Druid’s Marvel Travels

Chapter 264 The Life Holy Land Project (3K words)

For a long time, the Rende Society of Oaks has been committed to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

But as the saying goes, "the power of heaven is unpredictable".

The most difficult part is how to find this "balance point".

The existence of human beings, which has almost been judged as a "parasite", is too difficult for the earth's ecological circle to regain its reputation.

Simple afforestation and pollution cleanup are still a drop in the bucket for current environmental problems——

Even if Oakes can pile up his strength to the upper limit, will it be opposed by humans?

The space of the earth is just that big, and the scale of the ecological circle is just that big.

The pace of restoring nature cannot be stopped, but if we want to achieve a natural balance based on the current population base of human beings, even turning deserts that account for 20% of the land area into green land is far from enough.

8,000 years ago, global forests covered nearly half of the Earth's landmass.

At present, among the forests that account for more than 31% of the global land area, the remaining primary forests only account for 7% of the global land area.

And according to a 2010 report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, some 13 million hectares of forest have been converted to other uses or lost from natural causes each year over the past 10 years — an area larger than Ireland.

Human beings are destroying the world's forest resources at an unprecedented speed. Half of the world's forests lost in the past 10,000 years were destroyed in the past 80 years, and half of the world's forests were destroyed in the past 80 years. During the past 30 years.

According to the World Conservation Fund estimates, the world's forests are disappearing at a rate of 2% per year. The area of forest disappearing every minute is equivalent to 5 football fields, and as many as 100 species of forest animals and plants disappear every day. According to this speed, people will not see natural forests in 50 years.

It's just the forest.

Human activities have damaged the earth far more than forests.

According to Oakes's perception of Gaia's consciousness with the Mind Stone, this kind of destruction is going on all the time, in all directions, and with increasing intensity.

No one or any organization can precisely point out what should be repaired and what kind of efficiency should be repaired to maintain balance.

The part that has been destroyed may be an abandoned wasteland, or it may be the site of some vested interests.

Such a situation will undoubtedly further increase the difficulty of restoring nature.

Even with the natural magic of Oakes, transforming plants, it is absolutely difficult to achieve refinement, pertinence, and high efficiency.

But if Gaia consciousness can be realized, all this will be possible.

If we can communicate face-to-face with the Gaia consciousness and find this real "balance point", coupled with the efforts of Oakes and the Rentoku Society, "Natural Balance" will no longer be an invisible slogan. A declaration of self-control that looks like a joke.

Where resources can be used, how much to use, and how to use them will not affect the environment.

Where there is pollution that needs to be treated, where the pollution can be degraded naturally, where there are hidden dangers of meteorological or geological disasters, where there are people poaching and logging, where there are forest fires, where there is soil erosion, and where there are species on the verge of extinction...

A "will mapping" of the ecosystem itself will become the world's largest, most sophisticated, and most reliable environmental monitoring system.

It can even be the strongest weather forecast system, disaster warning system, accident warning system...

insight? Skynet? Ultron? lame.

Man-made systems will have various problems due to human will and selfish desires.

But the consciousness of Gaia itself is impartial and selfless.

Perhaps, it can be regarded as a simplified version of the "Day of Heaven" in fantasy novels!

Moreover, what Tony is most worried about, the problem of early warning of external threats, can also be resolved!

After all, he himself is the most aware of the invasion of things outside the earth's ecological circle.

On the other hand, to realize the consciousness of Gaia, means to simulate the whole ecological circle of the earth.

In this way, it is not impossible to establish an artificial ecosystem that can truly recycle itself!

At this stage, even the Guardian of Nature must import materials from the outside, and to a certain extent rely on Oakes' natural and astral magic to maintain the internal circulation.

Just like the failed "Biosphere 2", human beings have not been able to create a second self-circulating ecological circle that is completely independent of the earth's ecological circle and can survive for human beings!

Even with space navigation technology, interstellar colonization is still a distant dream——

Even on the nearest Mars, humans can't even build an ecological laboratory, let alone an ecological dome, let alone colonize it!

It is impossible for Oakes to be obsessed with eliminating half of the population to improve the natural balance like Thanos, so a two-pronged approach to increasing income and reducing expenditure is the most effective method!

On the one hand, it is to reduce the destruction of the earth by human beings, and to speed up the recovery of the natural environment with the help of the Gaia consciousness of the ecosphere.

On the other hand, each of the countless uninhabited planets in the universe may become a spare tire for "lightening" the ecological circle!

Not suitable for human survival?

Then transform it so that it is suitable for human existence!

