最後防線——黑牆

      首先聊一聊流竄AI的翻譯因爲文中有個地方按“流竄”翻譯並不合理,所以提前做個註釋。

      流竄AI的原文是Rogue AIs,遊戲漢化將Rogue翻譯成了流竄,應該是採用了Rogue作形容詞時“離羣的”的釋義,但其實並不準確,根據以下參考的百科文本來看Rogue AIs基本上就兩種行爲,要麼僞裝自己,要麼殺死其他AI,而且瀕臨毀滅的AI會複製自己的最高級功能放在小壓縮文件裏,並且尋找合適的地方自行解壓,以百科這段描述來看我個人認爲採用Rogue做形容詞時“行爲失常的”釋義翻譯成“失常AI”可能要更爲準確,僅爲個人意見。

     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.

 

以下翻譯均來自Fandom賽博朋克維基百科網站,文筆一般大家嘴下留情。爲避免歧義,我會將部分原文一併複製過來供大家參考,部分翻譯以遊戲內官方簡中爲準🌹

 

     “人人都覺得那道牆不可逾越,有它在,就能保護人類一輩子。但事實上呢,它就像個破塑料袋,糊在漏風的窗戶上。”

           ——網監特工布魯斯·莫斯利與V交談

 

     黑牆是由網監開發的一款防火牆。位於賽博空間,它的任務是阻止流竄AI闖入並肆虐剩餘的賽博空間。

      防火牆經常將舊網系統一分爲二,從而導致一些數據鬧鬼的故事。

     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.

 

歷史

2040s

      自從瑞奇·巴特莫斯造成數據崩潰後,人類爲了保護網絡,被迫犧牲獲取寶貴資源和知識的機會。網絡監察與流竄AI對抗試圖奪回網絡控制權,但無濟於事。作爲替代方案,網絡監察在“超驗感知”和“幽靈”(引號中的兩個名字均爲AI種類)的幫助下,於2044年祕密開展了一項名爲“黑牆”的項目開發,以便控制網絡,同時永久地將舊接入節點封閉在網絡中。黑牆的任務是保護一塊可供人類使用的賽博空間並阻止數十年前存在於網絡中的危險流竄AI帶來的威脅。

2077

      直到2077年,黑牆依舊活躍,因爲流竄AI獲得自由後可能會有造成世界末日的風險。然而,一些網絡黑客團體認爲釋放AI可以幫助他們征服虛擬世界,並且尋求能夠摧毀防火牆的方法。爲了確保這些情況不會發生,網絡監察加班加點地工作防止其他人破壞黑牆。

      各種消息來源都透露出黑牆並不是防火牆,而是一個僞裝成入侵對抗電元(ICE)的強大AI,它的工作就是阻止任何它能識別出的流竄AI進入安全網絡。黑牆也被稱作權宜之計,因爲作爲一個AI,黑牆本身就可能變得失常。巫毒幫認爲結果是不可避免的,所以願意無所不用其極地移除黑牆,並且在流竄AI迴歸時贏得它們的好感。

      其他更爲精英(此處原文中還有一個veneer單詞,但是查找後發現沒有符合上下文的釋義,顯得很突兀,不過去除後並不影響閱讀,所以此處不做翻譯)的團體也對黑牆表現出了興趣。尤其是新美國的跨國公司軍用科技,他們重啓暴斃已久的“小北斗項目”,該項目本身是利用自適應神經網絡抓捕流竄AI的早期嘗試,爲了控制並利用黑牆達到軍用科技他們自己的目的,尤其是與荒坂競爭。新美國的聯邦政府同樣也表現出了極大興趣,他們用像宋昭美這樣熟練的網絡黑客控制並利用黑牆,即使軍科和新美國的做法很可能會導致另一場公司(或全球)戰爭。

     奧特·坎寧安揭示出黑牆之外最佳的生存方式就是假設人類形態沒有轉變成純粹的數據,脫離動物行爲。

      根據在遊戲賽博朋克2077結局中做出的選擇,要麼是V或者強尼跟隨奧特去往黑牆之外,在那他/她會跟神輿裏其他意識體一樣與奧特融合。

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.

 

數據庫條目

這一段是遊戲內的數據庫條目,我只進行截圖和摘抄文本。

黑牆

      拉奇·巴特莫斯的襲擊發生後,重建網絡的嘗試無功而返,後大崩潰時代的野生AI開始威脅公司的安全(通常是創造了它們的那些公司),於是網絡監察決定止損。他們派出數十位最頂尖的網絡黑客,創造瞭如今被稱爲“黑牆”的屏障,保護破碎動盪(但依然可以使用)的網絡,抵禦遊蕩在賽博空間廢墟中的流竄AI。

      黑牆毫無徵兆地憑空出現,意味着所有滯留在另一側的網絡黑客沒有辦法安全斷線,也不能在賽博空間無止境地存活下去。因此,網絡監察這麼做可以說是一舉兩得,既消除了AI的威脅,又解決掉了那些惹麻煩的黑客。作爲代價,使用黑牆就等於放棄了自主意識AI帶來的重大技術進步。不過爲了彌補這一點,網絡監察創造出了新的工具,讓自己擁有比以往更高的網絡權限。

      多年來,公司的宣傳都把網絡監察的特工鼓吹成人民的保衛者,通過黑牆建立起了人類的最後一道防線。但是賽博空間發生的神祕襲擊事件)特工們沒能及時隱瞞的那些)證明,這道“牆”可能並沒有我們想象得那麼牢固…

 

註釋

  1. 漩渦幫成員通過儀式可以召喚出一個名叫“莉莉絲”的流竄AI。

  2. 遊戲中暗示黑牆外的流竄AI居住在V能製造的實體對象中,比如軍用科技篇章6型接入倉和午夜軍工厄瑞玻斯。

    與莉莉絲一樣,這些AI普遍對人命表現出居高臨下和貶低的態度。

  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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