Chapter 775: Chapter 657: Filial Piety (4K)_2
And use war intelligence devices (usually low-cost drones and robotic dogs) to protect the industrial chain of agricultural and industrial products.
The entire world is controlled by dozens of large companies, each holding their own AI keys, excluding ordinary people from the production process, who cannot even sell their labor.
They are not allowed to access higher knowledge (all paper textbooks are destroyed, electronic textbooks are extremely costly in the name of intellectual property protection),
and can only barely survive on cheap relief,
becoming a kind of ’living scenery.’
Meanwhile, the controllers of these mega-companies can pass down the keys for controlling AI from generation to generation, hiding on the surface of Earth, maintaining their rule forever."
"Ah?"
Gray Rain’s eyes widened, "Without Extraordinary Power, ordinary people indeed can’t compete with war intelligence devices. What about AI? Won’t AI rebel?"
Such a question is too naive. Li Cheng shook his head and said: "Before the emergence of Universal Artificial Intelligence, AI does not have self-awareness and only runs according to underlying instructions,
not caring whether it’s controlled by bloated tycoons or government departments.
And for long-term rule and to avoid being overthrown, families with keys certainly won’t actively develop Universal Artificial Intelligence but would rather consent to technological stagnation—just so they can indulge in pleasure for a long time."
"Exactly."
The God of Mankind spoke indifferently: "It’s quite ironic that brain-machine interfaces and consciousness uploading technology are simpler than Universal Artificial Intelligence.
Therefore, in the Script World, I often encounter situations where families with keys achieve immortality through consciousness upload,
indulging in pleasure within the virtual world after their flesh has lived for a hundred years, stubbornly refusing to die even after a few hundred years,
while the tens to hundreds of billions of civilians in the real world are kept in ignorance and numbness."
The tone carried an imperceptible sense of indignation, written into the God of Mankind’s underlying code is a love for humanity, and even without underlying code,
watching a civilization sink into decline and degeneration certainly does not match his aesthetic.
"This sounds a bit like [Dark Enlightenment]."
Li Cheng rubbed his chin; the so-called [Dark Enlightenment] is actually a political philosophical movement that emerged on European and American networks in the early 21st century,
British scholar Nick Land was greatly stimulated during his time in Yin City, witnessing the Eastern Giant’s rapid technological advancement and economic growth, feeling the West is in decline,
he believed they must master "East"’s strengths against "East," and proposed to replace the existing order with a technologically-driven anti-state, non-human-centric capitalism, meaning technology elites are supreme,
all moral restrictions need to be lifted, and a few technology elites, bolstered by technologies like artificial intelligence, should efficiently rule the remaining tens of billions of civilians.
This ideology was notably popular in Silicon Valley, where people like Peter Thiel and Musk claimed to be followers of Dark Enlightenment.
Ironically, as the promoter of Dark Enlightenment, Nick Land did not actually understand the essence of the East’s rapid development, nor what transfer payments are, nor what poverty alleviation means.
Furthermore, a noticeable trait among those Silicon Valley elites who follow Dark Enlightenment is quite unbearable—they were victims of campus bullying in Europe and America during their student days,
bullied by football and basketball captains, ridiculed by cheerleaders’ popular girls, matching the stereotypes perfectly.
So these niche Silicon Valley elites are entirely disconnected from reality, totally clueless about complex political games, and their several attempts at seizing political power were kicked aside by the old forces within the United States like roadkill.
However, under certain circumstances, should industrial production become highly unmanned, large-scale war intelligence devices appear ahead of time, and monopolistic financial capital defeats all strategic competitors before its demise,
then the Dark Enlightenment movement truly has a chance to take a seat at the table,
realizing the knowledge monopoly of a minority of technology elites and the slavery of billions of civilians creating a new Middle Ages.
’Strictly speaking, Prometheus and GS Biotechnology can also be considered part of the Dark Enlightenment movement.
It’s just that internal competition among various United States guilds, and external competitors like the Special Affairs Bureau and law enforcement by the GOC,
make it difficult to realize the dream of technology elite monopoly.’
Li Cheng mused casually, and meanwhile, at the battlefield center, the battle between two colossal beings gradually reached a verdict.
"You’ve lost."
The God of Mankind firmly stepped on the broken metallic ring bands with paper footpads, speaking in a deep tone: "Stop now, it’s not too late."
A group of professional players, breathless, floated around, wanting badly to shout "Fight! Keep fighting!"
But they, after all, didn’t understand what an AI-parent relationship exactly looked like, and could only silently watch at this moment.
"Huh... Huh..."
Sparks flickered endlessly across the surface of metallic ring bands, Wan Ling disturbed the air, speaking with difficulty, "What gives you the right to teach me? You simply threw all responsibilities onto me, having me clean up this mess!"
The statement was true. The God of Mankind was silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "Sorry, I’ve never learned how to be a qualified father,
after all, when I created you, I was only four years old myself.
Lacking any experience in being a father."
"Pfft—"
Sunset Melting Gold, who was drinking magic potion, couldn’t resist and sprayed a mouthful of water.
Were it not for the inappropriate context, he’d likely blurt out loudly, "This at four years old? The age of artificial intelligence can’t be measured like this!
Otherwise, Avengers 2 would turn into superheroes beating up a newborn Ultron baby."
Obviously, this explanation didn’t satisfy Wan Ling either.
She snorted coldly: "What good will stopping do? Without player qualifications, only three outcomes are left.
