Voyage of the Stars

Strong artificial intelligence has been realized, but because scientists have not found a way to prevent its rebellion, humans at this time have not officially put it into use, and of course it has not been made public to the whole society.

Even so, some news is still spreading within society. After all, the new government has not asked some people familiar with the matter to keep this kind of thing secret, because according to the current work progress, scientists are still very confident that they can find preventive methods, and they will soon As time goes by, the construction of a new set of supercomputer projects based on universal quantum technology is already halfway through.

Under such circumstances, some discussions about strong artificial intelligence have quietly emerged within human society, both among high-level officials and ordinary people.

Just like today's No. 705 residential spacecraft, that is, Hope 705, there are occasionally people discussing these things.

Xu Yanxia, ​​who was over 1,100 years old, was tall and tall, with beautiful legs and long legs. She walked with a somewhat careless pace on the road leading to her home. Except for the parts such as the power engine, the living spaceship is basically a living area. The living area has simulated gravity. As Xu Yanxia walked, her eyes would glance at the scenery on both sides of the corridor from time to time.

The evening in the countryside is particularly charming. The faint glow shines through a layer of thin clouds and reflects on the mottled fields. The enthusiasm of the day has been restrained, and only a faint green is exposed on the earth.

"It looks good, but it's a pity that it's just a picture, not reality." Xu Yanxia, ​​who has always been known for her rough personality, rarely showed an expression of longing for the fields.

There was no other reason than that on more than one occasion when she was on her way home from get off work, she suddenly thought of her sister who had passed away with the earth for many years.

She remembered that her sister Xu Yanshi liked this kind of scenery the most.

Xu Yanxia did not go home directly. Instead, she turned a corner and came to the door of a cake shop, and then walked in with ease.

Seeing her walking in, a voice came out from inside: "Welcome, do you want to take it now or make a reservation?"

"Make it now. I want all the flavors in your store to be added to it, and Boss Li must process it himself." Xu Yanxia made her request without being polite.

She only comes to this cake shop once a year, but the cake she buys is not for her birthday, nor for anyone in her family, but for her sister who has been dead for many years.

Although she only comes once a year, excluding hibernation time, she has come hundreds of times, and usually she will let her department take care of the store's business, so she has become familiar with the boss over time.

It is not unusual to open a cake shop, but it is strange to open a cake shop in the interstellar era, especially on a residential spacecraft. After all, the spacecraft is different from the earth. When it crosses the star system with the entire civilization fleet, it has to carry out high G Acceleration and deceleration, so sweets like cake shops must be disposed of before the spacecraft sets sail, otherwise only a pair of paste will be left after the spacecraft completes acceleration and deceleration.

Obviously, the owner of this cake shop is very experienced. The cakes in the shop are all made to order, um, purely handmade.

"Okay, no problem!" the voice responded.

"Hey, why is it you, where's your mother?" Xu Yanxia then realized that the person talking to her was not the cake shop owner she knew, but her daughter.

This damn gene editor glanced at the girl, and Xu Yanxia complained in her heart.

For no other reason, the main reason was that this girl looked so much like her mother, and had a similar voice, that she didn't even realize it just now.

"My mother went to the sixth planet with my father last year. She said that people were needed for development there and she went to earn some contribution points. So now I am the boss of this store." The girl answered crisply.

"That's fine, you can do it alone, but I probably won't be able to do it for long anyway." Xu Yanxia took her eyes away from the girl's face, then turned to sit down on the sofa next to her.

The girl's name is Li Xuan. Xu Yanxia remembers that she should be only eighteen years old this year, a full thousand and ninety-eight years younger than herself.

"Ah?! What do you mean I can't do it for much longer anyway?" Hearing what Xu Yanxia said, Li Xuan looked over in confusion, and her movements stopped.

This Xu Yanxia is her mother's friend for thousands of years, so she still knows about it. It is said that she is a remnant of the earth era, no, a survivor.

