A Different Approach
The Wisdom Road is such that the limits of wisdom cannot comprehend the unknown causes, nor can it find a way to break through Technology Barrier. In other words, the human brain has fully comprehended all the causes it can comprehend, but the methods to break through Technology Barrier lie outside this scope.
Doesn't this mean that if humanity wants to reach the Level 3 Civilization, it can only break through its own intelligence first? But what exactly is intelligence? Humanity doesn't seem to understand what intelligence truly is, so how can it possibly break through the so-called limits of intelligence?
Moreover, didn't the Awakeners say back then that humanity has good talent? If they have good talent, how come they couldn't even find a way to break through the Technology Barrier of Level 3 Civilization? Could it be that so-called talent and wisdom are two different things? Yue Yuan drifted out of the venue with Yi Kai in a daze, his mind a bit confused.
After the two arrived at the corridor outside the venue, Yi Kai raised his hand to touch the corridor railing to stop himself, then activated his Magnetic Boots to land on the floor, and said, "This is just one possibility I'm guessing. There is another possibility, which is that we may not have taken the right path."
"What the heck?" Yue Yuan was taken aback. This was like saying, "Hearing your words is like hearing a whole new set of teachings." Yue Yuan thought to himself, but asked aloud, "What do you mean?"
"Chief, think about it. With our current mechanical technology, we are fully capable of manufacturing chips smaller than 1nm. The reason we can't continue to make them smaller is due to the laws of physics themselves. Moreover, if we have to say, we are capable of producing even smaller chips, but chips with a process smaller than 1nm will exhibit a significant Quantum Tunneling Effect, resulting in a very high error rate, which is why they do not meet the chip requirements."
As Life Science and biologist, Yi Kai isn't an expert on chips, but he can still say a few things about them. Besides, some of what he said was what chip experts and physicists had just said at the conference.
"Yes, I know that, so what?" Yue Yuan nodded.
Yi Kai, unlike Yue Yuan, was not so serious. He simply shrugged and said with a relaxed expression, "So, so it can only be that our thinking was wrong."
Before Yue Yuan could continue asking questions, Yi Kai continued, "We might have been misled by the 'Silver Mist Consciousness,' or perhaps we misled ourselves. Let me put it this way: the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' said that Nanotechnology was standard equipment for Level 3 Civilization, so we naturally assumed that Level 3 Civilization would have swarms of nanobots, or rather, Grey Goo Storm."
However, we've overlooked one point: it's possible that Level 3 Civilization couldn't achieve this from the start. The so-called Grey Goo Storm might have been something Level 3 Civilization could only create after fully mastering Nanotechnology, and the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' was born at that stage.
Yi Kai paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and then continued, "When we hear about Marker Technology, we mistakenly believe that only by mastering such technology can we be considered to have entered Level 3 Civilization. But perhaps we are too dogmatic. There should be a process from entering Nanotechnology to actually creating the Grey Goo Storm. It is the accumulation of technology, as well as the improvement and perfection of the process."
So we should change our approach. Since we can't create such a small Grey Goo Storm, we can create a larger one. We can't develop such a complex program to control a swarm of Nanobots, so let's start with something simpler, as long as it meets our needs.
"That's true, but how exactly should we proceed?" Yue Yuan nodded slightly. He understood what Yi Kai meant. He meant that the so-called Technology Barrier, besides being obtained from other civilizations like Cold Nuclear Fusion and then broken through in one fell swoop, could also be gradually eroded.
Technological products can be created first, and then the process can be gradually improved. If the path is correct, they will definitely get better and better.
After a moment's consideration, Yi Kai said, "There are two approaches. One is to find a suitable material, a material that can support smaller processes without Quantum Tunneling."
"Forget about that. I talked to Xu Zhenyi, and he said that this kind of material only exists in dreams." Yue Yuan raised an eyebrow.
Yi Kai pretended not to see and continued, "The second approach is what I just mentioned: create larger Nanobots, then find a way to establish connections between them, and then form a whole."
In this case, each Nanobots is considered an individual component of the whole, and there are two ways to control them: one is to use a host program, and the other is to build a collective logic for them.
"Group logic?" Yue Yuan asked curiously.
Yi Kai nodded. "Yes, Chief, think about it. Our human brain isn't made up of individual neurons. So, the Nanobots we create can be like individual neurons, only responsible for simple calculations. Only when they are integrated together will collective logic emerge."
"Alright, let's try the first method first!" Yue Yuan's lips twitched. This group logic, which is like a brain, sounds simple, but he knew without asking that humans simply don't have that kind of technology right now.
After all, the so-called group logic that Yi Kai mentioned is similar to swarm consciousness. If this could be achieved, why would we have been troubled by Technology Barrier for so long? So this approach is undoubtedly back to square one.
"That's all we can do for now," Yi Kai chuckled, clearly aware that his idea of group logic couldn't be implemented.
He turned around and continued, "We can't build Nanobots as small as mist, but building a swarm of robots the size of a ping-pong ball is definitely not a problem. Once we build them and program their main control systems to perform the corresponding functions, that would also be a swarm of Nanobots."
Yue Yuan turned to look at Old Yi Kai and said leisurely, "I didn't expect that you, as a biologist, would know so much about Nanobots."
Seeing Yi Kai as always, Yue Yuan was no longer as heavy-hearted as before.
"I know a little bit, a little bit. I just think that Nanobots swarms could follow a similar path to cells after studying cells a lot," Yi Kai said with a smile, as if he was confident in his abilities.
"Hmm, that's a good idea." Mr. Yue Yuan nodded, then pondered for a moment before saying, "But what would we do with a bunch of Nanobots the size of ping-pong balls? We don't have the technology to break metal and chemical bonds like the Moke Star Civilization, so we can't use them for mining."
"Well, you'll have to find other scientists for this chief; I'm just a lowly biologist," Yi Kai said helplessly.