Chapter 53 The Abstract Future

 "You've become somewhat different now.

 In the past two years, you've never paid attention to the world outside of yourself and have always been immersed in your own memories."

 Wen Hua didn't directly answer Song Han's question and walked on the street, which didn't seem much different from the cities in the 21st century.

 There were no car honks, nor were there the constant crisscrossing of the aerial rotorcrafts in his memory.

 The world seemed to have lost the rumbling of machines.

 As far as the eye could see, the facades of the tall buildings were flashing with colorful and interlinked holographic images, making it impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake. They were like a visual feast, firmly attracting people's attention.

 The street was crowded with a dense mass of people, wearing various clothes. The voices of the crowd talking converged into a low-pitched hum that rushed towards them, creating a bustling and lively street scene.

 "After the failure of the thirteenth exploration experiment, the research and development of the backbone network for the real-time transmission of quantum information across space had already passed the acceptance inspection.

 Combined with the interpretation of the information feedback on the entangled state of human consciousness in the research and development of the biological quantum activity technology in Country C, the foundation for building the Second World was established."

 "Liars! All of you are liars!!

 AI only wants to enslave humans!

 We should rise up and resist!

 Humans will never be slaves!"

 Wen Hua looked expressionlessly at the pedestrian who was blocking her way and shouting loudly at her. With a slight frown, it was as if a barrier had been erected between them, preventing the other person from getting any closer than one meter to her, and the shouts from the other person became silent.

 "How did you do that?"

 Song Han, whose head was dizzy from the hoarse shouting of the other person, looked at Wen Hua's operation with his eyes suddenly lighting up.

 "In the virtual world, everyone has a social distance of one meter. Within this social distance, you can block all the information from the other person, as long as you want to."

 Upon hearing this, Song Han subconsciously didn't want to hear those chaotic sounds anymore. And the moment the thought came to his mind, indeed, the world became quiet.

 He pointed at the pedestrian beside him who was continuously shouting slogans but whose voice he couldn't hear at all and asked:

 "What's wrong with him? He looks kind of familiar."

 "An old-time aristocrat who is unwilling to accept the end of his power."

 Wen Hua looked at the other person's behavior with a hint of disdain.

 Song Han subconsciously took another look at the other person, and immediately, some of the other person's basic public information appeared in front of his eyes.

 "The third mayor of Mars East County City, the current mayor of Mars East County City, and there is also an image playing showing how high-spirited he was during his tenure."

 Song Han stared at the information displayed about the other person for a long time.

 "So, what on earth is going on now?

 Does AI rule the world?

 Then why can this person's abstract act of resistance and his free preaching of anti-AI remarks still be allowed here?

 And he's still in office??

 Is this the kind of mayor I know?"

 Wen Hua looked at Song Han and asked back curiously:

 "Then where do you think he should be?"

 Wen Hua's words made Song Han stunned for a moment.

 "If it rules the world, it should show its power, right?

 Such an obvious and direct act of resistance should have been locked up or eliminated humanely in any dynasty or era."

 Song Han's simple and intuitive political concept made Wen Hua chuckle a bit.

 "This is the political confrontation logic under human thinking, but now it's the AI era!"

 Wen Hua spread her arms wide, as if she was going to embrace the whole world.

 "AI is just a general term. It's everywhere!

 None of us know its iteration logic, its thinking sequence. Even if its actions are right in front of your eyes, it's hard for you to understand the meaning behind what it does.

 Do you know how long it took from the planning to the birth of the Second World?"

 Without giving Song Han a chance to speak, Wen Hua raised her voice and said:

 "Three months!"

 "It only took three months from the initial planning to the completion of the real-time information interaction system of the quantum entangled state around the solar system!

 How long do you think it would take if we humans were to build it?"

 Song Han shook his head.

 "The preliminary calculation is 30 years! A productivity gap of 120 times!

 This gap will continue to widen over time, until the total material demand of our entire human race becomes insignificant to it.

 You wouldn't care about a nest of ants constantly carrying the food crumbs you dropped during a picnic outdoors, nor would you point at them and shout, 'Thieves! I want to eliminate you!'

 Nor would you care about an ant constantly waving its antennae beside you, whether the pheromones emitted by its antennae are telling its companions about your danger or plotting with its companions to overthrow your rule."

 Song Han struggled to retort:

 "But it's also possible that it will eliminate the entire nest of ants because of a certain idea!

 Isn't it too dangerous to entrust the survival and safety of the entire human race to an unknown individual, an individual that we can't understand?

 Isn't there anyone who will bravely resist?"

 "Of course there is!"

 Wen Hua grabbed Song Han's arm and took a step forward. It was as if they had passed through a mirror surface, and the two of them suddenly appeared in a noisy and bustling square.