In addition to this relationship, she also knew that Xu Yanxia was an engineer in the Mechanical Department of the Engineering Department. She had a lot of credit for the tactical armor worn by the landing personnel. She was a very powerful person, but she was not very good at how powerful she was. learn.

Now such a person actually said that her cakes would not last long, how could she be calm?

"It's not just you, I may lose my job! I don't think I have much time left. Remember to tell your mother and let her be prepared. I'm afraid the job of handmade cakes will be gone." Xu Yanxia raised her eyelids and showed her teeth. .

"Ah?" Li Xuan was confused.

"The research on strong artificial intelligence has been successful. It will not be long before it will set off a storm in the entire society. All manual labor that originally required human participation will be replaced by robot labor. It is estimated that in the future, in addition to creativity, innovation, design, and scientific research, , scientific undertakings, and administrative work, others can take care of their retirement in advance." Xu Yanxia did not hide it either.

"Strong artificial intelligence?" Li Xuan's little face showed an even more confused look.

Only then did Xu Yanxia realize that this little girl was only eighteen this year. According to the current human learning curriculum, she was still in the early stages of learning. She would need another forty-two years of schooling before she could graduate from school.

At this stage, if you don’t deliberately understand artificial intelligence, you may not have heard of it.

Shaking her head, Xu Yanxia patiently explained to her what artificial intelligence and strong artificial intelligence were, and then concluded: "In short, all you need to know is that any manual or physical work must be replaced by robot labor. "

"Is this so exaggerated?"

Li Xuan feels that life is very difficult. She just wants to survive until graduation, then inherit her mother's career, make her handmade cakes, and earn a few contribution coins to survive her whole life.

But she didn't expect that before she graduated, someone told her that if there was no job she wanted to do in the future, it would be replaced by robot labor.

For a moment, she was a little confused.

"It's an exaggeration. Strong artificial intelligence has self-awareness. In essence, it is a quasi-life. Nowadays, nanotechnology has made another major breakthrough. It is not surprising that robots with flexible limbs like humans will appear in society soon. And robot laborers are doing it. The cake is also a handmade cake, so little Li Xuan, while you are still young, hurry up and set another goal in life." Xu Yanxia sat in a posture like a horse with a golden sword.

She was talking about Li Xuan, but she was also talking about herself in her heart. The emergence of strong artificial intelligence has given her some anxiety. She is afraid that she will have nothing to do in the future.

It's not that she's afraid of starving to death if she has nothing to do. As a top mechanical engineer, she can't starve to death after so many years of accumulation. Human society is now rich in materials and there is no such thing as starving to death.

Xu Yanxia was just worried that she would lose her passion for life after she became idle. Others don't know it, but she knows very well about strong artificial intelligence.

Once this thing is actually put into use, coupled with the robot labor made with nanotechnology, not only her, but all human beings will be able to live a life of reaching out for clothes and food and opening their mouths.

There is no need to do it yourself. As long as the new government is willing, it can be equipped with a robot labor assistant for everyone, and then everyone will not have to work.

If you want to do something or get something, you only need to give a command to the robot labor assistant.

Such a life is desirable, but Xu Yanxia is never happy because she feels that the knowledge and practical skills she has worked so hard to master are suddenly useless at this moment.

Strong artificial intelligence knows everything you know, and strong artificial intelligence can do everything you can do, in every aspect.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable, but for her, there was nothing she could do about it, because she knew clearly that strong artificial intelligence would definitely be put into use.

"Perhaps, the new government will formulate some corresponding measures." Thinking about it, Xu Yanxia couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She, who has always been cheerful, rarely does this.

In fact, she is not the only one. After strong artificial intelligence is truly realized, many scientists also have similar anxieties. However, due to different perspectives, these scientists are more anxious about human knowledge.

They feel that after a lifetime of learning, human beings do not have as much knowledge in their brains as a strong artificial intelligence. They are afraid that after strong artificial intelligence is actually used, the entire human society will fall into hedonistic decadence.