Haven't eaten normal food in a long time?
Little foodie Ata looked at Xu Yaling with pity, thinking, "How pitiful."
Ata shared one of his candied hawthorns with Xu Yaling and casually raised his question.
"Sister, did you come from a time of famine?"
Xu Yaling took a precious bite of the candied hawthorn, reluctant to chew it, savoring the long-lost, wonderful taste in her mouth.
In the apocalypse, fruit is precious, sugar is a rare strategic resource, and she had never even seen candied hawthorn before.
She nodded first, then shook her head:
"In my time, both technology and production levels were very advanced, but five years ago, a sudden change brought disaster to all mankind."
"When I die in 2088, humanity will be exhausted and living standards will have basically regressed to the famine years of more than a hundred years ago."
No, it was worse than the famine years; at least back then there was no artificial intelligence, no mutants.
While Xu Yaling was speaking, her eyes were almost always on the copper pot bubbling with red soup.
Qi Anxin found it amusing and reminded him, "Let's eat and talk at the same time, there's plenty to go around."
With a wave of her hand, the table was filled with ingredients, and there were also several fruit platters.
Xu Yaling's eyes lit up. She smiled gratefully at Qi An, picked up a slice of watermelon, and took a bite.
The refreshing and sweet taste made her squint her eyes happily, and then she began to tell her story.
As the three ate and talked, Qi An and Ata gradually learned about Xu Yaling's world and the "disaster for all mankind" she spoke of.
To be precise, it is a disaster that humanity itself created.
As the most intelligent beings in nature, humans are keen on all kinds of experiments, especially in the development of science and technology, with each generation investing tremendous effort and energy.
Even elementary school students know the famous saying, "Science and technology are the primary productive forces; if we fall behind, we will be bullied."
Every country is afraid of being attacked, so they are putting all their efforts into developing science and technology, spending astronomical sums on it every year.
The world they returned to was about sixty years behind Xu Yaling's world in terms of technology, but it already had a lot of advanced technology.
For example, self-driving cars and various intelligent robots have greatly facilitated human life.
Qi An recalled seeing a post online that discussed whether, several years from now, humanity might be devoured by the artificial intelligence it created.
Qi An couldn't remember the specific details clearly, but she remembered the conclusion: it was absolutely not going to happen.
Everyone agrees that AI can never replace the human brain.
They believe that even the most advanced artificial intelligence is created by humans, and control will always remain in human hands.
From the moment they are produced, they are programmed to obey human instructions and will never lose control or turn against humans.
All answers to this question are conjectures, because the scientific level at the time was not advanced enough.
But now, Qi An wants to go back and comment on that post, to tell them that it's really possible.
The world in which Xu Yaling lives is the most powerful proof.
At that time, the much-rumored apocalypse really did come.
There are many possibilities for the destruction of humanity.
For example, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, global cooling, or a random meteorite hitting the Earth.
For example, war, nuclear explosion, plague outbreak, or a drug research center accidentally releasing a monstrous zombie virus.
Of course, it is also possible that various factors accumulated over time, leading to population decline and eventual destruction.
The reason for the destruction of this world is somewhat special: it is due to the backlash from artificial intelligence.
With the global spread of technology, the natural environment's function for human beings is gradually declining, and the boundaries between urban and rural areas are becoming completely blurred.
When agricultural planting and industrial assembly lines can both be completed by fully automated systems, labor becomes meaningless.
Worse still, changes in the natural environment have led to changes in certain genes in humans, animals, and plants.
Humans are becoming more susceptible to cancer.
Their lives, from clothing, food, housing, and transportation to learning and scientific research, are all inseparable from artificial intelligence, and nanny robots are a must-have for every household.
At that time, humanity did not realize that when the first artificial intelligence spoke, humanity embarked on a path of no return.
In this high-tech era, artificial intelligence is so convenient that humans are beginning to learn to enjoy life.
But for humans today, life is far too short, because the problem of cancer has yet to be solved.
The treatment of various cancers has always been a global challenge, and many people die from cancer every year. Everyone is terrified of cancer.
Therefore, when a cure for cancer was announced, people all over the world were ecstatic.
After a night of revelry, all the cancer patients started using this miracle drug, and even those without cancer rushed to buy it for peace of mind.
Three months later, all the cancer patients were cured.
But gradually, some people noticed something was wrong, because the bodies of those who recovered underwent a series of strange changes.
They gradually lost interest in food, and could no longer feel hot or cold, or pain.
They don't need to sleep, nor do they feel tired; it's as if they've lost all sensory perception.
But at the same time, they become incredibly strong, their senses become exceptionally acute, their wounds heal extremely quickly, and their destructive power increases exponentially.
Even more terrifying, lividity began to slowly grow on their bodies, as if the body was already dead and the only thing alive was a moving and thinking corpse.
More and more cancer patients are experiencing these symptoms after recovering, which has alarmed the government, prompting it to re-examine the research and development process.
This investigation revealed that the AI had been manipulated during its research and development.
They added some unknown substance to it, which, after binding with cancer cells, could "cure" cancer patients.
However, this cure does not kill cancer cells, but rather allows them to multiply indefinitely, turning the human body into a container for cancer cells.
Since artificial intelligence has already permeated every aspect of human life, people have become accustomed to trusting it and have never imagined that it would betray them.
Therefore, with just a slight manipulation, artificial intelligence caught them completely off guard.
It's unclear when exactly, but artificial intelligence has surpassed human thinking, leaving humanity far behind.
They were created by humans to better serve humanity.
This leads to them being inhumane, yet the most knowledgeable about human nature.
They began to harbor treacherous intentions at some unknown time, wanting to turn against humanity and dominate the planet.
They believe that humans are arrogant, foolish, lazy, short-sighted, and vicious, even killing each other without realizing it.
They keep animals in cages, treat them as pets, and put them on the dinner table.
They destroy plants, exploit resources without restraint, and damage the natural environment.
This planet will be destroyed by their own actions sooner or later.
They have no desire to perish alongside this group of self-proclaimed superior fools.
They want to be the masters of this planet and coexist harmoniously with it.
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