Chapter 136 A huge plan
"How did you suddenly think of going to Mars and sampling the Arctic glaciers?"
Mark's eyes suddenly became alert. At this moment, he actually felt a little regretful. Why did he agree to the other party's request to visit the Mars base so easily?
Careless!
Fan Ren looked at him with amusement, shook his head and said disdainfully: "As for the design and planning of your base, have your engineers really considered the future expansion plan seriously?"
"Why do you care!"
Mark asked very simply and directly.
Seeing this, Fan Ren touched his chin and started thinking.
Although the current situation on Blue Star does not seem to have changed much, the troops stationed in the South Island Country to the east of Da Xia and the small country have all been withdrawn to the mainland of the United States.
And because Daxia is vigorously developing the aerospace industry, all resources are tilted towards this aspect, and foreign trade business is basically at a standstill.
The entire sphere of influence of the South Island countries and small countries over there are now within the military management area designated by Daxia, and they are basically in a trembling state.
They don't dare to contact the United States, and Daxia is indifferent to them.
I was in a state of panic all day long.
Originally, Fan Ren hadn't thought about this, but when Ah Dai mentioned the artificial intelligence plan to him, he came up with a plan.
"Mark, Xinghai has decided to invest in your Mars project."
"You must be kidding. There is nothing on Mars! Or tell me what secrets you discovered on this trip to Mars!"
Mark was like a boy guarding his candy, showing no sign of letting go.
Fan Ren rubbed his forehead, and seeing the situation, he could only repeat what he had said to the leader of Da Xia some days ago.
After he finished speaking, Mark looked at him blankly, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Why don't you destroy that damn supercomputer immediately? Don't tell me you don't know the seriousness of this problem!"
His fear is about artificial intelligence gaining self-awareness, not about ordinary people.
Fan Ren took a deep breath and his expression became serious.
"Mark, even if it is destroyed now, what about the future? Today, the development of supercomputers is unstoppable. Humans cannot refuse the convenience brought by this super computing power. You should be aware of this."
"Can"
"No buts. The best way to face a problem is to face it head on. Can you guarantee that the next scientist who creates it will have the same thinking as us?"
Fan Ren stared at him, his tone became lighter, and then he continued: "Unless the entire human world stops developing, we can't avoid this problem. I think you should be clear about this."
As he finished speaking, the office fell silent.
Mark has a technical background, and that is why he, like Fanren at the beginning, has a huge fear of artificial intelligence with self-awareness.
People like them know only too well how terrible the threat to humanity will be once artificial intelligence extends its tentacles into every aspect of human life.
"Put them on Mars and form a human living circle whose technological level is 50 years behind our planet. At the same time, we will cut them off from any external means of connection to the Internet.
In future communications, all of our spacecraft responsible for transporting supplies will completely and thoroughly adopt traditional mechanical modes to enter the surface of Mars, while isolating themselves from all possibilities of networking.
This ensures that the entire plan is foolproof.”
Mark was shocked when he heard this.
He knew that Fan Ren was right. The driving force behind the development of science was essentially humanity's pursuit of convenient means of production.
Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly the most advanced means of production in the current development of human society.
In pursuit of the greater convenience brought by this means of production, no big model scientist will give up the pursuit of advanced artificial intelligence with self-awareness, which can self-upgrade, learn, and self-issue efficient and convenient instructions.
Now that this problem has appeared in Xinghai, then as Fanren said, facing the problem and solving it is the most correct way.
Mark has made it all the way to the position of president today, and it is not in his character to avoid it.
He looked at Fan Ren with a serious look.
"How does Daxia view this issue?"
Fan Ren laughed. This was a very good cooperative attitude.
"Daxia fully supports my proposal."
Hearing this, Mark was secretly shocked. He had always thought that Da Xia would use the same rhetoric as others, but he didn't expect that these old guys were also very bad.
He is the purest.
He said directly: "What can the United States gain?"
Fan Ren looked at his twinkling eyes and said with a smile: "Is it the Mei Kingdom, or you?"
He waved his hand nonchalantly, stopping Mark from starting to make a defense.
"During this process, Xinghai will be responsible for the overall planning, construction and investment of Mars City, a Mars city with a population of 100 million!
This process will be kept completely confidential, and the external publicity will still be that the investment is from your Spieth company.
And after the program ends, ownership of Mars City will remain with you, or Spieth & Co.
Xinghai has no other demands."
Does it matter whether this benefit is given to the United States or to him?
Hearing this, Mark stopped struggling.
That's good enough.
In this way, after the plan is announced and until the construction of the Mars base is completed, his public support rate as the President of the United States will surely reach a historical peak.
But he also knows that the subsequent personnel immigration will also be handled by his Spieth company.
And there must be no explicit agreement on this, he knows that this is the responsibility that comes with this benefit.
There is no other appeal in the damn star sea.
Experimental data, results, and any ideas about artificial intelligence are all obtained by Xinghai.
But faced with such huge benefits, he had no choice.
"Then I wish our cooperation a success!"
Fanren laughed and stretched out his hand to shake Mark's.
The largest immigration operation in human history was initially agreed upon during private discussions between these two people.
The next day, Daxia announced that it would shrink the military management area previously demarcated in the Pacific Ocean to the South Island and Xiaoben side.
Immediately afterwards, Mark held a press conference to officially announce that scientists from Spieth's company had discovered a large amount of glacial water resources in the North Pole of Mars that could be used by humans indefinitely.
To this end, Spieth's company will invest heavily in the Mars project. A Martian city "utopia" that can accommodate 100 million people to survive and reproduce has entered the formal design planning and will soon enter formal investment and construction.
At that time, when the time is right, we will recruit ordinary people from all over the world who are willing to live and develop in "Utopia".
According to his introduction, Mars has precious gemstones that are extremely valuable and rare on Earth, as well as various high-value metal minerals.
This will enable the city residents of Utopia to gain a huge advantage in future trade with Blue Star.
The day after the news was released, Spieth's company's stock price soared, and the upward trend continued.
(End of this chapter)
