Uncovered

After coming back to the hotel, I tried reaching Cherry but his phone was switched off. Smith spoke with his colleague and asked for help. We reached the same military base where Cherry had discovered all the clues and evidences. Smith's colleague was unable to start the drone but he managed to access the memory module

of it. We started looking into the video footage that the drone had captured.

My instincts were correct. The drone tried injecting Nano bots into me but it stopped suddenly. It went towards Cherry. It picked another nanobot and it injected the bot directly into Cherry's body.

"What do you think is that, Jai?" asked Smith.

"If I am not wrong, SAINT has now entered into his body in the form of a nanobot. Not sure what kind of capabilities it has. I am pretty sure Cherry is unaware of this and we need to find out what SAINT is up to. Smith's colleague zoomed a little bit into the video captured by drone. He turned to us and said, "These are supposed to be non-existent, or a technology still under research."

"Can you please explain in detail?" asked Smith.

His colleague continued to explain, "These are super bots, having the capacity of a super computer but in a very minute form. These are equally powerful when compared with what you had dealt underwater. These super bots draw their energy from the power generated by brain and the nerve impulses of human body.

They take control of the thought process and sensory movements of the person who has these in their body. They might not be aware that these bots are in them.

I sent a note to the headquarters in India, Smith sent a note to his headquarters that mission "Abolish Intelligence" is not over yet. Mr. Smith and I immediately left for India. I sent a note to Sekhar asking him to find out the whereabouts of Cherry.

In no time, I sent a message to Sekhar. I received a message from the headquarters that one of the atomic power plants at Kakrapur, Gujarat, is taken into control by some unidentified person and the reason for his actions remain unknown. My instincts told me that it could be Cherry, so I sent a message to Sekhar asking for some help.

As we landed in India, Sekhar came to the airport to receive us. He told me that it was indeed Cherry who had entered the atomic power station and taken control. We took the next flight to Gujarat and reached the power station. All the entries to the power station are closed. The military had arrived before us.

I quickly got the layout plan for the power station and started looking into it. I got a message on my mobile phone. It read as below.

Make sure to restore all the super computers and initiate "Restore Intelligence" operation. All this should happen immediately, otherwise all the nuclear plants across the world will be blown. Cherry

So, the SAINT has pre-planned everything and had this ready, and it is using Cherry as its carrier. I felt that it still had its roots across the Internet. So, I didn't want to send any message or make any call.

Before we had started for Gujarat, I had asked Sekhar to arrange for drones and state-of-art robots along with some drugs with the help of Cathie. As we got them, I immediately created an injection and sent it inside the factory with help of the drone. The robots and drone worked hand in hand.

We only need to set the target and they work on their own. They work on the principle of "Controlled Artificial Intelligence". They don't take any decisions, but make one and let their owner know, then they act according to the owner's directions.

They entered into the factory, located Cherry and found that he was sitting close to a control center to initiate the blast sequence. We were able to see the visuals.

As I sent a command to them, they shot the injection straight into Cherry's spine. The robot immediately tripped the power supply to the control center. Cherry started to lose his consciousness and collapsed on the floor. We immediately entered the station and took him to the hospital. Doctors traced the nanobot and removed it from his brain. This super bot was sent to a secret place for further research.

All the atomic power stations across the nations were shut down to eliminate and eradicate the remaining traces of SAINT. The cyber army started to counter the systems affected by SAINT with the help of latest Controlled Artificial Intelligence algorithms.

All the systems having the original capabilities of SAINT were now supervised and controlled by a newly formed organization called GRANT, or Governed and Regulated Artificial Intelligence NeTwork. GRANT called for a meeting of cyber experts, scientists and representatives from all nations. Smith and I were appointed as directors for it, and Cherry was the technical expert advisor.

I began my address to the assembly. "Artificial Intelligence can mimic the thought process of humankind, but it cannot understand our feelings. We are driven by bodily instincts and psychologically ingrained emotions and

reactions. The goal of humankind is to be happy and make others happy. Human beings are the only living beings given a choice or freewill. The goal of humankind and that of Artificial Intelligence will never become one. Artificial intelligence is about betterment in doing things, whereas the goal of humankind is the betterment of life, the betterment of thought, and ultimately the target of self-actualization. We now have Artificial Intelligence serving us with only goal 'serve better than yesterday'. It is completely governed and controlled by us. We need to overcome the addiction to technology and should not become slave to it. Artificial Intelligence cannot replace human intelligence. Humans feel and sense everything, they have a gut that instantly tells them whether they are right or wrong. Whereas Artificial Intelligence has no feeling, it can only analyze and interpret based on the information it has. As part of the GRANT initiatives, we are working on another program with a goal to auto-restrict usage of technology by humans. This technology is based on a suit that SAINT had created. A suit that SAINT created to restrict flow of information like emotions to the brain, one with the ability to filter diseases and infections. We modified it and turned it into a small wearable gadget, a ring. We will wear it like a normal ring. It senses and finds out body reactions and helps to act accordingly, this will help in treating many disorders like NEAR syndrome. If it senses

unhealthy dependency on technology, then it will warn and ask us to take action." I concluded my speech, and was met with a big round of applause.

Suddenly, the thought of the person I met in the Himalayas flashed through my mind. I realized that I knew him. He was Mr. Harry alias "Harinath", the yesteryear's technology expert who crafted and engineered the Artificial Intelligence systems in Silicon Valley during the very early stages of its conception.

He worked there for more than 10 years and suddenly went missing one day. I was investigating his case at that time.

Now I understand why he went missing. He had envisioned all this, and may have imagined how it could adversely affect human beings and might have lost interest in it altogether. That is why he had moved to the Himalayas and is spending a serene life there.