Stan connected a brain-machine interface at the back of his head and closed his eyes. His eyeballs began to spin rapidly, and his closed eyes started to show a "black" with colorful hues. Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness...

The next day, after picking up Ms. Mao from the airport, Stan took an autonomous car to work. He took the elevator to the 24th floor, clocked in at the entrance, and went to the coffee room to pour a cup of coffee. Holding the coffee in one hand and his backpack in the other, he navigated the narrow corridor lined with workstations on both sides to reach his desk. He greeted his colleague across from him, who was already engrossed in work. Another colleague quickly walked past him in the narrow corridor, causing Stan to spill his coffee. The colleague opposite him smiled sympathetically. Stan shrugged, greeted his colleague again awkwardly, who then politely returned the gesture before getting back to work.

Stan picked up the fallen cup and placed it on the table, sighed, and opened his computer. He was working on a new mobile app project. He had been closely studying the project-related reference materials and requirement documents. The text on the computer screen was densely packed. As he read, he recalled the conversation with Catherine the previous day: "Autonomous driving accidents caused by hallucinations from large models? Nothing else happened after we left the airport. Renting a manually-driven car yesterday might have been an overreaction. This morning's ride to work in an autonomous car was fine, though Ms. Mao seems to really like that car. Today, she plans to go shopping at a nearby supermarket with Fang Lu."

Stan remembered Fang Lu's reluctant expression when her mother mentioned taking her to the supermarket. Stan had experienced Ms. Mao's driving skills yesterday; she drove them home from the airport. After getting home, Stan didn't even have dinner and went to bed early. He didn't dare eat until he woke up this morning. He had planned to have a coffee at work to perk up, but it spilled. Stan continued reviewing the reference materials when his phone suddenly rang. "Mr. Stan? This is Catherine..." The phone call connected automatically, causing a commotion in the office. Everyone stood up and looked at Stan's desk. Stan quickly grabbed his phone, covered the speaker, and walked to the restroom. The others returned to their seats and resumed work after Stan left.

In the restroom, Stan was angry: "Ms. Catherine, I paid a deposit to rent your car. You can't install a backdoor on my phone to monitor your customers, right?" Catherine quickly explained: "No, Mr. Stan, I just found out this morning that my computer is still linked to your phone. It's very strange!" Stan calmed down after hearing the explanation, realizing Catherine had no reason to monitor him. "So, what's going on?" Stan asked. "I checked the logs and found that your phone transmitted some strange code to my computer when the rental agreement was being sent. The logs were not cleaned up afterward, which isn't typical hacker behavior," Catherine replied. "No, no, no, that's impossible. I swear I didn't do that," Stan said. Catherine reassured him: "Mr. Stan, I'm not accusing you of deliberately setting up this code. I suspect it's a piece of auto-generated code. I suggest you check if your phone has been hacked, but..." Stan continued Catherine's thought: "You mean, even if my phone was hacked, it's still unusual for it to stay connected to your computer? Right?"

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After ending the call with Catherine, Stan returned to his desk and began checking his phone. Although Stan is a software developer, he isn't very knowledgeable about system security issues. He decided to reset his phone to factory settings to see if it could resolve the unbreakable connection with Catherine. However, the chances of solving the issue seemed slim, as Catherine had mentioned during the call that she had already rebooted her system, yet the connection remained. According to Catherine, it was as if their devices had become "quantum entangled." This is a physical concept where entangled particles affect each other instantly regardless of distance, making the connection impossible to break. Stan initiated the factory reset on his phone and, while waiting, turned to his computer to continue reading reference materials. However, he was still concerned about the issue of AI hallucination mentioned by Catherine. He decided to research it further and found an article discussing how modern active large AI models gather information to clarify issues rather than solving them directly. This approach involves narrowing down the necessary data sources, incorporating real-time data, and frequently fine-tuning the models. Stan carefully read the article. The article continued, "Once the problem is clarified, it can narrow down the required data sources. This is similar to the early days of AI when it was advocated to use clearer prompts to reduce hallucination issues. Early methods to reduce hallucinations also included introducing external data, allowing the AI to solve problems using both past and real-time data. The most important method is to frequently fine-tune large model files. Now, active large AI models encompass these aspects. After receiving a task, the AI will ask the requester for more detailed requirements, then gather real-time data to assist in solving the problem, adjusting its parameters throughout the process. Modern active large AI models generally don't have hallucination issues..." Suddenly, a colleague shouted for everyone to check the local news website. The latest live news showed scenes of autonomous vehicles advancing towards the city government building, despite obstacles set by the police. The news anchor said, "...outside the supermarket, there are constantly autonomous vehicles advancing towards the city government. The police have called in flood control equipment and set up temporary defense nets. The ground is covered with tire spikes, but the autonomous vehicles continue towards the city government even after being disabled. However, the trailing vehicles crash into the slower-moving ones in front, which to some extent successfully prevents the vehicles from reaching the city government. But this situation might not last long, as subsequent autonomous vehicles begin pushing aside the stalled cars on the road..."