Chapter 535: The First Technology of Robot Civilization
These technologies include more powerful quantum robotics, cryonics, various space technologies, etc. Any one of these technologies will be It has great significance across the ages.
But no one will feel complacent because of the successful development of these technologies. After all, the gap between them and this alien civilization is probably unimaginable. The only way is to continue to research and develop forward. Only with various technologies can it be possible to gradually bridge the huge gap in science and technology between the two sides.
As for the electromagnetic wave signal sent towards the alien civilization, there has been no news, which made everyone gradually ignore its existence.
On the other hand, the seeds of the "robot civilization" launched by Ning Chen to Titan finally arrived at Titan successfully after a long journey.
Ning Chen and Song Xiyun also often observed the situation on Titan, looking forward to changes on this planet.
After all, compared to the upgraded Mars robots, these seeds of robot civilization are the technological products that Ning Chen has really devoted great energy and expectations to. Since those Mars robots can show various performances similar to civilization , then the robots on Titan will definitely be able to build a more powerful civilization.
However, as time goes by, these seeds of robot civilization show no signs of germination, which also makes Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's expectations gradually fade away.
They are even a little worried that the idea of this robot civilization is not a correct choice at all, or that there are serious program errors in some of their design plans.
But now that this plan has reached this stage, they cannot start a new round of research immediately in a short time, and can only continue to wait for changes on this satellite.
But after Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's expectations for them gradually disappeared, the seeds of these robot civilizations quietly changed.
After many days of silence, they seemed to have finally adapted to this new environment, and began to absorb the nutrients available around them, allowing their bodies to gradually grow.
After learning that the seeds of these robots had begun to develop, both Ning Chen and Song Xiyun felt very pleasantly surprised, knowing that their previous worries were just unnecessary. The plan did not really fail, but these robots The germination speed of seeds is just slower than expected.
"Song Xiyun, it seems that we have overestimated the condition of Titan. If the seeds of these robots do not confirm that the surrounding environment is suitable for their growth, they will not easily start their own growth process. . This feeling is like the seeds of a plant. It will never germinate unless it encounters a suitable environment, otherwise it will only lead to its own demise faster..."
Under Ning Chen's design , these robot seeds have a very strong sense of safety, which is also a necessary condition for the birth and survival of a civilization.
In just a few days, these seeds of robot civilization grew in size at an extremely fast rate, turning them into complete robots.
The rapid growth of these robots is inseparable from the powerful "material factory" designed by Ning Chen in their bodies. This speed of digesting and absorbing various ores is far faster than that of normal organisms. speed of digestion and absorption.
This also allows them to grow from a seed state into an "adult" robot within a few days, and prepare for the mission of continuing to reproduce.
This is the link that Ning Chen is most looking forward to, because theoretically, the reproduction of this kind of robots is very random and uncertain, and it is possible to reproduce robots with more powerful performance, and also It is entirely possible to breed robots that perform so poorly that they can only be scrapped.
But in any case, as long as the number of these new robots is large enough, they can evolve in a more powerful direction.
And as these robots continue to multiply, all the previous predictions have come true.
Under the almost random reproduction method of robots, the descendants of these first-generation robots indeed showed a variety of different "traits", and there were obvious differences between them and the previous generation of robots. difference.
Some of these results, which are similar to "gene mutations", have a positive impact on the performance of the robot, while others have varying degrees of negative impact.
But no matter whether such an impact seems to be beneficial or harmful, Ning Chen will not draw a conclusion easily. Instead, he will let natural selection decide which robots can continue to survive on this planet.
This is also an idea shown in Darwin's "Evolution Theory". This theory believes that biological evolution itself does not have a fixed direction, but under the long process of natural selection, only those who can adapt Only the biological evolution direction of the environment can continue, and those organisms that do not adapt to the environment will gradually be eliminated by nature.
Ning Chen also hopes to use a similar method to screen out powerful robot civilizations that can truly adapt to the cosmic environment, and thus bring some inspiration to his own technological research and development.
But something happened next, which gave Ning Chen some new understanding of this robot civilization.
I saw that this robot civilization did not rely entirely on environmental selection to naturally eliminate robots that were not suitable for the environment. Instead, it established a detailed robot evaluation plan within this robot civilization.
According to this robot evaluation plan, those robots whose performance is evaluated as "inferior" by the robot civilization will be expelled from the robot civilization in advance, and may even be directly scrapped.
Although this method seems very cruel, to a certain extent, it is indeed a method conducive to the development of civilization, because it can avoid the waste of robot civilization resources to the greatest extent, and at the same time Accelerate the selection of excellent "robot genes" by civilization, allowing them to more quickly improve the quality of overall robots.
"Ning Chen, this robot civilization is really cruel. As long as the robots are evaluated as having substandard quality, they will not even have a chance to survive within the civilization. Such a ruthless group can really be called a Civilized?"
