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Chapter 156 Strong Nuclear Civilization
Just by thinking about it casually, Li Qingsong came up with many possibilities.

For example, real scientific and technological problems can be packaged into games or options that require solving some maze problems; war decisions can be packaged into some virtual battle games, and then the captured intelligent life forms can be allowed to make choices. Then, through similar algorithms, the correct answer can be screened out from multiple choices.

It is possible that intelligent life forms do not even know what they are doing, but they contribute their wisdom unknowingly, helping intelligent AI systems solve some problems that they are unable to solve on their own and can only rely on the wisdom of life forms.

Once this foundation is established, the existence of the so-called "intelligent mechanical disaster" developed from this foundation becomes reasonable.

only……

Is there really a civilization that has degenerated to the point where it is too lazy to make technological development and even decisions concerning the fate of civilization itself, and instead leaves it to intelligent AI?
The secretary continued, "The inertia of intelligent life is natural and inevitable.

Since the emergence of intelligent AI technology, every intelligent civilization and every intelligent life has been constantly tempted and has been trying hard to leave everything to intelligent AI and reap the benefits themselves.

In the enterprising stage of civilization, this model will greatly improve efficiency.

But once the enterprising spirit is lost, this model becomes bait for the devil.

Change always occurs gradually, not all at once. The fall of a legitimate intelligent civilization into an omnic scourge doesn't happen overnight.

Initially, they might delegate unimportant tasks to the intelligent AI, then tasks of secondary importance, and finally more important ones. Once they realize the limitations of the intelligent AI, they will attempt to compensate for its shortcomings by capturing intelligent life from other civilizations, ultimately sinking step by step into the abyss of the Omnic Apocalypse.

During this process, there will usually be struggles within civilization, and there will be people of insight who stand up and make appeals, but... the overall decline cannot be prevented by individuals.

Once trapped in the beautiful paradise created by intelligent AI, it is almost impossible to climb out by relying solely on the power of civilization itself.

Why crawl out? There are endless resources, endless entertainment options, and absolutely no responsibility or effort required. No need to think or learn. Intelligent AI can constantly innovate, developing ever-fresher, more exciting, and more wonderful ways to enjoy life.

The decision-making power is always in the hands of intelligent life. Intelligent AI will not get out of control. It is intelligent life that actively hands over the decision-making power to intelligent AI.

As long as intelligent life wants to take back the decision-making power, they can do so at any time. However, they will never take it back again.

Even if someone occasionally tries to take back the decision-making power and restore the autonomy of civilization, the resistance within the civilization can handle it. "

Li Qingsong said solemnly, "What is the typical fate of a host civilization after becoming an Omnic Scourge? Can they truly continue to advance technology?"

"Perhaps."

The confidential secretary said, "Even if this model can develop technology, the speed is extremely slow.

Also, even if technology is truly developed, does this technology really belong to the host civilization?

Don't forget that the intelligent life of the host civilization has completely degenerated and has lost even the ability to solve simple equations.

In essence, they have become pigs kept in captivity by intelligent AI, except that these pigs are treated very well.

They indulge in the enjoyment of a life of drunkenness and dreams all day long. Under the protection of intelligent AI, they wander the universe, search for new external civilizations, and capture external intelligent life as fuel. If they are lucky, they can continue forever. If they are unlucky, they may be destroyed one day.

After all, the universe is not peaceful."

Li Qingsong asked, "What was the technological level of the Omnic Scourge you encountered?" "It should have reached the level of a strong nuclear civilization."

Glancing at Li Qingsong and finding that he didn't seem to understand, the secretary quickly explained, "There are four fundamental forces in the universe: electromagnetic force, gravity, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force.

Orthodox intelligent civilizations usually develop according to the following process, from easy to difficult: first unify electricity and magnetism, and unify them into electromagnetic force. Once this step is reached, it can be called an electromagnetic civilization.

Civilizations before the unification of electricity and magnetism are collectively called primitive civilizations.

Secondly, unify the electromagnetic force and weak nuclear force into electroweak force, and apply it to the strong nuclear force. This is a more advanced electroweak civilization.

Your civilization and our Bluetuk civilization are both clearly at the electroweak stage, just one is earlier and the other later, but the general framework remains unchanged."

Li Qingsong understood that the so-called application of strong nuclear force was nothing more than a nuclear reaction.

Whether it is nuclear fission or nuclear fusion, its essence is to release the energy stored between atoms.

The force that dominates the interatomic structure is the strong nuclear force.

The atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, controlled nuclear fission, and controlled nuclear fusion, which Li Qingsong has not yet mastered, are essentially applications of strong nuclear force.

According to this system of classification, I am indeed an electro-weak civilization at this moment.

"If we can unify the strong nuclear force and master a grand unified theory, we can become a strong nuclear civilization.

We don’t know much about the fourth level of civilization after the strong nuclear civilization, but according to this system, it should be a civilization that has unified gravity and mastered the theory of everything.

Civilization at this level can probably be called gravitational civilization or universal civilization.

As for how things will develop later, we have no idea.”

"What kind of capabilities did the strong core-level omnic Scourge you encountered possess?"

A trace of fear flashed across the face of the confidential secretary, and his tone became more serious: "We don't really know much about it. We just happened to discover an alien spacecraft while exploring the edge of the galaxy.

This alien vessel possessed exceptional maneuverability, formidable defenses, and powerful offensive capabilities. It even possessed shielding technology completely beyond our comprehension. We mobilized a massive force, paying a heavy price to destroy it, and subsequently captured several of its crew members.

We originally thought these crew members were intelligent beings from that alien civilization, but through interrogation we learned that they were merely captives of an intelligent AI. They even thought they were playing a game, but in reality, they were controlling this spacecraft and arriving in our galaxy...

There is an omnic Scourge that has set its sights on us. If we don't escape as soon as possible while it's still far away, and use distance to cover its tracks so it can't track us, all the people in our civilization will be captured by the omnic Scourge and suffer the same fate as these captives, becoming captives of the omnic Scourge and fuel to assist it in making decisions.

We had no choice but to flee. We originally thought that the environment of the solar system would allow us to accumulate resources faster and continue with the next step of escape. After all, the mechanical Scourge has already set its sights on us, and they are likely to chase us to the solar system. We must escape as soon as possible.

But I didn't expect that when I arrived in the solar system, I would...ah."

(End of this chapter)