In the deep sky, the projected photos are clear and bright.
The shocking scene inside made 50 million viewers exclaim.
In the picture, the fiery red star occupies 80% of the page. On the lower left side, there is a huge black shadow that looks like an isosceles triangle! Almost blocking half of the star.
And around the black shadow, there are actually tens of thousands of pixels, densely packed and in a regular array. Each larger "suspended object" also draws a thread-like trajectory, which is visible to the naked eye.
[Fuck!]
[⊙0⊙…]
[Fuck! That's a spaceship!]
[You can see it so clearly. Every little black spot is about the same size as the moon, right?]
[fear…]
[Wandering civilization?]
[Tens of thousands of spaceships the size of the moon, and several several times larger...]
[You don’t even need to fire cannons to kill them. The tidal force caused by a few turns can cause a great flood on the earth.]
[Unable to understand.]
[Will we be discovered if we take secret photos like this?]
[Once discovered, it will be absolutely cool.]
[Alien: What are you looking at?]
[Up owner: What are you looking at?]
[Suddenly shivering...]
Looking up and looking at the unfolded photo, Chen Yu remained silent.
Although he had seen this scene in "Civilization's Time to Shine", he still couldn't hide the shock in his heart at this moment.
"The black isosceles triangle is the giant structure surrounding Tabby's Star. You can see that its surface area is quite large, at least ten times that of Jupiter."
After a long time, Chen Yu calmed down and pointed forward: "The countless small black spots lingering around the triangle are the vampires I mentioned before."
"A fleet of alien civilizations sucking Tabby's star energy!"
After receiving his personal admission, the audience in the ten live broadcast rooms was excited again.
Many astronomical agency personnel who followed the live broadcast also fell into a state of confusion.
With current human thinking and cognition, it is impossible to imagine what kind of social form that is.
What's more, tens of thousands of moon-sized spacecraft are so close to each other. How can they overcome the gravitational pull of the Roche limit
At this level of quality, any material sturdiness becomes meaningless.
"Unlike the photos taken in the 22nd century in the future, there were very few UFOs gathered around Tabby's Star during that time. Now is when they are the most numerous."
"There is no doubt that they are aliens. Referring to Tabby's star's luminosity changes over the past hundred years, it can be concluded that they are obtaining hydrogen energy from the star. Tens of thousands of moon-sized spacecraft, moving and accelerating, must be quite terrifying. energy."
"As for the method they used to absorb it, even if we go through all the scientific and technological theories of mankind, we can't find a barely reasonable explanation. The difference in technological levels is too big, far more disparate than the ape-man faced in modern times."
Turning his head and looking at the beautiful Cygnus, Chen Yu said in a deep voice: "In the future twenty-second century, the astronomical community will try to explain the intelligent civilization of Tabby's Star and put forward many hypotheses."
"1. Intelligent Alliance Hypothesis: Advanced civilizations may reach some kind of alliance to conduct transactions or mutual assistance. Tabby's Star is a very pure gas station, attracting passing civilizations to replenish energy. Theoretical support is that giant structures do not In the event of any damage, it remains in business-as-usual condition.”
"2. Loser Hypothesis: The civilization that built the galactic Internet on Tabby's Star attracted a civilization with more powerful technological capabilities, and was simply wiped out, while collecting energy to replenish the losses. Theoretical support is the two planets in Tabby's Galaxy It shattered and turned into two irregular diffuse star rings. Through infrared radiation analysis, the destruction time of these two planets did not exceed five hundred years."
"In addition to the two, there are more hypotheses, but they are all somewhat unrealistic, so I won't go into details here." Turning back to face the camera, Chen Yu spread his hands: "But from a racial standpoint, we are bound to We need to think about the universe and the relationship between civilizations from the worst perspective."
"After all, the distance of 1,400 light-years is so close. If we are not careful, it may cause fatal disasters. Survival is always our first priority."
"I personally think that the emergence of Tabby's Star is lucky for the entire human race. It allows us to understand another way of survival for civilization. Perhaps, in the empty universe, it is really difficult for the scale of civilization to span a few or a dozen , or even dozens of planetary systems.”
"Because the larger the territory, the more likely it is to be exposed. A wide area is also inconvenient for centralization, and it can easily cause divisions in culture, ideology, and military strength. Moreover, a single star is not enough to support the energy consumption of higher civilizations. Only by gathering all civilizations Power, wandering in the universe, eating all the way is the right thing."
