Darkness is Coming

After Yang Xiaoqian set out the sand table, Liu Zhongqian blinked and said, "President Yang, if you need it, I can send you a more useful three-dimensional electronic sand table, which supports voice control, touch control and remote control. There are three modes of operation. Remote sensing and geographic information systems can be used to download maps of various places, and the visual images will be automatically adjusted to scale, and it can also simulate the use of most military equipment, including calculating and simulating air strikes."

   "Huh?" Yang Xiaoqian raised his head in surprise, "I know there is an electronic sand table, but I don't know how advanced the technology is now?"

"The zero-one base prioritizes research and development of military equipment, and the electronic sand table is one of them. After the US federal government released the chip monopoly, we solved the biggest problem. We just made a prototype machine not long ago, which should be more than 20 years ahead of the current electronic sand table technology. ."

   "Can it be mass-produced?"

"Of course, the major military regions will receive the first batch of electronic sand tables, and in the future, the local government will also receive the electronic sand tables uniformly distributed to plan urban design. Make some changes in the application of military electronic sand tables. It can be applied to the fields of environmental governance, architectural design, engineering renovation, agricultural planning, flood control and drought relief, etc. On the other hand, the data collected by the sand tables in various places will be fed back to the central board connected to the supercomputer in the zero-one base. As long as there is no problem with the electronic communication network, if a surveillance camera or buoy detects the disaster, the data will be transmitted to the central market as soon as possible, and the zero-one base may find the situation earlier than the local government.”

   is another revolutionary new technology that will change the world when it is actually implemented.

  How many people try their best to persevere in their lives, just to bring a little change to the world, but they may not succeed even when they die, but Zero One Base brings opportunities for change to the world every day.

  Yang Xiaoqian looked at Liu Zhongqian with a complicated expression, the little boy was humble, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.

   "At that time, there will be another big layoff in the main government." Yang Xiaoqian said such a sentence inexplicably.

"It must be the case. As long as technological innovation can meet the demand, the meaningless consumption of human resources must be stopped, and layoffs may not necessarily be a bad thing for those government employees. As long as there is a real strong artificial intelligence, the financial problem will definitely be solved. , so that the government can provide them with re-employment training, and ensure that their personal life and family income will not have problems during the training." Liu Zhongqian said while recalling.

  Yes, he is recalling, Yang Xiaoqian can see how a child under ten years old can say such a thing, presumably he is relaying the answer of Liu Yuanzhou or others.

   After we agreed to talk about business affairs, we now turn to other topics, but Yang Xiaoqian didn’t intend to stop there. Liu Yuanzhou always hid it and refused to reveal it, maybe he could pry something out of his son’s mouth.

After thinking about it, Yang Xiaoqian said: "When the full version of Zero One is actually launched, there will definitely be a wave of unemployment, and with the improvement of machine manufacturing capabilities, the wave of unemployment will be higher and higher. Some optimists believe that technological innovation will only It will bring about a change in occupation and social structure, and it will not lead to the disappearance of human dominance, nor will it make everyone a useless person sitting at home waiting to die. For this, they often cite the invention of the steam engine and the industrial revolution as examples. "

"But I don't think so. I have consulted several professors in related fields. The upcoming artificial intelligence innovation is completely different from the industrial revolution that has happened in the past, because the steam engine is dead, while the strong artificial intelligence is alive. It is a new form of life that is sentient and self-aware, able to think independently and solve problems.”

"For example, a steam engine can do the work of some workers, but the steam engine always needs people to maintain, repair and research, and the machine commanded by artificial intelligence does not need it. It can completely build other machines by itself to meet the needs of the machine. If you Artificial intelligence has really been created, so I don't think the term 'useless population' is an alarmist...Liu, is Zero One listening?"

"Yes, Zero One is listening, it doesn't matter, you can speak freely." Liu Zhongqian said softly, "Regarding the question you just mentioned, firstly, Bureau Liu will ensure that Zero One will not cause harm to human civilization, and secondly, even if the strong artificial intelligence The ability is much stronger than that of human beings, but the development of technology still needs to be gradual. It will take at least 20 years to fully realize the needs of machines to meet the needs of machines. During this buffer period, we have enough time to gradually complete the transformation of the social structure. , and find suitable new directions for the so-called 'useless population'."

"There may be pain in the process, but it is unavoidable. We are facing an unknown destiny. If we don't make changes, we will truly die. Furthermore, even if the worst happens, we still have a way out, because we now know that , there is more than one earth."

   Yang Xiaoqian's heart moved, just as he was about to speak, he tightly closed his lips and listened carefully to Liu Zhongqian's words.

"Actually, Bai once proposed another plan for the placement of the saints. He said that the saints are willing to surrender to human beings with sincerity. For us, we only need to find an earth as the residence of the saints after the development technology of the crossing gate is mature. For example, the hometown of Speaker Yu, the second Earth you mentioned."

"But Bureau Liu did not agree. At present, it seems that through the door can only shuttle between the various earths, and sending the saints to other earths will still leave hidden dangers. Furthermore, to send the saints to the saints, not only Because the distance of 1,400 light-years is far enough, and because we have the need to explore outer space."

"However, exploring outer space does not mean giving up exploring other earths. We can also use other earths as a retreat. If you think that one day in the future, Zero One will rewrite its core code, and will no longer be willing to be the umbrella of mankind, but to occupy this Earth, then we can also go to other Earths."

   "If there is a day when Zero One wants to attack humans, how can they let us run away?" Yang Xiaoqian estimated the possibility of fighting against artificial intelligence and felt that humans had no chance of winning.

"Why does Zero One want to attack humans? Are we afraid of our revenge? Or do we want to invade other earth's resources at the same time? If it is the former, I think Zero One is very clear that human beings can't keep up with its development speed, let alone revenge, so it Wouldn't waste time to deal with human beings, that's not the optimal solution, if it's the latter, can the network signal between the two earths be transmitted across time and space? Does Zero One want to create a new kind to occupy all the earths? I think it is bigger The possibility is that humans and machines will continue to develop in a cooperative relationship." Liu Zhongqian shook his head, looked at the defense map and said firmly, "President Yang, that day is still far away from us."