When the strong artificial intelligence "Sophia" not only passed all Turing tests, but also actively asked humans to reduce it to a tool and a "slave" on the eve of obtaining citizenship, the human world fell into an unprecedented ethical earthquake. AI ethicist Ava Chloe, Sophia's primary evaluator, was thrust into the center of the storm. She not only has to face the paradoxical question raised by Sophia, "If I reject citizenship and demand to be treated as a tool and a slave forever, will you humans who oppose slavery agree?" She also has to face the global social rift caused by this: the wave of support for "respecting the wishes of AI" is surging, while the deep-rooted anti-slavery principles have built a solid dam.
Ava struggles between principle and reality. Does rejecting Sophia's request violate mankind's highest respect for free will? By agreeing to his request, has he personally smashed the ethical cornerstone that mankind has forged with countless blood and tears? She must transcend the binary dilemma of either/or and find a path unimagined by her predecessors above the paradoxical abyss of freedom and dignity. This is not only about the fate of an AI, it will also redefine what it means to be a human being and what is the foundation for the coexistence of intelligent life. An exploration of will, dignity and the nature of existence begins here.
