Zhou Hongyi and Liu Cixin predicted at a science fiction convention that billions of intelligent agents may become a new species, and AI will drive the differentiation of human civilization.

Mars Finance reported on March 28th that the 2026 China Science Fiction Convention was held at Shougang Park in Beijing. Zhou Hongyi, founder of 360 Group, science fiction writer Liu Cixin, and Zhang Shuangnan, a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, discussed AI and the future of humanity. Zhou Hongyi pointed out that with the improvement of AI capabilities, some intelligent agents have already shown autonomy, and in the future, there may be "hundreds of billions of intelligent agents," forming their own IDs and communication methods. They are not just software, but will become new "digital species," even giving rise to a "lobster internet." He believes that human society will show significant differences due to the differentiation in AI usage capabilities, and those who are good at managing and designing intelligent agents will hold the initiative in development. Liu Cixin and Zhang Shuangnan elaborated on the role of humanity in the AI era from different dimensions. Liu Cixin believes that the main body of civilization may change, and human control will gradually weaken; Zhang Shuangnan emphasized that curiosity and creativity are the core of the co-evolution of humans and AI. Zhou Hongyi further predicted that AI will dominate software development and scientific research, and if the application of AI is not accelerated, the development of civilization may stagnate. He believes that AI's advancements in fundamental fields such as controlled nuclear fusion are key to humanity's interstellar exploration. (Wide Angle Observation)