Chapter 188: The Framework of Future Civilization

Upon hearing this, the audience grew excited, unable to stop themselves from imagining.

"This system feels so suitable for the modern age. Robots work for us, and we don't have to do anything."

"I really want to experience this kind of civilization."

"No work, no jobs—just eat and wait to die forever."

"Is it possible that intelligent robots, seeing humans not working, would grow resentful and then eliminate us all?"

"That... actually makes a lot of sense!"

"..."

This ideology was not unfamiliar to the experts.

The biggest drawback was that regardless of whether the Three Laws of Robotics were established, the future would be a world dominated by robots.

Over time, humans would fall beneath robots and become second-class citizens.

Professor Zhuang couldn't help but ponder, "If we were to truly implement this, then robots cannot be too intelligent, nor can they possess the ability to learn."

"But in that case, the role of robots would become inhumane under the law."

"The ultimate outcome—at best—would be a stalemate; at worst, it would be shooting ourselves in the foot, with the losses outweighing the gains."

"This is absolutely not suitable for the modern era!"

As the words fell, Jiang Zhe on the phone screen spoke again:

"2: Hyper-subjectivism."

"The consciousness of alien civilizations can be uploaded via computers, and they transform their bodies into various material forms—"

"A star, a planet, or even a city could all be part of a single living individual."

Hearing this, the audience and experts frowned, finding it difficult to understand.

This was somewhat beyond human nature.

Although the price paid was Consciousness Immortality, the form of the individual was completely altered.

Or rather, it transcended human cognition and worldviews.

Inside the research institute, Director Wu offered his assessment:

"This is like the morphology of alien civilizations in astronomy."

"Colleagues at home and abroad have mentioned before that some civilizations are in energy states, silicon-based states, and so on."

"Energy states are among the species best adapted to the harsh environments of the universe. Within our current human understanding, they are semi-divine civilizations. For instance, the Quantum Ghost Civilization is one of the groups that could potentially exist."

"This is the most likely form of an energy-based civilization; they can travel anywhere in the universe with their energy bodies without needing protective suits."

"In a future with scarce resources, this could actually be implemented—turning humans into a pure energy state. There’s also a term for it: the Ascension Body. It involves light-ifying the human physical body, increasing its temperature and strength after light-ification. Strictly speaking, this is 'scientific evolution.' In this way, it somewhat resembles the rumored social civilization and individual framework of Atlantis."

At this moment, a staff member nearby, Xiao Gang, couldn't help but ask, "Director, wouldn't that make it a superpower civilization?"

Director Wu nodded. "Yes, similar to a superpower civilization. For example, a Quantum Ghost Civilization could walk through walls and such. But achieving effects like quantum tunneling or allowing those quantum ghosts to travel through time and space is unrealistic. After all, much of quantum theory only exists in theory; macro-level rules in reality don't allow them to be that powerful."

"Furthermore, there are rumors of superpower civilizations in Earth's history, like the Gendaya Civilization."

"What is the Gendaya Civilization?"

"Do you know Erlang Shen?"

"I do."

"Just like Erlang Shen, the Gendaya Civilization was a civilization of dwarves, and also a three-eyed civilization. They used their third eye to communicate with the order of the microscopic world and explore the possibilities of future development. It was a civilization that predicted the future, yet they still revered martial force and were ultimately destroyed in a great flood, similar to the Atlantis civilization. But those are all hypotheses, not real history."

"Oh~ I see."

"3: Ant-type Society."

"Due to innate or acquired differences, individuals begin to differentiate in physical characteristics from birth and are divided into different classes responsible for different tasks."

Even more people were familiar with this one!

It is one of the mainstream social frameworks in science fiction.

"Take a certain Planet Krypton, for example; roles are assigned before birth."

"Engineers are born engineers, and miners are born miners. Theoretically, it's a bit heartless—one of those desperate societies where the future is pre-ordained!"

Individual wisdom is not allowed to exist independently; anyone who develops thoughts beyond their class would be hunted down.

While somewhat despairing, it is also one of the fastest-developing, intelligent, and cold-blooded civilizations!

Professor Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng looked at each other and then shook their heads.

"This civilization is very cold-blooded!"

"It's not just unusually cold-blooded; there was a sci-fi movie a few years ago about it. This alien civilization invaded Earth, and their way of saying hello was to massacre ordinary people."