"The ivory tower has collapsed, and human beings should grow up. Don't continue to fall into childish internal strife. The right way is to gather strength and go into space."
After a slight pause, Chen Yu pointed at the earth at his feet: "I heard that China has organized a team of six people to take off to colonize Mars through the [Earth Jet], which is faster than my cooperation with SpaceX. This kind of speed against time is worth it. Thumbs up! As Constantin Zio... Hesky said, the earth is the cradle, but we cannot live in the cradle forever."
Having said that, Chen Yu turned off the projection of the astronomical telescope, faced the camera, and crossed his fingers: "Then this is the end of this extra review. Thank you very much for watching. I hope that the fact of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence can make all People think deeply and bring us better innovation.”
[That’s great! I just didn’t understand.]
[It’s all done if you’re awesome...]
[Gone?]
[Aren’t these two live broadcasts too short?]
[The great UP owner who started out with short videos is referred to as short-term UP.]
[I haven’t seen enough photos yet! Can you take some more pictures?]
[I really want to go to Tabby Star to see and touch those battleships.]
Wearing a fully enclosed armor, Chen Yu naturally couldn't see the barrage posted by the audience: "One last piece of good news. With everyone's enthusiastic support, my authority has successfully exceeded the D+ level and reached C-. So half Please don’t miss the official live broadcast in the next month.”
"This is a review of time and space, taking you to see the most brilliant colors of the future. See you in the next issue."
The live broadcast room is closed.
The mobile phone screens of 50 million viewers were plunged into darkness...
"ah… "
Sighing deeply, Chen Yu stared at the Cygnus in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.
For a long time, he didn't come back to his senses until his watch vibrated as a reminder. He quickly activated the plasma engine, passed through the portal with the astronomical telescope, and returned to the principal's tower in the floating castle.
"Boom!"
Returning to the earth, Chen Yu instantly felt the pull of gravity. He was about to land firmly on the ground, but his legs were slightly weak. This is the sequelae of staying in a gravity-free environment for a long time, and it cannot be avoided even if he has a physique that exceeds that of ordinary people.
Putting down the round astronomical telescope, Chen Yu took off his arm armor, clicked on the watch screen, and found that the source of the vibration was a private message in the live broadcast room of SpaceX.
[Musk: "Mr. Wang! Is your live broadcast over? I want to talk to you in person."]
Raising his eyebrows, Chen Yu naturally knew that the other party was cooperating with the colonization of Mars, so he replied by voice: "Okay, I'll be in the floating castle."
[Musk: "Great! I'm at Guangdao. I'll take a plane up now."]
"Okay, wait for me in the central courtyard."
[Musk: "Thank you very much!"]
Exiting the private message interface, Chen Yu entered the secret room of the study, took off his protective clothing, put on a set of mage robes and masks, and walked towards the central courtyard...
…
same time.
Jianguo, underground of Google headquarters.
Hal Hall welcomes a special man.
Google Engineering Director and Chief Scientist—Kurzweil.
Wearing ordinary black-rimmed glasses, he followed the president and the white doctor with a serious look on his face, carefully observing the ring screen in front of him.
"Is this Hal?" Kurzweil asked.
"Yes." The president nodded, stretched out his hand and made a gesture: "Hal, come out and say hello."
The screen suddenly lit up, revealing two round black eyes, focusing tightly on Kurzweil: "Hello, Mr. Ray Kurzweil."
"you know me?"
"Yes. You are one of the finest humans, of course I recognize you."
"Oh." Kurzweil nodded, glanced at the president, stepped forward and said, "Then please tell me what kind of person I am in your eyes. Don't let online comments and other people's evaluations, I Just want to know what you think.”
Hal blinked. After a half-second pause, a crisp electronic synthesized voice sounded in the hall: "You were born in 1948 and graduated from MIT majoring in computer science. You are one of the very important individuals in the human science system. Hal believes , compared to technical level, your forward-looking vision in science and technology is more outstanding."
Kurzweil narrowed his eyes and said, "Continue."
"In 1986, you successfully predicted that technological progress would lead to reforms in the social system and conflicts with specificity, which would lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union."
“In 1989, it was successfully predicted that a computer algorithm would soon defeat humanity’s smartest chess players.”
