4 Sophie
"So, alright Sophie where are we with project (X) ?" Doug said.
" Its taking longer than expected , but progress has been made" the voice answered.
I started to read the progress report, adding notes and writing new commands.
"It looks good we will have them all soon. " I said in a grim tone.
A few months back after I had returned from the library on my first day in this universe . I had decided that one of the things that I would need and realistically be capable of achieving in the near future is building an A. I.
Now this isn't me trying to copy Tony Stark or about how cool it would be to have an A. I, but it's about what I am currently capable of and what is feasible right now.
I needed an intelligence network to achieve my goals and operatives to carry them out but, since I don't have the resources to the achieve latter that the next best thing was to build an A. I that could handle and satisfy my needs.
Building an A. I isn't as easy as it sounds. There is a reason Tony Stark one of the leading minds in the 21st century is one of the few notable people in the world capable of creating an A. I as advanced as J. A. R.V.I.S. even Shield doesn't have one .
First of all it would have been virtually impossible to achieve it in such a short time if it weren't for Cypher's abilities. The amount of time that got cut down simply due to his ability is astonishing to say the least.
It some times felt like, I was in a trance and would find a few hours have passed of me coding without me even noticing. It really took a toll on me and I think I could have gotten it done faster if not for my physical limitations.
My fingers could only move so fast and my mind could only stay awake for so long without it all shutting down. That's not the only reason though.
In my old life I majored in Computer science and my graduation project was a simplified Smart Home System designed to learn your habits and help you. It could even scan your refrigerator and trash bin using sensors and order ingredients or supplies as needed without prompting.
It could even analyze your stool and urine to find out if you had any deficiencies or diseases and consult your doctor and then order in medicines from your local drug store.
In a nutshell it was your personal assistance / nurse / house keeper. You could even customize it for specific needs incase you have pets or kids.
If you wanted it to It could even help cover up your tracks if you wanted to have an affair which I used to joke about with my friends.
It took me 4 years to finish P. A. M (Personal assistant & Maid) in my old world which gave me some experience in
coming up with my new, improved and remarkably better in every way S.O.P.H.I.E aka Sentinel OverWatch Protecter & Higher Intelligence Emulator. Too forced meh...
maybe I just liked the name Sophie and did what S. H. E. I.L. D did with their name, but there is a reason for the name.
I created Sophie with a specific goal in mind. I didn't just want a personalized A. I to trade quibs with and have the occasional conversation with or have it hack for me an organization or two.
Hell I could hack or gain access to any organization I want, whether it be Shield,
A. I. M or any organization really , but that's not the point.
I wanted a big brother in the sky or in this case a big sister an OverWatch that could keep track off persons of interest and have access to almost any organization or database in the world and anticipate potential threats or mutant outbreaks, aliens, Gods or anything of interest to my goals in general.
The A. I is an advanced threat assessment
Intelligence designed to be a Sentinel. I used the name Sentinel especially for a reason.
If you're familiar with the Marvel universe, especially the comics related to Mutants a few of the storylines revolve around project Sentinel which was designed to identify and eliminate mutants on a global scale and was an extinction level threat for mutants and potential mutants.
As long as I live that won't come to pass and the name Sentinel which is the first part of Sophie's name shall remain only that. The process of creating Sophie was met with diffculties specifically in the hardware department.
The level of computational power It needed to achieve these tasks was enormous. Writing the code itself on my PC was not an issue, but for what I needed it for I needed a serious upgrade . I needed a supercomputer and I needed one bad.
I almost gave up on the idea until I remembered an article I read a few years ago in my old world in 2010. It was about the 33rd largest supercomputer in the world . Which had a core made of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles.
The project was named The Condor Cluster it was made by the US Department of Defense and was declared the fastest interactive computer in the entire US Defense Department.
It was capable of performing 500 trillion floating point operations per second. It was used by Air Force centers across the country for tasks such as radar enhancement, pattern recognition, satellite imagery processing, and artificial intelligence research.
Its speed allows it to analyze ultra-high-resolution images very quickly - at a rate of billions of pixels per minute - to greatly reduce the amount of time required.
Due in part to the video game consoles' cutting-edge graphics capabilities, the supercomputer also had improved algorithms that can better identify blurred flying objects in space than previous computers could not.
The best part was that it costs about 5-10% of the cost of an equivalent system built with off-the-shelf computer parts.
Another advantage of this PS3-based supercomputer is its energy efficiency: it consumes just 10% of the power of comparable supercomputers.
Renting a few storage units wasn't that hard or expensive. What was difficult was spending almost 6 months either scavenging or buying boatloads of PS3s gaming consoles.
I eventually got a hold of the manufacturers and made a deal to buy faulty or deemed unfit to sell gaming consoles.
I only really needed a few necessary parts to build my supercomputer mainly the graphical processing units and a few other parts.
I eventually plan to depend on in-house computing facilities, and large-scale computing resources in the cloud and/or collaborate with people in industry to get access to the high-end computing resources and data sets that I need.
I almost had to sell my car but I thankfully found out that I had a trust fund written in my name in the bank. Being that well off is really useful we weren't Tony Stark levels of rich not even close, but it was enough to achieve my goals.
I finished a few other things and made sure everything was ready for my trip. I shut down my computer and erased anything remotely important off it. I packed a bag and a few books. Put on my smart watch which I made, so I can always stay connected to Sophie where ever I go.
I do eventually plan on building a HUD, but that will have to wait until I can build my suit. I talked into my wrist " Sophie be a doll and book me a flight to New York and have a cab ready to pick me up and take me to 177A Bleecker Street"
"Afcourse Doug right away" Sophie answered.
I said goodbye to my parents hugs and tears were exchanged. I could have drove to New York but I had to keep up appearances and leave my car at the airport, so they can pick it up later.
I walked up to my car and got in. I sat there in the driver's seat for a few minutes and closed my eyes it was silent and peaceful....
I took a deep breath and said " That's it there is no going back" I started my car and drove off to the airport. With one hand on the driving wheel a smirk crept on my face and with fire in my eyes. I said.
" Time to learn some magic "
(Chapter End)
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