The environmental transformation project is not Chen Nian's purpose, his real goal is to make this project a flagship project.

A technical base point that uses this as a basis to continuously promote the sustainable development of the biological and infrastructure fields.

In fact, he knew that it would be so easy to transform the desert environment.

Many people think that the creation of vegetation in the desert is just a simple "water" problem, but in fact, solving the problem of water alone will not fundamentally solve the problem of land desertification, at least not in the short term.

The change in the Earth's environment is a complex system, in a sense, even a chaotic system.

A small change in one factor can cause an entire system to change dramatically.

Therefore, desertification control and afforestation have never been as simple as "watering and planting trees".

Seed improvement, water sources, soil improvement, and even flood control are all issues that need to be considered.

It's complicated, but it's precisely because of its complexity that it makes it more suitable as a flagship project.

Chengdu, in the office.

Chen Nian had just finished reading a few reports on plant gene editing, when Chen Guo knocked on the door and walked in, shaking his head and saying:

"The condensate modification plan was rejected, and it was generally considered that this thing was a bit flashy, and the real effect is debatable, but the large-scale environmental modification plan you proposed was approved."

"In other words, there is no problem with the general direction, and the details of implementation still need to be discussed."

"But no matter what, the first phase of the experimental plan has been approved, and the renovation project near the quantum laboratory can be carried out as scheduled."

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian didn't feel the slightest surprise.

After all, from a technical point of view, if you want to achieve large-scale condensate storage, it is not only in terms of cost and technology, but also in terms of "coverage area".

How big is the desert?

A Taklamakan Desert is larger than a small country in Southeast Asia, and if you want to deploy condensing equipment here in a covered manner, it is better to directly fill the tree planting.

Therefore, Chen Nian was not disappointed by this, because after all, this was only a directional attempt, and the goal he really wanted to achieve still needed a combination of multiple means.

So he answered:

"If you don't pass it, you don't pass it, after all, it's just a means to deal with extreme situations, and the focus is on the project itself."

"The Quantum Base Environmental Renovation Project is a platform and a testing ground where we want to try a variety of different technologies and different equipment to find the most suitable solution."

"Those vast deserts are going to be exploited eventually, especially after nuclear fusion becomes the primary means of energy acquisition."

"The use of fossil energy is reduced, carbon emissions are reduced, and the only carbon sequestration role of the desert has been reduced to chicken ribs, so it is better to turn it into usable land and expand our own living range and activity space."

"Inform the other side that the project is ready to start-—— let's try the first batch of equipment and evaluate the effect."

"If the effect can meet the standard, continue to follow up, and if it can't meet the standard, just give up."

Chen Guo on the other side nodded, and then suddenly laughed again.

"It's like the first time you've said 'give up if you can't do it,' which is quite unusual."

"No way, after entering the new era, the speed of development of many things is beyond the speed of our cognitive improvement, and all technologies are born in chaos and change, losing the mature path of step by step before."

"Trial and error will become more frequent, and risk-taking is even more so, so it's not a big deal to fail."

"Understood, then I'll give them a budget target."

"No problem."

Chen Nian replied casually, his eyes turned to the technical materials in his hand again, carefully reading the relevant literature on gene editing technology and gene editing equipment, and planned to lay a stronger foundation before the formal analysis.

He had never been exposed to the field of "biology" before, so it was especially difficult to learn.

Fortunately, in the long-term study and research work, his thinking has been basically trained, and although the progress is slow, it has not stagnated.

It is estimated that in another ten days and half a month, he will be able to establish a basic understanding of biology and genetics, and reach the level of "being able to read the gist of the literature".

Well, although it sounds like a good thing, at least it is enough to support him to explore the direction of analysis.

Chen Nian breathed a long sigh of relief, and when he raised his head again, he found that Chen Guo hadn't left yet, but sat down on the sofa by himself, drinking tea, as if waiting for himself.