"Then, by the time the alien civilization realized—specifically, when they were invaded by Earth's civilization—that Ant-type Society discovered every human on Earth possessed individual wisdom. We weren't worker ants who were expendable consumables, and we didn't have an Ant Queen or anything of the sort."

"I've seen that one; it left a deep impression. After the alien civilization invaded Earth, the aliens saw a human pilot fly his craft in a suicide mission against the alien mothership. That's when the aliens knew every human had individual wisdom. Unlike that alien civilization where wisdom belonged only to the Queen, and the alien ants under her were mindless, expendable tools controlled by her."

The civilization the two elders were discussing was indeed from a sci-fi movie released a few years ago in that world.

A group from an Ant-type alien civilization attacked Earth.

Halfway through the assault, an Earth pilot flew a fighter jet loaded with a Peace Bomb and ultimately exploded along with the alien mothership.

Afterward, the alien civilization stopped invading Earth because the Alien Queen discovered that humans were not an Ant-type civilization, but that every individual possessed independent wisdom.

The Alien Queen's tenet was not to kill intelligent beings.

However, after the alien civilization encountered a counterattack from Earth, they were successfully destroyed by Earth's civilization.

This movie gave the two elders much to reflect on; a conflict that arose from a lack of understanding of the other's civilization ultimately resulted in a lose-lose situation.

When the Queen initially ordered the killing of humans, there was no sympathy involved. In the Queen's eyes, humans were just expendable tools, as long as the Earth Queen didn't die.

But who could have known that the Alien Queen would underestimate the history of Earth's civilization, leading to a situation where both sides suffered? This left physicists, astronomers, and other scholars full of regret.

While they were discussing, Jiang Zhe spoke again.

"4: Hyper-communism."

"A massive artificial intelligence controls the distribution of social resources, and all physical labor is replaced by AI."

"Aliens can break free from the shackles of physical and mental labor to do whatever they wish."

"Under the guidance of an absolutely fair and just AI, people live lives of equality and happiness."

"However, this has its pros and cons, and the civilization will split into two extremes."

"Either they flourish and change with each passing day, or they become decadent, much like the rumored Atlantis civilization: luxurious and wasteful."

Hearing this, Professor Hua Yunfeng, Old Feng, and the other experts in the lecture hall all brightened up and looked toward the middle-aged man in the suit.

This was consistent with what the expert on-site had said earlier—

It turned out the professional term for it was Hyper-communism!

"5: Capitalism."

"Capitalism has developed to an extremely advanced stage, and the joys and sorrows of aliens are much like our own."

"All resources are monopolized by capitalists, and the level of technology won't differ too much."

"..."

"There are far too many examples like these."

"We won't go into the reasons for each one."

"In short: whatever the environment, that's the social system adopted."

"You can't impose our system on aliens and say they have to be just like us."

"That would be a complete joke."

At this point, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but shake his head. "Based on what I've said so far, regardless of what kind of civilization an alien one is, we can find that any civilization capable of interstellar travel must have an advanced social system. They might be cold-blooded or peaceful, but ultimately, there must be a civilization that would reply after receiving Earth's radio signals. After all, with such a large sample size, someone is bound to respond, right?"

The experts and the audience nodded in undeniable agreement.

With such a large sample size, there would inevitably be a response.

Even if they couldn't manage interstellar travel, they would certainly send a reply.

Even if signals travel at the speed of light, the signals launched in the last century should have reached civilizations several light-years away long ago, right?

Once they receive the signal and reply, and after a few more years for the signal to travel back to Earth, there would still be a time interval.

But unfortunately, there's nothing. Earth hasn't detected anything, hasn't received anything. This is truly thought-provoking!

"But sadly, even if there are technological civilizations that have achieved Consciousness Immortality, they haven't replied to us. Even if they claim to hide themselves with meticulous care, it's impossible for them not to unintentionally release some electromagnetic signals."

"Does this mean there really are no alien civilizations in the universe? Is our human civilization truly alone?"

"Is the fermi paradox really unanswerable?"

A series of questions fell, and although the corners of Jiang Zhe's mouth couldn't help but curl up, his face remained incredibly serious.

Attentive viewers noticed this, and their eyes lit up.

That familiar feeling—it's coming!