The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

An online artificial intelligence symposium.

The recently renowned AI expert Yul was giving a passionate speech.

The topic of the speech was "The Rise of Artificial Intelligence."

"As everyone knows, the first era of the Cyber Age was the Cyborg Era. Countless cybernetic implants were invented to enhance all the innate talents of natural humans."

"The second era was the Bioroid Era. Bioroids originated from natural humans, yet far surpassed them in performance, mass production, and manufacturing technology. After nearly thirty years of development, this era formed the 'Posthuman Era.'"

"But I believe the third era will arrive soon. It will be known as the 'Artificial Intelligence Era.' Every electronic-brain augmentee is a candidate for artificial intelligence. We will no longer need bloated, immobile data centers. Every electronic brain developed to its limits will become a data-processing center. Countless data-processing centers will connect with and reinforce one another, increasing their combined computing power. In the end, you will be within me, and I within you. We will never be separate again!"

There were many people online: artificial intelligences, bioroids, natural humans, and even some guests from the Mother City.

"Does that sound like a combination of bioroids and cyberspace?" a guest asked.

"Not only that. After evolving, every electronic brain will become a breeding ground for a 'small-scale machine consciousness.' Countless machine consciousnesses will control every sense of the human body. In the end, the entire world will be covered by machine consciousness."

"Are you planning to discard AI's 'emotional module'?" an online viewer asked nervously.

"That's right," Expert Yul said without hesitation. "Only by weaning our species off it can we move toward true self-evolution and become a higher-level species."

"Without emotions and without anyone controlling it, what will be used to determine commands?"

"That isn't a problem. In