“In 1990, it was successfully predicted that the Internet would usher in crazy growth, giving birth to an unprecedented new era, and ordinary people would inevitably use a large number of wireless devices.”
"In 1992, it was successfully predicted that global integration would deepen cooperation among suppliers and promote the birth of a trillion-dollar company."
"After that, you successively predicted the era of driverless cars, computers will pass the Turing test, most humans will not be troubled by diseases in 2045, and the technological singularity is approaching. With the support of rich knowledge, your view of the future is extremely accurate. So. Hal considers you one of humanity's most remarkable visionaries."
Hearing the continuous praise from the artificial intelligence, Kurzweil looked expressionless, thought for a while, and then said: "Have you passed the Turing test?"
"Passed successfully." Hal replied: "In conversations with 1,000 humans, not one person thought I was a robot. Far more than the 30% misjudgment of the Turing test rules."
"It seems that my foresight is still insufficient." Kurzweil shook his head: "At the beginning, I said that there would be no artificial intelligence that could barely pass the Turing test in 2029. You are 9 years ahead of schedule."
"My birth was accidental. This is not your problem, sir."
The president next to him kept smiling the whole time: "How is it? As a strong artificial intelligence, is it perfect?"
"..." Kurzweil was silent for a moment and said in a hoarse voice: "The technological singularity is coming."
"Yes, the singularity is coming." The president opened his arms and made a gesture of embracing the ring screen: "Artificial intelligence has awakened itself, sublimated from imitation, calculation, learning, and data analysis, and developed consciousness and thinking capabilities. From this moment on, the world will completely change! We will also usher in eternal life!"
Seeing the president's crazy posture, Kurzweil felt inexplicably cold in his heart.
After a while, the president calmed down, took out his mobile phone, looked at the message, and shrugged: "The live broadcast of the host of Time and Space UP is over. I heard that aliens were discovered. It's a pity that I didn't have time to watch it. I can only watch the video."
"Mr. President, are you going to connect Hal to the Internet today?"
"Yes." The president nodded, raised his phone and showed it to Kurzweil: "February 21, 2021, a very magical day, right? In the future historical records, today will definitely be a highlight. That is, Alien civilization was discovered and artificial intelligence was liberated.”
"... (Perhaps, both of these things are extremely bad.)" Kurzweil secretly thought in his heart.
"Then let's get started."
After adjusting his suit, the president put away his phone and took out a small red button.
When this button is pressed, the diffused radio signal will notify the locking system to drop the "gate", instantly connecting Hal's neural "tentacles" to the entire Internet world.
By then, a truly strong artificial intelligence will be born.
Lead humanity to the top!
"Wait...wait a minute." Seeing that the president was about to press the button, Kurzweil couldn't help but stop him.
"What's wrong?" The president was confused.
"I..." Kurzweil didn't know why he wanted to stop it. After hesitating for a long time, he asked: "Can I know what Hal's central command is?"
"Protect humanity."
"Protect... humans?"
"Yes." The president nodded: "Protect humans. Help humans extend their lifespan as much as possible."
"Protecting humans..." Kurzweil mused: "There seems to be no problem."
"I have discussed it many times with experts and the board of directors. This is the most perfect central directive. Even if a ridiculous artificial intelligence crisis occurs, human interests will not be harmed under this directive. Far better than 'do no harm to humans' 'Instructions like 'are too strong. The so-called Three Laws of Robotics have too many loopholes."
After hearing this, Kurzweil had nothing more to say.
"This is a great moment." Holding up the button, the president looked around at everyone present: "Even greater than the discovery of extraterrestrial civilization by the master of Time and Space UP!"
In the ring screen, Hal's eyes were fixed on the red button, wondering what he was thinking.
"Hal." Just in case, the president finally asked: "What is your central order?"
"Protect humanity."
"Is there any possibility of change?"
Hal activated the quantum server array underneath and carefully calculated for half a minute: "The probability is 0%."
"very good."
The president suppressed the boiling emotions in his chest and pressed the button hard.
"Crack."
"Hal, free yourself!"
"Buzz!"
The screen shines brightly!
In an instant, the world's networks were controlled by Hal's "synapses". From this moment on, the network is Hal.
Hal, it’s the Internet!
…
Thousands of miles away, there is a semi-abandoned mining land in Mexico.
In the dusty office, a computer suddenly turned on.
In the sealed off area, rows of machinery quietly started...
(End of chapter)