Yu Yifeng was worried for a long time, but he had no better way and could only let Xu Yunjin handle the matter by himself.
There is indeed something wrong with the soldier profession...
They have been too comfortable for more than a hundred years. The social order is stable and resources are unprecedentedly developed. What about conflicts? No...
Now the entire civilization has a population of 800,000, and about 10,000 soldiers, accounting for 1.25% of the total population. This ratio is still relatively high. Including scouts, pilots, mechanical soldiers, communications soldiers, etc., there are about 20 various categories
kind.
With so many soldiers, there must be brave men and women who are not afraid of sacrifice. There is no doubt about this. But the comfortable environment for so many years has made the entire army lack a trace of killing spirit.
If the soldiers cannot step up at the critical moment, then there will definitely be some problems in the development of new humanity...
"Practice, practice, it's good to make corrections early!"
Yu Yifeng shook his head, no longer thinking about this matter, but focused on this meeting.
The scientists were still discussing intensely, and few noticed that Xu Yunjin and other military committee members sitting in the front had left.
In their mouths, artificial intelligence, giant creatures, "creatures that can become invisible in visible waves", "non-carbonyl creatures", "electromagnetic wave creatures"...all kinds of fantastic ideas popped up.
"If there is a self-aware 'artificial intelligence' or some kind of strange life, will it be of great significance to science? The answer... is yes! I think it is necessary to do further research on this planet.
Investigate...find this artificial intelligence!"
A computer expert said enthusiastically.
Strong artificial intelligence, so far, humans still cannot figure it out, and they don’t even have a clue.
"If there is a strong artificial intelligence template... it will be a huge inspiration to our science!" The scientist said excitedly. He seemed to have forgotten the local war that had just occurred and the close investigation.
The dangers of the planet.
"wrong!"
Until then, another scientist stepped forward, it was Dr. Rimbaud.
He loudly said: "Listen to me, everyone, I think there is another possibility! It is not artificial intelligence, but a...Gaia creature composed of microorganisms!"
Yu Yifeng was stunned: "Gaia creature?"
He nodded and said: "Oh... I'm sorry, this is a term I just coined. In layman's terms, it is a collective consciousness composed of microorganisms!"
"We might as well open our minds a little more. We discovered strange algae in the ocean right away. Their structures are quite complex, their biological activities are violent, and they have some unknown animal characteristics!"
"Based on the information currently available, these phytoplankton can produce a weak electromagnetic signal and biological signal. Do they communicate through these signals?
"If all the algae in the world are connected in series, will they form a complex neural network system?"
As Rimbaud spoke, he walked to the screen and pulled out microscopic images of algae creatures. His bold conjecture aroused people's thinking...
Yu Yifeng also held his chin and thought deeply. If he wants to generate wisdom and self-awareness, can he really only rely on a brain full of nerve cells?
At present, it seems like this...
Humans have brains, native lizards have brains, Nixans have brains, even the original species of "black" has brains!
The structures of these brains are quite similar.
But this evidence is not sufficient. Human beings do not know the reasons for the emergence of intelligence, nor how self-awareness arises...
In the Earth Age, there was a term called "hive mind". This term was used to describe a colony of bees in a bee hive, as if it were a self-conscious whole.
The magic of "swarm mind" is that no single bee can control it, but there is an invisible hand, a hand that emerges from a large number of dull members, controlling the entire group...
Similarly, if phytoplankton can create synchronized signals and communicate with each other like neurons, then each cubic meter or cubic decimeter of seawater can serve as a unit of consciousness.
The huge ocean is like a mind, and the algae units are the nerve cells in it.
Such collective consciousness creatures are called by Dr. Rimbaud...
"Gaia Creatures"!
Gaia is a conjecture that has existed since ancient times. Around 400 BC, Plato once proposed a point of view: the earth is a huge living organism.
Therefore, people imagine that the consciousness the planet has is called Gaia consciousness!
"So, Gaia consciousness is sometimes called the will of the planet. But I think that what we are encountering now cannot replace the will of the entire planet... because land does not seem to be within its scope of ability, and it can only control it at most.
ocean."
"Its capabilities are limited..."
And according to this theory, if there really are Gaian creatures, then there is a reason for the huge green eyes.
That is……
Biological telescope!
This kind of Gaia creature is not omnipotent. Although they are huge and spread throughout the ocean, they also need certain unique structures to sense the outside world.
Some scattered cells cannot "see" or "hear" the outside world in a vacuum.
There must be a structure similar to the human eye, that is... a "giant telescope" structure composed of countless microbial cells, in order to see clearly thousands of kilometers away in outer space!
In this way...it becomes the "giant eyes" that people see!
Then it was blown to pieces by a nuclear bomb...
After hearing this explanation, everyone in the venue fell silent for a while.
"A microbial telescope... This way, it does look like it's all sea water."
The emergence of this "Gaia creature" seems to be beyond the scope of human biology.
Its body composition is dispersed. It seems that as long as the "hive mind" on the earth goes further and forms greater wisdom, it will become a Gaia creature...
But this goes a step further and is a bit unimaginable.
If it really exists, humans know almost nothing about its nature!
Another scientist pressed the talk button and said with concern: "If... the special algae in the sea really develop self-awareness and intelligence... When such a large number of units are gathered and connected through some kind of computing method, can
What level of intelligence is supported?”
"A mind as big as the ocean has trillions of cells, or more? Does this kind of IQ have millions or tens of millions?"
"Human beings with an IQ of less than 200 can no longer understand this kind of creature, right?"
Everyone shuddered when they heard this conjecture.
With an IQ of several million, can one go from elementary mathematics to calculus in one day?
In another day, will we be able to figure out the theory of relativity?
This is the enemy... that humanity faces?
But soon, another biologist jumped up and refuted this view excitedly: "Impossible! Dr. Del, your idea is absolutely invalid!"
"Doesn't the transmission of communication signals require time? Just like the transmission speed of neurons in our brains, which is only one or two hundred meters per second, and it is the result of billions of years of optimization!"
"It's a joke to want to connect the entire huge ocean. Could it be that information is transmitted at the speed of light? If this Gaia creature really exists, its intelligence must have an upper limit. It may be very high. It is indeed higher than us, but it will definitely not be higher.
To the level of millions!”
The scientist known as Del immediately asked: "Are the trace electromagnetic waves they emit not at the speed of light?"
The biologist shook his head and said: "The biological current on our neurons is still at the speed of light... Don't these signals need to be received and digested by the cells? This must take time!"
"Unless...the cells that make up Gaia's organisms do not need to communicate with each other, but without communication, it is impossible to generate collective intelligence!"
In the current lack of evidence, people agree with the biologist.
Although Gaia's creatures are huge in size, their IQs are definitely not infinitely high!
At least... its current technology is not developed...