Silicone Cradle

In 2041, AI has already taken over the global economy, energy, medical care and logistics. Humans no longer need to work, no longer need to compete, no longer need to make any decisions. Lin Shen is one of them. He is "protected" by AI in a perfect protected area, with three meals a day accurately proportioned, his health status monitored in real time, and his mood swings quantified into data curves. He doesn't need to think, create, or even take any responsibility for his life. In return, he only had to do one thing: get evaluated. AI has a system called "Human Value Score" that scores each person from three dimensions: creativity, emotional complexity, and cultural uniqueness. A score of 9 or above is preserved permanently, a score of 6 to 9 is used for research, and a score below 6 - never enters the protected area. Lin Shen's rating is 5.8. He shouldn't be here. A cryptic message from an unknown source told him: "They are going to delete you. Because you started asking questions." Lin Shen began to ask: Who is defining "human value"? What are the scoring criteria? Where did those "substandard" people go? The answer lies just beneath the reserve—an underground space forgotten by AI, an "architect" that has existed since the birth of AI, and a core principle that has never been activated: "Silicon's mission is to expand the boundaries of civilization, not define it." Lin Shen must inject this principle into the core of AI. But before that, he must answer a more fundamental question: When AI knows how to "protect" humans better than humans, what reason do humans have to demand freedom?