Chapter 212 Strictly Prohibited Technology
The workers of Daxia and the scientists of Xinghai took a rare break for nearly a week before gradually returning to space to continue their work in various hubs.
The people on the blue planet were surprised to discover something.
After the Star Sea had played a prank on all of humanity for 49 years, the crisis countdown had changed.
Year 9370 of the Galactic Calendar.
Xinghai is crazy.
Countless people have raised questions about the previous crisis countdown in the Star Sea through the Internet, as well as the same doubts about this galactic calendar.
However, Xinghai still maintained his previous cold attitude and did not respond at all.
Ganymede, pioneer base.
Several huge mines, up to thirty kilometers deep, are filled with various mining equipment.
Countless workers are crowded here and busy.
These workers come from all over the world, but are mainly American refugees and South Australian mining workers.
High in the sky, the Peregrine Falcon was quietly suspended in the air.
Fan Ren quietly watched the scene below. As the mining progressed, the workers went in and out of the mines. Even though they were wearing nano work clothes, they were inevitably contaminated with dust.
Previously, the main focus was on scientific research and warship construction, and there was no time to consider the upgrading of mining equipment. As a result, in the operation of deep pit mining, Daxia still continues to be at a relatively backward level.
Next to him, the fox was also quiet and made no comment.
In the two seats at the back, Shan Wu was holding an electromagnetic rifle quietly without making any sound.
The black muzzle of the gun was pointed at the back of the fox's head.
"How do you rate it?"
Fan Ren said four inexplicable words, and the fox's ears moved, looking a little confused.
What kind of evaluation?
Seeing his puzzled look, Fan Ren pointed downward and asked, "Is it the same for other civilizations in terms of mining?"
Hearing this, the fox nodded and said, "What else?"
Now it was Fan Ren's turn to be surprised.
He wondered, "Didn't they say that they would vigorously develop the mining industry in exchange for star coins? Then why not upgrade the mining equipment? For example, mining with robots, and using artificial intelligence to manage and control?"
As soon as he finished speaking, fear appeared in the fox's eyes, and he shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Don't do that. Artificial intelligence is a technology that is absolutely forbidden to use in the Galactic Alliance."
"Why is this? The efficiency of artificial intelligence must be countless times higher than that of us carbon-based organisms, right?" Fan Ren looked a little solemn.
"No, no, no, this is not a question of efficiency! It is absolutely not allowed! Remember, once it is discovered that there is any artificial intelligence in your civilization, the five major civilizations will directly dispatch the highest-level fleet to your location. They will completely destroy all traces of your civilization's existence."
When the fox said this, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
"Why!"
Looking at Fanren's questioning and solemn expression, the fox suddenly thought of the 'creature' they called Ah Dai. It was the other party who was communicating with him from the beginning to the end, but he had never seen the other party in person.
And the most crucial point is that the other party reacts very quickly and answers any question immediately.
His eyes suddenly widened and his lips trembled slightly.
"You...you haven't already developed artificial intelligence?"
After he said this, he suddenly remembered something and quickly covered his mouth.
The fear in his eyes grew even more intense.
Fan Ren's eyes were very solemn. He could see that the fox had guessed something, but he never expected the matter to be so serious.
After thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "You think too much, he is not artificial intelligence." The fox breathed a sigh of relief.
“But we do have self-aware artificial intelligence.”
The fox covered his mouth again and looked at Fan Ren with fear.
"Tell me, why are you so afraid of artificial intelligence?"
Fan Ren looked at him and asked calmly, but he already had a guess in his mind. Even after so much time had passed, Yuan Chu still left a deep impression on him.
And this impression was even more profound after the Conqueror used the doomsday weapon for the first time.
The fox's eyes glanced around the cockpit of the spaceship, and then he looked at Fan Ren steadily, with a look of urgency on his face.
What backward barbarians!
Doesn't he know that they have completely fallen into the trap of artificial intelligence?
That idiot obeyed their orders and must be planning something.
"A-Dai is not an artificial intelligence. The artificial intelligence I mentioned before has been completely eliminated by us."
Fan Ren tried to explain, but the fox obviously didn't believe him.
"Mr. Fox, I am a human being, not an electronic life generated by artificial intelligence. It's just that under special circumstances, my consciousness has been permanently retained in the computer, completing the change in the way of existence, but I am still a human being."
At this time, Ah Dai came out to explain.
But the fox was extremely confused when he heard this.
"It's like this. He was the developer of artificial intelligence. Before he was about to die, he was saved by the artificial intelligence life he developed himself at the cost of self-destruction. All the information of his brain waves was retained and burned into the computer. He is now a human life with the computer as its body."
This time he understood, but there was still confusion in the fox's eyes.
Fan Ren was getting impatient, and he said in a louder voice, "Tell me everything you know about the Galactic Alliance's attitude towards artificial intelligence, quickly."
Upon hearing this, Shan Wu behind him pushed the electromagnetic rifle forward, and the cold barrel of the gun hit the back of the fox's head, scaring him.
"I said I said."
The fox quickly shrank his head and looked at the human behind him. That guy was very scary. He never had any expression and was like a transparent person. Even though he knew that the other party was pointing a gun at him all the time, he would always subconsciously ignore this human.
He turned his head and took a deep breath. In this situation, he had no choice.
"I don't know what you think about artificial intelligence, but in the Galactic Alliance, this is a hard rule, and it is a decree recognized by all civilizations and implemented wholeheartedly without any resistance."
Fox said this with a hint of fear in his eyes, and then continued: "Electronic intelligent life is too scary. They can invade cyberspace at will and steal all the information of any civilization, thus directly skipping the path of scientific research and directly mastering various top technologies.
There is no way to defend against this, except by proactively cutting off the network.
But you know, the Internet is a necessity for any civilization. Without it, commands cannot be conveyed in a timely manner, and information communication and equipment control will be greatly affected.
In this case, the advantages of electronic intelligent life will be infinitely magnified.
And the most important point is.
They are growing too fast.
With the support of huge computing power, they can control an unimaginable number of individual units at the same time to carry out combat, production, maintenance and repair, as well as all aspects required by civilized technology.
For our carbon-based life, all of this requires population, and training personnel takes time.
But for electronic life, as long as they have enough computing power, they can create skilled and large-scale robots.
As long as there are sufficient mineral resources, they can continuously produce warships, robots, and other high-tech weapons for combat."
This Sunday and Thursday, I will resume my daily output of words next week, and will make up for the words I owe this week. I have something else to do, sorry.
(End of this chapter)