"What's wrong? Something? ”

Chen Nian asked.

"Nope. It's almost time for dinner, wait, by the way, ask Wang Jiancheng about the project - purely my own curiosity. ”

"What's wrong with his project?"

Chen Nian asked suspiciously.

"Is his project strongly related to GAI?"

Chen Guo asked bluntly.

"Strong correlation is an exploration of advanced AI training methods, with the aim of creating a 'virtual society' that AI can learn and imitate with the help of a broad public platform."

"To put it simply, the human infant also learns in society, and the behavior patterns of other mature individuals are the basis for shaping him into an 'intelligent being'."

"What we need to do now is to transfer this 'social education' method to AI training, and try to establish a mature 'AI brood'.

Hearing this, Chen Guo couldn't help but sigh.

"So that's what I really want to ask."

"Is this kind of training really reliable?"

"In fact, the project has raised a considerable number of concerns about the loss of control of artificial intelligence."

"But don't talk about it."

Chen Nian shook his head helplessly.

In fact, he never believed in the idea that artificial intelligence could defeat and replace humans.

Isn't that a joke?

What qualifies a thing that can be completely controlled simply by cutting off power and internet to threaten humanity?

Not to mention artificial intelligence, let alone robots, take human beings themselves, the oppression of the upper class to the lower level has been the mainstream unchanged for thousands of years, and how many times has the bottom-up resistance been successful?

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Moreover, the truly successful cases are not purely "lower than above", but are basically the natural replacement of more advanced ideas and social structures.

Can AI do this?

The probability is almost zero.

So, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:

"First of all, on a theoretical basis, this dystopian fantasy is impossible to realize."

"Secondly, it is quite easy to restrict AI, and in the current network environment, the use of centralized and cloud computing means for computing power distribution can completely eliminate the risk of artificial intelligence getting out of control."

"The nuclear bomb is buried under the server, and if there is an abnormality, it will detonate. Smart machine crisis? What a crisis?"

Good idea.

Chen Guo nodded in admiration, in this regard, Chen Nian really thought much more clearly than the others.

"Let's go, let's eat."

"After eating, we will go home and rest, and tomorrow we will talk about the details of the specific implementation plan of the Northwest Project."

On the other side, to the northwest, near the city of YL.

Wang Wang walked back from the forest farm, wiping the sweat from his face with a towel while explaining the details of the afforestation techniques he had been trained to the new technicians.

Therefore, the water vapor planting technology is actually a technology that is only suitable for planting trees on the flowing wind-blown sandy soil, and its core lies in the high-pressure water jet impact punching holes to achieve the purpose of compacting the sandy soil."

"The main advantage of this process is that it is easy to operate and can be planted quickly, but in fact, the survival rate is not as high as some media touted."

"It is very good to reach 70%, 60% is passing, and only in a few areas with excellent soil composition and soil density conditions, can it reach more than 90%."

"Therefore, when we choose technology, we also need to take into account the environment of different places, although now our considerations in the 'cost' and 'economy' have been relatively weakened, but choosing the right method is also a respect for this business."

Hearing his words, the technicians around him nodded their heads one after another, their expressions focused.

They are all students majoring in agriculture and forestry from various colleges and universities, and the reason why they appear here is not for any noble, respectable, but too illusory goals such as "for the country and the people" and "for the benefit of mankind", but because of the changes in the general environment and employment prospects.

In the past few years, with the basic completion of the management of the Mu Us Desert and the results have been widely reported, the society's views on the work of "desertification control" have also changed.

Before that, many people thought that the so-called sand control was an old man wearing a turban and the image of a peasant who planted small saplings with a hoe against the wind and sand, bent his back, and wielded a hoe, and then used his body to block the wind and stand as a sculpture in the sunset, profoundly showing the tragedy of human beings fighting against the natural environment in the harsh environment.

But when a documentary about the management of the Mu Us Desert was released, people were surprised to find that it was not the case at all.

