Chapter 118: Chapter 119: Robot Upbringing
Furthermore, not only has the language of proteins made remarkable strides, but the ergence of artificial womb technology can also be called another outstanding achievent in the field of life sciences!
It has directly liberated won from the burdenso task of childbearing!
From then on, n and won could be said to have truly achieved equality. n don’t need to have children, and neither do won, which directly freed up a significant amount of productive force.
The report stated, “Artificial womb technology has greatly increased the montum of the won’s rights movent.”
“… Social structures grant won this freedom and choice, and won’s sense of agency is awakening accordingly. In the acquisition of social resources, they demand independent rights to subsistence and equal rights to social participation, among others. In legal contracts, they demand more humane rights for won’s protection, and in the guidance of public opinion, they call for the inclusion of won’s voices to achieve an ideal state of gender nondiscrimination…”
The screen popped up with photo after photo of various won’s rights movent marches, various slogans, demonstrations, and so on.
What’s the situation?
Zhang Yuan was sowhat confused. Why were there still won’s rights movents when such technology existed? They should have disappeared by now, right?
“Thinking n and won can be equal? You’re oversimplifying!”
John smiled, “Why is it that Won, not n, are often the victims of unwritten rules? Is playing with won just for reproduction? Of course not.”
He made a very eerie expression, “Everything in life is related to sex, aside from sex itself, sex is about power.”
“You Xia Country people are actually quite open-minded. In certain undeveloped areas, a wife is a piece of personal property. As long as that culture exists, n and won will never be equal.”
“Alright…” Zhang Yuan nodded, “Everything in life is related to sex? Is my studying also related to sex?”
“Of course, you do it to attract the opposite sex!”
Zhang Yuan smiled helplessly, “… I believe that with more ti, people’s ideologies will slowly shift due to the ergence of this technology.”
“The few stubborn holdouts don’t matter. They don’t represent the whole world… Eventually, they will be phased out by the tis.”
The won’s rights movent is not the main issue; the arrival of artificial womb technology has truly increased the birth rate!
Having babies is no longer painful, and many won are willing to try the new technology. Especially so older parents, who are eager to have another child.
Even robots designed for related services are being vigorously developed!
These anthropomorphic robots, with appearances similar to humans, and the continuous developnt of AI enable them to engage in more complex actions, even perfectly mimicking human movents.
Under such circumstances, Korea, the country with the most severe aging problem, is discussing policies regarding the use of robots to care for babies.
The Korean governnt plans to establish large-scale nurseries staffed mostly by robots, with only a few human supervisors. This way, a significant amount of labor dedicated to raising infants can be freed up, reducing social upbringing costs.
The reasoning is simple: when the cost of upbringing is reduced, the birth rate naturally increases.
This chairman wrote in the report with the most objective attitude, “… We cannot yet comnt on the impact this policy will have on society. But according to existing trial results, it does indeed significantly increase the birth rate and addresses the current aging problem.”
“However, this policy has caused a huge uproar around the world!”
Many foreign dia outlets are furiously criticizing the Korean governnt for being “irresponsible,” “throwing the next generation into the volcano,” and “abandoning human morals,” and even within Korea itself, there have been a series of protest marches.
They believe that entrusting babies to robots is inhumane, and even if the AI does well, it’s still unacceptable.
Zhang Yuan could not comnt on this policy.
He was not a man of this era, and he did not know how powerful the so-called AI really was, or whether it had beco capable enough to raise babies on its own… But in a hundred and eighty years, anything could happen; accepting highly intelligent AI seed reasonable.
“What do you think, will the Korean governnt withstand the pressure and pass this policy?” Zhang Yuan turned his head and asked.
“Of course!” John exclaid, “Just watch your own country decline steeply due to aging and then get annexed by neighboring countries? It’s historical inevitability! Impossible to abandon the initiative just because foreigners criticize it.”
“Look at all the economic data; every country is progressing, except for these few who are regressing. Countries with aging populations can’t possibly have vitality. At this point, the Korean governnt has no choice but to grab onto this life-saving straw, even if there’s opposition.”
“In the study of New Civilization History, such a decision is called the ultimate convergence of an event…”
Zhang Yuan sighed, “You’re right… I also think that the Korean governnt wouldn’t be foolish enough to destroy itself just because of others’ criticisms.”
As for the study of New Civilization History, it is still far from being perfected to the point where it can predict the future. Most forecasts must rely on the vague intuition and judgnt of experience.
For a country, as long as artificial womb technology and caregiving robots beco widespread, the cost of cultivating talent will significantly decrease.
If the Korean governnt withstands the pressure and achieves so degree of success, other countries will follow suit in the competitive race, which is almost a certainty.
All the reports end here.
Since a technological revolution has provided a turning point for the problem of an aging society, Zhang Yuan is quite pleased.
As for the ethical issues that robot caregivers might bring, they are not within his current scope of consideration. He was just relieved to know that this major problem could be resolved without resorting to war.
“I really want to know what happened in the future…”
After reading through the report, Zhang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief.
John said, “Unfortunately, that is the latest report. If you want to know the future, you’ll have to go into hibernation.”
Zhang Yuan smiled, “Then forget it, I’ll learn so of the latest knowledge first. Otherwise, the next ti I wake up, I’ll truly be out of touch with the tis.”
Having said that, Zhang Yuan slapped his head, “I just rembered sothing, I’m still a shareholder of a robotics company! I wonder how it’s doing now, it hasn’t gone bankrupt, has it?”
He was quite interested in his own labor achievents and quickly searched the database.
A startling piece of news made him almost chuckle!
Zhang Yuan, currently valued at 33.1 billion, ranked 678th in the world’s wealth!
There is nothing more unexpected in the world than inadvertently sowing a seedling, only to turn around one day and find it has grown into a towering tree.
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