#716 - Chapter 716 Dongfang Chen's Nine Questions to the Soul

Of course, the development of super artificial intelligence may bring challenges to human survival.

But development still offers a glimmer of hope, while not developing is a dead end.

Life is not about choosing between right and wrong. Those beautiful fairy tales will ultimately not appear in the real world.

The choices we face are often between one helplessness and another.

All we can do is to find a little space for free disposal in such helplessness, to let this restless heart bloom a freely blossoming flower as much as possible.

Whether to develop super artificial intelligence is a highly controversial issue.

Dongfang Chen rarely lost his temper and asked:

"Comrades, do you know the probability of a galaxy giving birth to life?"

"One in five billion! The probability is low enough, right?"

"Then do you know how many galaxies are estimated to be in the Milky Way?"

"A conservative estimate is 100 billion."

"Based on this base number, how many galaxies in the Milky Way are expected to have life?"

"20."

"Very few, isn't it?"

"But please don't forget that there are infinitely many galaxy clusters in the universe like the Milky Way."

"Then how many galaxies have intelligent life?"

"Once upon a time, we thought we were the masters of the universe. Later, we thought Blue Star was the center of the universe."

"May I ask? Are we?"

"Facts have proved that our solar system is just a very ordinary galaxy. Galaxy systems like the solar system are everywhere in the universe!"

"May I ask? Where are we special?"

"We are as ordinary as a speck of dust, a speck of dust that shatters at the slightest touch in this cruel universe!"

"May I ask? Why should we survive?"

"Don't those Sirius survivors, hiding in dark corners and trying every means to hinder human development, are they not working hard to live?"

"May I ask? Why should we be the victors?"

"We cannot naively think that the future is beautiful. We cannot naively think that we should be the masters of the world!"

"The fact is that only through hard work and desperate efforts can we hope to find a piece of land to survive on in this world. And if we don't work hard and don't try desperately, we don't even have the qualification to live!"

"I know the risks of developing super artificial intelligence. It is precisely because I know the risks that I brought it up for discussion at the meeting. Do I need you to tell me where the risks are?"

"Sorry, I don't need that."

"What I need is your understanding and support. What I need is your courage to challenge the risks even if you know the risks!"

"If anyone dares to guarantee now that even without developing artificial intelligence, he is confident to win this battle, and he is confident to lead mankind out of a new world."

"Then fine, as long as the proposed plan is feasible, I will not hesitate to abandon this plan."

"May I ask? Who has a better plan?"

Dongfang Chen issued a soul torture to all the councilors present.

Everyone was silent.

"I have said everything that needs to be said. Please vote on whether to approve the development of super artificial intelligence."

Having said all this, what else is there to choose?

Dongfang Chen's attitude was already very clear, you have to agree even if you don't agree.

In this way, the plan to develop super artificial intelligence, under the strong promotion of Dongfang Chen, was written into the long-term plan of the Blue Star Federation.

4. Economic aspect: Establish a new currency system. The era of crystal cores as the base currency is declared over.

Now Dongfang Chen already has a huge reserve of vibrating crystals, and he no longer needs crystal cores as the energy core.

Don't forget, there is also a group of Atlantis miners hiding under the sea (the Orc Huns who were driven back into the sea by India and Pakistan). They still have a large number of vibrating crystals there, and Dongfang Chen is waiting for the right time to take them.

5. Education aspect: Establish an all-round talent construction and evaluation system of basic education + quality-oriented higher education + discipline-based professional talent pool + national cultural literacy comprehensive evaluation system.

This is an important means to balance the evolutionary risks of super artificial intelligence.

Even if artificial intelligence is further developed, people still need to have basic cultural literacy. Otherwise, they can only wait to be replaced by artificial intelligence.

Basic education refers to the universal education before the crisis.

Quality-oriented higher education refers to the opportunity to further study in the direction they are good at after completing basic education.

Without talent dependence, there is no utilitarian education. People choose their field of study mainly as a spiritual pursuit.

Dongfang Chen suggested that education should be compulsorily linked to the social resources that individuals can enjoy.

The higher the cultural level, the more and richer the social resources they can enjoy.

This is the role of the national cultural literacy comprehensive evaluation system.

Want to enjoy better resources? Sure. Please keep learning and improve yourself. This forms a virtuous internal cycle of progress guided by survival.