Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1392 A Planet Controlled by an Intelligent Central Hub

As it has evolved over time, the Nexus Ring has become an indispensable and well-known landmark in interstellar space due to its unique pivotal function.

Externally, it boasts a powerful, heavily armed, integrated military structure for offense and defense; internally, it enjoys a free trade environment, an inexhaustible energy supply, and a no-conflict policy, ensuring that people don't have to worry about their safety...

Every single thing contributes to the prosperity of the Star Pivot Ring. And for thousands of years, it has long been integrated into the operating system of the Star Pivot Ring, continuing to function smoothly.

“Actually, this kind of Star Hub Ring can already be considered a special force,” Cen Fangyuan pointed out in the control room. “It’s just that it focuses on its own trade operations and doesn’t get involved in the disputes between other forces. Despite the assistance of external objective conditions, it is quite an achievement to be able to remain unscathed in a situation surrounded by powerful nations. If I have the chance, I would really like to meet the leader here.”

Lin Fan was also curious about the leader of the Star Pivot Ring, and when he heard Cen Fangyuan's words, he brought it up.

Rubelu's smile deepened: "That's probably unlikely to happen, or rather, you've already met."

Lin Fan was puzzled by the two completely contradictory statements: "What do you mean?"

"You've all seen this when you exited the cabin through the passageway, right? AI guidance?" Ruberu asked instead of answering, glancing at the terminals on everyone's wrists. "I guess you all came here with the guiding robots. According to the usual procedures, you should have passed through the Xieqia Bureau or the trading post of Wanxinghui City, right?"

"So you mean..." Jin Sichen said thoughtfully, "that the leader here... is artificial intelligence?"

Along the way, apart from Ruberu, all the things they came into contact with were artificial intelligence and robots.

Oh, and the Star Messenger outside the trading post. Doesn't seem quite right.

It couldn't be those people in the mecha shop who had designs on them, could it?

“That’s right!” Rubel laughed. “The operation of the Nexus Ring is controlled by the intelligent central hub. So it’s fair, just, impartial, and unaffected by other external subjective or objective factors. Although in some aspects, the absence of human relationships is not a good thing, I still have to admit that in a pure trade scenario, such an environment is simply paradise.”

There are no personal connections involved. All trade processes and product quality are executed according to standards. Everything is done precisely and clearly, so neither party needs to worry about anything. Everything is strictly implemented under the supervision of the Star Pivot Ring Trade System.

There's no need to deal with extra intrigue or petty theft. Doing business in the Nexus only requires focusing on the transaction itself.

This is also one of the important reasons why the trading environment in the Nexus Ring is so popular.

"Huh?! A planet completely controlled by an intelligent central control system?" Antonio exclaimed in shock. "That...that's just robots taking over control of humanity and seizing control of the planet?"

"What?" Rubel didn't understand.

Jin Sichen quickly explained, "He was referring to the content of a cultural creation film, which said that when artificial intelligence develops to a certain stage, it develops its own independent consciousness and then turns around to drive out humans and occupy the sovereignty of the planet."

“Ah…” Rubelu roughly understood, shook his head and laughed, “Theoretically, what happened in the movie is impossible. At least until now, I haven’t heard of anything like it circulating.”

"Oh?" Lin Fan asked him, "In interstellar civilizations that are developing rapidly, there are still things that are declared impossible?"

Since they came to the Nexus Ring, their original worldview has long been shaken and become insignificant and unstable.

The more you learn, the more you realize your own shortcomings.

On the grand stage of the universe, the enormous blue star seems to recede infinitely, turning into shimmering stardust, hidden among numerous celestial bodies, concealed in a remote corner, just like its position on a star map.

“The essence of artificial intelligence is still program instructions,” Rubelu said leisurely. “It does not generate emotions, nor can it understand emotions. It can only perform calculations and operations according to the pre-set instructions. It can think on its own according to the pre-set program logic, but it will never generate ambitions like desires out of thin air.”

"If one day they do actually attempt to seize planetary sovereignty, it will be a preemptive move pre-programmed by someone. So-called intelligence is just a high-level tool for liberating human labor. In most aspects, it can indeed replace manual labor, but only in repetitive labor and repetitive calculations, such as assembly lines and numerical calculations, where it can quickly calculate results using existing content in databases."

"But when it comes to things that are not repetitive and not found in the database, especially creative ones, such as when we design new weapon structures for Yuehua Star and create them from scratch, artificial intelligence can only provide assistance and guidance and provide past data. Ultimately, the breakthrough and innovation must be achieved by intelligent beings outside the framework."

"In other words," Lin Fan pondered, "a program that is initially constrained within a framework cannot break free from the program, generate additional instructions outside the program, and run them?"

“Yes.” Ruberu nodded. “How a program runs depends on how the commands were set when the program was programmed. To put it another way, even if an intelligent program one day expands due to various derivatives and accidentally breaks through the framework, it still cannot reach the world outside the framework, because its program instructions are only for the framework.”

"It's like the AI ​​program on our Moonflower Star that's responsible for producing photon swords. It's impossible for it to suddenly learn the production program for air shields and switch to producing air shields, let alone generate design programs for other new types of weapons. Is my analogy vivid enough?"

Seeing that most people nodded, Ruberu breathed a sigh of relief. "In short, even the most intelligent program is just an auxiliary tool; it cannot replace intelligent beings. At least, this hasn't happened since the birth of the Star Nexus Ring. So, Brother An, don't worry."

The Nexus Ring belongs to a Level 4 civilization. It's unknown how many years it will take for Lanxing to catch up to that level. At least until then, the possibility of the robots retaliating is considered virtually zero, so there's no need to worry excessively.

“The Nexus Ring is operated by artificial intelligence…is that one of the reasons why other forces haven’t continued to fight for it? It’s pointless to fight a program to the death, plus the program doesn’t have any stance. Although it can’t be taken over by them, others don’t benefit either.” Lin Fan nodded, then asked, “So the overall operation of the Nexus Ring relies entirely on artificial intelligence, without the participation of people or other intelligent beings?”

“Yeah, even the most powerful machines break down sometimes, right?” Wu Yi asked curiously. “Does it mean that robots fix them when they break down? But… there must be things that robots can’t do, right?”

“Of course,” Rubel replied. “However, in the Nexus Ring, intelligent beings exist as employees. The Nexus Ring’s main program won’t malfunction; generally, what needs maintenance is the equipment and biological relationships. Simple tasks are mostly handled by robots. Only when it’s inconvenient for robots to handle a task are tasks issued to hire intelligent beings. For example, we are responsible for repairing and maintaining damaged weapons, and we are paid credits… Credits are used as currency here, you know?”

Everyone nodded.

"Why is it called Credit Points?" Lin Fan asked. "Is it because it also serves a credit function? But resources can be directly exchanged for a high amount of Credit Points. Does that really mean a person has high credit? That doesn't make sense, does it?"

"Lin Jian, this is your first time in the Nexus Ring, and you've underestimated the freedom of trade here," Rubel said with a mysterious smile. "We talked about pirates earlier, saying that they're no match for you, and also because the Nexus Ring is a rare, unbiased transit and trading hub..."

A thought flashed through Lin Fan's mind, and he asked incredulously, "Could pirates also trade here?"