Interlude Reality 02: Reason and Matter Chapter 5 Biosphere Experiment
The Biosphere 2 experiment officially began in 1989 and was declared over in 1992. Before the millennium, humans tried to conquer the Earth through crude means, but their inferior materials and technology could not fulfill their great ideas and concepts. Their actions could not properly restore the Earth's biosphere system, and they even hastily took office without understanding the expansion and absorption coefficients of hydraulic materials.
But this is not a denial or criticism of Biosphere 2. On the contrary, the courage to carry out the biosphere simulation in that era is enough to prove the hope of human beings for the simulation of the biosphere, and also enough to prove how strong the human beings' delusion and desire for planetary transformation are. Even countless wealthy capitalists and politicians, knowing that their money and capital would not return in a short time, resolutely joined the investment in the biosphere. It is because they all know that for human beings, there is only one Earth.
Ecosystem and biotechnology have always been at the forefront of AI and Internet technology. However, what is disappointing, or even particularly unsatisfactory, is that compared with the rapid development of AI production, the progress of biotechnology and genetic technology is not so encouraging.
It is not to say that their actions and careers have not made any progress. At least, with the decoding and selection of human gene chains, it has been announced that all genetic diseases in humans have been completely solved, and the life span of normal humans has been increased to the theoretical limit. However, for the entire human society, their role is not as great as that of AI. Because of the extreme development of AI and cyborg technology and the progress of human anatomy and neurology, it is possible for the entire human race to enter semi-immortality.
Although the dispute over data and consciousness has not stopped, compared with the world where immortality can be achieved by not caring about whether one's spirit is still one's own, the advantages of AI are still visible to the naked eye compared to the so-called orthodox genetic science that still requires various experiments and corrections. When human lifespan is about to reach its limit and nothing can save it, then people will naturally choose to upload their own consciousness and turn it into a stream of data to . But this is undoubtedly an extremely unfair situation for biotechnology.
"Biology and technology are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they should complement each other."
Walking in the passage full of indicators, the little girl skipped in front, and her clear voice echoed in the corridor.
“Perhaps in terms of efficiency, biotechnology has no way of being compared with pure AI technology. There is even no way to compare data with them, because that would be tantamount to humiliating oneself. In fact, I personally maintain a positive attitude towards the great development of AI.”
"But I think biosphere technology and related experiments cannot be shelved or set aside. We all know that the human ecosystem has many fatal loopholes. For example, the imbalance of the circulatory system requires external maintenance, such as the changes in the oxygen ratio and central circulation pressure. This series of things maintain a very confusing movement in it, so it also extends to many branches related to materials science and aerodynamics."
"The complexity of a natural ecosystem can be used as a simulation for our calculations on alien planets. If we complete the biosphere technology, we may be able to simulate the biological and social science structures that may exist on alien planets in the laboratory, which is a very wonderful thing for the entire scientific community. However, with the complete failure of the Darwin Mine experiment and the biosphere series, the entire ecosystem structure was listed as a money-making project, so I was able to obtain the relevant procedures. But for me, compiling and evolving is only the first step of my ambition. What I want to do is to completely regulate the ecosystem and genetic technology so that humans can create like gods."
"...Is this how we can beat the AI?"
Sounds easy?
Looking at the confident little girl walking in the corridor, Li Lin said with some doubt.
Of course, this action only earned her a roll of the eyes and a helpless shrug, which was not suitable for her age.
"Of course not. To be frank, this kind of genetic science is just an extension of biology and related industries . But AI and its extensions are the maximization of the idealism of human order clusters. There is no way to defeat productivity by relying on intention alone. Compared with the reproduction of organisms and related complex logic and organs, AI does not need to care about other things. It can create a special body for special cooperation just to serve humans."
"From any perspective, machines are the most powerful. They are the means for humans to operate and conquer certain things. Compared with ordinary organisms and gene chains, AI and machines only need relevant production materials to be assembled and manufactured at a very fast speed. Strictly speaking, the superiority of organisms over machines is zero. If there is any superiority, it is only the fault tolerance and anti-interference ability of organisms that are slightly commendable. The rest are completely defeated by machines. Machines are machines, the true crystallization of human beings' fight against nature. To a certain extent, machines are the most perfect creations."
"You see, mining machinery for minerals, Dyson spheres for the sun, and lunar cities for the moon are just convenient and easy-to-use tools from a human perspective. But if you equate biology and machinery, you'll find that machinery is far more effective than biology. This is especially true now that we've deciphered the genetic code to its limit."
"So my activities are just a kind of evolution of self-realization. It's impossible to fight against AI. Because AI itself only needs to input algorithms to summarize and organize, and it can do everything I do."
Even better than me. Compared to AI, humans have been reduced to a supporting role.
It seemed that she did not care that she was just an execution vehicle. Although the little girl Zhang Lingmeng talked about such a terrible future, her actions were not ambiguous at all. She directly passed several review channels and walked into the depths of the Darwin mine.