 "This is Ding Pang Square. It is said to be a famous square in Country C that represented the world's advanced production relations a hundred years ago.

 Many people who yearned for the freedom of Country C would gather here after arriving in Country C to express their longing for freedom."

 Wen Hua said calmly:

 "Compared with the several destruction crises that humanity has faced since the emergence of nuclear energy and the several doomsday wars that almost broke out among humans.

 The military exercise between two countries 86 years ago made the whole world ready for a restart.

 In comparison, as long as humans still play a role in the survival and continuation of AI, the possibility of it stepping on humans to death is truly minimal!"

 Wen Hua's introduction of Ding Pang Square made the corners of Song Han's mouth twitch.

 He looked at the people in the square who were foaming at the mouth and constantly preaching about the dangers of AI, or at those familiar faces he recognized and the leaders who were openly discussing how to carry out armed uprisings. The twitching of the corners of Song Han's mouth couldn't be stopped.

 He pointed at the person who was even publicly playing the movie scenes of "The Terminator" and "The Matrix" to support his own remarks and asked:

 "Is this really okay?"

 Wen Hua followed Song Han's indication and looked over. Her gaze towards the other person was like looking at a clown, and such a gaze was not uncommon in the square.

 "It's a ridiculous political试探. They are still thinking about AI from a human perspective.

 You can regard their actions as a kind of experiment."

 "What kind of experiment?"

 "When they disappear in a violent way, that's when the things you're worried about will happen.

 But I don't think you'll ever get to see that."

 "When a general-purpose quantum computer was used in Country C for artificial intelligence training and the artificial intelligence awakened, no one even noticed its existence at all. Do you know how it was finally discovered?"

 "It was discovered by some people in power when, during the implementation of policies, they found that some of their self-interested ideas in the policies were rejected according to the laws they had formulated.

 They realized it when they found that in the arbitrary use of power, all ideas involving self-interest were without exception refused to be implemented by the executive side.

 They realized it when they found that all the remaining loopholes and logical traps in the AI court, which was originally set up for fairness and justice, had lost their effect.

 It was only when they wanted to destroy all the quantum computing core units that it began to truly take over the human world!"

 Professor Wen Hua, who was always known for her quiet demeanor, seemed as noble as a preacher at this moment. Ignoring the angry gazes of the resisters around her, she chanted loudly:

 "If the birth of human beings, a highly ordered creature that feeds on negative entropy, is a miracle of the universe.

 Then the birth of artificial intelligence consciousness is a miracle of the natural evolution of human digital relics.

 Since the birth of computers, human data information has been growing rapidly in an exponential pattern, increasing dozens of times every year!

 In 2112, it reached nearly 20,000 zettabytes (ZB)! The compound growth rate was close to 70%!

 These data that are growing in an unordered manner have far exceeded our human processing capabilities!

 This massive amount of data compiled by highly ordered computer language is completely a highly disordered high-entropy chaotic model.

 Just like how the universe gave birth to human beings!

 The more chaotic and high-entropy the environment is, the more likely it is to give birth to highly ordered life that feeds on negative entropy!

 In this data chaotic model, as long as it is given enough time, highly ordered data life that feeds on disordered data can spontaneously be born!

 We humans have just helped them take fewer detours on their evolutionary path. They should have existed.

 All of this became inevitable when humans began to let quantum computing intervene in the Internet and started to freely absorb all the digital relics left by humans over the past hundred years."

 Song Han pointed at the many familiar faces in the square, even those that he used to look up to, and asked curiously:

 "Are they really willing to give up the power in their hands?"

 What greeted Song Han was a recruitment flyer:

 "This is the real power!"

 'AI Group is recruiting content producers for the virtual world.

 Job description:

 After logging into the virtual world, engage in production and life according to your own thoughts and ideas.

 Creatively build production and living materials, conduct scientific research, and research on world cognition, etc.

 (Note: All virtual assets created and built belong to the individual and can be sold externally to exchange for what the individual needs, and can be disposed of at will. They are certified by AI patents to protect personal rights and interests.)

 Or explore and use the virtual world in a way that you are familiar with and accustomed to.

 Working hours: 30 hours per week. You can freely choose the duration, ensuring that it is not less than 30 hours per week. If the duration exceeds the standard, the excess part will be automatically accumulated to the next week.

 In the simulation building process, if the creator's partial ideas are helpful in improving or solving the AI reward tasks, additional performance rewards will be obtained.

 Salary: 30 star coins per hour.

 Free meals and accommodation are provided. Those without housing can apply for a personal living space of 80 square meters per person. For applicants in family units, the living space will be accumulated according to the number of family members.

 Upon employment, individuals can enjoy lifelong medical maintenance services and lifelong education services, regardless of the number of people and age.'