own ends, particularly to compete with Arasaka. The federal government of the New United States also expressed a disproportionate interest in harnessing the Blackwall through skilled netrunners such as Song So Mi, even though both of these actions would have likely led to another corporate (or global) conflict.

     Alt Cunningham reveals that the best way to survive beyond the Blackwall is by assuming a human form to not turn into pure data, out of animalistic behavior.

     Depending on the choices made at the end of Cyberpunk 2077, either V or Johnny can agree to follow Alt beyond the Blackwall, where they will fuse with her like the rest of the constructs from Mikoshi.

 

数据库条目

这一段是游戏内的数据库条目,我只进行截图和摘抄文本。

黑墙

      拉奇·巴特莫斯的袭击发生后,重建网络的尝试无功而返,后大崩溃时代的野生AI开始威胁公司的安全(通常是创造了它们的那些公司),于是网络监察决定止损。他们派出数十位最顶尖的网络黑客,创造了如今被称为“黑墙”的屏障,保护破碎动荡(但依然可以使用)的网络,抵御游荡在赛博空间废墟中的流窜AI。

      黑墙毫无征兆地凭空出现,意味着所有滞留在另一侧的网络黑客没有办法安全断线,也不能在赛博空间无止境地存活下去。因此,网络监察这么做可以说是一举两得,既消除了AI的威胁,又解决掉了那些惹麻烦的黑客。作为代价,使用黑墙就等于放弃了自主意识AI带来的重大技术进步。不过为了弥补这一点,网络监察创造出了新的工具,让自己拥有比以往更高的网络权限。

      多年来,公司的宣传都把网络监察的特工鼓吹成人民的保卫者,通过黑墙建立起了人类的最后一道防线。但是赛博空间发生的神秘袭击事件)特工们没能及时隐瞒的那些)证明,这道“墙”可能并没有我们想象得那么牢固…

 

注释

  1. 漩涡帮成员通过仪式可以召唤出一个名叫“莉莉丝”的流窜AI。

  2. 游戏中暗示黑墙外的流窜AI居住在V能制造的实体对象中,比如军用科技篇章6型接入仓和午夜军工厄瑞玻斯。

    与莉莉丝一样,这些AI普遍对人命表现出居高临下和贬低的态度。

  1. Members of Maelstrom were able to summon a rogue AI named "Lilith" through a ritual.

  2. Rogue AIs from beyond the Blackwall are implied to inhabit physical objects V can craft, such as the Militech Canto cyberdeck and Midnight Arms Erebus.

    Much like Lilith, these AIs show a condescending and demeaning view of human life in general.

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