Hearing Song Xiyun's question, Ning Chen said helplessly:
"In fact, this is a very normal situation. In the history of human civilization, there are very What a ruthless civilization, but this does not affect the power of these civilizations. In fact, I am not sure whether alien civilizations have strong emotions. Even intelligent creatures like the Blue Stars who are easily affected by emotions may. Only a very small number..." Naturally, Ning Chen would not agree with this ruthless civilization style, but Ning Chen also knew that existence was reasonable, and he would still analyze this civilization very objectively.
Just as Ning Chen expected, this cruel robot screening method has indeed allowed this robot civilization to develop very quickly.
In just a few months, they have completed several generations of reproduction and evolution, making their various properties more suitable for Titan's environment.
While adapting to the planet's environment, they are also constantly transforming Titan's environment, so that the planet is no longer barren, but gradually shows signs of being suitable for the survival of life.
In less than a year, this robot civilization has developed many high-tech technologies that are unique to human civilization. Such rapid development speed also makes Ning Chen and Song Xiyun feel astonished.
"Ning Chen, putting aside my resistance to this civilization, I must admit that the speed of development of this civilization is indeed a bit too alarming. If they continue to develop at this speed, they will probably soon The birth of technology that has never appeared even in our Blue Star civilization.”
“Yes, this is the power of this robot civilization. Under my original programming, they have great control over their own civilization and technology. They have a very strong obsession with the development of the company. For them, nothing is more important than this. ”
As this robot civilization continues to develop, they have developed their own aviation and aerospace technology, and have begun to notice some things that are not consistent with common sense.
Because when they tried to explore the outer space of Titan, they found that they were never able to make a breakthrough in this outer space.
It is like there is a very strong barrier here. No matter how they try, they can only fly at the edge of Titan's outer space. The invisible barrier allows them to only vaguely fly. He could see what outer space looked like, but there was no way he could fly even a short distance outside.
After their continuous efforts failed, they had to believe that the small planet Titan was all the space they could move in. They were like pets locked in a cage. Even if you can see the outside world, it is just out of reach.
Some robots even feel that the outside scenes are just illusory existences. They have no need to care about these things at all, but should continue to focus on the development inside the planet.
Of course, there are a very small number of robots who still imagine that they will have the opportunity to break through this barrier in the future and have not given up research on related technologies. Just like humans thousands of years ago, they also dreamed of flying into the sky one day.
The desperation to go to the outside world did not affect the continued development of robot civilization. After focusing their main energy on research inside the planet, they quickly developed a number of the latest technologies.
In fact, some of the technologies surprised even Ning Chen. If these technologies can be processed and transformed, it will also be of great help to the technological development of Blue Star Civilization.
“I can’t believe that these robot civilizations have actually given birth to relatively mature exoskeleton devices. This technology that once existed in Blue Star science fiction movies has really appeared in the real universe. "
"Yes, this technology is really suitable for these robots. Because of their own structure, these robots can control the exoskeleton device very easily, unlike humans, who need to go through a long period of time. Only by adapting can you reluctantly use this type of device.”
The so-called exoskeleton device is what people usually call "mecha robots." This technology looks very cool in science fiction movies, but in actual research and development, there are many flaws. A technology that can be put into use in a short period of time.
However, the emergence of robot civilization has allowed this technology to be successfully developed, and the various defects of previous exoskeleton devices have been solved one by one.
"Ning Chen, if humans are allowed to control these mecha robots, can they achieve the same effect as this robot?"
Hearing Song Xiyun's words, Ning Chen shook his head helplessly. Shake his head.
“At present, it is still very difficult to do this. Even humans at our level cannot easily control this exoskeleton device. This It’s not that our capabilities are inferior to these robots, but that there is a big gap between human structures and robots. Just like connecting human brains to other brains, we definitely still need to solve the problem of information conversion methods first..."< br>
As he spoke, Ning Chen suddenly changed the subject.
“But if we can go through careful research and continuous training, I think we still have a chance to achieve the control effect of these robots on exoskeleton devices, and maybe even do it better than them. Song Xiyun, Let’s start developing this technology now. I believe this will be an important means for us to face this alien civilization.”
Song Xiyun was also full of expectations and immediately agreed to Ning Chen’s proposal. idea.
“Yes, I can’t even imagine what it will be like after we successfully develop this technology. If all eight billion of us Blue Star people can wear such an exoskeleton device, we can compete with this exoskeleton. If an alien civilization fights, no matter how powerful this alien civilization is, it will be difficult to defeat us easily.”
Just a mecha robot has powerful capabilities comparable to an army. When such a device becomes available to every ordinary person, the impact it will have on a civilization's combat effectiveness will undoubtedly be extremely terrifying.
Of course, even if this robot civilization has developed exoskeleton device technology that is suitable for them, Ning Chen will not just copy these technologies directly, but will make some improvements and enhancements on this basis.
Because Ning Chen must ensure that this technology is suitable for use by humans on Blue Star, Ning Chen must fully adopt his own ideas on how to connect the human brain to the exoskeleton device.
(End of this chapter)