Large machinery, high-power diesel engines and pumps, automated irrigation systems, intelligent monitoring programs, weather radars, artificial rainfall, soil environmental monitoring.

It can be said that this is not an evenly matched battle at all, but a complete crushing of the desert by human science and technology and productive forces.

Therefore, in this context, those students who are still on the university campus have also chosen to devote themselves to this work, because they have found that the high-end level of this thing is really not necessarily lost to those students who are engaged in scientific research in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Add to that a pretty generous hardship subsidy, so why not?

More and more talents are being sent to the northwest, and more fresh graduates are coming to YL City, the "flagship city", to learn experience and practice training.

At the beginning, Wang Wang was very pleased with such a change, after all, this not only means that the society recognizes his career, but also means that the difficulty and intensity of work in the future will be reduced.

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But soon, he realized the problem behind the "influx of talent".

At this rate, the number of talents entering the field of desertification control and environmental transformation will soon exceed the scope of demand, and at that time, the issue of employment will once again become a big mountain in front of these enthusiastic young people

Wang Wang couldn't help but sigh, and after sending the new technicians back to the dormitory, he slowly returned to his residence.

His wife had already prepared a meal waiting for him, and when she saw his sad face, she couldn't help asking:

"What's wrong, is there anything wrong today?"

Wang Wang shook his head and replied:

"There's nothing wrong with it - it's just that there is a new batch of college students, and I don't know how to arrange it later."

"You don't want people in your department, don't stuff it into your place, so you can give people the proof of practice."

Hearing his words, his wife nodded after a slight hesitation and replied:

"We still have that target, and the short-term problem can be solved."

"However, it doesn't work to do this all the time, and the symptoms are not cured."

"Who's to say it isn't?"

Wang Wang sighed again and continued:

"At present, the attention of the society is a bit too high on the matter of desertification control, and it can be said that the whole is in an overheated state."

"But in reality, the carrying capacity of this industry is still limited."

"There are so many areas suitable for environmental transformation, basically all of them were agricultural areas in history, and the volume and number of projects that these areas can carry are so large."

"Done? You can't go and attack the Taklamakan Desert, can you? The amount of evaporation in that place is no joke, it can't solve the problem of water evaporation, and it is a fool's dream to achieve greenery just by planting trees."

"So, everyone thinks it's a good direction and a good industry, but its ceiling is there, and there's no way to break through it."

Hearing Wang Wang's words and looking at his expression, his wife was unable to comfort him for a while.

Although she is in the same research institute as Wang Wang, she is engaged in administrative work, and she really doesn't have much say in such things.

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However, when it came to Taklamakan she suddenly remembered something.

So, she spoke:

"If you can't solve it, put it aside, don't be so anxious."

"But what you said about Taklama's doing, I just saw a contact list today."

"Next week, there's an old friend coming over, do you know who it is?"

"Who?"

Wang Wang asked curiously.

"Lin Guorui."

"Lin Guorui? Didn't he transfer to the southern Xinjiang side, no wonder you suddenly said this. ”

"What is he doing here? Furlough? ”

"It's not."

The wife shook her head and replied:

"What is written on the document is an exchange, but I don't know exactly what the exchange is."

"In a moment, you can go to the general affairs side and see what the situation is."

Wang Wang nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

But after hearing the news, a strange emotion suddenly appeared in his heart.

Lin Guorui's kid is a big expert in the field of sand control, he was transferred to work in the northwest more than three years ago, and he felt a pity at that time, thinking that he had given up his future.

But in the subsequent communication, the other party's performance did not look frustrated at all.

Looks like he's doing a good job over there.

So why come back all of a sudden?

Communication, what is there to communicate?

Wang Wang's heart jumped suddenly, and a somewhat "whimsical" idea popped up in his mind.

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Could it be that you really want to attack the Great Gobi?

(End of chapter)