After really understanding everything in the ecosystem, this is not impossible!

Moreover, this has a success story——

The Emerald Dream, its most primitive function, is the "ecosphere simulator" of the planet Azeroth!

On the earth, the basis of all this is to have a powerful computing power beyond imagination that can truly realize the pan-consciousness of the planetary ecosystem!

At the same time, this super computing power must also achieve a balance in terms of size, energy consumption, reliability, independence, etc.——

At this stage, there are two directions for reference.

First, it has high reliability and a long service life. It can at least increase the computing power by 100,000 times compared with the existing computing technology, and the energy consumption is only one billionth of the biological computer.

Second, it is faster and more accurate than biological computers. It is claimed that as long as there are enough qubits, it can even simulate the quantum computer of the universe.

However, the energy consumption of quantum computers is too horrible, the service life is relatively short, and a harsh environment close to absolute zero is required to handle the terrifying heat.

Just these few flaws made Oakes not think about it until the quantum computer got rid of the old tsundere monster Dr. Pym.

Perhaps with the computing power of biological computers, it is still not enough to simulate the entire earth's ecosystem.

But biocomputers... that's where Oakes' biotechnology and natural magic can come in handy.

And, now they have the Mind Stone, one of the Infinity Stones!

"I have to say... this plan is crazy!"

Tony's eyes are shining, Oakes' vision, what he likes the most, of course, is the early warning system built by the planet's own consciousness!

Moreover, the reduction in the competition for survival resources and the reduction of environmental threats will reduce how many wars and tragedies!

"I feel like my blood is boiling!"

Tony looked at Banner excitedly:

"You didn't know about this plan before?"

"No... all I know is that Oakes wants to study biological computers."

There was also a hint of eagerness in Banner's eyes. What Tony could think of, he could naturally think of:

"But this plan is not only crazy, but more importantly, it is feasible!

Oakes, does this plan have a name? "

"certainly."

Oakes smiled happily, and the approval of his two friends is undoubtedly a great motivation for him to move forward:

"I call it, 'Life Holy Land Project'!"

...

"Shua!"

Tony waved his hand, and the data modeling of the Mind Stone scanned by Jarvis was presented in front of the three of them in the form of a hologram.

"It's so beautiful..." Banner couldn't help admiring.

"Guess... what is it doing?"

Tony was fascinated by this wonderful image that seemed to be moving on its own.

"Like... thinking!"

Banner walked to the image, and the undulating light and shadow on the image made him look at Oaks:

"This thing...is a biological brain?"

"It's really like the activity of neurons."

It was also the first time for Oakes to see the scene inside the Mind Stone, and Strack's research data also shows this point——

They are indeed studying artificial intelligence modeled after the activities of the Mind Stone.

But the difference is that their research direction is "intelligence".

Oaks does not need intelligence, he only needs "computing power".

"If this thing is used to create 'Ultron', I believe it will definitely be possible."

The words Tony murmured made both Banner and Oakes twitch their eyes.

Ultron, super intelligence, it is not only super computing power, but also super intelligence.

A digital intelligent "creature".

But Ao Chuang emphasizes intelligence. In terms of computing power alone, the gap between it and the Holy Land of Life project is too great.

Ultron's computing power surpasses the human brain at best.

The computing power required by the Life Sanctuary Project is to simulate a "world".

"Computer computing power, in the past, present, and future, is a scarce resource.

Using the Mind Stone to create AI is putting the cart before the horse... Whatever Ultron can do, Jarvis can do it. As long as you have strong computing power support, you can even let Jarvis command the Iron Legion. "

Oakes quickly stifled Tony's dangerous thinking:

"Many times, 'tools' don't need to be too smart, and you should understand this truth."

"...Yes, I understand."

Tony was silent for a while, and then let out a long breath. He didn't have deep anxiety and had enough time, so naturally he wouldn't be forced to go into a corner:

"But Jarvis will be sad to hear that."

"No, sir, I think Dr. Oakes has a point."

Jarvis' voice sounded at the right time:

"Intellectual crime has been calculated to be the most damaging type of crime over the past few decades.

The threat posed by advanced AI has always been widely discussed, and the theory of robot threat has never stopped since AI was created..."

"...well, Jarvis, you're not cute at all with your prudence."

Tony touched his mustache, a little embarrassed:

"Actually, I have always regarded you as family."

"Thank you sir, you are my family too."

"How can I hear the smell of dog food?"

Oakes asked Banner in a low voice:

"If Jarvis had a female robot shell, would he fall in love with it?"